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Most AB in a season, no XBH

Posted by Andy on June 20, 2008

In his article on ESPN.com today about the pathetic Seattle Mariners, Jim Caple pointed out that Willie Bloomquist has no extra base hits yet so far this year. Here are the leaders among non-pitchers since 1958, in terms of most ABs in a season with zero XHB. Bloomquist already ranks pretty high, although he of course could come off at any time if he hits one down the line.

  Cnt Player             **AB**  XB Year Age Tm  Lg  G   PA  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
    1 Dwain Anderson      124     0 1973  25 TOT NL  71 144  16  15  0  0  0   3  18   0  33   0   2   0   2   2  0  .121  .232  .121  .353 *6/58     
    2 Dave Nelson         123     0 1969  25 CLE AL  52 137  11  25  0  0  0   6   9   1  26   1   2   2   2   4  3  .203  .259  .203  .462 *4/79     
    3 Mike Gallego        120     0 1995  34 OAK AL  43 132  11  28  0  0  0   8   9   0  24   1   2   0   3   0  1  .233  .292  .233  .525 465       
    4 Pat Corrales        120     0 1972  31 TOT NL  46 135   6  23  0  0  0   6  13   2  26   1   1   0   1   0  0  .192  .276  .192  .468 *2        
    5 Paul Casanova       104     0 1974  32 ATL NL  42 113   5  21  0  0  0   8   5   2  17   0   1   3   2   0  0  .202  .232  .202  .434 *2        
    6 Tom Egan             94     0 1974  28 CAL AL  43 109   4  11  0  0  0   4   8   0  40   1   6   0   3   1  0  .117  .194  .117  .311 *2        
    7 Otis Nixon           91     0 1984  25 CLE AL  49 103  16  14  0  0  0   1   8   0  11   0   3   1   2  12  6  .154  .220  .154  .374 *7/8      
    8 Juan Castillo        90     0 1988  26 MIL AL  54  94  10  20  0  0  0   2   3   0  14   0   1   0   1   2  0  .222  .247  .222  .469 456/7     
    9 Ty Cline             88     0 1966  27 TOT NL  49  94  15  24  0  0  0   8   3   0  13   2   1   0   3   3  1  .273  .312  .273  .585 89/7      
   10 Broderick Perkins    87     0 1979  24 SDP NL  57  97   8  23  0  0  0   8   8   2  12   0   1   1   3   0  0  .264  .323  .264  .587 3         
   11 Orlando Ramirez      86     0 1974  22 CAL AL  31  97   4  14  0  0  0   7   6   0  23   0   4   1   1   2  1  .163  .215  .163  .378 *6        
   12 Joe Millette         78     0 1992  25 PHI NL  33  87   5  16  0  0  0   2   5   2  10   2   2   0   8   1  0  .205  .271  .205  .476 *6/54     
   13 Doc Edwards          78     0 1970  33 PHI NL  35  86   5  21  0  0  0   6   4   3  10   1   3   0   4   0  0  .269  .313  .269  .582 *2        
   14 Greg Gross           75     0 1989  36 HOU NL  60  88   2  15  0  0  0   4  11   2   6   1   1   0   3   0  0  .200  .310  .200  .510 /9371     
   15 Dal Maxvill          74     0 1974  35 TOT ML  68  90   6  14  0  0  0   2  10   0  14   0   6   0   2   0  0  .189  .286  .189  .475 *64/5     
   16 Remy Hermoso         74     0 1969  22 MON NL  28  81   6  12  0  0  0   3   5   0  10   1   1   0   3   3  1  .162  .225  .162  .387 *4/6      
   17 Jose Oquendo         73     0 1993  29 STL NL  46  89   7  15  0  0  0   4  12   1   8   0   3   1   5   0  0  .205  .314  .205  .519 64        
   18 Walt Hriniak         73     0 1969  26 TOT NL  38  85   4  16  0  0  0   1  10   1  12   2   0   0   3   0  0  .219  .329  .219  .548 *2        
   19 Rusty Torres         72     0 1980  31 KCR AL  51  80  10  12  0  0  0   3   8   0   7   0   0   0   1   1  3  .167  .250  .167  .417 97/8      
   20 Chuck Scrivener      72     0 1977  29 DET AL  61  80  10   6  0  0  0   2   5   0   9   0   3   0   1   0  0  .083  .143  .083  .226 *6/45     
   21 Luis Gomez           72     0 1975  23 MIN AL  89  81   7  10  0  0  0   5   4   0  12   0   4   1   1   0  2  .139  .182  .139  .321 *6/4      
   22 Phil Gagliano        72     0 1970  28 TOT NL  44  79   5  12  0  0  0   7   6   0   8   0   1   0   1   0  1  .167  .231  .167  .398 4/53      
   23 Cecil Espy           71     0 1990  27 TEX AL  52  82  10   9  0  0  0   1  10   0  20   0   1   0   1  11  5  .127  .235  .127  .362 *8/974D   
   24 Orlando Gonzalez     70     0 1980  28 OAK AL  25  80  10  17  0  0  0   1   9   0   8   0   1   0   0   0  2  .243  .329  .243  .572 3/D7      
   25 Tommy Dean           70     0 1971  25 SDP NL  41  80   2   8  0  0  0   1   4   0  13   0   6   0   2   1  0  .114  .162  .114  .276 *65/4     
+----+-----------------+-------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
