rookie american league hitting record for switch hitter hits in a season

Carlos Beltran has gotten the most hits by a rookie AL switch-hitter, with 194 hits in 1999.

	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	Carlos Beltran C. Beltran	194	1999	KCR	156	663	112	27	7	22	108	46	4	123	27	8	723	301	56	0	10	2	17	.293	.337	.454	.791	95	1.2	.343	95	-5.1
2	Lu Blue L. Blue	180	1921	DET	153	585	103	33	11	5	75	103	5	47	13	17	709	250	49	16				.308	.416	.427	.843	116	27.7	.396	120	19.2
3	Alfredo Griffin A. Griffin	179	1979	TOR	153	624	81	22	10	2	31	40	5	59	21	16	689	227	34	16	4	0	10	.287	.333	.364	.697	76	-4.6	.316	86	-11.6
4	Tom Tresh T. Tresh	178	1962	NYY	157	622	94	26	5	20	93	67	8	74	4	8	712	274	51	8	7	3	3	.286	.359	.441	.800	102	19.5	.356	119	16.8
5	Eddie Murray E. Murray	173	1977	BAL	160	611	81	29	2	27	88	48	1	104	0	1	666	287	58	0	6	6	22	.283	.333	.470	.803	91	13.8	.350	123	17.9
6	Pat Listach P. Listach	168	1992	MIL	149	579	93	19	6	1	47	55	1	124	54	18	649	202	26	12	2	0	3	.290	.352	.349	.701	74	3.4	.324	101	1
7	Devon White D. White	168	1987	CAL	159	639	103	33	5	24	87	39	2	135	32	11	696	283	62	14	2	2	8	.263	.306	.443	.749	84	-1.2	.324	97	-2.6
8	Mark Koenig M. Koenig	167	1926	NYY	147	617	93	26	8	5	65	43	1	37	4	3	678	224	39	17				.271	.319	.363	.682	69	-13	.320	80	-18.1
9	Mike Caruso M. Caruso	160	1998	CWS	133	523	81	17	6	5	55	14	7	38	22	6	555	204	28	8	3	0	8	.306	.331	.390	.721	63	-5.6	.319	90	-7.5
10	Brent Gates B. Gates	155	1993	OAK	139	535	64	29	2	7	69	56	4	75	7	3	609	209	38	6	8	4	17	.290	.357	.391	.747	77	4.2	.335	109	6.4
11	Bump Wills B. Wills	155	1977	TEX	152	541	87	28	6	9	62	65	0	96	28	12	617	222	43	7	4	7	10	.287	.361	.410	.771	81	9.1	.342	111	8
12	Billy Burns B. Burns	153	2015	OAK	125	520	70	18	9	5	42	26	6	81	26	8	555	204	32	1	2	1	5	.294	.334	.392	.726	64	1.7	.317	102	1.1
13	George Wright G. Wright	147	1982	TEX	150	557	69	20	5	11	50	30	3	78	3	7	599	210	36	8	1	4	11	.264	.305	.377	.682	61	-6.6	.304	87	-9
14	Buck Rodgers B. Rodgers	146	1962	LAA	155	565	65	34	6	6	61	45	0	68	1	8	624	210	46	6	8	6	16	.258	.309	.372	.681	62	-10.1	.301	85	-11.8
15	Donie Bush D. Bush	145	1909	DET	157	532	114	18	2	0	33	88	4	74	53		676	167	20	52				.273	.380	.314	.694	84	18.8	.350	119	13
16	Dave Philley D. Philley	142	1947	CWS	143	551	55	25	11	2	45	35	1	39	21	16	592	195	38	5			14	.258	.303	.354	.657	54	-13.2	.306	81	-12.9
17	Rick Peters R. Peters	139	1980	DET	133	477	79	19	7	2	42	54	6	48	13	7	546	178	28	7	2	2	17	.291	.369	.373	.742	70	8.4	.340	106	4.1
18	Butch Wynegar B. Wynegar	139	1976	MIN	149	534	58	21	2	10	69	79	2	63	0	0	622	194	33	4	3	7	14	.260	.356	.363	.719	75	9.4	.336	113	8.5
19	Reggie Smith R. Smith	139	1967	BOS	158	565	78	24	6	15	61	57	1	95	16	6	628	220	45	2	3	11	7	.246	.315	.389	.704	69	6.5	.313	97	-1.7
20	Mark Teixeira M. Teixeira	137	2003	TEX	146	529	66	29	5	26	84	44	14	120	1	2	589	254	60	0	2	5	14	.259	.331	.480	.811	82	9.4	.347	105	3.5
21	Scott Spiezio S. Spiezio	131	1997	OAK	147	538	58	28	4	14	65	44	1	75	9	3	590	209	46	3	4	2	13	.243	.300	.388	.688	58	-14.6	.303	79	-15.8
22	Manny Castillo M. Castillo	130	1982	SEA	138	506	49	29	1	3	49	22	2	35	2	8	541	170	33	2	9	2	11	.257	.286	.336	.622	44	-17.2	.277	65	-22.4
23	Danny Santana D. Santana	129	2014	MIN	101	405	70	27	7	7	40	19	3	98	20	4	430	191	41	2	1	0	3	.319	.353	.472	.824	63	17	.362	132	15
24	Melky Cabrera M. Cabrera	129	2006	NYY	130	460	75	26	2	7	50	56	2	59	12	5	524	180	35	5	1	3	9	.280	.360	.391	.752	66	0.6	.333	98	-1.3
25	Bill Hunnefield B. Hunnefield	129	1926	CWS	131	470	81	26	4	3	48	37	1	28	24	9	539	172	33	31				.274	.329	.366	.695	57	-7.4	.327	83	-12.2

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