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Most Bases Per Hit in a Season

Posted by Raphy on December 3, 2009

In 2009 Carlos Pena had 253 total bases on only 107 hits. Pena's average of 2.36 bases per hit is the fourth most  in a season for a player who qualified for a batting title. The only other players with a higher average were Barry Bonds in 2001 (2.63) and Mark McGwire in 1998 (2.52) and 1999 (2.5). As you would expect, this stat was Mark McGwire's specialty. Here are the seasons in which a player who qualified for the batting title, averaged at least 2.3 bases per hit. Not only is Pena the first player to qualify with less than 40 home runs, he is the first to qualify with less than 50.

Rk Player Year TB H Age Tm Lg G PA AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO GDP BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Carlos Pena 2009 253 107 31 TBR AL 135 570 471 91 25 2 39 100 87 11 163 5 .227 .356 .537 .893 *3
2 Barry Bonds 2001 411 156 36 SFG NL 153 664 476 129 32 2 73 137 177 35 93 5 .328 .515 .863 1.379 *7/D
3 Mark McGwire 1999 363 145 35 STL NL 153 661 521 118 21 1 65 147 133 21 141 12 .278 .424 .697 1.120 *3
4 Mark McGwire 1998 383 152 34 STL NL 155 681 509 130 21 0 70 147 162 28 155 8 .299 .470 .752 1.222 *3
5 Mark McGwire 1997 349 148 33 TOT ML 156 657 540 86 27 0 58 123 101 16 159 9 .274 .393 .646 1.039 *3
6 Mark McGwire 1996 309 132 32 OAK AL 130 548 423 104 21 0 52 113 116 16 112 14 .312 .467 .730 1.198 *3D
7 Roger Maris 1961 366 159 26 NYY AL 161 698 590 132 16 4 61 142 94 0 67 16 .269 .372 .620 .993 *98
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 12/3/2009.

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3 Responses to “Most Bases Per Hit in a Season”

  1. ImAShark2 Says:
    December 3rd, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    Barbear and Mark Mic set numerous records that will probably never be broken, including this one.

  2. rpbrpb2002 Says:
    December 4th, 2009 at 11:45 am

    At least not until better steroids are invented.

    I'd like to see that list without the cheaters on it.

  3. ImAShark2 Says:
    December 4th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    Rpbrpb2002, calm down.

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