The title says it all…here are the guys since 1918 to have such a game:
| Rk | Player | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | BOP | Pos. Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Kennedy | 2009-08-15 | OAK | CHW | L 1-8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3B |
| 2 | Aaron Miles | 2008-06-22 | STL | BOS | L 3-5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | SS 2B |
| 3 | Curtis Granderson | 2005-09-18 | DET | LAA | L 3-5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | CF |
| 4 | Geoff Blum | 2003-04-19 | HOU | MIL | L 2-3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3B |
| 5 | Warren Morris | 2000-06-10 | PIT | KCR | L 1-2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| 6 | Jason Kendall | 1999-05-03 | PIT | SFG | W 9-8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | C |
| 7 | Jeff Blauser | 1996-06-10 | ATL | NYM | L 3-8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | SS |
| 8 | Jose Vizcaino | 1995-09-23 | NYM | FLA | L 3-4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | SS |
| 9 | Rafael Palmeiro | 1990-06-30 | TEX | BOS | W 6-5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1B |
| 10 | Darren Daulton | 1989-09-20 | PHI | CHC | W 9-8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | C |
| 11 | Lenny Harris | 1989-08-23 | LAD | MON | W 1-0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | LF |
| 12 | Richie Hebner | 1978-07-30 | PHI | CIN | L 3-5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1B |
| 13 | Cesar Tovar | 1974-08-14 | TEX | MIL | L 5-6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | LF |
| 14 | Matty Alou | 1970-08-19 | PIT | SFG | L 4-7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | CF |
| 15 | Pete Rose | 1970-07-10 (2) | CIN | ATL | W 3-1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | RF |
| 16 | Roberto Clemente | 1968-07-13 | PIT | PHI | L 2-3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | RF |
| 17 | Lee Thomas | 1961-09-05 (1) | LAA | KCA | L 3-7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | RF |
| 18 | Hank Aaron | 1958-08-27 | MLN | SFG | L 2-3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | RF |
| 19 | Bill Virdon | 1956-09-03 (2) | PIT | BRO | W 3-2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | CF |
| 20 | Stan Lopata | 1955-06-19 (1) | PHI | CHC | W 1-0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | C 1B |
| 21 | Bobby Estalella | 1945-07-21 | PHA | DET | T 1-1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | CF |
| 22 | Joe Medwick | 1940-06-04 | STL | BRO | L 1-10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | LF |
| 23 | Cecil Travis | 1937-08-03 | WSH | SLB | W 3-2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | SS |
| 24 | Bob O’Farrell | 1927-08-16 | STL | BSN | W 5-3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | C |
| 25 | Buck Herzog | 1918-08-01 | BSN | PIT | L 0-2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
Then there was Felix Millan, who once had four hits in four at-bats, only to be erased each time by a double play off the bat of Joe Torre.
24 innings, and no resolution:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHA/PHA194507210.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool
And 19.2 innings, Zero earned runs, from a guy who would get a Ring, and not pitch in the Majors after that year:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=muellle01&t=p&year=1945
The set-up men were probably in the South Pacific.
Those Broadway shows can run for a real long time.
Including Damn Yankees.
Well played, sir. (slow “golf clap”)
A thought-provoking list, Andy, thanks!
You must have been sitting on this one for a while.
The list shrinks to just 14 games if you restrict it to 9 innings or less. It is even more uncommon not to score or drive in a run in a nine-inning game than a long low-scoring one.
Talk about batters isolated on a desert island in the batting order.
Unfortunately there is on play by play data on Joe Medwick’s three-double, nine-inning game in 1940. His team hit into no double plays in that game.
Roberto Clemente’s triple came with two out in the bottom of the 14th, but Manny Mota was intentionally walked to bring up shortstop Gene Alley who promptly struck out to seal Clemente’s place on Andy’s list.
Eight days after Medwick’s big game, he was traded to those same Dodgers.
Always nice to see Buck Herzog, with whom I share a last name!
In the Jason Kendall game, the 4 batters ahead of him scored 7 runs, but also drove in 7. Kendall came up with the bases empty four times, once after a home run. The Pirates’ opponent the Giants also had a 5 for 5 gamee by Jeff Kent, but he had 2 runs scored and 5 RBI on the strength of a cycle plus a single.
In the other 9-8 game on the list, all the Phillies runs were scored and driven in by the batters ahead of Darren Daulton, who led off an inning 4 times. Similar story for their opponent, the Cubs, who had two batters with 4 hits in the game, but only 1 run scored and 2 RBI between them.
On the flip side of the coin are these 11 games.
http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/osUpG
All have no hits in 4 or more AB, no walks or HBP, but 2 or more runs and RBI.
That list reminds me of this game I remember watching on TV….
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN199808180.shtml
Scott Servais was compiling a rather interesting box score line (3 0 0 3) by collecting RBI’s on three groundouts in his first 3 at bats. Then he ruined it by getting a single leading off the 8th inning in his fourth AB….
It’s too bad there’s no Victorino, Ka’aihue or Agbayani on this list. There ought to be a “Five-Oh” connection, no?