Interesting Occurence

james17 · 04-14-2008, 04:31 PM

At least I thought it was interesting. I play out all my games and don't remember ever seeing this before. One of my star sluggers got hit a by a pitch 3 times, intentionally walked once, and drew a walk another time. He therefore reached base all 5 times he came up but didn't have a single at-bat. He made the most of it though, stealing two bases on the day.

sfaustin3 · 04-14-2008, 06:04 PM

I think IRL if a "star slugger" was plunked 3 times in the same game there'd be a whole lot of real slugging going on between both benches.

1998 Yankees · 04-14-2008, 09:50 PM

I think I got this tidbit from Baseball Almanac (I used it for my hints file):

"Did you know that Jimmie Foxx is the only American League player to have six plate appearances and zero at-bats? In a show of true respect, he was walked six times on June 16, 1938."

I will also mention the memory that I have of High Heat Baseball never having a walk or HBP occur in a game that was played out. No triples, either IIRC. It just was not programmed properly, I guess, and not a priority to fix either. To get somewhat realistic seasonal statistics in those categories, I had to sim the vast majority of games or overlook the shortfalls. I remember overlooking them.

Nothing to do with your post, I guess. Just thoughts on a Monday night.

04-14-2008, 04:31 PM	#1
james17 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,305	Interesting Occurence At least I thought it was interesting. I play out all my games and don't remember ever seeing this before. One of my star sluggers got hit a by a pitch 3 times, intentionally walked once, and drew a walk another time. He therefore reached base all 5 times he came up but didn't have a single at-bat. He made the most of it though, stealing two bases on the day.

04-14-2008, 06:04 PM	#2
sfaustin3 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2007 Location: St. Louis Posts: 22	I think IRL if a "star slugger" was plunked 3 times in the same game there'd be a whole lot of real slugging going on between both benches.

04-14-2008, 09:50 PM	#3
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	I think I got this tidbit from Baseball Almanac (I used it for my hints file): "Did you know that Jimmie Foxx is the only American League player to have six plate appearances and zero at-bats? In a show of true respect, he was walked six times on June 16, 1938." I will also mention the memory that I have of High Heat Baseball never having a walk or HBP occur in a game that was played out. No triples, either IIRC. It just was not programmed properly, I guess, and not a priority to fix either. To get somewhat realistic seasonal statistics in those categories, I had to sim the vast majority of games or overlook the shortfalls. I remember overlooking them. Nothing to do with your post, I guess. Just thoughts on a Monday night.