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ShareThisMost extra-base hits in a season with no singles
If you read my Card of the Week post on Saturday you'll remember Ron Fairly's fairly odd 1960 season where he had 3 triples but no singles. Here are the leaders since 1901 in most extra-base hits in a season with no singles.
| Rk | Player | XBH | 1B | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Wrona | 5 | 0 | 1994 | 30 | MIL | AL | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .545 | 1.200 | 1.745 | /*23 |
| 2 | Dixie Howell | 5 | 0 | 1957 | 37 | CHW | AL | 42 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .241 | .630 | .871 | *1 |
| 3 | Wilson Delgado | 4 | 0 | 2002 | 29 | STL | NL | 12 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .600 | .800 | /*6 |
| 4 | Mickey Tettleton | 4 | 0 | 1997 | 36 | TEX | AL | 17 | 48 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .167 | .318 | .485 | *D |
| 5 | Joe Lis | 4 | 0 | 1975 | 28 | CLE | AL | 9 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .444 | .923 | 1.368 | /*3 |
| 6 | Ron Fairly | 4 | 0 | 1960 | 21 | LAD | NL | 14 | 45 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .250 | .351 | .601 | /*97 |
| 7 | Hank Arft | 4 | 0 | 1952 | 30 | SLB | AL | 15 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .273 | .321 | .594 | *3 |
| 8 | Bill Connelly | 4 | 0 | 1952 | 27 | NYG | NL | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .417 | .909 | 1.326 | *1 |
Fairly makes in on there with 4, having added in a homer with his triples.
I bet you never expected to see Rick Wrona and Dixie Howell together at the top of a leaderboard. Wrona's season makes sense--he had only 12 plate appearances and manage to whack a bunch of doubles and a homer. Obviously if he had played more, his hits distribution would have evened out a little more.
Most of the other seasons on the list, including Fairly's, are more surprising. I find it wild that a guy can go 30-40 plate appearances without a single but still hitting several extra-base hits. Of course, the fact that this list is so short backs up the idea that it's quite rare.
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This entry was posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 7:49 am and is filed under Season Finders. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Hank Arft has one of my favorite nicknames...Bow Wow. Hank "Bow Wow" Arft! I love it!
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:28 am
It's interesting how some of these people did this with a few PA and have a high OPS, while some took many more PA and have a low OPS. Not too many offensive leader boards would have such a range.
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:39 pm
That Mickey Tettleton season is amazing. 4 for 44 with 3 HR's and 1 2B. Unreal.
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:23 pm
that was mickey tettleton- all or nothing