Monday, April 28, 2008
Extraordinary HBPs
Posted by Dave StudemanThe White Sox' Carlos Quentin has already been hit by a pitch three times this year with the bases loaded. As reader Paul Finkelstein pointed out, with the help of Sean Forman at Baseball Reference, this ties the record for most bases-loaded HBPs in a season in the last 53 years. Here's the complete list of those who have accomplished the same feat over a full year...
Andres Galarraga 1998 Chuck Knoblauch 1998 Ed Sprague 1999 Brad Fullmer 2001 Jose Vidro 2001 Aaron Boone 2002 Lance Berkman 2003 J.T. Snow 2004 Carlos Quentin 2008
All in the last ten seasons. How weird is that?
EDIT: Updated -- I incorrectly referred to walks in the original post.
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