It's very rare that a player achieves a 200 OPS+ in a season, at least among full-time players.

Here are the most plate appearances in a season when a player achieved at least a 200 OPS+:

  Cnt Player             **PA** OPS+ 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 Lou Gehrig          717    221 1927  24 NYY AL 155 584 149 218 52 18 47 175 109   0  84   3  21   0   0  10  8  .373  .474  .765 1.239 *3
    2 Sammy Sosa          711    203 2001  32 CHC NL 160 577 146 189 34  5 64 160 116  37 153   6   0  12   6   0  2  .328  .437  .737 1.174 *9
    3 Rogers Hornsby      704    207 1922  26 STL NL 154 623 141 250 46 14 42 152  65   0  50   1  15   0   0  17 12  .401  .459  .722 1.181 *4
    4 Lou Gehrig          703    203 1930  27 NYY AL 154 581 143 220 42 17 41 174 101   0  63   3  18   0   0  12 14  .379  .473  .721 1.194 *3/7
    5 Jimmie Foxx         701    205 1932  24 PHA AL 154 585 151 213 33  9 58 169 116   0  96   0   0   0   0   3  7  .364  .469  .749 1.218 *35
    6 Babe Ruth           699    239 1923  28 NYY AL 152 522 151 205 45 13 41 131 170   0  93   4   3   0   0  17 21  .393  .545  .764 1.309 97/83
    7 Stan Musial         694    200 1948  27 STL NL 155 611 135 230 46 18 39 131  79   0  34   3   1   0  18   7  0  .376  .450  .702 1.152 987/3
    8 Ted Williams        693    205 1947  28 BOS AL 156 528 125 181 40  9 32 114 162   0  47   2   1   0  10   0  1  .343  .499  .634 1.133 *7
    9 Babe Ruth           693    239 1921  26 NYY AL 152 540 177 204 44 16 59 171 145   0  81   4   4   0   0  17 13  .378  .512  .846 1.358 *78/13
   10 Babe Ruth           691    226 1927  32 NYY AL 151 540 158 192 29  8 60 164 137   0  89   0  14   0   0   7  6  .356  .486  .772 1.258 *97
   11 Lou Gehrig          690    208 1934  31 NYY AL 154 579 128 210 40  6 49 165 109   0  31   2   0   0   0   9  5  .363  .465  .706 1.171 *3/6
   12 Babe Ruth           684    208 1928  33 NYY AL 154 536 163 173 29  8 54 142 137   0  87   3   8   0   0   4  5  .323  .463  .709 1.172 *97
   13 Mark McGwire        681    216 1998  34 STL NL 155 509 130 152 21  0 70 147 162  28 155   6   0   4   8   1  0  .299  .470  .752 1.222 *3
   14 Babe Ruth           681    220 1924  29 NYY AL 153 529 143 200 39  7 46 121 142   0  81   4   6   0   0   9 13  .378  .513  .739 1.252 *97/8
   15 Babe Ruth           676    211 1930  35 NYY AL 145 518 150 186 28  9 49 153 136   0  61   1  21   0   0  10 10  .359  .493  .732 1.225 *97/1
   16 Barry Bonds         674    204 1993  28 SFG NL 159 539 129 181 38  4 46 123 126  43  79   2   0   7  11  29 12  .336  .458  .677 1.135 *7
   17 Norm Cash           672    201 1961  26 DET AL 159 535 119 193 22  8 41 132 124  19  85   9   2   2  16  11  5  .361  .487  .662 1.149 *3
   18 Ted Williams        672    215 1946  27 BOS AL 150 514 142 176 37  8 38 123 156   0  44   2   0   0  12   0  0  .342  .497  .667 1.164 *7
   19 Ted Williams        671    217 1942  23 BOS AL 150 522 141 186 34  5 36 137 145   0  51   4   0   0  12   3  2  .356  .499  .648 1.147 *7
   20 Jimmie Foxx         670    200 1933  25 PHA AL 149 573 125 204 37  9 48 163  96   0  93   1   0   0   0   2  2  .356  .449  .703 1.152 *3/6

Well this certainly separates the men from the boys, doesn't it? The only recent seasons here are Sosa in 2001, McGwire in 1998, and Bonds in (surprise!) 1993. The reason for this is straightforward--there is so much more offense these days that it's very difficult for a guy--even a guy with 50 homers--to achieve a 200 OPS+. Babe Ruth was an exceptional power hitter, even looking at his HR totals in a vacuum. However, especially when comparing his HR numbers to those of his contemporaries, it becomes clear why he dominates this list.

