Most plate appearances in a season with no extra-base hits
Posted by Andy on March 26, 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.
March 26th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Donohue started hot, over 100 wins by age 25, then his career fell off a cliff. By 1929, he was toast on the mound, though evidently he could hit a little. Look at these ERAs, starting at age 24 in 1925; 3.08, 3.37, 4.11, 4.74, 5.42, 6.17, 6.48, 7.82 and out. Talk about a steady decline!