31st March 2009
Since 1973, here are the most career PA for an AL pitcher:
Cnt Player **PA** From To Ages G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+---------+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Mike Mussina 54 1991 2008 22-39 537 52 3 9 1 0 0 5 1 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .173 .189 .192 .381 *1 BAL-NYY
2 Freddy Garcia 52 1999 2008 24-33 256 41 0 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 0 11 0 1 0 0 .195 .195 .220 .415 *1 SEA-TOT-CHW-DET
3 Jarrod Washburn 50 1998 2008 23-33 286 38 3 9 0 0 0 4 5 0 11 0 7 0 0 0 0 .237 .326 .237 .563 *1 ANA-LAA-SEA
4 Bartolo Colon 49 1997 2008 24-35 299 46 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 0 3 0 1 0 0 .109 .109 .109 .218 *1 CLE-CHW-ANA-LAA-BOS
5 Kenny Rogers 45 1989 2008 24-43 751 41 3 6 1 1 0 3 2 0 15 0 2 0 1 1 0 .146 .186 .220 .406 *1 TEX-NYY-OAK-TEX-MIN-DET
6 Mark Buehrle 43 2000 2008 21-29 293 36 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 0 6 0 0 0 0 .083 .108 .083 .191 *1 CHW
7 C.C. Sabathia 42 2001 2008 20-27 238 40 3 12 1 0 2 7 1 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 .300 .317 .475 .792 *1 CLE
8 Roy Halladay 39 1998 2008 21-31 281 37 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 0 2 0 1 0 0 .081 .081 .081 .162 *1 TOR
9 Andy Pettitte 38 1995 2008 23-36 352 34 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 .088 .114 .118 .232 *1 NYY
10 Tim Wakefield 37 1995 2008 28-41 506 30 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 1 5 0 0 0 0 .100 .156 .100 .256 *1 BOS
11 David Wells 37 1987 2006 24-43 584 35 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 .114 .114 .143 .257 *1 TOR-DET-BAL-NYY-TOR-CHW-BOS
12 Sidney Ponson 34 1998 2008 21-31 260 30 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 .133 .133 .200 .333 *1 BAL-NYY-MIN-TOT
13 Brad Radke 34 1995 2006 22-33 378 29 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 .103 .103 .103 .206 *1 MIN
14 Aaron Sele 34 1993 2005 23-35 342 28 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 .143 .172 .179 .351 *1 BOS-TEX-SEA-ANA
15 Johan Santana 32 2000 2007 21-28 251 31 3 8 1 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .258 .281 .355 .636 *1 MIN
16 Barry Zito 32 2000 2006 22-28 222 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 .034 .034 .034 .068 *1 OAK
OK, so just about all of these PAs have come in interleague play. That's cheating.
So let's restrict the search to 1973 to 1996, before interleague play began in 1997.
Cnt Player **PA** From To Ages G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+---------+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Ken Brett 12 1976 1981 27-32 140 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .166 *1 TOT-CAL-MIN-KCR
2 Ken Holtzman 3 1973 1978 27-32 176 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 *1 OAK-TOT-NYY
3 Frank MacCormack 3 1976 1977 21-22 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 /*1 DET-SEA
4 Cy Acosta 3 1973 1974 26-27 75 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 /*1 CHW
5 Mark Langston 2 1984 1996 23-35 378 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1 SEA-CAL
6 Hipolito Pichardo 2 1992 1996 22-26 207 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1 KCR
7 Rick Honeycutt 2 1977 1995 23-41 609 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1/D SEA-TEX-OAK-TOT
8 Bill Dawley 2 1986 1989 28-31 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 /*1 CHW-OAK
9 Rick Rhoden 2 1987 1988 34-35 61 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 /*1D NYY
10 Jamie Easterly 2 1981 1987 28-34 231 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1/D MIL-TOT-CLE
11 Ron Davis 2 1978 1986 22-30 430 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1 NYY-MIN
12 Tim Lollar 2 1980 1986 24-30 82 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 /*1 NYY-TOT-BOS
13 Rollie Fingers 2 1973 1985 26-38 461 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1 OAK-MIL
14 Vida Blue 2 1973 1983 23-33 242 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1 OAK-KCR
15 Luis Tiant 2 1973 1982 32-41 271 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1 BOS-NYY-CAL
16 Fergie Jenkins 2 1974 1981 31-38 255 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 *1 TEX-BOS
17 Catfish Hunter 2 1973 1979 27-33 215 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 *1 OAK-NYY
18 Tom Murphy 2 1974 1979 28-33 270 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 *1 MIL-TOT-TOR
19 Mark Littell 2 1973 1977 20-24 123 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1 KCR
20 Lindy McDaniel 2 1973 1975 37-39 125 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1 NYY-KCR
So Ken Brett is the only AL pitcher to get more than 3 PAs during the DH, non-interleague era. All of those came in 1976 with the White Sox, as Brett spent the rest of his post-1973 career in the NL, moving to the Phillies from the American League for the 1973 season.
