More Team Batting Game Finder fun as well see games in which all of a team's hits went for extra bases (i.e. double, triple, or homer.) In other words, barring no-hitters, these are games in which a team hit no singles.

In 2009, it's happened 3 times already, and in all cases the lone hit was a double:

  Cnt Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR XB RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+
    1 2009-05-19    TEX @DET L  0-4   30  28  0  1  1  0  0  1   0  2   0  8   0  0  0   0   0  0  0   3     9 
    2 2009-04-29    HOU @CIN L  0-3   30  28  0  1  1  0  0  1   0  1   0  7   1  0  0   0   0  0  0   3    15 
    3 2009-04-19    ARI @SFG L  0-2   28  25  0  1  1  0  0  1   0  2   0  9   0  1  0   0   1  0  1   1    15 

In total, there have been 220 games (since 1954) where the lone hit was an extra-base hit. As you would imagine, most of the time, the lone hit is a double. Sometimes it's a homer, and once in a great while, it's a triple.

Here are the last few games in which a team had two hits that were both for extra bases:

  Cnt Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR XB RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+
    1 2009-06-08(2) DET @CHW L  1-6   30  29  1  2  1  0  1  2   1  1   0  3   0  0  0   0   0  0  0   2    10 
    2 2009-06-05    ATL  MIL L  0-4   32  28  0  2  2  0  0  2   0  4   0  7   0  0  0   0   1  0  0   5    12 
    3 2009-04-29    PIT @MIL L  0-1   31  30  0  2  2  0  0  2   0  1   0 12   0  0  0   1   0  0  0   4    11 

Interestingly, there have been just about as many games with 2 hits for extra bases as games with 1 hit for extra bases. The 2-hit case has 215 games since 1954.

There have been 150 games with 3 hits all going for extra bases.

There have been 76 games with 4 hits all going for extra bases.

I notice that these games tend to be a lot more recent, I suppose since extra base hits are a lot more common these days.

There have been 57 games with 5 hits all going for extra bases.

There have been 20 games with 6 hits all going for extra bases.

There have been 5 games with 7 hits all going for extra bases:

  Cnt Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR XB RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+
    1 2006-06-30    MIN  MIL W  8-2   36  32  8  7  3  1  3  7   8  4   1  5   0  0  0   1   0  0  0   4    10 

    2 2004-07-02    SFG  OAK W  7-3   37  30  7  7  3  0  4  7   7  6   2  1   1  0  0   0   0  0  0   6    13 

    3 1985-09-09    SEA  CLE W  8-7   49  39  8  7  2  1  4  7   8  7   1  4   1  1  1   0   0  1  1   6    12 

    4 1977-06-07    PIT  SFG L  6-7   36  34  6  7  5  1  1  7   6  2   0  6   0  0  0   0   0  0  0   3    14 

    5 1956-05-25    WSH @BOS W 10-5   38  31 10  7  2  1  4  7   9  6   0  5   0  0  1   0   0  0  1   1    11 

There has been 1 game with 8 hits all going for extra bases.

  Cnt Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR XB RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+
    1 2002-09-18    STL @COL W  8-5   38  35  8  8  3  0  5  8   8  2   0  2   1  0  0   1   1  0  0   3    17 

Coors Field in the early 2000s...all together now: "BIG SURPRISE!"

But, there has also been 1 game with 9 hits all going for extra bases:

  Cnt Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR XB RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+
    1 1998-08-18    ATL  SFG W  8-4   38  31  8  9  9  0  0  9   8  4   1  1   1  1  1   0   0  0  0   6    11 

No surprise that it's still in the Steroids Era, though. All doubles. We saw this game the other day in my post about doubles.

The totals for 10, 11, and 12-hit games are zero, and I assume they are zero for higher numbers as well.

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