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Plate Discipline: It's a Thing You Don't Have

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Geoff Young of THT looks at some of the most hacktastic players in the history of Major League Baseball. Inspired by Miguel Olivo's hatred of watching pitches go by. Some interesting (and hilarious) data in there. Shawon Dunston in 1995 and Carlos Baerga in 1994 (hooray random players from my childhood) became the only two players to qualify for the batting title with 10 or fewer walks and still put up an OPS+ of over 100. Dunston, meanwhile, joins Tony Armas as the worst hackers with more than 5500 career PA, putting up 203 walks to his 1,000 career strikeouts (260/1201 for Armas). And in 1980, Rob Picciolo managed to walk just twice in 281 PA, which seems like trying hard NOT to walk from where I sit. Of the seven men who have drawn 100 or fewer walks with 300 or more strikeouts in 2,000+ career PA, one of them is in the Hall of Fame. (Pro tip: clink link for answer.)

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