Posted by Andy on September 2, 2009
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.
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Posted by Neil Paine on September 1, 2009
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"...
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Posted by Andy on September 1, 2009
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.
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Posted by Neil Paine on August 31, 2009
One of the features here at Baseball-Reference that I think a lot of people miss is the Videos section, which can only be accessed via the "more [+]" dropdown menu. I hope this won't be the case much longer, because I'm going to be adding a number of new videos to the page over the coming weeks and months in an effort to educate users on some of the more common tools we have on the site. But even before I begin posting new videos, there are already three tutorials on the page that you should watch if you'd like to maximize your experience as a B-R user. The first one involves box scores and the many cool (and semi-hidden) tricks you can execute in them with the right know-how. The second deals with player and team gamelogs, and again clues you in to some of the neat aspects of those pages that you might not have noticed at first glance. Finally, the third video discusses the changes that B-R underwent back in the spring, when we redesigned everything to make the site easier to use, more readily able to add new goodies, and of course, to make it match our brethren at Basketball, Football, Hockey, and Olympics.
So go and watch those videos now if you want to become a Baseball-Reference master user. And be on the lookout, new videos are coming soon, possibly as early as the end of this week!
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Posted by Andy on August 31, 2009
Here are the most plate appearances among active players with no career homers:
Cnt Player **PA** HR From To Ages G AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Reggie Willits 785 0 2006 2009 25-28 280 651 122 173 27 1 49 103 2 133 3 20 8 8 37 12 .266 .365 .310 .675 7/98D LAA
2 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
3 Pedro Martinez 509 0 1992 2009 20-37 472 426 22 43 6 2 18 14 0 188 3 63 3 5 0 0 .101 .135 .124 .259 *1/5 LAD-MON-BOS-NYM-PHI
4 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
5 Ben Sheets 492 0 2001 2008 22-29 221 433 12 33 3 0 12 18 0 204 0 41 0 2 0 0 .076 .113 .083 .196 *1 MIL
6 Ryan Dempster 491 0 1998 2009 21-32 449 424 18 40 8 1 13 12 0 173 0 55 0 3 0 0 .094 .119 .118 .237 *1 FLA-TOT-CIN-CHC
7 Brandon Webb 457 0 2003 2009 24-30 199 391 12 44 9 0 29 10 0 182 0 55 1 4 0 0 .113 .134 .136 .270 *1 ARI
8 Jamie Moyer 440 0 1986 2009 23-46 666 354 22 47 5 0 12 31 0 126 1 52 2 5 0 0 .133 .204 .147 .351 *1 CHC-TEX-STL-BAL-TOT-SEA-PHI
9 Doug Davis 422 0 1999 2009 23-33 282 375 12 31 4 2 12 4 0 151 1 42 0 4 0 0 .083 .095 .104 .199 *1 TEX-TOT-MIL-ARI
10 Brett Myers 410 0 2002 2009 21-28 234 346 17 42 9 0 10 19 0 114 0 45 0 8 0 0 .121 .167 .147 .314 *1 PHI
11 Matt Clement 410 0 1998 2006 23-31 239 348 22 33 5 1 12 14 0 174 4 43 1 2 0 0 .095 .139 .115 .254 *1 SDP-FLA-CHC-BOS
12 Josh Fogg 404 0 2001 2009 24-32 244 335 21 40 4 0 11 13 0 113 1 55 0 2 1 0 .119 .155 .131 .286 *1 CHW-PIT-COL-CIN
13 Aaron Cook 388 0 2002 2009 23-30 201 306 20 47 5 1 14 18 0 102 2 61 1 3 0 0 .154 .205 .176 .381 *1 COL
14 Oliver Perez 385 0 2002 2009 20-27 191 332 13 53 1 0 14 13 0 112 0 38 2 2 3 1 .160 .190 .163 .353 *1 SDP-TOT-PIT-NYM
15 Derek Lowe 384 0 1997 2009 24-36 561 316 19 42 5 0 15 20 0 94 0 46 2 6 1 0 .133 .183 .149 .332 *1 TOT-BOS-LAD-ATL
16 John Thomson 381 0 1997 2007 23-33 216 318 20 63 6 1 22 12 0 133 0 48 3 3 0 1 .198 .225 .223 .448 *1 COL-TOT-TEX-ATL-KCR
17 Chris Carpenter 312 0 1997 2009 22-34 272 275 12 29 3 0 6 9 0 88 0 27 1 3 0 1 .105 .133 .116 .249 *1 TOR-STL
18 Tim Hudson 311 0 1999 2008 23-32 309 271 16 44 8 1 21 11 0 85 0 29 0 6 0 0 .162 .195 .199 .394 *1 OAK-ATL
19 Esteban Loaiza 311 0 1995 2008 23-36 379 271 16 46 4 1 18 3 0 59 0 36 1 8 0 1 .170 .178 .192 .370 *1 PIT-TOT-TEX-TOR-CHW-WSN-OAK
20 Wade Miller 308 0 1999 2007 22-30 155 273 20 47 9 0 17 4 0 86 0 30 1 3 0 0 .172 .183 .205 .388 *1 HOU-BOS-CHC
Only Willits and Ordaz are non-pitchers, although it's debatable whether Ordaz can really be considered active since he hasn't appeared in the majors since 2006.
