D’oh! Nuts!
Posted by Steve Lombardi on January 31, 2010
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder -
From 1954 to 2009, players with seven or more regular season games where they had six or more ABs with zero hits or walks:
| Rk | Player | #Matching | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SH | SF | IBB | HBP | GDP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Aparicio | 16 | Ind. Games | 103 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Tony Taylor | 11 | Ind. Games | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Pete Rose | 11 | Ind. Games | 69 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .014 | .000 | .014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Willie Davis | 11 | Ind. Games | 69 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Don Kessinger | 10 | Ind. Games | 63 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Andre Dawson | 9 | Ind. Games | 55 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Maury Wills | 8 | Ind. Games | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Billy Williams | 8 | Ind. Games | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Devon White | 8 | Ind. Games | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Lou Whitaker | 8 | Ind. Games | 49 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .020 | .000 | .020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Edgar Renteria | 8 | Ind. Games | 51 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lloyd Moseby | 8 | Ind. Games | 51 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .000 | .020 | .000 | .020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Davey Lopes | 8 | Ind. Games | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Lance Johnson | 8 | Ind. Games | 50 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Jim Gilliam | 8 | Ind. Games | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Lou Brock | 8 | Ind. Games | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Roberto Alomar | 8 | Ind. Games | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Tim Wallach | 7 | Ind. Games | 43 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Cesar Tovar | 7 | Ind. Games | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Joe Torre | 7 | Ind. Games | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Ozzie Smith | 7 | Ind. Games | 46 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Steve Sax | 7 | Ind. Games | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Cookie Rojas | 7 | Ind. Games | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Ivan Rodriguez | 7 | Ind. Games | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Bobby Richardson | 7 | Ind. Games | 44 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Vada Pinson | 7 | Ind. Games | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | John Mayberry | 7 | Ind. Games | 47 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Richie Hebner | 7 | Ind. Games | 43 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Dave Concepcion | 7 | Ind. Games | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Dave Cash | 7 | Ind. Games | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Larry Bowa | 7 | Ind. Games | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Mark Belanger | 7 | Ind. Games | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Of course, guys like Willie Davis, Maury Wills, Don Kessinger, Luis Aparicio, Tommie Agee and Tony Taylor posted a lot of these games when pitchers ruled the earth and many batters were fitted for collars. Others like Andre Dawson, Devon White, Lou Whitaker, Edgar Renteria and Lloyd Moseby can't make that excuse.
January 31st, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Two things:
1. You should have done plate appearances appearences since it includes walks.
2. What're you, Homes?
January 31st, 2010 at 10:32 pm
ImAShark5, they clearly have no walks, so I don't see how that's a difference.
What I would like to know is how Dawson got 4 RBI in those games - I see one SF and one GIDP, but I would imagine that's very unlikely to account for more than 2 RBI, and almost certainly not 4. If that's all it is, I'd be interested to know what the plays were that made that happen, and if not, how else did he get those RBI?
January 31st, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Without checking, I would imagine there were a couple of fielder's choice type ground balls: less than two out, man on third scores on a slow roller, the infielder gets the sure out at first allowing the run to score. That's an RBI, but not a hit, walk or sacrifice. One of the oddities of baseball scorekeeping is that a fly ball out that scored a run is a "sacrifice" and an RBI, but a ground ball that scores a run is just an out, though still an RBI.
February 1st, 2010 at 12:11 am
Easy to check. One sac fly, three groundouts. This is why we have BR.com.
February 1st, 2010 at 8:26 am
Also, I'm pretty sure a hitter cannot get an RBI on a GIDP.