The five primary ratings for hitters are contact, power, left and right splits, and batting eye. There is no one right combination of these five ratings as they all work together to define what kind of hitter the player will be.
A typical lineup is going to have a mix of different kinds of hitters. You will have players who are good at getting on-base, hitters who make good contact and hit for good average, guys who hit for power, etc.
With that in mind, it's difficult to say what is a good rating to have in any one particular category, as you can have a very high rating in one category but poor ratings in the other four, and overall, your guy is just not going to be a productive offensive player. Conversely, he can have a fairly poor rating in one category, but if he is exceptionally strong in two, three or all four of the other ratings, he may be an excellent contributor in some manner to your offense.
To get a much better understanding of what combination of ratings define certain kids of hitters, your best bet will often be to look at a previously completed season in your world, look for hitters who are near the league leaders in some category (on base percentage, batting average, slugging percentage, etc.), look at their ratings for the five primary categories, and try to understand the correlation between those ratings and the statistics they produce.
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