8 AB in 9 innings

[ctorg]

I just saw a game in my league where a team's leadoff hitter had 8 AB in a single 9-inning game. Needless to say, it was quite a thrashing they gave the other team.

Does anyone know what the record is IRL for at bats in a 9-inning game (or where I can find that out)?

[thbroman]

I don't know what the record is.
You had undoubtedly already thought of doing this, but I took a moment to look at the MLB web site and I was surprised -- sort of -- to see that MLB does not maintain a current listing of records there. They have put official stats up for every season back to 18xx, but no records books.

[injury log]

The modern day record is apparently 7 ABs which I gather many people have done, including three Pirates:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt.../s_189355.html

(scroll down to 'Numerology' section).

11 ABs is the record for a single game, extra innings included, which I gather a few people have done as well. One guy, Charlie Pick, even had 11 ABs without a hit:

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseb...s/12_13_00.stm

in a 26-inning game in 1920, the longest in history.

[cbbl]

Originally Posted by injury log

11 ABs is the record for a single game, extra innings included, which I gather a few people have done as well. One guy, Charlie Pick, even had 11 ABs without a hit:

www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/features/experts/12_13_00.stm

in a 26-inning game in 1920, the longest in history.

This got me to thinking about the longest game in professional baseball (majors and minors), which is the fairly well-known 33-inning game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox in 1981. In that game, three guys had 14 ABs, all of them Red Sox: Lee Graham, Dave Koza, and Chico Walker. Three guys each had 15 plate appearances, interestingly all of them from Rochester: Tom Eaton, Cal Ripken, and Dallas Williams.

What was the score of your game? FYI, the record for the most runs in a 9-inning game in the modern era is 29.


cbbl

[spark240]

Originally Posted by injury log

11 ABs is the record for a single game, extra innings included, which I gather a few people have done as well. One guy, Charlie Pick, even had 11 ABs without a hit:

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseb...s/12_13_00.stm

in a 26-inning game in 1920, the longest in history.

Of course that is the extra-inning, major league record. [I see now that cbbl beat me to it, but...] a few players had 14 ABs in the Rochester-Pawtucket Longest Game. (I think Jim Umbarger must have set some kind of record in this game too: 10 IP in relief, beginning in the bottom of the 23rd.)

I believe the all-time record for a nine-inning, major league game is eight. According to Baseball Almanac, "the last player to accomplish this was Barry McCormick of Chicago on June 29, 1897."

[magnet]

Originally Posted by cbbl

This got me to thinking about the longest game in professional baseball (majors and minors), which is the fairly well-known 33-inning game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox in 1981. In that game, three guys had 14 ABs, all of them Red Sox: Lee Graham, Dave Koza, and Chico Walker. Three guys each had 15 plate appearances, interestingly all of them from Rochester: Tom Eaton, Cal Ripken, and Dallas Williams.

What was the score of your game? FYI, the record for the most runs in a 9-inning game in the modern era is 29.


cbbl

Ripken played for the Red Wings? Was this before they were a Twins affiliate?

[injury log]

Fascinating to read about all of this- thanks. Rochester was a Baltimore affiliate for more than 40 years, by the way.

[ctorg]

Originally Posted by cbbl

This got me to thinking about the longest game in professional baseball (majors and minors), which is the fairly well-known 33-inning game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox in 1981. In that game, three guys had 14 ABs, all of them Red Sox: Lee Graham, Dave Koza, and Chico Walker. Three guys each had 15 plate appearances, interestingly all of them from Rochester: Tom Eaton, Cal Ripken, and Dallas Williams.

What was the score of your game? FYI, the record for the most runs in a 9-inning game in the modern era is 29.


cbbl

I actually don't remember now, but it was some lopsided score like 21-2. I know it was over 20 runs. I have since moved on to the next season, so I don't have the box score to look back on. I should have saved it to post it.

[Kiko1313]

For some reason I had in my head that the Brewers and White Sox played a 26 inning game in the 80's, but I just looked it up and they had a 25 inning game on 05/08/84. A few more guys to add to the 11 AB record from that game:

Cecil Cooper, MIL - 2 for 11
Rudy Law, CHI - 4 for 11 (also had 1 BB for 12 PA)
Carlton Fisk, CHI - 3 for 11 (also had 1 BB for 12 PA)
Julio Cruz, CHI - 1 for 11

I remember listening to that game on the radio when I was a kid. One crazy thing about that game was that once it went to extra innings neither team scored until the 21st inning when the Brewers scored 3 in the top of the inning and the White Sox matched it with 3 of their own. Harold Baines finally won it with a walk off HR in the bottom of the 25th.

[ctorg]

Originally Posted by Kiko1313

For some reason I had in my head that the Brewers and White Sox played a 26 inning game in the 80's, but I just looked it up and they had a 25 inning game on 05/08/84. A few more guys to add to the 11 AB record from that game:

Cecil Cooper, MIL - 2 for 11
Rudy Law, CHI - 4 for 11 (also had 1 BB for 12 PA)
Carlton Fisk, CHI - 3 for 11 (also had 1 BB for 12 PA)
Julio Cruz, CHI - 1 for 11

I remember listening to that game on the radio when I was a kid. One crazy thing about that game was that once it went to extra innings neither team scored until the 21st inning when the Brewers scored 3 in the top of the inning and the White Sox matched it with 3 of their own. Harold Baines finally won it with a walk off HR in the bottom of the 25th.

That's an awesome ending. The few fans who stuck around until the end probably count it as something they'll remember for the rest of their lives.

