22 Responses to “Teams With 8+ Batters With 300+ PA & 50 Or Less Runs Scored In One Season”

1. oneblankspace Says:
   September 27th, 2011 at 4:53 pm

   On the '88 A's, just off the top of my head, I see two catchers, two DHs, and two or three middle infielders. It seems to me that they were an example of platooning working. The 1982 Brewers platooned at their DH position and both Howell and Money wound up >300 PA and <50 R. And they led in game 7 of the World Series.

2. topper009 Says:
   September 27th, 2011 at 5:05 pm

   The 88 A's also had Luis Polonia who had 313 PAs and 51 runs

3. Dvd Avins Says:
   September 27th, 2011 at 5:48 pm

   Grote Harrelson, and Kranepool form the nucleus of a team that did it twice.

4. Frank Clingenpeel Says:
   September 27th, 2011 at 5:50 pm

   A miracle has occurred, I do believe! For once we have a list dealing with hitting futility, and the '06 White Sox -- the "Hitless Wonders" -- aren't on it!

5. Gordon Says:
   September 27th, 2011 at 6:22 pm

   Re: '88 A's - misleading fluke. They were still #2 in the league (all of MLB, actually) for runs scored, and only 13 runs behind #1.

6. pauley Says:
   September 27th, 2011 at 6:51 pm

   I think it's misleading in that most of the teams had somebody else with 300 pa's and more than 50 runs. The 88 A's had the #2 and #6 players in the league in runs scored in Canseco (120) and Hendu (100) as well as McGwire and Lansford with well over 50. Haven't looked through the whole list but it seems as if the 09 Senators were truly awful, they didn't have anybody with more than 50.

7. Hartvig Says:
   September 27th, 2011 at 8:03 pm

   The team that jumps out at me are the 1992 Red Sox. In spite of playing in a good hitters park and having a line up full of names recognizable as all stars or even MVP candidates (Wade Boggs, Jack Clark, Mo Vaughn, Ellis Burks, Mike Greenwell, Tom Brunansky, Tony Pena, John Valentin, Scott Cooper, & Jody Reed all met that criteria plus guys like Tim Naehring, Phil Plantier and Billy Hatcher who managed to put up some respectable numbers in other seasons) they managed to score the second fewest runs in the league and 9 teams managed to outscore them by more than 100 runs. They also managed to allow more unearned runs to be scored on them than any other team in the league. Only outstanding pitching by Clemens and Viola kept them from losing over 100 games.

8. Justin Bailey Says:
   September 27th, 2011 at 8:46 pm

   @7

   1992 Red Sox:
   - .347 team SLG
   - 2 players with double-digit HRs (Vaughn and Brunansky)
   - 1 player with more than 300 PAs and an OPS+ over 100 (Brunansky)
   - 1 position player with more than 2 WAR (Boggs, 2.2)

   In other words, who gives a crap how many famous guys were on that team? They all sucked that year.

9. Andrew Says:
   September 27th, 2011 at 9:52 pm

   And to think that Johnny Jeter was once the most famous Jeter.

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11. Johnny Twisto Says:
    September 27th, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    who gives a crap how many famous guys were on that team? They all sucked that year.

    One might say that's exactly why they're interesting.

12. Doug Says:
    September 28th, 2011 at 1:36 am

    The '53-'54 Browns/Orioles have the distinction of being the only team to make the list in consecutive seasons. Not exactly a great way to attract a fan base in a new city.

    Interesting that the '68 Mets make this list, and then win the World Series the next year with only one change in their regulars (Ed Charles replaced by Wayne Garrett). Truly a miracle.

13. Hartvig Says:
    September 28th, 2011 at 5:43 am

    Pauley @ 6

    "it seems as if the 09 Senators were truly awful"

    Their offense was really anemic- they scored 60 runs fewer than the next lowest scoring team and more than 150 runs fewer than the league average- but they also allowed the most runs by an even larger margin (67 runs) although they were a little closer to league average of pitching runs allowed. It would be a couple years before Walter Johnson and Clyde Milan got enough help to lift them out of the second division.

