10 Runs On 16 Hits

I was born on October 16, so I like it when I see a team has scored 10 runs on 16 hits. Sixteen hits seems like a "reasonable" number of hits for a 10-run showing, so it must happen with some frequency.

Or does it?

I looked at a few random seasons, thanks to Baseball Reference's Play Index. In any given season, I searched for games in which a team scored 10 runs, then sorted them by the number of hits.

1920: 64 times

17 hits -  6
16 hits - 11
15 hits -  9
14 hits -  9
13 hits -  8
12 hits -  9
11 hits -  3

1930: 97 times

17 hits -  8
16 hits - 13
15 hits - 18
14 hits - 14
13 hits - 17
12 hits -  7
11 hits -  7

1963: 65 times

17 hits -  3
16 hits -  7
15 hits -  7
14 hits - 10
13 hits - 15
12 hits - 11
11 hits -  5

1990: 89 times

17 hits -  7
16 hits - 12
15 hits -  7
14 hits - 11
13 hits - 14
12 hits - 12
11 hits -  9

2004: 151 times

17 hits -  7
16 hits - 19
15 hits - 33
14 hits - 26
13 hits - 28
12 hits - 12

2008: 116 times

17 hits -  5
16 hits - 12
15 hits - 16
14 hits - 23
13 hits - 17
12 hits - 17

2010: 118 times

17 hits -  6
16 hits -  9
15 hits - 20
14 hits - 17
13 hits - 21
12 hits - 10

1920-2010: 7,649 times

18 hits -  207
17 hits -  436
16 hits -  745
15 hits - 1011
14 hits - 1214
13 hits - 1226
12 hits - 1001
11 hits -  728

It would appear that 10/16 simply catches my eye like a shiny penny.

Most and fewest hits for a team scoring 10 runs (in nine innings)?

23 (here & here) and 4 (here & here)