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Getting A Headstart On Whiffs

Posted by Steve Lombardi on April 29, 2010

A quick list via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder - players with 9+ games of 2+ strikeouts within their first 20 games of the season, since 1973:

Rk Player Year #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
1 Pat Burrell 2001 12 Ind. Games 50 45 8 1 0 1 2 4 27 .178 .260 .267 .527 0 0 0 1 0
2 Chris Davis 2009 11 Ind. Games 44 41 6 1 0 3 5 1 27 .146 .205 .390 .595 0 0 0 2 0
3 Preston Wilson 2000 10 Ind. Games 46 43 8 2 0 0 6 2 23 .186 .217 .233 .450 0 1 0 0 0
4 Brad Wilkerson 2006 10 Ind. Games 42 39 4 3 0 0 3 3 25 .103 .167 .179 .346 0 0 0 0 1
5 Bob Smith 2002 10 Ind. Games 42 39 6 2 0 1 4 3 22 .154 .214 .282 .496 0 0 0 0 0
6 Austin Jackson 2010 10 Ind. Games 48 45 11 1 1 0 1 3 23 .244 .292 .311 .603 0 0 0 0 0
7 Bill Hall 2008 10 Ind. Games 44 42 5 1 0 1 3 2 20 .119 .159 .214 .373 0 0 0 0 2
8 Andres Galarraga 1995 10 Ind. Games 45 41 8 0 0 2 7 3 24 .195 .267 .341 .608 0 0 0 1 0
9 Adam Dunn 2007 10 Ind. Games 44 40 9 2 0 1 3 4 22 .225 .295 .350 .645 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rob Deer 1991 10 Ind. Games 45 38 7 2 0 4 9 7 23 .184 .311 .553 .864 0 0 0 0 1
11 Preston Wilson 2002 9 Ind. Games 45 41 8 1 0 0 4 3 19 .195 .267 .220 .486 0 0 0 1 1
12 Rick Wilkins 1994 9 Ind. Games 39 33 6 3 0 0 5 5 21 .182 .282 .273 .555 0 1 1 0 0
13 Joey Votto 2010 9 Ind. Games 38 33 2 1 0 0 0 5 19 .061 .184 .091 .275 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mo Vaughn 1998 9 Ind. Games 45 39 11 2 0 3 13 4 21 .282 .378 .564 .942 0 0 1 2 1
15 Greg Vaughn 2002 9 Ind. Games 39 37 4 0 0 0 1 2 20 .108 .154 .108 .262 0 0 0 0 0
16 Mickey Tettleton 1990 9 Ind. Games 42 36 6 1 0 0 1 6 22 .167 .286 .194 .480 0 0 0 0 1
17 Mark Teahen 2007 9 Ind. Games 38 35 9 2 0 0 3 3 21 .257 .316 .314 .630 0 0 0 0 0
18 Jim Presley 1986 9 Ind. Games 37 35 5 0 0 0 2 0 21 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 0 0 0 0
19 Cameron Maybin 2010 9 Ind. Games 41 40 6 0 1 0 2 1 20 .150 .171 .200 .371 0 0 0 0 0
20 Derrek Lee 2002 9 Ind. Games 39 34 6 0 0 3 6 5 20 .176 .282 .441 .723 0 0 0 0 0
21 Ray Lankford 2000 9 Ind. Games 37 34 4 1 0 0 0 3 19 .118 .189 .147 .336 0 0 0 0 0
22 Dave Kingman 1976 9 Ind. Games 39 37 7 1 0 3 9 2 21 .189 .231 .459 .690 0 0 1 0 0
23 Dave Kingman 1982 9 Ind. Games 38 36 6 0 0 3 4 1 19 .167 .211 .417 .627 0 0 0 1 1
24 Darrin Jackson 1993 9 Ind. Games 38 36 6 1 0 0 3 0 20 .167 .167 .194 .361 2 0 0 0 1
25 Bo Jackson 1987 9 Ind. Games 36 34 4 2 0 0 1 1 21 .118 .143 .176 .319 1 0 0 0 0
26 Pete Incaviglia 1987 9 Ind. Games 43 40 13 1 0 2 10 3 18 .325 .372 .500 .872 0 0 0 0 0
27 Ron Gant 1997 9 Ind. Games 40 37 4 1 0 0 1 3 18 .108 .175 .135 .310 0 0 0 0 0
28 Dan Ford 1976 9 Ind. Games 40 38 8 0 0 3 8 1 21 .211 .250 .447 .697 0 0 0 1 0
29 Adam Dunn 2006 9 Ind. Games 38 32 4 0 0 2 3 5 20 .125 .237 .313 .549 0 1 1 0 0
30 Rob Deer 1993 9 Ind. Games 43 40 6 2 0 1 7 3 23 .150 .209 .275 .484 0 0 0 0 1
31 Eric Davis 1988 9 Ind. Games 42 36 7 0 0 1 3 6 20 .194 .310 .278 .587 0 0 1 0 0
32 Eric Davis 1985 9 Ind. Games 41 41 6 0 1 1 2 0 19 .146 .146 .268 .415 0 0 0 0 1
33 Mark Bellhorn 2005 9 Ind. Games 35 33 7 2 0 0 2 2 19 .212 .257 .273 .530 0 0 0 0 2
34 Jesse Barfield 1986 9 Ind. Games 39 38 8 3 0 1 2 1 20 .211 .231 .368 .599 0 0 0 0 0
35 Gary Alexander 1978 9 Ind. Games 37 35 8 2 1 1 3 2 19 .229 .270 .429 .699 0 0 0 0 3
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 4/29/2010.

