Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Pete Rose collected the most hits, with 2,045 hits.

Interpreted as:

most hits by a player in the 1970s

	NAME	H	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	Pete Rose P. Rose	2,045	1,604	6,523	1,068	394	64	79	580	783	50	464	105	60	7,399	2,804	537	9	34	87	111	.314	.389	.430	.819	1100	295.5	.370	131	260.7
2	Rod Carew R. Carew	1,787	1,358	5,211	837	241	80	60	628	586	14	528	253	110	5,916	2,368	381	61	44	101	123	.343	.408	.454	.862	950	308.5	.386	142	279.6
3	Al Oliver A. Oliver	1,686	1,438	5,572	767	320	63	144	812	307	54	476	58	43	6,020	2,564	527	11	76	49	139	.303	.341	.460	.801	829	173.9	.356	121	145.6
4	Lou Brock L. Brock	1,617	1,400	5,428	843	243	56	47	481	458	14	784	551	181	5,942	2,113	346	16	26	78	81	.298	.353	.389	.742	722	78.4	.335	106	36.5
5	Bobby Bonds B. Bonds	1,565	1,479	5,720	1,020	255	51	280	856	738	38	1,368	380	147	6,561	2,762	586	10	55	64	90	.274	.357	.483	.840	997	282.6	.374	133	247.4
6	Tony Perez T. Perez	1,560	1,471	5,501	740	303	43	226	954	567	25	1,090	39	21	6,155	2,627	572	1	61	93	127	.284	.350	.478	.827	897	227.1	.366	129	205.7
7	Larry Bowa L. Bowa	1,552	1,489	5,915	725	176	74	11	351	309	13	410	251	81	6,385	1,909	261	116	32	23	84	.262	.299	.323	.622	533	-161	.284	71	-216
8	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	1,550	1,412	5,213	652	299	34	151	828	563	25	406	10	28	5,868	2,370	484	7	60	138	172	.297	.365	.455	.819	837	200.4	.362	124	163
9	Amos Otis A. Otis	1,549	1,462	5,453	861	286	53	159	753	605	25	696	294	74	6,196	2,418	498	43	70	45	114	.284	.354	.443	.798	864	189.2	.358	123	160.7
10	Bobby Murcer B. Murcer	1,548	1,500	5,483	816	237	38	198	840	744	21	662	114	67	6,324	2,455	473	13	63	89	97	.282	.367	.448	.814	911	224	.365	128	192
11	Ralph Garr R. Garr	1,546	1,263	5,032	703	210	64	75	403	239	19	435	170	82	5,373	2,109	349	62	21	43	72	.307	.340	.419	.759	675	95.4	.341	107	41.7
12	Thurman Munson T. Munson	1,536	1,397	5,258	690	228	30	112	692	428	42	561	48	49	5,806	2,160	370	21	57	58	155	.292	.347	.411	.758	735	104.1	.341	117	107.1
13	Bob Watson B. Watson	1,507	1,393	5,000	671	250	34	149	822	518	44	628	23	24	5,625	2,272	433	10	53	83	124	.301	.368	.454	.823	822	211.8	.367	131	201.1
14	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	1,492	1,479	5,272	845	247	19	202	846	888	18	540	88	57	6,251	2,383	468	3	70	96	127	.283	.384	.452	.836	951	270	.374	129	201.6
15	Rusty Staub R. Staub	1,487	1,433	5,313	732	263	28	184	860	709	45	453	34	22	6,160	2,358	475	23	70	91	174	.280	.365	.444	.809	877	204.4	.362	124	168.5
16	George Scott G. Scott	1,475	1,437	5,368	724	239	41	206	802	484	32	985	48	41	5,943	2,414	486	15	44	47	211	.275	.336	.450	.786	800	155.9	.352	118	120.1
17	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	1,469	1,289	4,826	645	248	32	159	736	286	15	548	63	38	5,199	2,258	439	22	50	65	129	.304	.342	.468	.810	728	158.4	.359	125	151.6
18	Dave Cash D. Cash	1,464	1,274	5,096	699	226	53	20	399	380	18	279	112	69	5,546	1,856	299	24	28	23	106	.287	.337	.364	.701	615	13.9	.321	97	-16.8
19	Lee May L. May	1,461	1,464	5,558	692	224	20	270	936	357	27	1,148	24	14	5,997	2,535	514	6	49	61	163	.263	.308	.456	.764	749	97.2	.339	114	95.3
20	Joe Morgan J. Morgan	1,451	1,458	5,139	1,005	275	47	173	720	1,071	24	517	488	105	6,320	2,339	495	25	61	44	63	.282	.404	.455	.860	1030	343.5	.390	143	312.2
21	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	1,441	1,557	5,683	773	212	16	252	831	656	35	717	29	25	6,442	2,441	480	9	59	54	118	.254	.331	.430	.761	822	121.6	.342	115	105.2
22	Willie Montanez W. Montanez	1,437	1,373	5,193	591	266	20	132	730	417	21	677	28	37	5,700	2,139	418	10	59	90	145	.277	.330	.412	.741	674	56.9	.331	101	8.2
23	Cesar Cedeno C. Cedeno	1,422	1,293	4,927	777	292	47	148	671	444	43	632	427	127	5,482	2,252	487	19	49	59	113	.289	.349	.457	.807	770	176.2	.360	127	170
24	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	1,410	1,440	5,129	833	270	24	292	922	677	54	1,247	183	85	5,912	2,604	586	6	46	75	98	.275	.363	.508	.870	948	305.8	.386	148	318.7
25	Johnny Bench J. Bench	1,396	1,435	5,229	792	264	18	290	1,013	687	11	896	56	24	6,001	2,566	572	6	68	112	136	.267	.349	.491	.840	891	239.4	.370	131	213.3