Here's another tidbit gleaned from Jayson Stark's year-in-review column on ESPN.com. He noted that Matt Holliday had a game this year where he got on base 6 times but didn't score or drive in a run.

Including Holliday's game, that's been done 17 times since 1956:

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB TOB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Matt Holliday     2008-04-17    COL @SDP W  2-1   9  6  0  3  0  0  0   0  3   6   0  1   0  0  0   0   1  2  0 4th LF        

    2 Ryan Howard       2006-09-09    PHI @FLA L  3-4   6  2  0  2  1  0  0   0  4   6   2  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 4th 1B        

    3 Bernie Williams   1996-09-21    NYY  BOS W 12-11  7  4  0  3  1  0  0   0  3   6   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 6th CF        

    4 George Brett      1991-06-06    KCR  TEX W  4-3   9  6  0  4  1  0  0   0  3   7   1  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd DH        

    5 Kal Daniels       1990-07-27    LAD  ATL W  5-4   7  3  0  2  0  0  0   0  4   6   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd LF        
    6 Andre Dawson      1990-05-22    CHC  CIN W  2-1   8  3  0  1  0  0  0   0  5   6   5  0   0  0  0   0   0  1  0 4th RF        

    7 Marvell Wynne     1987-09-23    SDP @CIN W  6-4   6  3  0  3  0  0  0   0  3   6   1  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  1 6th CF LF     

    8 Roy Howell        1980-10-04(1) TOR @BOS W  7-6   8  5  0  3  0  0  0   0  2   6   2  0   1  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd 3B        

    9 Jerry White       1976-08-21    MON @SFG L  4-5   8  4  0  2  0  0  0   0  4   6   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  2  1 1st CF LF     

   10 Billy North       1973-09-17    OAK  CAL W  3-2   7  2  0  1  0  0  0   0  5   6   3  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  1 1st CF        

   11 Dick Allen        1972-08-10    CHW @OAK L  3-5   8  3  0  1  0  0  0   0  5   6   2  0   0  0  0   0   0  1  0 3rd 1B        
   12 Steve Brye        1972-05-12    MIN  MIL L  3-4  10  6  0  3  0  0  0   0  3   7   0  2   0  1  0   1   0  0  0 7th LF        

   13 Wayne Garrett     1971-08-05    NYM @ATL L  1-2   8  5  0  3  0  0  0   0  3   6   2  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 2nd 2B 3B     

   14 Rich Reese        1969-07-19    MIN @SEP W 11-7  10  8  0  4  1  0  0   0  2   6   1  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 4th 1B        

   15 Ellie Hendricks   1968-08-25    BAL  BOS W  3-2   8  4  0  2  0  1  0   0  4   6   1  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 6th C         
   16 Roberto Clemente  1968-07-13    PIT  PHI L  2-3   8  7  0  5  0  1  0   0  1   6   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd RF        

   17 Lou Skizas        1956-07-27    KCA  NYY L  9-10  8  6  0  4  0  0  0   0  2   6   1  1   0  0  0   0   0  0  1 3rd LF      

George Brett and Steve Brye actually got on base 7 times without getting a R or RBI. This sort of "record" has a lot more to do with the player's teammates than it does himself, of course.

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