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1979 AL Hits Leaders

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George Brett led the AL in hits in 1979 with 212, 11 ahead of Jim Rice (201). It was one of 3 times George Brett led in hits.

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George Brett Led the AL in 1979 George Brett Kansas City Royals
212 Hits 11 clear of Jim Rice
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# Player Team H G AB AVG 2B
1 George Brett George Brett KCA 212 154 645 .329 42
2 Jim Rice Jim Rice BOS 201 158 619 .325 39
3 Buddy Bell Buddy Bell TEX 200 162 670 .299 42
4 Carney Lansford Carney Lansford CAL 188 157 654 .287 30
5 Paul Molitor Paul Molitor ML4 188 140 584 .322 27
6 Don Baylor Don Baylor CAL 186 162 628 .296 33
7 Willie Wilson Willie Wilson KCA 185 154 588 .315 18
8 Cecil Cooper Cecil Cooper ML4 182 150 590 .308 44
9 Willie Horton Willie Horton SEA 180 162 646 .279 19
10 Ron LeFlore Ron LeFlore DET 180 148 600 .300 22
11 Eddie Murray Eddie Murray BAL 179 159 606 .295 30
12 Alfredo Griffin Alfredo Griffin TOR 179 153 624 .287 22
13 Chet Lemon Chet Lemon CHA 177 148 556 .318 44
14 Fred Lynn Fred Lynn BOS 177 147 531 .333 42
15 Bruce Bochte Bruce Bochte SEA 175 150 554 .316 38
16 Rick Burleson Rick Burleson BOS 174 153 627 .278 32
17 Ken Landreaux Ken Landreaux MIN 172 151 564 .305 27
18 Amos Otis Amos Otis KCA 170 151 577 .295 28
19 Roy Smalley Roy Smalley MIN 168 162 621 .271 28
20 Ken Singleton Ken Singleton BAL 168 159 570 .295 29
21 Ruppert Jones Ruppert Jones SEA 166 162 622 .267 29
22 Brian Downing Brian Downing CAL 166 148 509 .326 27
23 Dan Ford Dan Ford CAL 165 142 569 .290 26
24 Al Bumbry Al Bumbry BAL 162 148 569 .285 29
25 Rick Bosetti Rick Bosetti TOR 161 162 619 .260 35
26 Al Oliver Al Oliver TEX 159 136 492 .323 28
27 Ron Jackson MIN 158 159 583 .271 40
28 Bobby Grich Bobby Grich CAL 157 153 534 .294 30
29 Steve Kemp Steve Kemp DET 156 134 490 .318 26
30 Mickey Rivers Mickey Rivers NYA +1 156 132 533 .293 27
31 Darrell Porter Darrell Porter KCA 155 157 533 .291 23
32 Willie Randolph Willie Randolph NYA 155 153 574 .270 15
33 Chris Chambliss Chris Chambliss NYA 155 149 554 .280 27
34 Robin Yount Robin Yount ML4 154 149 577 .267 26
35 Sixto Lezcano Sixto Lezcano ML4 152 138 473 .321 29
36 Al Cowens Al Cowens KCA 152 136 516 .295 18
37 Bobby Bonds Bobby Bonds CLE 148 146 538 .275 24
38 Bump Wills Bump Wills TEX 148 146 543 .273 21
39 Lamar Johnson Lamar Johnson CHA 148 133 479 .309 29
40 Toby Harrah Toby Harrah CLE 147 149 527 .279 25
41 Dan Meyer Dan Meyer SEA 146 144 525 .278 21
42 Rick Manning Rick Manning CLE 145 144 560 .259 12
43 Ben Oglivie Ben Oglivie ML4 145 139 514 .282 30
44 Alan Bannister Alan Bannister CHA 144 136 506 .285 28
45 Bob Watson Bob Watson BOS +1 144 133 475 .303 23
46 Carl Yastrzemski Carl Yastrzemski BOS 140 147 518 .270 28
47 Butch Hobson Butch Hobson BOS 138 146 528 .261 26
48 Reggie Jackson Reggie Jackson NYA 138 131 465 .297 24
49 Lou Piniella Lou Piniella NYA 137 130 461 .297 22
50 Gorman Thomas Gorman Thomas ML4 136 156 557 .244 29
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