Posted in Season Finders | 7 Comments »
30th March 2009
Since 1954:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R **ER** BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+------+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
1 Mike Norris 1980-09-26 OAK MIL L 7-10 CG 9 ,L 9 17 10 10 1 9 4 21 45 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.00
2 Ken Holtzman 1979-05-18 CHC PIT L 5-9 CG 9 ,L 9 13 9 9 3 4 3 26 43 39 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9.00
3 Nolan Ryan 1978-05-17 CAL @CHW L 6-9 CG 8 ,L 8 10 9 9 7 6 2 25 40 31 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.12
4 Jim Kaat 1964-07-02 MIN @BOS W 15-9 CG 9 ,W 9 13 9 9 4 3 2 24 42 36 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
5 Lew Burdette 1960-10-02 MLN @PIT L 5-9 CG 8 ,L 8 15 9 9 1 0 0 15 40 39 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.12
6 Frank Lary 1960-08-25 DET @BAL L 3-9 CG 8 ,L 8 10 9 9 4 3 2 25 38 32 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.12
7 Hal Griggs 1959-07-26(1) WSH @CLE L 0-9 CG 8 ,L 8 9 9 9 7 3 2 24 39 31 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.12
8 Randy Johnson 1998-07-05 SEA @TEX L 4-8 CG 8 ,L 8 9 8 8 2 12 3 141 84 42 35 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9.00
9 Pat Hentgen 1996-08-07 TOR @BOS L 0-8 CG 8 ,L 8 9 8 8 1 5 3 103 69 36 34 31 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
10 Mark Williamson 1988-05-25 BAL @OAK L 1-8 CG 8 ,L 8 9 8 8 2 7 2 129 84 37 35 32 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
11 Floyd Youmans 1986-10-02 MON NYM L 2-8 CG 9 ,L 9 8 8 8 3 10 2 46 36 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 8.00
12 Fernando Valenzue 1986-05-09 LAD @MON L 4-8 CG 8 ,L 8 11 8 8 1 6 3 33 35 33 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.00
13 Britt Burns 1985-07-13 CHW @BAL W 10-8 CG 9 ,W 9 8 8 8 5 4 3 38 37 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00
14 Chris Codiroli 1983-06-12(2) OAK CHW L 1-8 CG 9 ,L 9 11 8 8 4 4 0 33 42 38 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00
15 Rick Langford 1980-10-02 OAK @CHW L 4-9 CG 8 ,L 8 15 9 8 1 2 1 19 39 34 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
16 Mike Norris 1980-06-16 OAK @BOS W 11-8 CG 9 ,W 9 12 8 8 2 3 3 32 41 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00
17 Phil Niekro 1977-05-03 ATL PIT L 7-8 CG 11 ,L 11 12 8 8 5 9 2 45 48 41 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 6.55
18 Mickey Lolich 1975-08-15 DET @CAL L 0-8 CG 8 ,L 8 14 8 8 1 3 1 24 38 35 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.00
19 Mel Stottlemyre 1971-07-19(1) NYY CHW L 3-8 CG 10 ,L 10 13 8 8 3 2 1 33 43 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.20
20 Don Drysdale 1968-07-28(1) LAD @CHC L 3-8 CG 8 ,L 8 8 8 8 3 6 1 37 35 29 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
21 Bob Sadowski 1964-08-24 MLN PHI W 12-9 CG 9 ,W 9 13 9 8 0 4 3 31 41 40 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.00
22 Gary Blaylock 1959-05-27 STL @SFG L 4-9 CG 8 ,L 8 8 9 8 3 2 3 31 35 29 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 9.00
23 Robin Roberts 1956-09-30(1) PHI NYG L 3-8 CG 9 ,L 9 15 8 8 1 4 3 28 42 39 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.00
24 Bob Feller 1956-09-30 CLE DET L 4-8 CG 9 ,L 9 14 8 8 3 0 1 24 42 38 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.00
25 Art Ditmar 1955-08-21 KCA @CLE L 4-9 CG 8 ,L 8 7 9 8 10 3 2 27 41 28 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 9.00
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+------+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R **ER** BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+------+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
26 Bob Trice 1954-07-02 PHA @BOS L 4-8 CG 8 ,L 8 10 8 8 4 2 0 28 37 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
I can understand that sometimes a starting pitcher is left in even when he's not that effective. This can happen when a bullpen is worn out or if there are more important games coming up immediately and the manager wants to keep other arms fresh.
But I wonder about the story behind some of these games.
Why was Jim Kaat allowed to stay in a July game to give up 9 earned runs? The Twins were way ahead 12-2 in the 7th inning when Kaat got hit up for 3 runs. Then they got those runs back in the 8th, going up 15-5. He had toruble closing out the 9th, giving up 4 more runs for a final score of 15-9 with Kaat as the winning pitcher. I guess that makes sense--the game was never really in doubt, and if Kaat was uninjured and was willing to stay in, why not?
I'm sure there are lots of other interesting stories here. Share any with us that you might know.
Posted in Game Finders | 6 Comments »
29th March 2009
Since 1954 there have been 43 instances where a player has started at least 100 of his team's wins in a season.
Five players have each accounted for 2 of those seasons.
Year Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+
Brooks Robinson 1969 106 Ind. Games
Brooks Robinson 1970 105 Ind. Games
Pete Rose 1970 100 Ind. Games
Pete Rose 1975 108 Ind. Games
Andruw Jones 1998 103 Ind. Games
Andruw Jones 1999 103 Ind. Games
Derek Jeter 1998 104 Ind. Games
Derek Jeter 2002 100 Ind. Games
Miguel Tejada 2001 100 Ind. Games
Miguel Tejada 2002 102 Ind. Games
Since 1954 there have been 27 times when a player has started 100 losses in one season.
Only 2 players have managed to do it twice.
Year Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+
Frank Thomas 1954 100 Ind. Games
Frank Thomas 1962 109 Ind. Games
Billy Williams 1962 102 Ind. Games
Billy Williams 1966 103 Ind. Games
There have also been 3 players who have pulled off one of each:
Year Games Link to Individual Games
-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------
Rocky Colavito 1961 100 (wins) Ind. Games
Rocky Colavito 1964 101 (losses) Ind. Games
Eddie Murray 1979 102 (wins) Ind. Games
Eddie Murray 1988 107 (losses) Ind. Games
Ichiro Suzuki 2001 107 (wins) Ind. Games
Ichiro Suzuki 2008 100 (losses) Ind. Games
Ichiro - Welcome to the club.