The full list is here and you can see that there have been 48 seasons where a guy with a 200 OPS+ had at least 500 plate appearances.

Keep in mind that this is somewhat arbitrary. There are guys to have achieved OPS+ numbers of 195 to 199 that are pretty much just as impressive. (See Jason Giambi in 2001 and Frank Robinson in 1966, as well as Jim Thome in 2002.)

In Babe Ruth's 15 seasons with at least 100 games played, he had an OPS+ of at least 200 in 11 times. And his career figure is, ahem, 207. Say what you want about Hank Aaron or Albert Pujols: Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time.

Yesterday afternoon my interest was piqued by a blog post about pitching streaks without allowing two homers in the same game.  And so, I prepared this beautiful post  about how Chad Bradford and Jason Frasor were among the career leaders in games pitched without allowing 2 home runs in the same game. Talk about a jinx. Last night  Frasor gave up 2 home runs in  the one  game.  It marked the first time that he had done so in his 331 game career. Unlike Frasor, some pitchers have been able to go their entire careers without giving up 2 bombs. Here are the  pitchers who  have pitched the most games since 1954 without ever allowing 2 home runs in the same game:

                    StreakStart  Streak End Games   W   L   GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR   ERA  HBP  WP  BK Teams
 +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Paul Assenmacher   1986-04-12  1999-10-03   884   61  44   1   0   0 275  56  855.2  817  371  335  315  807  73   3.52  22  31   5 ATL-CHC-NYY-CHW-CLE
Bob Locker         1965-04-14  1975-06-20   576   57  39   0   0   0 288  95  879    777  329  269  258  577  40   2.75  36  37   5 CHW-SEP-MIL-OAK-CHC
Chad Bradford      1998-08-01  2009-09-02   557   36  28   0   0   0 114  11  512.2  520  211  184  135  313  27   3.23  29   4   3 CHW-OAK-BOS-NYM-BAL-TBR     
Jim Mecir          1995-09-04  2005-09-28   474   29  35   0   0   0 126  12  527    482  240  221  225  450  41   3.77  23  19   1 SEA-NYY-TBD-OAK-FLA
Ramon Hernandez    1967-04-11  1977-07-27   337   23  15   0   0   0 184  46  430.1  399  158  145  135  255  23   3.03  14   7   5 ATL-CHC-PIT-BOS
Doug Sisk          1982-09-06  1991-05-23   332   22  20   0   0   0 161  33  523.1  527  238  190  267  195  15   3.27  20  15   3 NYM-BAL-ATL

The stats are through 9/2. Bradford added to his streak last night.

To find this information I used the pitching streak finder to find the players with the most games to start
a career with at most 1 hr. Then I checked the HR logs for all the top players and only kept the
ones who never gave up more than 1 homer in a game.

Today, Peter Abraham asked "I’d be curious to know the last team that had eight players hit at least 20 home runs and drive in at least 70 runs."

Well, thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder, the answer is simple to find: It's never been done before. (But, for the record, the 1996 O's had seven players with 20+ HR and 70+ RBI.)

So, if Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada can reach 20 HR and 70 RBI this season, that would give the 2009 Yankees eight players with these marks - and the team record for most players in one season with 20+ HR/70+ RBI.

Ever wanted to make a statistical point on a blog, to a friend via e-mail, on twitter or in an internet forum? The data you need appears on this site, but we've got twenty columns of additional data and then you would have to cut and paste, delete what you don't need and then maybe add some html or bbcode to get it to look just right? So only the really crazy statheads even bother. We've now made that process much, much (maybe one more much) easier.