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Austin Jackson, Cameron Maybin and Joey Votto joined the club this year.

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    1,000+ Whiffs w/Less Than 300 BB Club

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5 Responses to “Getting A Headstart On Whiffs”

  1. Raphy Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    For Jackson, it was also the first 20 games of his career. Here are leaders for multiple K games in the player's first 20 career games (position players only)

    Rk Gcar Player #Matching PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
    1 Rick Renick 12 Ind. Games 45 43 6 0 2 0 6 2 27 .140 .178 .233 .410 0 0 1 0 1
    2 Jackie Warner 10 Ind. Games 40 39 7 1 0 2 6 1 26 .179 .200 .359 .559 0 0 0 0 0
    3 Anderson Machado 10 Ind. Games 39 33 5 3 0 0 0 6 22 .152 .282 .242 .524 0 0 0 0 0
    4 Austin Jackson 10 Ind. Games 48 45 11 1 1 0 1 3 23 .244 .292 .311 .603 0 0 0 0 0
    5 Pat Burrell 10 Ind. Games 44 43 5 0 1 1 4 1 23 .116 .136 .233 .369 0 0 0 0 3
    6 Matt Williams 9 Ind. Games 37 35 3 0 0 0 1 2 23 .086 .135 .086 .221 0 0 0 0 0
    7 Drew Stubbs 9 Ind. Games 42 39 8 1 0 2 2 3 22 .205 .262 .385 .647 0 0 0 0 0
    8 Darryl Strawberry 9 Ind. Games 41 37 4 1 0 1 3 4 22 .108 .195 .216 .411 0 0 0 0 1
    9 Michael Saunders 9 Ind. Games 32 31 6 0 1 0 2 1 18 .194 .219 .258 .477 0 0 0 0 1
    10 Reggie Jackson 9 Ind. Games 47 39 8 4 0 0 4 5 24 .205 .319 .308 .627 0 1 0 2 0
    11 John Buck 9 Ind. Games 32 30 2 0 0 0 0 1 19 .067 .097 .067 .163 1 0 0 0 1
    12 Russell Branyan 9 Ind. Games 37 34 7 1 0 3 6 3 21 .206 .270 .500 .770 0 0 0 0 0
    13 Brandon Boggs 9 Ind. Games 41 35 3 0 0 1 3 4 21 .086 .195 .171 .367 0 1 0 1 1
    Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
    Generated 4/29/2010.
  2. Jim Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    Looks like it was also Burrell's first games as well

  3. DoubleDiamond Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    No, Burrell came up in 2000, not 2001, when this occurred.

  4. DoubleDiamond Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    To clarify, my other response refers to the table in the original blog entry, which shows Pat Burrell doing this in 2001. I didn't even look at the table in the first comment until after I had posted my other response.

  5. Jim Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 7:08 pm

    You're still correct though DoubleD, Burrell did come up in 2000 and the games represented in the original table are not the first games of his career

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