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29th March 2009
Last week Joe Girardi announced that he would be flip-flopping Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter in the Yankee lineup. The actual value of the move may be debatable, but it is interesting from a historical perspective. Since 1954 there have been only a handful of players to have started as many games from their respective line-up slots as Damon and Jeter.
Only 7 players have started more games at leadoff than Damon:
Games Link to Individual Games
-----------------+-----+-------------------------
Rickey Henderson 2875 Ind. Games
Pete Rose 2300 Ind. Games
Lou Brock 1893 Ind. Games
Brett Butler 1845 Ind. Games
Kenny Lofton 1705 Ind. Games
Paul Molitor 1570 Ind. Games
Craig Biggio 1560 Ind. Games
Johnny Damon 1519 Ind. Games
Only 4 players have started more games from the 2 hole than Jeter :
Games Link to Individual Games
-----------------+-----+-------------------------
Ozzie Smith 1529 Ind. Games
Nellie Fox 1504 Ind. Games
Omar Vizquel 1470 Ind. Games
Jay Bell 1319 Ind. Games
Derek Jeter 1246 Ind. Games
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27th March 2009
Here's a Pitching Game Streak Finder search for most consecutive appearances by a pitcher where he recorded 1 or zero outs. I expected to see some left-handed specialists here, and the first guy to come to mind was Mike Myers.
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Royce Ring 2008-04-21 2008-05-09 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.00 1 0 1 ATL
Mike Myers 2001-08-12 2001-09-17 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 4 4 3 2 0 18.00 0 0 0 COL
John Candelaria 1991-08-21 1991-09-29 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 5 5 2 6 0 15.00 0 0 0 LAD
Trever Miller 2007-06-13 2007-06-28 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.1 5 3 3 3 4 0 11.57 0 0 0 HOU
Jesse Orosco 2003-08-05 2003-08-25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 5 4 3 1 0 21.60 0 0 0 NYY
Jesse Orosco 1999-08-04 1999-08-25 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 3 0 3.38 0 0 0 BAL
Tony Fossas 1992-07-29 1992-08-22 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0.00 1 0 0 BOS
Bill Bray 2008-09-05 2008-09-26 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.1 1 1 1 1 5 0 3.86 0 0 0 CIN
Ron Villone 2008-08-24 2008-09-09 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 3 1 0 13.50 1 1 0 STL
Damaso Marte 2007-09-07 2008-04-02 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 7 8 8 2 3 2 27.00 0 0 0 PIT
John Franco 2004-10-03 2005-04-21 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 1 1 2 0 4.50 1 0 0 NYM-HOU
Scott Eyre 2004-07-15 2004-07-26 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2.1 3 1 1 1 1 0 3.86 0 0 0 SFG
Scott Eyre 2004-06-23 2004-07-03 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0.00 0 1 0 SFG
Jesse Orosco 2002-08-31 2002-09-20 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 4.50 0 0 0 LAD
Armando Almanza 2000-09-08 2000-09-27 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 4 4 5 2 0 13.50 1 0 0 FLA
Jason Christianse 2000-09-03 2000-09-22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 STL
Mike Holtz 1997-05-14 1997-06-06 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.1 5 1 1 0 3 1 3.86 0 0 0 ANA
Larry Casian 1995-08-27 1995-09-13 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 2 1 0 0 18.00 0 0 0 CHC
Tony Fossas 1993-09-10 1993-09-25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 1 2 0 13.50 1 0 0 BOS
Tony Fossas 1993-08-26 1993-09-05 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 9.00 0 0 0 BOS
Tony Fossas 1992-07-08 1992-07-25 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 BOS
Mike Barlow 1980-09-17 1981-04-11 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.2 10 8 7 6 0 1 23.63 1 2 0 TOR
Well, well, well, looks like I know a thing or two. Myers got hammered pretty good in his streak. Of those 10 games, 7 were scoreless, but in the other 3 he allowed 4 runs while recording only 2 outs. All 10 appearances added up to just 6 outs.
I was surprised to see Candelaria on there, as he's a guy I think of as exlusively a starter. But indeed towards the end of his career, he too was being used as a left-handed relief specialist, and in fact he never started a game after 1990. He got scored in during 4 of his 10 appearances.
Royce Ring, on the other hand, had a beautiful streak last year, pitching 3 innings over 10 appearances, allowing no hits, one walk, and no runs.
Many of the other guys on this list are also left-handed relief specialists.
