A quick look at Twins rookies over the years and how many hits they had in their rookie season. To make the list they had to have 100 or more hits in their first season in the big leagues.
| Rk | Player | H | Year | Age | G | AB | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Oliva (RoY-1st) | 217 | 1964 | 25 | 161 | 672 | 109 | 43 | 9 | 32 | 94 | 12 | .323 |
| 2 | Rich Rollins | 186 | 1962 | 24 | 159 | 624 | 96 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 96 | 3 | .298 |
| 3 | Lew Ford | 170 | 2004 | 27 | 154 | 569 | 89 | 31 | 4 | 15 | 72 | 20 | .299 |
| 4 | Kirby Puckett (RoY-3rd) | 165 | 1984 | 24 | 128 | 557 | 63 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 14 | .296 |
| 5 | Kent Hrbek (RoY-2nd) | 160 | 1982 | 22 | 140 | 532 | 82 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 92 | 3 | .301 |
| 6 | Chuck Knoblauch (RoY-1st) | 159 | 1991 | 22 | 151 | 565 | 78 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 25 | .281 |
| 7 | Bernie Allen (RoY-3rd) | 154 | 1962 | 23 | 159 | 573 | 79 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 64 | 0 | .269 |
| 8 | Luis Rivas | 150 | 2001 | 21 | 153 | 563 | 70 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 31 | .266 |
| 9 | Rod Carew (RoY-1st) | 150 | 1967 | 21 | 137 | 514 | 66 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 5 | .292 |
| 10 | Carlos Gomez | 149 | 2008 | 22 | 153 | 577 | 79 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 33 | .258 |
| 11 | Tim Teufel (RoY-4th) | 149 | 1984 | 25 | 157 | 568 | 76 | 30 | 3 | 14 | 61 | 1 | .262 |
| 12 | Joe Mauer | 144 | 2005 | 22 | 131 | 489 | 61 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 55 | 13 | .294 |
| 13 | Zoilo Versalles | 143 | 1961 | 21 | 129 | 510 | 65 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 16 | .280 |
| 14 | Marty Cordova (RoY-1st) | 142 | 1995 | 25 | 137 | 512 | 81 | 27 | 4 | 24 | 84 | 20 | .277 |
| 15 | Butch Wynegar (RoY-2nd) | 139 | 1976 | 20 | 149 | 534 | 58 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 69 | 0 | .260 |
| 16 | Bobby Darwin | 137 | 1972 | 29 | 145 | 513 | 48 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 80 | 2 | .267 |
| 17 | Chad Allen | 133 | 1999 | 24 | 137 | 481 | 69 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 14 | .277 |
| 18 | Jimmie Hall (RoY-3rd) | 129 | 1963 | 25 | 156 | 497 | 88 | 21 | 5 | 33 | 80 | 3 | .260 |
| 19 | Bob Randall | 127 | 1976 | 28 | 153 | 475 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 3 | .267 |
| 20 | Tom Brunansky | 126 | 1982 | 21 | 127 | 463 | 77 | 30 | 1 | 20 | 46 | 1 | .272 |
| 21 | Dan Ford | 123 | 1975 | 23 | 130 | 440 | 72 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 59 | 6 | .280 |
| 22 | Ron Washington | 122 | 1982 | 30 | 119 | 451 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 3 | .271 |
| 23 | Cesar Tovar | 121 | 1966 | 25 | 134 | 465 | 57 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 16 | .260 |
| 24 | Ben Revere | 120 | 2011 | 23 | 117 | 450 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 34 | .267 |
| 25 | Gary Gaetti (RoY-5th) | 117 | 1982 | 23 | 145 | 508 | 59 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 84 | 0 | .230 |
| 26 | Jerry Terrell | 116 | 1973 | 26 | 124 | 438 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 13 | .265 |
| 27 | Bobby Mitchell | 113 | 1982 | 27 | 124 | 454 | 48 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 8 | .249 |
| 28 | John Castino (RoY-1st) | 112 | 1979 | 24 | 148 | 393 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 5 | .285 |
| 29 | A.J. Pierzynski | 110 | 2001 | 24 | 114 | 381 | 51 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 1 | .289 |
| 30 | Willie Norwood | 109 | 1978 | 27 | 125 | 428 | 56 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 25 | .255 |
| 31 | Mark Salas (RoY-8th) | 108 | 1985 | 24 | 120 | 360 | 51 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 0 | .300 |
| 32 | Corey Koskie | 106 | 1999 | 26 | 117 | 342 | 42 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 58 | 4 | .310 |
| 33 | Lyman Bostock | 104 | 1975 | 24 | 98 | 369 | 52 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 2 | .282 |
| 34 | Dustan Mohr (RoY-8th) | 103 | 2002 | 26 | 120 | 383 | 55 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 45 | 6 | .269 |
| 35 | Steve Lombardozzi | 103 | 1986 | 26 | 156 | 453 | 53 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 3 | .227 |
| 36 | Rick Sofield | 103 | 1980 | 23 | 131 | 417 | 52 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 4 | .247 |
| 37 | Denard Span (RoY-6th) | 102 | 2008 | 24 | 93 | 347 | 70 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 18 | .294 |
Who will be the next Twins rookie to join this list?
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