[Sdpm100]

Originally Posted by Kiko1313

For some reason I had in my head that the Brewers and White Sox played a 26 inning game in the 80's, but I just looked it up and they had a 25 inning game on 05/08/84. A few more guys to add to the 11 AB record from that game:

Cecil Cooper, MIL - 2 for 11
Rudy Law, CHI - 4 for 11 (also had 1 BB for 12 PA)
Carlton Fisk, CHI - 3 for 11 (also had 1 BB for 12 PA)
Julio Cruz, CHI - 1 for 11

I remember listening to that game on the radio when I was a kid. One crazy thing about that game was that once it went to extra innings neither team scored until the 21st inning when the Brewers scored 3 in the top of the inning and the White Sox matched it with 3 of their own. Harold Baines finally won it with a walk off HR in the bottom of the 25th.

I had a look through that game at Retrosheet and saw that the White Sox could have won the game two innings before if not for coach's interference.

Maybe you remember this, but interested by how it happened I had a search and I found this from the coach involved.

Hearing the story of Class A Oneonta's 26-inning marathon win from Thursday night reminded (Jim) Leyland of his 25-inning game in 1984, when he was coaching third base for Tony La Russa's White Sox.

The game began on May 8 of that year but ended the next day because of the American League's curfew rule. It might've ended in 23 innings if not for a miscue at third, where Dave Stegman made contact with Leyland's hand while he was trying to hold Stegman up. Stegman was ruled out on interference.

"I botched it up," Leyland said. "His index finger caught my pinky finger. The Milwaukee club saw it on TV and they came out calling coach's interference. Harold Baines hit a home run in the 25th inning to win it.

"Forty thousand people were [booing me] because they announced the out was for coach's interference. I didn't know where to hide."

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news...=.jsp&c_id=det

[Goodsox]

Originally Posted by Kiko1313

For some reason I had in my head that the Brewers and White Sox played a 26 inning game in the 80's, but I just looked it up and they had a 25 inning game on 05/08/84. A few more guys to add to the 11 AB record from that game:

Cecil Cooper, MIL - 2 for 11
Rudy Law, CHI - 4 for 11 (also had 1 BB for 12 PA)
Carlton Fisk, CHI - 3 for 11 (also had 1 BB for 12 PA)
Julio Cruz, CHI - 1 for 11

I remember listening to that game on the radio when I was a kid. One crazy thing about that game was that once it went to extra innings neither team scored until the 21st inning when the Brewers scored 3 in the top of the inning and the White Sox matched it with 3 of their own. Harold Baines finally won it with a walk off HR in the bottom of the 25th.

My Dad was at that game, lucky dog That is definitely something I would have loved to be a part of.

[marky32082]

Originally Posted by injury log

One guy, Charlie Pick, even had 11 ABs without a hit...

No wonder I've never heard of him.

[DrArbiter]

Originally Posted by thbroman

I don't know what the record is.
You had undoubtedly already thought of doing this, but I took a moment to look at the MLB web site and I was surprised -- sort of -- to see that MLB does not maintain a current listing of records there. They have put official stats up for every season back to 18xx, but no records books.

That just might be because TSN does.


http://www.sportingnews.com/books/ba...ook/index.html

[Assos]

The pain though with last call in the 7th and the food shut down at the 9th.

[poodiddy]

Originally Posted by ctorg

That's an awesome ending. The few fans who stuck around until the end probably count it as something they'll remember for the rest of their lives.

I can't remember what inning the game was suspened in, but I remember they finished the game the following day before the start of that nights game, kind of like a mini doubleheader. Sox won the 2nd game 5-4.

Another little interesting fact Tom Seaver pitched the 25th inning of the first game and picked up the win, and then started the 2nd game and pitched into the ninth to pick up another win on the same night.

I wonder how many modern era players have picked up 2 wins on the same day? Or if that is the only time it happened.

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by poodiddy

I can't remember what inning the game was suspened in, but I remember they finished the game the following day before the start of that nights game, kind of like a mini doubleheader. Sox won the 2nd game 5-4.

Another little interesting fact Tom Seaver pitched the 25th inning of the first game and picked up the win, and then started the 2nd game and pitched into the ninth to pick up another win on the same night.

I wonder how many modern era players have picked up 2 wins on the same day? Or if that is the only time it happened.

I'm guessing that's the only time. I could (and probably wil...) be proved wrong of course.

Also, are you the same poodiddy that posts/posted on the maddennation/sportsgamer boards?

[poodiddy]

Originally Posted by Cryomaniac

I'm guessing that's the only time. I could (and probably wil...) be proved wrong of course.

Also, are you the same poodiddy that posts/posted on the maddennation/sportsgamer boards?

lol, yep obscure facts always seem to be dug up by somebody.

Also, to your question, yes same person. I recently broke my wrist playing baseball, pretty much the exact same way Matsui did so last year. Exept in my case I'm pretty much calling it a career ender for me since toiling in the beer leagues at age 35 is getting treacherous. I play for the Chicago Police baseball team also and we have a September game scheduled against the Chicago Fire Dept. to be played at Wrigley Field so I'm probably going to try to come back for that one last game, lol....

So I have really been getting into OOTP07 seeing how I only have 1 functional wing it is the perfect game to pass the drudgery of healing. My 1993 White Sox just headed intoJune chasing the Royals by 3 games, on a side note the Expos of all teams are sitting at 40 and 8 on June 1st, lol....

[Curtis]

Originally Posted by poodiddy

On a side note the Expos of all teams are sitting at 40 and 8 on June 1st, lol....

In 1993 that's not a real surprise. They would've been the NL regular season champs in 1994 if the season hadn't been called on account of stupidity.

[CBL-Commish]

Originally Posted by magnet

Ripken played for the Red Wings? Was this before they were a Twins affiliate?

The Red Wings were an Orioles affiliate for the better part of 40 years. Almost every home grown Oriole of note from Boog Powell to Brian Roberts played for Rochester.