Posted in Streak Finders | 4 Comments »
26th March 2009
The title says it all. Here's the list:
Cnt Player **PA** XB Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Jack O'Connor 184 0 1906 37 SLB AL 55 174 8 33 0 0 0 11 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 .190 .199 .190 .389 *2
2 Vic Willis 161 0 1902 26 BSN NL 52 150 10 23 0 0 0 7 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .153 .206 .153 .359 *1
3 Mike McNally 151 0 1916 22 BOS AL 87 135 28 23 0 0 0 9 10 0 19 0 6 0 0 9 0 .170 .228 .170 .398 45/68
4 Dave Davenport 147 0 1915 25 SLM FL 55 130 7 12 0 0 0 4 9 0 52 1 7 0 0 0 0 .092 .157 .092 .249 *1
5 Dwain Anderson 144 0 1973 25 TOT NL 71 124 16 15 0 0 0 3 18 0 33 0 2 0 2 2 0 .121 .232 .121 .353 *6/58
6 Wilbur Wood 144 0 1972 30 CHW AL 49 125 8 17 0 0 0 7 6 0 65 0 13 0 4 0 0 .136 .176 .136 .312 *1
7 Bill Stumpf 143 0 1912 20 NYY AL 42 129 8 31 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 1 7 0 0 5 0 .240 .279 .240 .519 *6/4583
8 Dummy Taylor 141 0 1901 26 NYG NL 45 136 11 18 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .132 .157 .132 .289 *1
9 Togie Pittinger 138 0 1905 33 PHI NL 46 122 9 19 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 1 12 0 0 1 0 .156 .183 .156 .339 *1
10 Dave Nelson 137 0 1969 25 CLE AL 52 123 11 25 0 0 0 6 9 1 26 1 2 2 2 4 3 .203 .259 .203 .462 *4
11 Otis Lawry 137 0 1916 22 PHA AL 41 123 10 25 0 0 0 4 9 0 21 1 4 0 0 4 0 .203 .263 .203 .466 *4/78
12 Pat Corrales 135 0 1972 31 TOT NL 46 120 6 23 0 0 0 6 13 2 26 1 1 0 1 0 0 .192 .276 .192 .468 *2
13 Gene Good 135 0 1906 23 BSN NL 34 119 4 18 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 .151 .246 .151 .397 *78
14 Red Faber 134 0 1921 32 CHW AL 43 108 8 16 0 0 0 4 17 0 35 1 8 0 0 1 0 .148 .270 .148 .418 *1
15 Case Patten 134 0 1902 28 WSH AL 39 125 6 12 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .096 .137 .096 .233 *1/9
16 Mike Gallego 132 0 1995 34 OAK AL 43 120 11 28 0 0 0 8 9 0 24 1 2 0 3 0 1 .233 .292 .233 .525 465
17 Bill McKechnie 129 0 1913 26 TOT ML 46 116 8 15 0 0 0 8 8 0 18 2 3 0 0 2 0 .129 .198 .129 .327
18 Vern Bickford 128 0 1950 29 BSN NL 40 116 9 16 0 0 0 6 3 0 24 0 9 0 0 0 0 .138 .160 .138 .298 *1
19 Mordecai Brown 128 0 1908 31 CHC NL 46 121 5 25 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 .207 .220 .207 .427 *1
20 Denny McLain 125 0 1969 25 DET AL 42 106 5 17 0 0 0 8 4 0 41 0 13 2 2 0 0 .160 .188 .160 .348 *1
21 Togie Pittinger 125 0 1904 32 BSN NL 38 121 2 13 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .107 .115 .107 .222 *1
22 Wilbur Wood 124 0 1971 29 CHW AL 44 96 1 5 0 0 0 0 11 0 57 0 17 0 2 1 0 .052 .150 .052 .202 *1
23 Randy Jones 123 0 1976 26 SDP NL 40 103 6 6 0 0 0 2 5 0 39 0 15 0 0 0 0 .058 .102 .058 .160 *1
24 Kaiser Wilhelm 122 0 1908 34 BRO NL 42 111 4 12 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .108 .154 .108 .262 *1
Lots of pitchers from long-gone eras on here. Wilbur Wood sticks out as a much more recent pitcher. In 1972, Wood started 49 games and completed 20 of them, amassing 376 IP. That's how he got 144 plate appearances. He did get 17 singles with 7 RBI and 8 runs scored.
Mike Gallego's 1995 also sticks out as the only season from the last 30 years. He got 28 singles in 120 AB, good for a .233 BA (far better than most on this list.)
Looking at just the last 30 years:
Cnt Player **PA** XB Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Mike Gallego 132 0 1995 34 OAK AL 43 120 11 28 0 0 0 8 9 0 24 1 2 0 3 0 1 .233 .292 .233 .525 465
2 Steve Rogers 106 0 1980 30 MON NL 38 81 7 13 0 0 0 7 10 0 28 0 15 0 0 0 0 .160 .253 .160 .413 *1
3 Otis Nixon 103 0 1984 25 CLE AL 49 91 16 14 0 0 0 1 8 0 11 0 3 1 2 12 6 .154 .220 .154 .374 *7/8
4 Curt Schilling 98 0 2002 35 ARI NL 36 86 7 15 0 0 0 3 4 0 26 0 8 0 2 0 0 .174 .211 .174 .385 *1
5 Bob Welch 98 0 1987 30 LAD NL 38 83 5 13 0 0 0 5 7 0 24 0 8 0 0 0 0 .157 .222 .157 .379 *1
6 Broderick Perkins 97 0 1979 24 SDP NL 57 87 8 23 0 0 0 8 8 2 12 0 1 1 3 0 0 .264 .323 .264 .587 3
7 Tom Browning 96 0 1989 29 CIN NL 41 78 2 7 0 0 0 2 4 0 32 0 14 0 1 0 1 .090 .134 .090 .224 *1
8 Joe Niekro 96 0 1984 39 HOU NL 38 83 4 11 0 0 0 6 2 0 21 0 11 0 0 0 0 .133 .153 .133 .286 *1
9 Kevin Brown 94 0 1999 34 LAD NL 35 78 1 5 0 0 0 3 2 0 24 0 13 1 0 0 0 .064 .086 .064 .150 *1
10 Jose DeLeon 94 0 1989 28 STL NL 36 83 3 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 37 0 9 0 1 0 0 .096 .118 .096 .214 *1
