Most extra-base hits in a season with no singles
Posted by Andy on March 1, 2010
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.
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