Stats tables on Baseball-Reference.com now have the option to modify and easily share nearly all of the data found on the site. Clicking on the SHARE tooltip found above most stat tables (see image), now calls up a dialog box that allows you to delete columns and/or rows and then get the stat table to cut and paste in any of eight useful formats.

Want to feel old? Try reading the annual Beloit College Mindset List for incoming freshmen. Heck, I'm 23 and this year's version makes me feel old... Another question: Want to feel like an old baseball fan? Read Chris Jaffe's baseball version of the Beloit List over at the Hardball Times. It's what baseball feels like to the young whippersnappers out there (and my apologies if you are one of the aforementioned whippersnappers).

Check out Evan Longoria's splits by opponent this year:

Granted he has played far more games against Boston than most other teams, but his numbers are staggering, with 8 HR and 26 RBI in just 58 at-bats.  He has a 1.280 OPS against. Compare those numbers with his performance against the other team he's faced a lot this year, Toronto. No homers and 7 RBI in 57 at-bats with a .634 OPS.

Anyway, currently this site (nor any other) doesn't have the capability to search in such a fashion, but can you think of other instances of a player having at least 8 HR or 26 RBI against a single opponent in any one season?

Frequently when you have to put a feature "out of sight" in order to save room on a page, it also becomes "out of mind" for users who no longer have an easy way to navigate to it. unfortunately, that's been the case with the Bio section of the site, which is tucked away under the "more [+]" drop-down menu and consequently gets overlooked all too often. Since we get a handful of requests per week about player birthplaces and places of death, I thought I'd shine the spotlight on the Bio page to help our users know about the tools it offers.

First, we break down every player by their place of birth. Using the links at the top of the page, you can sort the batting, pitching, and managing totals for every U.S. state (did you know that Pennsylvania boasts the most Hall of Fame pitchers in MLB history?), and for every country as well (for instance, Ireland has provided the most career games without producing an All-Star). You can also see more detailed breakdowns for each state, including a sortable list of every player born there and his career MLB stats (aside from Chad Santos -- career PA: 8 -- Benny Agbayani is Hawaii's all-time leader in career OPS with .807), and each foreign country/territory as well (Ed Porray's birthplace was apparently "A Ship on Atlantic Ocean," making him unique among major-leaguers). We also provide the same tools/breakdowns for each player's place of death, although this section is understandably less complete and/or accurate than the birthplace database. Meaning that if you ever wanted to know that Jackie Jensen hit more career HR than any other player who died in Virginia, this is the place to look.

So feel free to look around and experiment with the various states and territories, and I'm sure you'll dig up a piece of trivia in the process that will stump even the most hard-core of baseball historians.

Here are the 2009 leaders for most plate appearances as a batter with no extra-base hits:

  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 Roy Oswalt           62     0 2009  31 HOU NL  27  46   4   6  0  0  0   2   2   0   8   1  13   0   1   0  0  .130  .184  .130  .314 *1
    2 Ubaldo Jimenez       62     0 2009  25 COL NL  27  48   4  11  0  0  0   2   5   0  11   0   9   0   2   0  0  .229  .302  .229  .531 *1
    3 Jon Garland          62     0 2009  29 ARI NL  28  58   3   6  0  0  0   1   1   0  26   0   3   0   0   0  0  .103  .119  .103  .222 *1
    4 Braden Looper        60     0 2009  34 MIL NL  28  48   3  10  0  0  0   7   2   0  11   0  10   0   0   0  0  .208  .240  .208  .448 *1
    5 Derek Lowe           58     0 2009  36 ATL NL  28  43   5   8  0  0  0   1   4   0  13   0  11   0   1   0  0  .186  .255  .186  .441 *1
    6 Ross Ohlendorf       57     0 2009  26 PIT NL  26  53   1   4  0  0  0   0   1   0  21   0   3   0   2   0  0  .075  .093  .075  .168 *1
    7 Barry Zito           55     0 2009  31 SFG NL  28  45   1   6  0  0  0   0   2   0  13   0   8   0   1   0  0  .133  .170  .133  .303 *1
    8 Joe Blanton          55     0 2009  28 PHI NL  25  44   4   4  0  0  0   1   4   0  16   0   7   0   0   0  0  .091  .167  .091  .258 *1
    9 Livan Hernandez      54     0 2009  34 TOT NL  26  43   1   6  0  0  0   0   2   0   5   0   9   0   3   0  0  .140  .178  .140  .318 *1
   10 Clayton Kershaw      54     0 2009  21 LAD NL  27  44   2   5  0  0  0   2   3   0  14   0   7   0   1   0  0  .114  .170  .114  .284 *1
   11 Luis Hernandez       53     0 2009  25 KCR AL  22  49   1  10  0  0  0   2   2   0   9   0   2   0   1   0  0  .204  .235  .204  .439 *6/54    