    At a glance, my money for the worst of the bunch (when you take the era's that they played in to account) would be the '63 Astro's- a 19 year old Rusty Staub was clearly overmatched and a 21 year old Jimmy Wynn and 19 year old Joe Morgan didn't get enough plate appearances to help much. When Al Spangler is your biggest offensive threat by a considerable margin you have really got some problems.

14. Tmckelv Says:
    September 28th, 2011 at 9:15 am

    Rare appearance by the Highlanders. Nice.

15. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    September 28th, 2011 at 11:06 am

    Of the eight players listed for the 1970 White Sox, six were traded during the following off-season: Berry and O'Brien to the Angels, Hopkins and Knoop to the Royals, Josephson to the Red Sox along with Luis Aparició and his career-high 114 OPS+, and McCraw to the Senators. All the machinations lifted the Sox from eighth in the league in runs scored in 1970 to seventh in 1971.

    Besides Aparició, the two other 1970 White Sox regulars who scored more than 50 runs were Bill Melton and Carlos May.

16. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    September 28th, 2011 at 11:22 am

    The real problem for the 1970 White Sox was their pitching — the staff ERA was 4.54 (84 ERA+). With some off-season trades and a magnificent transition by knuckleballer Wilbur Wood from relief ace to ace starter (1971 ERA+ of 189 in over 300 innings), the Sox lowered their team ERA to 3.12 (116 ERA+).

17. Lawrence Azrin Says:
    September 28th, 2011 at 12:48 pm

    @7Hartvig "... The team that jumps out at me are the 1992 Red Sox. In spite of playing in a good hitters park and having a line up full of names recognizable as all stars or even MVP candidates ..." "... they managed to score the second fewest runs in the league and 9 teams managed to outscore them by more than 100 runs.

    OK, what did these guys actually do in 1992?
    Wade Boggs - by _far_ his worst year with the Red Sox
    Jack Clark - in his last year, he could draw walks and do little else (5 HR/ .210 BA in 257 AB)
    Mo Vaughn - his first full year with the RS was by far his worst full year of his RS career
    Ellis Burks - played the fewst games of his RS career (66) with a 103 OPS+
    Mike Greenwell - played only 49 games and had the worst year of his RS career, with .233/ 2 HR/ 18 RBI

    -Tom Brunansky - the only RS position player who had a decent hitting year, leading the RS with 15 HR and 74 RBI. Thing is, it wasn't _that good_ of a year, with a 118 OPS+. Somehow he managed to score only 47 runs in 138 games.
    Tony Pena - his OPS+ of 64 was about average for his four years with the RS
    - John Valentin - had a 113 OPS+, but played only 58 games; Luis Rivera was the regular SS with a OPS+ of 51

    There's more players you mentioned, but in summary - the 1992 Red Sox had many recognizable names, and a number of stars. But, most of the "name" players had below-average years, in some cases, WELL below-average years, so all that "star-power" did the team not much good. Welcome to The Butch Hobson Years.

18. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    September 28th, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    The 2011 Indians have 11 players with 200-400 PA and 20-50 runs scored. My Play Index subscription has expired; anyone able to determine whether that's a record?

19. Joe Garrison Says:
    September 28th, 2011 at 8:08 pm

    Willie Davis scored a few runs for those 1968 Dodgers... everyone else falls into the "scored dang few" category.

    An environment ripe for shutouts, and most needed of course.

    Thank you Don Drysdale for your efforts that year.

20. Shorty Says:
    September 29th, 2011 at 9:14 am

    I agree with Pauley (#6 above). The only team with nobody scoring 50 runs was the 42-110 1909 Washington Senators. George McBride, Wid Conroy, Bob Unglaub, Clyde Milan, Gabby Street, George Browne, Jack Lelivelt, Jim Delahanty, and Jiggs Donahue each had 300+ plate appearances for that club.

21. Ted Says:
    September 29th, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    Not sure where I can post this.
    The 2011 Texas Rangers had 10 players with 100 hits
    Is this the record?

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