Most consecutive games with an RBI, start of career
Posted by Andy on April 30, 2009
This is a simple batting streak finder for most games at the start of a career with at least 1 RBI, going back to 1954:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Gene Baker 1954-04-13 1954-04-24 7 26 10 12 3 0 4 10 0 7 0 0 .462 .576 1.038 1.614 CHC Faye Throneberry 1955-04-12 1955-04-17 6 25 12 10 4 0 3 12 3 2 0 0 .400 .429 .920 1.349 BOS Mike Lansing 1993-04-07 1993-04-11 5 26 6 12 2 0 2 8 1 1 0 0 .462 .481 .769 1.250 MON Bobby Knoop 1964-04-13 1964-04-21 5 17 2 3 0 0 2 5 4 2 0 0 .176 .263 .529 .792 LAA Jesse Barfield 1981-09-03 1981-09-06 4 15 1 4 1 0 1 6 2 1 1 1 .267 .313 .533 .846 TOR Ron Cash 1973-09-04 1973-09-10 4 16 4 8 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 .500 .471 .625 1.096 DET Jed Lowrie 2008-04-15 2008-04-20 3 12 3 5 3 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 .417 .385 .667 1.052 BOS Alex Romero 2008-04-03 2008-04-08 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 .667 1.000 1.667 ARI Shelley Duncan 2007-07-20 2007-07-22 3 12 3 4 0 0 3 7 4 2 0 0 .333 .429 1.083 1.512 NYY Jeff Salazar 2006-09-07 2006-09-10 3 9 5 5 1 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 .556 .643 .667 1.310 COL Jason Bay 2003-05-23 2003-08-27 3 11 3 4 2 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 .364 .462 .818 1.280 SDP-PIT Reed Johnson 2003-04-20 2003-05-17 3 9 3 5 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 .556 .636 1.111 1.747 TOR Hideki Matsui 2003-03-31 2003-04-02 3 14 0 4 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 .286 .267 .429 .696 NYY Jason Tyner 2000-06-05 2000-06-08 3 11 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 .273 .308 .273 .581 NYM Yamil Benitez 1995-09-16 1995-09-19 3 9 2 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 .556 .556 1.111 1.667 MON Shane Andrews 1995-04-27 1995-04-29 3 10 3 5 2 0 2 5 4 1 0 0 .500 .545 1.300 1.845 MON Pete Coachman 1990-08-18 1990-08-20 3 14 1 6 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 .429 .429 .500 .929 CAL Mike Ramsey 1987-04-06 1987-04-08 3 12 2 5 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 .417 .417 .583 1.000 LAD Rey Quinones 1986-05-17 1986-05-20 3 10 4 3 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 1 .300 .462 .500 .962 BOS George Bjorkman 1983-07-10 1983-07-13 3 10 1 4 0 0 1 7 1 1 0 0 .400 .455 .700 1.155 HOU Joe Lefebvre 1980-05-22 1980-05-24 3 8 2 4 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 .500 .556 1.250 1.806 NYY Danny Ainge 1979-05-21 1979-05-23 3 10 4 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 .600 .636 .600 1.236 TOR Ramon Aviles 1979-05-04 1979-05-07 3 9 3 5 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 .556 .600 .778 1.378 PHI Paul Molitor 1978-04-07 1978-04-09 3 16 4 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 .438 .438 .625 1.063 MIL Ruppert Jones 1976-08-01 1976-08-07 3 12 2 4 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 .333 .385 .583 .968 KCR Jim Rice 1974-08-19 1974-08-23 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 .222 .250 .222 .472 BOS Gomer Hodge 1971-04-06 1971-04-11 3 4 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 CLE Al Gallagher 1970-04-07 1970-04-09 3 12 2 6 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 .500 .462 .750 1.212 SFG Thurman Munson 1969-08-08 1969-08-12 3 9 3 3 0 0 1 4 3 4 0 0 .333 .538 .667 1.205 NYY Coco Laboy 1969-04-08 1969-04-10 3 11 2 6 3 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 .545 .615 1.091 1.706 MON Roberto Pena 1965-04-12 1965-04-14 3 13 4 5 1 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 .385 .429 .923 1.352 CHC Bill Freehan 1961-09-26 1961-10-01 3 10 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 .400 .455 .400 .855 DET R.C. Stevens 1958-04-15 1958-04-20 3 4 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 PIT Jim Finigan 1954-04-25 1954-05-01 3 10 0 5 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 .500 .615 .600 1.215 PHA Sammy White 1954-04-13 1954-04-18 3 10 2 7 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 .700 .700 1.500 2.200 BOS
Well, hold your horses...Gene Baker is not the leader, because his career actually started in 1953. The box scores (and hence the streak finder) doesn't back before 1954. Same goes for Sammy White, last guy on the list, as his career started earlier. But Jim Finigan did start in 1954, so he counts.
This list is certainly a varied bunch. For every Paul Molitor and Jim Rice there is a Rey Quinones and Coco Laboy.
So I guess this is more trivial point of itnerest than anything else...
April 30th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
If you notice, most batting avarages are pretty healthy ranging from .300 to .600. Bobby Knoop however, was bringing up the rear with a less than impressive .176 BA. He is at the top of this statistic despite going hitless in two of the five games.
Jack