The first non-pitcher is #11 Luis Hernandez. Here are all the non-pitchers with at least 20 plate appearances and no extra-base hits:

  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 Luis Hernandez       53     0 2009  25 KCR AL  22  49   1  10  0  0  0   2   2   0   9   0   2   0   1   0  0  .204  .235  .204  .439 *6/54
    2 Wyatt Toregas        38     0 2009  26 CLE AL  11  33   0   7  0  0  0   6   2   0   3   1   0   2   1   0  0  .212  .263  .212  .475 *2
    3 Luis Cruz            33     0 2009  25 PIT NL  14  28   3   6  0  0  0   1   3   1   1   1   0   1   0   0  0  .214  .303  .214  .517 /*64
    4 Alex Cintron         28     0 2009  30 WSN NL  21  26   1   2  0  0  0   0   2   0   7   0   0   0   1   0  0  .077  .143  .077  .220 /64
    5 Jason Smith          27     0 2009  31 HOU NL  21  25   1   0  0  0  0   1   0   0   9   0   1   1   1   0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000 /465
    6 Jeff Salazar         26     0 2009  28 PIT NL  21  23   1   1  0  0  0   1   3   0   7   0   0   0   1   1  0  .043  .154  .043  .197 /879
    7 Reid Gorecki         24     0 2009  28 ATL NL  12  22   3   5  0  0  0   3   1   0   9   0   0   1   0   1  0  .227  .250  .227  .477 /*78
    8 Brad Nelson          23     0 2009  26 MIL NL  19  21   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   0   9   0   0   0   1   0  0  .000  .087  .000  .087 /79
    9 Russ Adams           21     0 2009  28 TOR AL   8  20   2   4  0  0  0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  0  .200  .238  .200  .438 /*7D
   10 Eric Young           20     0 2009  24 COL NL   6  20   0   5  0  0  0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0  2  .250  .250  .250  .500 /*8

#2 Toregas has actually been quite productive despite hitting only singles, driving in 6 runs in just 33 at-bats. Very nice.

Here are the single-season leaders since 1901 in this category:

  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 *4/79
   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

And the leaders over the last 20 full seasons:

  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 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
    3 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
    4 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
    5 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
    6 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
    7 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
    8 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
    9 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
   10 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
   11 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

It was amazing that Gallego appeared in 2 more seasons after his awful 1995, including a 1996 season in which he got even more plate appearances and managed to hit even worse (OPS+ of 34) despite hitting 2 doubles.

Recently, Craig Brown of The Hardball Times cracked open the March 26, 2007 issue of Sports Illustrated and reviewed their "8 Who May Be Great" list with the benefit of three seasons' worth of hindsight. It's really more about evaluating the early returns on a handful of prospects than criticizing SI, but it's more evidence that they should think of The Jinx before proclaiming someone as "The Sure Thing"...