Limiting to non-pitchers, here is the list:
Cnt Player **PA** HR From To Ages G AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+---------+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
1 Reggie Willits 785 0 2006 2009 25-28 280 651 122 173 27 1 49 103 2 133 3 20 8 8 37 12 .266 .365 .310 .675 7/98D LAA
2 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
3 Bernie Castro 209 0 2005 2006 25-26 66 190 32 48 4 4 17 18 0 28 0 1 0 2 13 4 .253 .317 .316 .633 /*4D7 BAL-WSN
4 Alejandro De Aza 185 0 2007 2009 23-25 67 164 20 38 9 2 11 11 1 42 1 6 3 2 2 0 .232 .279 .311 .590 /*87 FLA
5 Brian Bixler 155 0 2008 2009 25-26 63 141 20 24 7 1 4 8 2 59 4 2 0 1 1 0 .170 .235 .234 .469 /*64 PIT
6 Joaquin Arias 141 0 2006 2009 21-24 41 129 19 38 8 3 10 8 0 15 2 2 0 4 4 2 .295 .345 .403 .748 /*465D TEX
7 Ivan Ochoa 134 0 2008 2008 25-25 47 120 7 24 8 0 3 4 1 28 3 7 0 3 0 1 .200 .244 .267 .511 /*64 SFG
8 Ramon Nivar 133 0 2003 2005 23-25 42 121 13 27 1 2 12 4 0 19 2 5 1 1 5 4 .223 .258 .264 .522 /*8 TEX-BAL
9 Trevor Crowe 121 0 2009 2009 25-25 44 106 16 22 6 1 10 9 0 25 1 3 2 4 4 0 .208 .271 .283 .554 /879 CLE
10 Luis Cruz 106 0 2008 2009 24-25 35 94 8 20 3 0 4 6 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 .213 .279 .245 .524 /*64 PIT
11 Mike Rouse 102 0 2006 2007 26-27 49 91 9 15 4 0 6 8 1 24 1 1 1 1 2 1 .165 .238 .209 .447 /456 OAK-CLE
12 Ramiro Pena 100 0 2009 2009 23-23 53 94 14 26 5 1 7 5 0 17 0 1 0 1 3 1 .277 .313 .351 .664 /564D NYY
13 Michael Saunders 97 0 2009 2009 22-22 28 90 10 20 1 1 4 6 0 30 0 1 0 1 3 1 .222 .271 .256 .527 /*7 SEA
14 Nathan Haynes 95 0 2007 2008 27-28 60 89 13 22 0 1 4 6 0 23 0 0 0 1 5 3 .247 .295 .270 .565 /987 LAA-TBR
15 Brian Bocock 93 0 2008 2008 23-23 32 77 4 11 1 0 2 12 0 29 0 4 0 2 4 2 .143 .258 .156 .414 /*6 SFG
16 Roger Bernadina 91 0 2008 2009 24-25 29 80 11 17 2 1 2 10 0 22 0 1 0 3 5 3 .213 .300 .263 .563 /*879 WSN
17 Dane Sardinha 88 0 2003 2009 24-30 31 80 3 10 1 1 6 4 0 29 0 2 2 2 0 0 .125 .163 .163 .326 /*2 CIN-DET
18 Jerry Gil 88 0 2004 2007 21-24 30 86 3 15 2 1 8 0 0 33 1 0 1 2 2 0 .174 .182 .221 .403 /*6 ARI-CIN
19 Chris Heintz 88 0 2005 2007 30-32 34 82 1 19 3 0 9 4 0 18 0 2 0 3 0 0 .232 .267 .268 .535 /*2 MIN
20 Don Kelly 85 0 2007 2009 27-29 44 75 8 16 3 1 3 6 0 12 3 1 0 1 0 0 .213 .298 .280 .578 /76459 PIT-DET
These totals are remarkably low.
