5+ times on base, no runs scored
Posted by Andy on March 24, 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!
March 24th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Regarding Pedroia's game, if reaching on a fielder's choice (or presumably on an error) don't count, I only see 5 TOB for him (2 2B, 1 BB, 2 HBP).
March 24th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
He also reached on an error.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Reaching on error definitely counts as a time on base. Getting to first base by virtue of a fielder's choice does NOT count as a time on base, even though a batter does get credit for scoring a run if he does eventually come around after reaching by FC. That's one major stupidity of how MLB scoring rules work. It seems that the guy erased on the FC deserves at least half a run scored in that case.