11 Juan Castillo 94 0 1988 26 MIL AL 54 90 10 20 0 0 0 2 3 0 14 0 1 0 1 2 0 .222 .247 .222 .469 456/7
12 Tom Browning 94 0 1986 26 CIN NL 46 86 9 14 0 0 0 3 1 0 25 0 7 0 2 1 0 .163 .172 .163 .335 *1
13 Nolan Ryan 94 0 1982 35 HOU NL 35 83 5 10 0 0 0 3 5 0 37 0 6 0 1 0 0 .120 .170 .120 .290 *1
14 John Burkett 93 0 1993 28 SFG NL 34 76 7 9 0 0 0 4 5 0 31 0 12 0 4 0 0 .118 .173 .118 .291 *1
15 Andy Hawkins 93 0 1985 25 SDP NL 33 77 1 6 0 0 0 3 3 0 16 0 13 0 1 0 0 .078 .113 .078 .191 *1
16 Ramon Martinez 92 0 1990 22 LAD NL 33 80 2 10 0 0 0 6 1 0 32 1 9 1 1 0 0 .125 .145 .125 .270 *1
17 Frank Viola 92 0 1990 30 NYM NL 35 85 4 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 20 0 7 0 1 0 0 .153 .153 .153 .306 *1
18 Randy Johnson 91 0 2001 37 ARI NL 35 80 2 8 0 0 0 2 3 0 38 1 7 0 3 0 0 .100 .143 .100 .243 *1
19 Jose Lima 91 0 1999 26 HOU NL 36 75 4 6 0 0 0 2 3 0 24 0 13 0 3 0 0 .080 .115 .080 .195 *1/5
20 Mike Scott 91 0 1987 32 HOU NL 36 80 4 10 0 0 0 3 3 0 32 0 8 0 2 0 0 .125 .157 .125 .282 *1
21 Bill Gullickson 91 0 1986 27 CIN NL 37 79 3 6 0 0 0 2 3 0 15 0 9 0 3 0 0 .076 .110 .076 .186 *1
22 Pete Vuckovich 90 0 1979 26 STL NL 34 79 7 12 0 0 0 3 1 0 14 0 8 2 2 0 0 .152 .159 .152 .311 *1
23 Jose Oquendo 89 0 1993 29 STL NL 46 73 7 15 0 0 0 4 12 1 8 0 3 1 5 0 0 .205 .314 .205 .519 64
24 Greg Maddux 89 0 1990 24 CHC NL 35 83 1 12 0 0 0 3 2 0 25 0 4 0 0 0 0 .145 .165 .145 .310 *1
25 Jerry Koosman 89 0 1984 41 PHI NL 36 74 2 8 0 0 0 3 1 0 23 0 14 0 3 0 0 .108 .120 .108 .228 *1
Just about all pitchers again.
Finally, here are the most PAs in a season by a guy with no extra-base hits but also a BA of at least .300:
Cnt Player **PA** XB BA Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+---+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Pete Donohue 66 0 .333 1929 28 CIN NL 32 60 1 20 0 0 0 13 1 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 .355 .333 .688 *1
2 Amos Strunk 65 0 .315 1923 34 CHW AL 54 54 7 17 0 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 .403 .315 .718 /837
3 Bunk Congalton 49 0 .362 1905 30 CLE AL 12 47 4 17 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .388 .362 .750 *9
4 Jesse Levis 48 0 .351 1998 30 MIL NL 22 37 4 13 0 0 0 4 7 2 6 2 1 1 3 1 0 .468 .351 .819 *2
5 Manny Mota 47 0 .357 1979 41 LAD NL 47 42 1 15 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 .400 .357 .757 /7
6 Mike Roarke 47 0 .318 1963 32 DET AL 23 44 5 14 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .362 .318 .680 *2
7 Joe Caffie 44 0 .342 1956 25 CLE AL 12 38 7 13 0 0 0 1 4 0 8 2 0 0 0 3 2 .432 .342 .774
8 Grady Hatton 43 0 .342 1960 37 CHC NL 28 38 3 13 0 0 0 7 2 1 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 .381 .342 .723 /4
9 Mike Herrera 42 0 .385 1925 27 BOS AL 10 39 2 15 0 0 0 8 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .415 .385 .800 *4
10 Jack Warner 42 0 .333 1925 21 DET AL 10 39 7 13 0 0 0 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .381 .333 .714 *5
11 Bobby Stevens 41 0 .343 1931 24 PHI NL 12 35 3 12 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .410 .343 .753 *6
12 Johnny Estrada 39 0 .306 2003 27 ATL NL 16 36 2 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 .359 .306 .665 *2
13 Jim King 39 0 .314 1957 24 STL NL 22 35 1 11 0 0 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .314 .699
14 Joe Ginsberg 39 0 .361 1948 21 DET AL 11 36 7 13 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .410 .361 .771 *2
15 Max Macon 39 0 .306 1938 22 STL NL 46 36 5 11 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .342 .306 .648 *1/9
16 Rick Monday 38 0 .303 1979 33 LAD NL 12 33 2 10 0 0 0 2 5 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 .395 .303 .698 /*89
17 Marv Foley 38 0 .353 1978 24 CHW AL 11 34 3 12 0 0 0 6 4 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 .421 .353 .774 *2
18 Johnny Podres 38 0 .306 1953 20 BRO NL 34 36 5 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 .324 .306 .630 *1
19 Hal Newhouser 38 0 .310 1951 30 DET AL 17 29 4 9 0 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 .412 .310 .722 *1
20 Gene Mauch 37 0 .300 1947 21 PIT NL 16 30 8 9 0 0 0 1 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .432 .300 .732 /46
21 Nick Altrock 37 0 .333 1903 26 TOT AL 14 33 6 11 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .405 .333 .738 *1
Almost no pitchers here. But check out Pete Donohue in 1929: 60 AB, 20 singles, and 13 RBI. Very nice indeed.