Just since 1970, check out all the players with multiple seasons qualifying for the batting title but hitting no homers:
From To Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons
+-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+
Ozzie Smith 1979 1992 24-37 6 Ind. Seasons
Larry Bowa 1970 1982 24-36 6 Ind. Seasons
Jerry Remy 1976 1983 23-30 4 Ind. Seasons
Frank Taveras 1976 1980 26-30 3 Ind. Seasons
Duane Kuiper 1976 1979 26-29 3 Ind. Seasons
Roger Metzger 1971 1976 23-28 3 Ind. Seasons
Otis Nixon 1994 1995 35-36 2 Ind. Seasons
Lance Johnson 1991 1993 27-29 2 Ind. Seasons
Gerald Young 1988 1989 23-24 2 Ind. Seasons
Pete Rose 1981 1983 40-42 2 Ind. Seasons
Tom Herr 1981 1982 25-26 2 Ind. Seasons
Alfredo Griffin 1981 1989 23-31 2 Ind. Seasons
Rodney Scott 1980 1981 26-27 2 Ind. Seasons
Greg Gross 1974 1975 21-22 2 Ind. Seasons
Don Kessinger 1973 1975 30-32 2 Ind. Seasons
Ron Hunt 1972 1974 31-33 2 Ind. Seasons
Enzo Hernandez 1971 1974 22-25 2 Ind. Seasons
Mark Belanger 1971 1973 27-29 2 Ind. Seasons
Now, I don't think any of these guys finished their career with zero homers but it seems to me that we should have a number of players with several hundred PAs and no homers, not just 3 players with as many as 200 PAs. Homers are just so incredibly prevalent now compared to years bygone.
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Posted by Sean Forman on August 28, 2009
Babe Ruth, Share Demo
One of the underlying principles for the site has been to make it easy to share data. We've done that by supporting the baseball-databank.org and retrosheet and we've done that by providing options like CSV and PRE above each of the tables on the site.
These options are helpful to power users who understand excel and don't mind taking a little time to learn new things, but for users who just want a quick and dirty table, it has always been a little too
hard to copy and paste what's on the site. We've solved that problem and dramatically increased the ways and means you can share data on the site.
The sharing feature appears only on Babe Ruth's pages (main, batting, fielding, pitching) right now, but after we are confident all of the bugs are worked out it will appear on every page and above every table on the site (sadly I have to rewrite much of the play index to get this to work there) and on our other sites as well.
Here is how you do it.
- Find the data you want to share. For now just on the Babe's Page
- Click on the SHARE link just above the stats next to the header (javascript required).
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- A sharing toolbox appears and buttons to delete columns and rows appear allowing you to pare the data down to just want you want.
- Please note that any sorting should occur before you delete rows or columns.
- Next select the output option from html, to iframes, to pre-formatted (good for most internet forums) and more. We've created a Demo Page for all of the options
- If we don't have the format you want, let us know.
Please give this a try and use it to post something at your favorite websites or a website you write for. You will be free to use this data anywhere, we would just ask that you include the citation at the bottom of the table as a courtesy to us for providing this service.
Also, once we are confident all of the bugs are worked out, we will release this site-wide, so give us all of the feedback you can.
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Posted by Neil Paine on August 28, 2009
I'm sure most (if not all) of you have seen this page at one time or another: Leaders & Records. It's a popular page, given that it links to all of our leaderboards for batting and pitching. But our feeling is that many people scan the top of the page and find the leaderboard link they want, but remain unaware of the content "hidden" at the very bottom of the page. So today, I'm going to show you some of the other features you can access from the Leaders & Records page, features that you may not have known about because they were tucked away at the bottom of the screen.
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Posted by Neil Paine on August 28, 2009
Dan Szymborski weighs in with some career projections using ZiPS. There's Jeter, career intact and on track for more than 3,500 hits, but then two "what-ifs" -- Ichiro for the beginning of his career (what if he had played in MLB from the start?), and Dickie Thon for all but the beginning (what if he hadn't been hit in the face by a Mike Torrez heater?). Most interesting to me: if ZiPS was reality, Ichiro would rank 3rd all time in hits, trailing Cobb by just one.
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Posted by Raphy on August 28, 2009
I was surprised to notice that both Migeul Cabrera and Ryan Braun have both hit 27 homeruns this season without a sacrifice fly between them. The sacrifice fly statistic has been used consistantly since 1954 and in that time only 5 players have finished a season with more than 27 home runs and no sacrifice flies. Here are the leaders since 1954:
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Posted by Raphy on August 28, 2009
Since 1954 there have been only 7 seasons in which a pitcher has pitched 200 or more innings and not been victimized by a SB. Four of those seasons were turned in by Whitey Ford. This season, Joel Pineiro has a chance to complete the eighth such season and become only the fifth different pitcher (since 1954) accomplish this feat. Thus far, Piniero has pitched 170 2/3 innings without allowing a SB. The last player to steal when Piniero was on the mound was Hanley Ramirez last August 11. Here are the leader since 1954 in IP without allowing a SB:
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