Using team data for the season 2016, I tested the correlation between HIT and Run Scored.
library(Lahman)
dat<-subset(Teams, yearID==2016, select=c(R, H))
cor(dat$R, dat$H)
## [1] 0.6948651
I found a positive relationship between the two variables.
*I plotted the relationship.
plot(dat$H, dat$R)