Here are the current leaders among active players for career plate appearaces with no triples:

  Cnt Player              **PA**   3B From  To   Ages   G    AB    R    H   2B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
    1 Johnny Estrada       2244     0 2001 2008 25-32  612  2079  198  576 129  42  285  103  30  228  31   5  26  80    0   0  .277  .317  .400  .717 *2/D      PHI-ATL-ARI-MIL-WSN
    2 Jason Phillips       1537     0 2001 2007 24-30  465  1382  138  344  77  30  168  111  11  170  26   6  12  56    0   5  .249  .314  .370  .684 *23/D     NYM-LAD-TOR
    3 Ramon Castro         1380     0 1999 2009 23-33  498  1223  129  286  59  54  184  135  22  317   5   5  12  23    1   0  .234  .310  .415  .725 *2/D      FLA-NYM-TOT
    4 Sal Fasano           1245     0 1996 2008 24-36  427  1109  136  245  49  47  140   72   1  327  47  12   5  26    2   3  .221  .295  .392  .687 *2/3D5    KCR-OAK-TOT-ANA-BAL-TOT-TOR-CLE
    5 Kelly Shoppach        992     0 2005 2009 25-29  295   864  127  207  56  41  136   82   3  327  31  10   5  17    0   0  .240  .326  .447  .773 *2/D      BOS-CLE
    6 Geronimo Gil          887     0 2001 2007 25-31  277   820   67  189  30  19   88   47   2  162   6  11   3  31    2   2  .230  .276  .337  .613 *2        BAL-COL
    7 Chris Coste           856     0 2006 2009 33-36  284   778   83  213  46  23  106   52   4  150  18   6   2  19    0   1  .274  .333  .422  .755 *2/3D     PHI-TOT
    8 Jeff Mathis           814     0 2005 2009 22-26  246   704   93  140  29  20   97   73   5  216   9  18  10   5    4   5  .199  .279  .325  .604 *2/D      LAA
    9 Jason Schmidt         712     0 1995 2009 22-36  324   597   29   63   9   7   21   22   0  282   2  90   1   5    0   0  .106  .140  .156  .296 *1        ATL-TOT-PIT-SFG-LAD
   10 Randy Johnson         691     0 1988 2009 24-45  614   625   20   78  14   1   40   19   0  293   2  44   1  10    0   0  .125  .153  .152  .305 *1/7      MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY-SFG
   11 Roy Oswalt            666     0 2001 2009 23-31  282   553   26   88   7   1   33   21   0  150   5  86   1   5    0   0  .159  .197  .177  .374 *1        HOU
   12 Matt Morris           652     0 1997 2008 22-33  309   543   35   92  18   2   38   27   0  216   0  81   1   1    0   1  .169  .208  .214  .422 *1        STL-SFG-TOT-PIT
   13 Russ Ortiz            608     0 1998 2009 24-35  310   507   45  104  23   7   49   35   0  135   2  60   4   9    0   0  .205  .257  .292  .549 *1        SFG-ATL-ARI-TOT-SFG-HOU
   14 Randy Wolf            601     0 1999 2009 22-32  286   499   45   92  26   5   49   30   0  165   1  65   6   9    1   0  .184  .229  .267  .496 *1        PHI-LAD-TOT
   15 Kevin Cash            585     0 2002 2009 24-31  197   527   47   98  23  10   53   38   1  166   8   5   7  22    0   0  .186  .248  .287  .535 *2/5D     TOR-TBD-BOS-NYY
   16 John Baker            578     0 2008 2009 27-28  150   503   84  143  38  13   74   61   9  123   6   3   5  13    0   0  .284  .365  .437  .802 *2        FLA
   17 Brett Tomko           546     0 1997 2009 24-36  392   455   23   71   9   0   29   19   0  180   0  71   1   5    0   1  .156  .189  .176  .365 *1        CIN-SEA-SDP-STL-SFG-LAD-TOT-NYY
   18 Kevin Millwood        515     0 1997 2009 22-34  378   443   19   54  15   2   24   20   0  203   0  52   0   9    0   0  .122  .160  .169  .329 *1        ATL-PHI-CLE-TEX
   19 Wladimir Balentie     511     0 2007 2009 22-24  155   468   48  101  28  13   47   39   2  136   0   0   4  14    2   2  .216  .274  .359  .633 /798D     SEA-TOT
   20 Luis Ordaz            496     0 1997 2006 21-30  206   440   51   96  13   0   30   34   1   53   2  15   5  12   12   5  .218  .274  .248  .522 *6/45     STL-KCR-TBD

Lots of pitchers and catchers.