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25th March 2009
Here are the leaders for most PAs in a season without grounding into a single double play:
Cnt Player **PA** GDP Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Frankie Crosetti 757 0 1938 27 NYY AL 157 631 113 166 35 3 9 55 106 0 97 15 5 0 27 12 .263 .382 .371 .753 *6
2 Woody English 755 0 1930 24 CHC NL 156 638 152 214 36 17 14 59 100 0 72 6 11 0 3 0 .335 .430 .511 .941 *5*6
3 Taylor Douthit 752 0 1928 27 STL NL 154 648 111 191 35 3 3 43 84 0 36 10 10 0 11 0 .295 .384 .372 .756 *8
4 Augie Galan 748 0 1935 23 CHC NL 154 646 133 203 41 11 12 79 87 0 53 4 11 0 22 0 .314 .399 .467 .866 *7
5 Taylor Douthit 748 0 1930 29 STL NL 154 664 109 201 41 10 7 93 60 0 38 4 20 0 4 0 .303 .364 .426 .790 *8
6 Rabbit Maranville 747 0 1922 30 PIT NL 155 672 115 198 26 15 0 63 61 0 43 2 12 0 24 13 .295 .355 .378 .733 *64
7 Lyn Lary 745 0 1936 30 SLB AL 155 619 112 179 30 6 2 52 117 0 54 2 7 0 37 9 .289 .404 .367 .771 *6
8 Dave Bancroft 745 0 1922 31 NYG NL 156 651 117 209 41 5 4 60 79 0 27 3 12 0 16 11 .321 .397 .418 .815 *6
9 Craig Biggio 744 0 1997 31 HOU NL 162 619 146 191 37 8 22 81 84 6 107 34 0 7 47 10 .309 .415 .501 .916 *4/D
10 Charlie Jamieson 742 0 1923 30 CLE AL 152 644 130 222 36 12 2 51 80 0 37 6 12 0 18 14 .345 .422 .447 .869 *7
11 Lyn Lary 741 0 1937 31 CLE AL 156 644 110 187 46 7 8 77 88 0 64 3 6 0 18 8 .290 .378 .421 .799 *6
12 Kiki Cuyler 741 0 1930 31 CHC NL 156 642 155 228 50 17 13 134 72 0 49 10 17 0 37 0 .355 .428 .547 .975 *97
13 Red Rolfe 740 0 1937 28 NYY AL 154 648 143 179 34 10 4 62 90 0 53 1 1 0 4 2 .276 .365 .378 .743 *5
14 Frankie Crosetti 740 0 1936 25 NYY AL 151 632 137 182 35 7 15 78 90 0 83 12 6 0 18 7 .288 .387 .437 .824 *6
15 Lou Gehrig 738 0 1931 28 NYY AL 155 619 163 211 31 15 46 184 117 0 56 0 2 0 17 12 .341 .446 .662 1.108 *3/9
16 Buddy Lewis 733 0 1937 20 WSH AL 156 668 107 210 32 6 10 79 52 0 44 3 10 0 11 5 .314 .367 .425 .792 *5
17 Max Carey 732 0 1922 32 PIT NL 155 629 140 207 28 12 10 70 80 0 26 4 19 0 51 2 .329 .408 .459 .867 *8/7
18 Charlie Gehringer 731 0 1936 33 DET AL 154 641 144 227 60 12 15 116 83 0 13 4 3 0 4 1 .354 .431 .555 .986 *4
19 Lefty O'Doul 731 0 1929 32 PHI NL 154 638 152 254 35 6 32 122 76 0 19 4 13 0 2 0 .398 .465 .622 1.087 *79
20 Jack Tobin 731 0 1921 29 SLB AL 150 671 132 236 31 18 8 59 45 0 22 3 12 0 7 12 .352 .395 .487 .882 *9/8
These are all seasons from quite a while ago except for #9, future Hall of Famer Craig Biggio in 1997. For the most part, the rest of the seasons occurred at times when offense was down, meaning fewer baserunners, meaning fewer chances to hit into a double play.
