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Christian Guzman

Posted by Andy on May 15, 2009

Check out who has the highest batting average in the NL, minimum 100 AB:

  Cnt Player              **BA**   AB Year Age Tm  Lg  G   PA  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB CS  OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions
+----+-----------------+---------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------+
    1 Cristian Guzman      .390   100 2009  31 WSN NL  21 101  18  39  6  1  1   9   0   0  14   0   1   0   1   1  1  .390  .500  .890 *6        
    2 Joey Votto           .374   107 2009  25 CIN NL  30 128  17  40 10  0  4  26  19   3  21   2   0   0   4   2  1  .477  .579 1.056 *3        
    3 Carlos Beltran       .370   127 2009  32 NYM NL  33 150  21  47  7  1  6  25  22   5  21   1   0   0   5   4  1  .467  .583 1.050 *8        
    4 Hanley Ramirez       .361   119 2009  25 FLA NL  31 136  22  43 12  0  6  19  14   0  22   2   1   0   1   6  4  .437  .613 1.050 *6        
    5 Ryan Zimmerman       .357   143 2009  24 WSN NL  33 157  28  51 12  0  8  26  13   3  26   0   0   1   8   0  0  .408  .608 1.016 *5        
    6 Orlando Hudson       .348   141 2009  31 LAD NL  35 163  29  49 14  2  3  21  21   0  17   0   0   1   2   4  0  .429  .539  .968 *4        
    7 Todd Helton          .345   110 2009  35 COL NL  30 125  17  38  6  1  4  20  12   2  15   0   0   3   3   0  0  .400  .527  .927 *3        
    8 Ryan Braun           .333   117 2009  25 MIL NL  32 142  22  39  7  0  8  28  20   1  28   5   0   0   0   3  3  .451  .598 1.049 *7        
    9 Nick Johnson         .333   123 2009  30 WSN NL  32 141  20  41  5  0  3  19  15   0  22   2   0   1   2   0  0  .411  .447  .858 *3        
   10 Carlos Lee           .333   126 2009  33 HOU NL  34 139  16  42 10  0  6  27  10   1  12   0   0   3   2   0  1  .374  .556  .930 *7        

And now check out who has the most plate appearance in the majors this year with no walks:

  Cnt Player             **PA**  BB Year Age Tm  Lg  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
    1 Cristian Guzman     101     0 2009  31 WSN NL  21 100  18  39  6  1  1   9   0  14   0   1   0   1   1  1  .390  .390  .500  .890 *6        
    2 Robinzon Diaz        30     0 2009  25 PIT NL   8  28   3  10  2  0  1   4   0   1   1   1   0   1   0  0  .357  .379  .536  .915 /*2       
    3 Wil Nieves           30     0 2009  31 WSN NL  10  29   4   8  1  0  0   0   0   7   1   0   0   0   0  0  .276  .300  .310  .610 /*2       
    4 Jason Smith          26     0 2009  31 HOU NL  19  24   1   0  0  0  0   1   0   8   0   1   1   1   0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000 /465      
    5 Eugenio Velez        25     0 2009  27 SFG NL  18  22   1   3  1  0  0   0   0   6   1   2   0   1   0  0  .136  .174  .182  .356 /7489     
    6 Raul Chavez          24     0 2009  36 TOR AL   7  23   1   5  0  0  0   2   0   1   0   1   0   2   0  0  .217  .217  .217  .434 /*2       
    7 Tyler Greene         23     0 2009  25 STL NL   7  22   3   5  1  0  1   2   0   8   1   0   0   0   1  0  .227  .261  .409  .670 /*645     
    8 Dewayne Wise         22     0 2009  31 CHW AL   7  21   0   5  0  0  0   0   0   6   0   1   0   0   0  1  .238  .238  .238  .476 /*89      
    9 Michel Hernandez     22     0 2009  30 TBR AL   6  21   1   7  1  0  1   4   0   2   0   1   0   1   1  1  .333  .333  .524  .857 /*2       
   10 Adam Wainwright      21     0 2009  27 STL NL  10  17   2   3  1  0  0   1   0   5   0   4   0   0   0  0  .176  .176  .235  .411 /*1       
   11 Micah Owings         21     0 2009  26 CIN NL  11  21   3   6  3  1  1   4   0   6   0   0   0   0   0  0  .286  .286  .667  .953 /*1       

Would you please all join me in asking....HUH?

2 Responses to “Christian Guzman”

  1. ZimJim Says:

    this is really interesting, good find!

    i wonder if he has the highest plate appereances while still having the same avg as obp

  2. Jgeller Says:

    I took a look. The quickest way is to look at all-time most PA in a season with 0 walks. Then to look down the list and see if they match up. Forgetting AVG = OBA, the most PA without a walk since 1901 is pitcher Ed Walsh with 156 in 1907. He was hit by a pitch though. It appears the winner is Cy Young, with 149 in 1904.