Relaxing just a bit to allow for 1 career triple, here are the active leaders:

  Cnt Player              **PA**   3B From  To   Ages   G    AB    R    H   2B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
    1 Rod Barajas          2653     1 1999 2009 23-33  791  2436  292  588 146  89  344  139  16  428  27  24  27  45    2   2  .241  .287  .412  .699 *2/3D     ARI-TEX-PHI-TOR
    2 Toby Hall            2514     1 2000 2008 24-32  686  2350  211  616 123  46  269  104  14  216  25   7  28  80    2   8  .262  .297  .374  .671 *2/D35    TBD-TOT-CHW
    3 Johnny Estrada       2244     0 2001 2008 25-32  612  2079  198  576 129  42  285  103  30  228  31   5  26  80    0   0  .277  .317  .400  .717 *2/D      PHI-ATL-ARI-MIL-WSN
    4 Jack Cust            1785     1 2001 2009 22-30  466  1447  224  346  59  84  236  318  10  566   5   0  15  23    4   3  .239  .375  .455  .830 D79       ARI-COL-BAL-SDP-OAK
    5 Chris Snyder         1682     1 2004 2009 23-28  491  1431  157  334  78  52  208  203  22  366  18  13  17  32    0   2  .233  .333  .398  .731 *2/3D7    ARI
    6 Kenji Johjima        1662     1 2006 2009 30-33  443  1557  160  417  79  45  193   61   2  143  35   2   7  52    7   5  .268  .309  .407  .716 *2/D      SEA
    7 Matt LeCroy          1539     1 2000 2007 24-31  476  1388  146  361  68  60  218  123   6  332  17   1  10  36    0   4  .260  .326  .440  .766 D2/3      MIN-WSN
    8 Jason Phillips       1537     0 2001 2007 24-30  465  1382  138  344  77  30  168  111  11  170  26   6  12  56    0   5  .249  .314  .370  .684 *23/D     NYM-LAD-TOR
    9 Ramon Castro         1380     0 1999 2009 23-33  498  1223  129  286  59  54  184  135  22  317   5   5  12  23    1   0  .234  .310  .415  .725 *2/D      FLA-NYM-TOT
   10 Kurt Suzuki          1334     1 2007 2009 23-25  336  1210  138  329  68  25  144   89   2  150  20   6   9  36    7   5  .272  .330  .392  .722 *2/D      OAK
   11 Ronny Paulino        1320     1 2005 2009 24-28  367  1210  123  335  55  27  154   98   8  220   4   2   6  42    3   2  .277  .332  .391  .723 *2        PIT-FLA
   12 Sal Fasano           1245     0 1996 2008 24-36  427  1109  136  245  49  47  140   72   1  327  47  12   5  26    2   3  .221  .295  .392  .687 *2/3D5    KCR-OAK-TOT-ANA-BAL-TOT-TOR-CLE
   13 Kelly Shoppach        992     0 2005 2009 25-29  295   864  127  207  56  41  136   82   3  327  31  10   5  17    0   0  .240  .326  .447  .773 *2/D      BOS-CLE
   14 Ben Francisco         965     1 2007 2009 25-27  252   858  126  222  62  30  106   79   0  179  14   6   8  23   17   8  .259  .328  .438  .766 *7/98D    CLE-TOT
   15 Geronimo Gil          887     0 2001 2007 25-31  277   820   67  189  30  19   88   47   2  162   6  11   3  31    2   2  .230  .276  .337  .613 *2        BAL-COL
   16 Dee Brown             874     1 1998 2007 20-29  271   814   86  190  37  14   89   50   5  207   4   2   4  13    8   6  .233  .280  .333  .613 *7/D98    KCR-OAK
   17 Brian N. Anderson     869     1 2005 2009 23-27  337   788  102  177  47  20   76   62   2  206   8   7   4  14   13  14  .225  .287  .363  .650 *8/79D    CHW-TOT
   18 Jarrod Saltalamac     866     1 2007 2009 22-24  237   786  100  198  38  23   93   72   3  245   2   3   3  12    0   4  .252  .315  .391  .706 *2/3D     TOT-TEX
   19 Chris Coste           856     0 2006 2009 33-36  284   778   83  213  46  23  106   52   4  150  18   6   2  19    0   1  .274  .333  .422  .755 *2/3D     PHI-TOT
   20 Miguel Montero        832     1 2006 2009 22-25  260   745  100  197  51  28  108   68   9  145   7   4   8  14    1   2  .264  .329  .448  .777 *2/D      ARI