Here are the leaders from just the last 20 seasons:
Cnt Player **PA** GDP Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Craig Biggio 744 0 1997 31 HOU NL 162 619 146 191 37 8 22 81 84 6 107 34 0 7 47 10 .309 .415 .501 .916 *4/D
2 Rob Deer 511 0 1990 29 MIL AL 134 440 57 92 15 1 27 69 64 6 147 4 0 3 2 3 .209 .313 .432 .745 *93
3 Corey Patterson 498 0 2006 26 BAL AL 135 463 75 128 19 5 16 53 21 5 94 5 8 1 45 9 .276 .314 .443 .757 *8
4 Ray Lankford 482 0 1994 27 STL NL 109 416 89 111 25 5 19 57 58 3 113 4 0 4 11 10 .267 .359 .488 .847 *8
5 Otis Nixon 461 0 1994 35 BOS AL 103 398 60 109 15 1 0 25 55 1 65 0 6 2 42 10 .274 .360 .317 .677 *8
6 Dave Roberts 440 0 2003 31 LAD NL 107 388 56 97 6 5 2 16 43 1 39 4 5 0 40 14 .250 .331 .307 .638 *8
7 Rob Mackowiak 439 0 2002 26 PIT NL 136 385 57 94 22 0 16 48 42 5 120 7 3 2 9 3 .244 .328 .426 .754 *985/47
8 Jose Cruz 413 0 1998 24 TOR AL 105 352 55 89 14 3 11 42 57 2 99 0 0 4 11 4 .253 .354 .403 .757 *8/7
9 Marcus Thames 390 0 2006 29 DET AL 110 348 61 89 20 2 26 60 37 0 92 4 0 1 1 1 .256 .333 .549 .882 7D/9
10 Jose Valentin 386 0 1995 25 MIL AL 112 338 62 74 23 3 11 49 37 0 83 0 7 4 16 8 .219 .293 .402 .695 *6/5
11 Rickey Henderson 376 0 1994 35 OAK AL 87 296 66 77 13 0 6 20 72 1 45 5 1 2 22 7 .260 .411 .365 .776 *7D8
12 Mariano Duncan 356 0 1991 28 CIN NL 100 333 46 86 7 4 12 40 12 0 57 3 5 3 5 4 .258 .288 .411 .699 *46/78
13 Abraham Nunez 335 0 2001 25 PIT NL 115 301 30 79 11 4 1 21 28 1 53 1 4 1 8 2 .262 .326 .336 .662 64/75
14 Jayson Werth 304 0 2007 28 PHI NL 94 255 43 76 11 3 8 49 44 1 73 2 2 1 7 1 .298 .404 .459 .863 *97/83
15 Jerry Hairston 297 0 2008 32 CIN NL 80 261 47 85 20 2 6 36 23 0 36 3 8 2 15 3 .326 .384 .487 .871 6789/45
16 Ron Gant 292 0 2001 36 TOT ML 93 252 46 65 13 3 10 35 35 2 80 0 2 3 5 1 .258 .345 .452 .797 *7D
17 Nick Green 290 0 2004 25 ATL NL 95 264 40 72 15 3 3 26 12 1 63 4 8 2 1 2 .273 .312 .386 .698 *4/59
18 Gary Redus 288 0 1991 34 PIT NL 98 252 45 62 12 2 7 24 28 2 39 3 1 4 17 3 .246 .324 .393 .717 3879
19 Ron Gant 285 0 1989 24 ATL NL 75 260 26 46 8 3 9 25 20 0 63 1 2 2 9 6 .177 .237 .335 .572 *58/7
20 Carl Crawford 278 0 2002 20 TBD AL 63 259 23 67 11 6 2 30 9 0 41 3 6 1 9 5 .259 .290 .371 .661 *7
Pretty interesting, huh? Most of them are fast guys (Nixon, Henderson, Redus, etc) or guys who hit lots of fly balls and strike out a lot (Deer, Gant, Thames, etc.)
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24th March 2009
In 2008, there were 24 cases of a player getting on base in a game at least 5 times but never scoring a run:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB **R** H 2B 3B HR RBI BB TOB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+------+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
1 Troy Glaus 2008-09-25 STL ARI W 12-3 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 3B
2 Dustin Pedroia 2008-09-10 BOS TBR L 2-4 7 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2nd 2B
3 Akinori Iwamura 2008-09-06 TBR @TOR L 4-7 6 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B
4 Joey Votto 2008-08-31 CIN SFG W 9-3 5 4 0 4 1 0 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3rd 1B
5 Carlos Delgado 2008-08-21 NYM ATL W 5-4 5 5 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B
6 Mike Rivera 2008-08-10 MIL WSN W 5-4 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8th C
7 J.D. Drew 2008-08-01 BOS OAK W 2-1 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th RF
8 Alex Gordon 2008-07-30 KCR @OAK W 4-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 3B
9 Jorge Cantu 2008-07-24 FLA @CHC L 3-6 5 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 3B 1B
10 Doug Mientkiewicz 2008-07-23 PIT @HOU W 8-7 5 4 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th 3B
11 Mark Teixeira 2008-07-06 ATL HOU W 7-6 9 7 0 3 1 0 0 3 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B
12 Derrek Lee 2008-06-28 CHC @CHW L 5-6 5 5 0 5 2 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 1B
13 Albert Pujols 2008-06-26 STL @DET L 2-3 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd DH
14 Aaron Miles 2008-06-22 STL @BOS L 3-5 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd SS 2B
15 James Loney 2008-06-10 LAD @SDP W 7-2 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B
16 Carlos Guillen 2008-06-03 DET @OAK L 4-5 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th 3B
17 Hunter Pence 2008-05-27 HOU @STL W 8-2 5 5 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th RF
18 Todd Helton 2008-05-20 COL SFG L 5-6 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B
19 Matt Kemp 2008-05-19 LAD CIN W 6-5 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th CF
20 Albert Pujols 2008-04-24 STL @PIT W 6-2 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 1B
21 Prince Fielder 2008-04-22 MIL STL W 9-8 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4th 1B
22 Matt Holliday 2008-04-17 COL @SDP W 2-1 9 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4th LF
23 Josh Hamilton 2008-04-16 TEX @TOR W 7-5 8 7 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd CF RF
24 Albert Pujols 2008-04-02 STL COL W 8-3 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 1B
Two guys on there, Pedroia and Holliday, got on base 6 times. Keep in mind this list considers only "official" time on base, and not reaching on a fielder's choice for example.
Here are the players with the most such games in their career:
Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
Barry Bonds 12 Ind. Games
Pete Rose 6 Ind. Games
Joe Morgan 6 Ind. Games
Bernie Williams 5 Ind. Games
Brooks Robinson 5 Ind. Games
Al Kaline 5 Ind. Games
Frank Thomas 4 Ind. Games
Mark Teixeira 4 Ind. Games
Manny Ramirez 4 Ind. Games
Albert Pujols 4 Ind. Games
Jorge Posada 4 Ind. Games
David Ortiz 4 Ind. Games
Paul Molitor 4 Ind. Games
Tom Herr 4 Ind. Games
Todd Helton 4 Ind. Games
Darryl Hamilton 4 Ind. Games
Mark Grace 4 Ind. Games
Wade Boggs 4 Ind. Games
Jeff Bagwell 4 Ind. Games
Luis Aparicio 4 Ind. Games
Dick Allen 4 Ind. Games
Any surprise that Barry Bonds is first by such a wide margin? Late in his career, that guy walked more than a latch-key kid.
