highest average by american league player in a season in 1960s with >158 hits and <179 hits

Between the 1960 and 1969 seasons, Pete Runnels had the best batting average in the AL with >158 hits with <179 hits in a season, with an average of .320 in 1960.

	NAME	AVG	H	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Pete Runnels P. Runnels	.320	169	1960	BOS	143	528	80	29	2	2	35	71	2	51	5	2	613	208	33	9	3	2	16	.401	.394	.795	90	21	.363	116	12
2	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	.317	163	1961	NYY	153	514	131	16	6	54	128	126	0	112	12	1	646	353	76	1	5	9	2	.448	.687	1.135	156	79.6	.478	197	78.8
3	Al Smith A. Smith	.315	169	1960	CWS	142	536	80	31	3	12	72	50	3	65	8	3	595	242	46	2	4	3	18	.374	.451	.826	90	22.9	.368	126	18.9
4	Elston Howard E. Howard	.313	172	1964	NYY	150	550	63	27	3	15	84	48	5	73	1	1	607	250	45	0	4	12	10	.371	.455	.825	89	24.6	.360	129	20.4
5	Al Kaline A. Kaline	.312	172	1963	DET	145	551	89	24	3	27	101	54	4	48	6	4	616	283	54	3	4	12	12	.375	.514	.889	103	38.2	.387	143	30.7
6	Chuck Hinton C. Hinton	.310	168	1962	WSH	151	542	73	25	6	17	75	47	0	66	28	10	598	256	48	3	6	0	13	.361	.472	.834	92	22.3	.369	123	17.3
7	Reggie Smith R. Smith	.309	168	1969	BOS	143	543	87	29	7	25	93	54	1	67	7	13	607	286	61	1	8	7	14	.368	.527	.895	102	36.7	.395	139	27.1
8	Bill Skowron B. Skowron	.309	166	1960	NYY	146	538	63	34	3	26	91	38	2	95	2	3	584	284	63	0	6	2	17	.353	.528	.881	96	30.2	.385	139	27.6
9	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	.308	166	1969	BAL	148	539	111	19	5	32	100	88	13	62	9	3	643	291	56	0	3	11	12	.415	.540	.955	122	53	.424	166	48.9
10	Rich Rollins R. Rollins	.307	163	1963	MIN	136	531	75	23	1	16	61	36	8	59	2	0	586	236	40	9	2	4	13	.359	.444	.803	84	23.2	.357	123	15.4
11	Albie Pearson A. Pearson	.304	176	1963	LAA	154	578	92	26	5	6	47	92	3	37	17	10	684	230	37	10	1	5	5	.402	.398	.800	101	29.4	.361	132	25.3
12	Boog Powell B. Powell	.304	162	1969	BAL	152	533	83	25	0	37	121	72	1	76	1	1	615	298	62	1	8	10	18	.383	.559	.942	112	45.9	.414	159	42.1
13	George Scott G. Scott	.303	171	1967	BOS	159	565	74	21	7	19	82	63	4	119	10	8	641	263	47	3	6	10	13	.373	.465	.839	98	33.6	.372	137	25.2
14	Tito Francona T. Francona	.301	178	1961	CLE	155	592	87	30	8	16	85	56	4	52	2	1	667	272	54	12	3	3	11	.363	.459	.823	100	21.4	.364	121	17.4
15	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	.301	162	1968	BOS	157	539	90	32	2	23	74	119	2	90	13	6	664	267	57	0	4	13	12	.426	.495	.922	116	55.5	.414	170	46.1
16	Rico Petrocelli R. Petrocelli	.297	159	1969	BOS	154	535	92	32	2	40	97	98	1	68	3	5	643	315	74	3	6	13	12	.403	.589	.992	126	57.3	.433	163	47.1
17	Brooks Robinson B. Robinson	.297	166	1965	BAL	144	559	81	25	2	18	80	47	2	47	3	0	616	249	45	4	4	9	15	.351	.445	.797	86	21.1	.350	126	18
18	Norm Siebern N. Siebern	.296	166	1961	KCA	153	560	68	36	5	18	98	82	1	91	2	4	649	266	59	0	6	3	4	.384	.475	.859	105	28.9	.379	125	20.4
19	Frank Howard F. Howard	.296	175	1969	WSH	161	592	111	17	2	48	111	102	5	96	1	0	702	340	67	0	3	19	29	.402	.574	.976	135	59.6	.427	169	55.9
20	Pete Ward P. Ward	.295	177	1963	CWS	157	600	80	34	6	22	84	52	5	77	7	6	667	289	62	4	6	1	6	.353	.482	.835	102	32.1	.368	136	27.4
21	Jim Northrup J. Northrup	.295	160	1969	DET	148	543	79	31	5	25	66	52	3	83	4	2	602	276	61	1	3	1	8	.358	.508	.866	98	33.3	.388	140	27.6
22	Brooks Robinson B. Robinson	.294	175	1960	BAL	152	595	74	27	9	14	88	35	0	49	2	2	651	262	50	13	8	0	29	.329	.440	.769	84	11.1	.341	110	8.2
23	Jerry Lumpe J. Lumpe	.293	167	1961	KCA	148	569	81	29	9	3	54	48	2	39	1	0	627	223	41	4	4	0	10	.348	.392	.740	79	4.5	.333	95	-3.6
24	Paul Blair P. Blair	.293	162	1967	BAL	151	552	72	27	12	11	64	50	5	68	8	6	619	246	50	5	7	3	11	.353	.446	.799	88	25.5	.356	135	23
25	Eddie Bressoud E. Bressoud	.293	166	1964	BOS	158	566	86	41	3	15	55	72	1	99	1	1	644	258	59	2	3	4	9	.372	.456	.828	98	29	.366	125	18.4