And check this out. Since 1970, most seasons by a batter with no triples:

                   From  To   Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons
+-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+
 Charlie Hough     1970 1994 22-46      25 Ind. Seasons
 Roger Clemens     1984 2007 21-44      24 Ind. Seasons
 Jesse Orosco      1979 2003 22-46      24 Ind. Seasons
 Dennis Eckersley  1975 1998 20-43      24 Ind. Seasons
 Jamie Moyer       1986 2009 23-46      23 Ind. Seasons
 Dennis Martinez   1976 1998 21-43      23 Ind. Seasons
 Randy Johnson     1988 2009 24-45      22 Ind. Seasons
 Rich Gossage      1972 1994 20-42      22 Ind. Seasons
 Nolan Ryan        1970 1993 23-46      22 Ind. Seasons
 Bert Blyleven     1970 1992 19-41      22 Ind. Seasons
 Tom Gordon        1988 2009 20-41      21 Ind. Seasons
 David Wells       1987 2007 24-44      21 Ind. Seasons
 Greg Maddux       1986 2008 20-42      21 Ind. Seasons
 John Franco       1984 2005 23-44      21 Ind. Seasons
 Mike Morgan       1978 2002 18-42      21 Ind. Seasons
 Rick Honeycutt    1977 1997 23-43      21 Ind. Seasons
 Tom Glavine       1987 2008 21-42      20 Ind. Seasons
 Frank Tanana      1973 1992 19-38      20 Ind. Seasons
 Jerry Reuss       1970 1990 21-41      20 Ind. Seasons

It's not surprising that these guys are all pitchers. Changing the criteria to most seasons qualified for the batting title with no triples, here are the leaders:

                   From  To   Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons
+-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+
 Frank Thomas      1993 2007 25-39       9 Ind. Seasons
 Mike Piazza       1994 2004 25-35       7 Ind. Seasons
 Mark McGwire      1989 1998 25-34       7 Ind. Seasons
 Paul Konerko      2001 2007 25-31       6 Ind. Seasons
 John Olerud       1992 2003 23-34       6 Ind. Seasons
 Darrell Evans     1972 1988 25-41       6 Ind. Seasons
 Jim Thome         1997 2009 26-38       5 Ind. Seasons
 Adam Dunn         2004 2009 24-29       4 Ind. Seasons
 Scott Hatteberg   2003 2006 33-36       4 Ind. Seasons
 Miguel Tejada     2002 2009 28-35       4 Ind. Seasons
 Jason Giambi      1998 2006 27-35       4 Ind. Seasons
 Mo Vaughn         1997 2002 29-34       4 Ind. Seasons
 Todd Zeile        1995 2002 29-36       4 Ind. Seasons
 Robin Ventura     1995 2002 27-34       4 Ind. Seasons
 Edgar Martinez    1995 2004 32-41       4 Ind. Seasons
 Rafael Palmeiro   1994 2004 29-39       4 Ind. Seasons
 Chili Davis       1993 1997 33-37       4 Ind. Seasons
 Ken Caminiti      1993 1998 30-35       4 Ind. Seasons
 Cecil Fielder     1991 1996 27-32       4 Ind. Seasons
 Paul O'Neill      1990 2000 27-37       4 Ind. Seasons
 Rich Dauer        1979 1983 26-30       4 Ind. Seasons

Yup....slow guys. A few guys here have a chance to fall down the list since their 2009 seasons are included.