And now, here are all the games since 1954 (yes, 1954--the PI has been updated!!) where a guy was on base at least 7 times and never scored:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB TOB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
1 Prince Fielder 2007-04-10 MIL @FLA W 3-2 7 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 1B
2 Eric Young 2000-06-30 CHC @MIL W 7-4 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B
3 George Brett 1991-06-06 KCR TEX W 4-3 9 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd DH
4 Reggie Smith 1974-09-13 STL @PHI W 7-3 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3rd RF
5 Rod Carew 1972-05-12 MIN MIL L 3-4 10 7 0 5 2 0 0 2 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 2B
Carew was on 8 times!
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23rd March 2009
Here's another fun list via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder. It's batters, since 1956, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter and then got to bat again in the game still with that "pinch-hitter" status and who got at least two hits in the contest with that status - while never playing a position in the game.
O.K. that's terrible grammar. Let's use an example: Joe Batter enters the game in the top of the 7th inning as a pinch-hitter (batting for the pitcher). And, he gets a hit. Then, before three outs are registered, he gets to bat again in that inning, still as a "pinch-hitter" in the game, and then he gets another hit. Then, in the bottom of the inning, he comes out of the game as a new pitcher takes the mound for his team. So, in this game, Joe Batter got two hits as a "pinch hitter." It's cases like this that make this report.
Here's the list.
Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
Jeff Stone 1 Ind. Games
Bill Robinson 1 Ind. Games
Jeff Reboulet 1 Ind. Games
Angel Pagan 1 Ind. Games
Greg Norton 1 Ind. Games
Russ Nixon 1 Ind. Games
Duane Kuiper 1 Ind. Games
Cliff Johnson 1 Ind. Games
Brian Hunter 1 Ind. Games
Dave Henderson 1 Ind. Games
Ken Griffey 1 Ind. Games
Julio Franco 1 Ind. Games
Chris Bando 1 Ind. Games
Oscar Azocar 1 Ind. Games
Rick Auerbach 1 Ind. Games
Actually, you can take Jeff Reboulet off the list (above). I think that's a fluke boxscore error on him - as he stayed in the game as a D.H.
But, the others look "good" here - just doing a quick check on PA in the game.
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23rd March 2009
I was just looking at a 2009 Topps Heritage Chrome Dustin Pedroia baseball card, and on the back it noted that this past season, he became the first Red Sox player to have at least 5 hits and 5 runs scored in a game. Here are the 25 guys to do it since 1956:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
1 Adrian Beltre 2008-09-01 SEA @TEX W 12-6 6 6 5 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 3B
2 Dustin Pedroia 2008-08-12 BOS TEX W 19-17 6 6 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B
3 David Murphy 2007-08-22(1) TEX @BAL W 30-3 7 7 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th LF
4 Carl Crawford 2006-05-24 TBD @TOR W 10-8 5 5 5 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2nd LF
5 Derek Jeter 2005-06-21 NYY TBD W 20-11 6 6 5 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st SS
6 Alex Rodriguez 2005-04-18 NYY TBD W 19-8 6 6 5 5 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 3B
7 Angel Berroa 2004-09-13 KCR NYY W 17-8 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2nd SS
8 Joe Randa 2004-09-09(1) KCR @DET W 26-5 7 7 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 3B
9 Shawn Green 2002-05-23 LAD @MIL W 16-3 6 6 6 6 1 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF
10 Edgardo Alfonzo 1999-08-30 NYM @HOU W 17-1 6 6 6 6 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B
11 Cal Ripken 1999-06-13 BAL @ATL W 22-1 6 6 5 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th 3B
12 Juan Encarnacion 1998-09-14 DET CHW L 16-17 7 6 5 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3rd RF
13 Kenny Lofton 1997-04-14 ATL CIN W 15-5 6 6 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1st CF
14 Rondell White 1995-06-11 MON @SFG W 10-8 7 7 5 6 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5th CF
15 Mariano Duncan 1992-05-03 PHI @SFG W 12-3 5 5 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B
16 Luis Polonia 1988-09-09 OAK @KCR W 14-6 6 5 5 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1st LF
17 Joe Carter 1986-09-06 CLE @MIL W 17-9 6 6 5 5 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th LF
18 Tim Teufel 1983-09-16 MIN TOR W 11-4 5 5 5 5 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B
19 Steve Garvey 1977-08-28 LAD STL W 11-0 5 5 5 5 3 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B
20 Larry Parrish 1977-05-29 MON @STL W 14-4 5 5 5 5 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th 3B
21 Tom Poquette 1976-06-15 KCR @DET W 21-7 6 6 5 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th LF
22 Rennie Stennett 1975-09-16 PIT @CHC W 22-0 7 7 5 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B
23 Willie Stargell 1970-08-01 PIT @ATL W 20-10 6 6 5 5 3 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th LF
24 Walt Williams 1970-05-31 CHW @BOS W 22-13 7 7 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1st RF
25 Norm Siebern 1962-05-05(1) KCA CLE W 18-6 6 6 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4th 1B
For such a rare feat, we see a number of statistical oddities. Last year, Texas was victimized twice. In 2005, the Yankees did it twice. In 2004, the Royals (of all teams!) did it twice!
Notice that the player's team never scored fewer than 10 runs in any of these 25 games, and only Juan Encarnacion's 1998 Tigers team lost the game. The teams averaged 16.5 runs in these games.
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