Kurkjian noted that Jeff Kunkel went a long time at the beginning of his career without drawing a walk. Check out his gamelogs. He didn't get a walk until his 43rd game.

Here are all the players (except pitchers) who went their first 43 games without a walk:

                   Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
 Herb Washington      43 Ind. Games
 Julio Valdez         43 Ind. Games
 Adam Stern           43 Ind. Games
 Wally Shannon        43 Ind. Games
 John Scott           43 Ind. Games
 Alejandro Sanchez    43 Ind. Games
 Chris Roberson       43 Ind. Games
 Pablo Ozuna          43 Ind. Games
 Ross Moschitto       43 Ind. Games
 Miguel Mejia         43 Ind. Games
 Don Mason            43 Ind. Games
 Jeff Kunkel          43 Ind. Games
 Darrin Jackson       43 Ind. Games
 Herman Hill          43 Ind. Games
 Edwards Guzman       43 Ind. Games
 Tom Goodwin          43 Ind. Games
 Cesar Geronimo       43 Ind. Games
 Craig Gerber         43 Ind. Games
 Marshall Edwards     43 Ind. Games
 Brian Doyle          43 Ind. Games
 Alex Diaz            43 Ind. Games
 John DeMerit         43 Ind. Games
 Javier Cardona       43 Ind. Games
 Joe Cannon           43 Ind. Games
 Rafael Belliard      43 Ind. Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
                   Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
 Juan Bell            43 Ind. Games
 German Barranca      43 Ind. Games
 Jeff Abbott          43 Ind. Games

We know Herb Washington's story. He didn't have any plate appearances so he couldn't have gotten any walks. Tom Goodwin getting no walks didn't help much. Tough to steal bases when you can't get on base. Adam Stern's got 48 games and still no walks.

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