  Cnt Player             **AB**  XB Year Age Tm  Lg  G   PA  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions
+----+-----------------+-------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
   26 Rick Bosetti         69     0 1977  23 STL NL  41  76  12  16  0  0  0   3   6   0  11   1   0   0   0   4  4  .232  .303  .232  .535 *7/89     
   27 Manny Alexander      68     0 1996  25 BAL AL  54  73   6   7  0  0  0   4   3   0  27   0   2   0   2   3  3  .103  .141  .103  .244 6/4571    
   28 Felix Fermin         68     0 1987  23 PIT NL  23  75   6  17  0  0  0   4   4   1   9   1   2   0   3   0  0  .250  .301  .250  .551 *6        
   29 Jimmy Stewart        68     0 1973  34 HOU NL  60  81   6  13  0  0  0   3   9   1  12   1   3   0   1   0  0  .191  .295  .191  .486 /574      
   30 Ellie Rodriguez      66     0 1976  30 LAD NL  36  90  10  14  0  0  0   9  19   2  12   3   0   2   1   0  0  .212  .400  .212  .612 *2        
   31 Ossie Blanco         66     0 1970  24 CHW AL  34  71   4  13  0  0  0   8   3   0  14   0   0   2   1   0  1  .197  .225  .197  .422 *3/7      
   32 Art Gardner          65     0 1977  24 HOU NL  66  70   7  10  0  0  0   3   3   1  15   1   1   0   3   0  0  .154  .203  .154  .357 7/89      
   33 Mike Squires         65     0 1975  23 CHW AL  20  74   5  15  0  0  0   4   8   2   5   0   0   1   2   3  0  .231  .311  .231  .542 *3        
   34 Boots Day            65     0 1974  26 MON NL  52  72   8  12  0  0  0   2   5   0   8   0   1   1   2   0  0  .185  .239  .185  .424 7/9       
   35 Billy Jo Robidoux    62     0 1987  23 MIL AL  23  70   9  12  0  0  0   4   8   1  17   0   0   0   0   0  1  .194  .286  .194  .480 D3        
   36 John Moses           62     0 1985  27 SEA AL  33  65   4  12  0  0  0   3   2   0   8   0   1   0   3   5  2  .194  .219  .194  .413 *8/7      
   37 Tom Nieto            60     0 1988  27 MIN AL  24  62   1   4  0  0  0   0   1   0  17   1   0   0   2   0  0  .067  .097  .067  .164 *2        
   38 Mike Edwards         59     0 1980  27 OAK AL  46  63  10  14  0  0  0   3   1   0   5   0   3   0   1   1  1  .237  .250  .237  .487 *4/D9     
   39 Jerry McNertney      59     0 1966  29 CHW AL  44  71   3  13  0  0  0   1   7   0   6   0   5   0   3   1  1  .220  .303  .220  .523 *2        
   40 John Wojcik          59     0 1963  21 KCA AL  19  67   7  11  0  0  0   2   8   2   8   0   0   0   0   2  0  .186  .284  .186  .470 *7/98     
   41 Willie Bloomquist    58     0 2008  30 SEA AL  34  67  12  13  0  0  0   3   9   0  15   0   0   0   1   7  2  .224  .328  .224  .552 9/8647D5  
   42 Dale Sveum           58     0 1998  34 NYY AL  30  64   6   9  0  0  0   3   4   0  16   0   0   2   2   0  0  .155  .203  .155  .358 *3/5D     
   43 Eric Owens           57     0 1997  26 CIN NL  27  61   8  15  0  0  0   3   4   0  11   0   0   0   2   3  2  .263  .311  .263  .574 /7849     
   44 Benji Gil            57     0 1993  20 TEX AL  22  66   3   7  0  0  0   2   5   0  22   0   4   0   0   1  2  .123  .194  .123  .317 *6        
   45 Jerry Dybzinski      57     0 1981  25 CLE AL  48  67  10  17  0  0  0   6   5   0   8   0   5   0   0   7  1  .298  .355  .298  .653 *6/45D    
   46 Mick Kelleher        57     0 1974  26 HOU NL  19  62   4   9  0  0  0   2   5   0  10   0   0   0   1   1  1  .158  .226  .158  .384 *6        
   47 Chris Heintz         56     0 2007  32 MIN AL  24  61   0  14  0  0  0   7   3   0  12   0   2   0   2   0  0  .250  .288  .250  .538 *2        
   48 Vic Harris           56     0 1975  25 CHC NL  51  64   6  10  0  0  0   5   6   0   7   0   1   1   0   0  0  .179  .254  .179  .433 7/548     
   49 Ron Brand            56     0 1971  31 MON NL  47  61   3  12  0  0  0   1   3   0   5   0   2   0   0   1  1  .214  .254  .214  .468 6/57842   
   50 Keith Drumright      55     0 1978  23 HOU NL  17  59   5   9  0  0  0   2   3   0   4   0   1   0   2   0  1  .164  .207  .164  .371 *4        

3 Responses to “Most AB in a season, no XBH”

  1. Andy Says:

    Here's another way to look at this:

    http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/9vCh

    That's the most games to start a season with XBH = 0, over the last 10 seasons. Bloomquist is already pretty high on that list and can jump up a bunch of spots with just a few more games with no XBH.

  2. jerry remy Says:

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  3. Dre17 Says:

    Chris Burke started 2008 with 52 ABs without an extra base hit.