no one could plate this guy

[Strohs]

This one's probably easy to look up, so can anyone get it without the use of encylopedias. Who holds the major league record for most hits in a season without scoring a single run?

[YankeeLinks]

I have no idea of the answer, and I expect it would be hard to look up without Lee's software :)

[Xanadu Dragon]

Smoky Burgess?

[Strohs]

Smoky Burgess it is. 21 hits and no runs scored for the 1966 White Sox.

[Xanadu Dragon]

Only way he would have scored, at that age and size, is if someone HRed behind him. He did have 15 RBI on those 21 hits - - - my guess, all PHs.

[YankeeLinks]

Good question Strohs. Welcome to the forum.

Steve, if you hadn't known the answer, am I right in assuming it would have been an easy one for Lee's software?

[BuzzBuzzard]

Originally posted by YankeeLinks
Steve, if you hadn't known the answer, am I right in assuming it would have been an easy one for Lee's software? Yes, very easy. I am also not convinced that wasn't Steve's source to begin with!

From Lee's Encyclopedia, here are the top 10:

SEASON
RUNS = 0

HITS YEAR H R
1 Smoky Burgess 1966 21 0
2 Bruce Berenyi 1982 15 0
T3 Bennie Tate 1925 13 0
T3 Rube Marquard 1918 13 0
T5 Hank Riebe 1948 12 0
T5 Fred Merkle 1907 12 0
T5 Gene DeMontreville 1903 12 0
T5 Jaime Navarro 1995 12 0
T9 Joe Vosmik 1941 11 0
T9 Lew Richie 1908 11 0
T9 Chet Chadbourne 1907 11 0
T9 Kelvin Torve 1990 11 0
T9 Slim Sallee 1915 11 0

[Xanadu Dragon]

Yeah, I cheated.

Buzz - nice way to get your bud Bruce "Bere ny i" in a thread

[Xanadu Dragon]

Here's the list without pitchers:

HITS YEAR H AB R
1 Smoky Burgess 1966 21 67 0
2 Bennie Tate 1925 13 27 0
T3 Gene DeMontreville 1903 12 44 0
T3 Fred Merkle 1907 12 47 0
T3 Hank Riebe 1948 12 62 0
T6 Chet Chadbourne 1907 11 38 0
T6 Kelvin Torve 1990 11 38 0
T6 Joe Vosmik 1941 11 56 0
T9 Terry Humphrey 1975 10 41 0
T9 Sherman Obando 1995 10 38 0
T9 Boog Powell 1977 10 41 0