most hits in a season by an al player in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Rod Carew collected the most hits in the AL in a season, with 239 hits in 1977.

	NAME	H	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Rod Carew R. Carew	239	1977	MIN	155	616	128	38	16	14	100	69	3	55	23	13	694	351	68	1	5	15	6	.388	.449	.570	1.019	145	64.4	.440	175	61.4
2	Rod Carew R. Carew	218	1974	MIN	153	599	86	30	5	3	55	74	1	49	38	16	690	267	38	13	3	9	17	.364	.433	.446	.879	117	42.6	.401	153	39.9
3	George Brett G. Brett	215	1976	KCR	159	645	94	34	14	7	67	49	1	36	21	11	705	298	55	2	8	4	8	.333	.377	.462	.839	108	33.8	.381	144	32.9
4	Jim Rice J. Rice	213	1978	BOS	163	677	121	25	15	46	139	58	5	126	7	5	746	406	86	1	5	7	15	.315	.370	.600	.970	141	60.3	.425	162	52
5	George Brett G. Brett	212	1979	KCR	154	645	119	42	20	23	107	51	0	36	17	10	701	363	85	1	4	14	8	.329	.376	.563	.939	125	43.6	.402	145	38.9
6	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	212	1977	DET	154	652	100	30	10	16	57	37	4	121	39	19	698	310	56	1	4	1	11	.325	.363	.475	.838	107	25.4	.369	126	21.6
7	Jim Rice J. Rice	206	1977	BOS	160	644	104	29	15	39	114	53	8	120	5	4	710	382	83	0	5	10	21	.320	.376	.593	.969	134	51.2	.414	150	42.4
8	Cesar Tovar C. Tovar	204	1971	MIN	157	657	94	29	3	1	45	45	3	39	18	14	718	242	33	11	2	5	5	.311	.356	.368	.725	84	10.5	.330	105	3.6
9	Tony Oliva T. Oliva	204	1970	MIN	157	628	96	36	7	23	107	38	3	67	5	4	674	323	66	1	4	12	16	.325	.364	.514	.878	109	33.3	.383	134	27.5
10	Rod Carew R. Carew	203	1973	MIN	149	580	98	30	11	6	62	62	2	55	41	16	657	273	47	7	6	9	16	.350	.411	.471	.881	110	37.2	.393	144	32.5
11	Alex Johnson A. Johnson	202	1970	CAL	156	614	85	26	6	14	86	35	7	68	17	2	659	282	46	0	3	9	25	.329	.370	.459	.830	99	24.5	.367	132	24.8
12	Jim Rice J. Rice	201	1979	BOS	158	619	117	39	6	39	130	57	4	97	9	4	688	369	84	0	8	4	16	.325	.381	.596	.977	133	53	.421	152	43.7
13	Buddy Bell B. Bell	200	1979	TEX	162	670	89	42	3	18	101	30	3	45	5	4	720	302	63	7	10	4	16	.299	.327	.451	.778	93	9.4	.341	108	7.2
14	Rod Carew R. Carew	200	1976	MIN	156	605	97	29	12	9	90	67	1	52	49	22	687	280	50	8	6	14	12	.331	.395	.463	.858	108	35.8	.387	148	34.8
15	Lyman Bostock L. Bostock	199	1977	MIN	153	593	104	36	12	14	90	51	6	59	16	7	660	301	62	2	8	5	16	.336	.389	.508	.897	112	35.3	.391	142	32.5
16	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	198	1978	DET	155	666	126	30	3	12	62	65	4	104	68	16	741	270	45	1	5	7	11	.297	.361	.405	.766	96	16.2	.347	113	11.2
17	George Brett G. Brett	195	1975	KCR	159	634	84	35	13	11	90	46	2	49	13	10	697	289	59	9	6	6	8	.308	.353	.456	.809	98	22	.363	123	18.2
18	Cesar Tovar C. Tovar	195	1970	MIN	161	650	120	36	13	10	54	52	8	47	30	15	726	287	59	10	6	5	9	.300	.356	.442	.798	102	19.9	.354	116	13.6
19	Rick Burleson R. Burleson	194	1977	BOS	154	663	80	36	7	3	52	47	2	69	13	12	721	253	46	3	6	1	15	.293	.338	.382	.720	83	-0.7	.322	89	-9.6
20	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	193	1977	MIL	160	643	86	31	7	20	78	28	0	110	13	8	679	298	58	1	7	4	13	.300	.326	.463	.789	90	10.6	.343	112	9.3
21	Rod Carew R. Carew	192	1975	MIN	143	535	89	24	4	14	80	64	1	40	35	9	617	266	42	7	10	18	10	.359	.421	.497	.919	108	39.9	.407	154	37.2
22	Hal McRae H. McRae	191	1977	KCR	162	641	104	54	11	21	92	59	13	43	18	14	720	330	86	2	5	5	12	.298	.366	.515	.881	118	34.1	.383	137	31.9
23	Tito Fuentes T. Fuentes	190	1977	DET	151	615	83	19	10	5	51	38	2	61	4	4	673	244	34	13	5	1	11	.309	.348	.397	.745	83	4.9	.333	102	1.3
24	Thurman Munson T. Munson	190	1975	NYY	157	597	83	24	3	12	102	45	6	52	3	2	661	256	39	3	10	8	23	.318	.366	.429	.795	91	18.7	.359	125	18.7
25	Al Cowens A. Cowens	189	1977	KCR	162	606	98	32	14	23	112	41	8	64	16	12	661	318	69	1	5	4	14	.312	.361	.525	.885	109	31.7	.384	138	29.7