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DH and Only DH

Posted by Chris J. on January 25, 2008

Using the Play Index, you can figure out which players have only appeared in MLB as DHs.  Look for games played, career, with 100% of appearances coming as designated hitter.  Here are the results.  I knew there wouldn't be many, but I'm surprised how little it is.

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One Response to “DH and Only DH”

  1. birtelcom Says:
    January 25th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    Maybe even more surprising is when I re-did your search reducing the percentage of games at DH from 100% to 90% I got the same two guys you did. Reducing it to 80% still gets only one player in history with more than 51 career plate appearances: Travis Hafner. And reducing it to 70% still gets only three guys with more than one full season worth of PAs: Hafner, Sam Horn and David Ortiz. Dropping again to 67% (that is, two-thirds of career games) adds Edgar Martinez, Hal McRae and Josh Phelps. Just not that many career DHs.

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