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True Dough

(25,480 posts) Sun May 25, 2025, 03:41 PM May 2025

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Trivia: Fewest strikeouts in a season?

I'm asking because I saw that Luis Arraez of the Padres is on pace to strike out 14 times this season, which is quite remarkable. But it's far from the record.

Do you know who set that record and how few times he struck out?

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Trivia: Fewest strikeouts in a season? (Original Post) True Dough May 2025 OP

for some reason Napoleon LaJoie sticks in my mind BTW rurallib May 2025 #1

You got the post-1900 part right! True Dough May 2025 #4

Roberto Clemente? TheRickles May 2025 #2

Heckuva player! True Dough May 2025 #5

I just looked up his career stats - you're right! Over 1200 Ks in his career, in 9500 ABs. Thanks. TheRickles May 2025 #13

Jocelyn Alo of Univ. of Oklahoma had only 5 strikeouts in the 2020 softball season HighFired49 May 2025 #3

That is impressive! True Dough May 2025 #6

I looked it up, but I'll keep it to myself. rsdsharp May 2025 #7

Truly impressive True Dough May 2025 #8

And he only used one bat in his entire career. I guess it's hard to break a 40 ouncer. rsdsharp May 2025 #9

I wonder what he would have thought True Dough May 2025 #10

Tony Gwynn was prolific in lack of being struck out, once going 170 plate appearances between strikeouts. AZLD4Candidate May 2025 #11

Sewell also did it in 1930, although he only had 414 plate appearances in 109 games. rsdsharp May 2025 #12

Nellie Fox, I'm Pretty Sure ProfessorGAC May 2025 #14

rurallib

(64,479 posts)

1. for some reason Napoleon LaJoie sticks in my mind BTW

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 04:03 PM

May 2025

I assume this is post 1900 record?

Seems to me the record was 11. Now I shall look it up and see how far off I was.

Well, I missed that one by a mile!

True Dough

(25,480 posts)

4. You got the post-1900 part right!

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Sun May 25, 2025, 05:40 PM

May 2025

TheRickles

(3,110 posts)

2. Roberto Clemente?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 04:30 PM

May 2025

Nope.

True Dough

(25,480 posts)

5. Heckuva player!

Reply to TheRickles (Reply #2)

Sun May 25, 2025, 05:42 PM

May 2025

Not the most disciplined at the dish though.

TheRickles

(3,110 posts)

13. I just looked up his career stats - you're right! Over 1200 Ks in his career, in 9500 ABs. Thanks.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #5)

Tue May 27, 2025, 11:03 AM

May 2025

Last edited Tue May 27, 2025, 11:44 AM - Edit history (1)

HighFired49

(450 posts)

3. Jocelyn Alo of Univ. of Oklahoma had only 5 strikeouts in the 2020 softball season

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 05:30 PM

May 2025

in 60 games!

True Dough

(25,480 posts)

6. That is impressive!

Reply to HighFired49 (Reply #3)

Sun May 25, 2025, 05:42 PM

May 2025

But the Major League record is actually better!

rsdsharp

(11,675 posts)

7. I looked it up, but I'll keep it to myself.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 06:30 PM

May 2025

He actually did it twice, and three times had only one more strikeout than the current record. That’s impressive.

True Dough

(25,480 posts)

8. Truly impressive

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #7)

Sun May 25, 2025, 07:04 PM

May 2025

And it would also be truly impressive for anyone to know the answer to this question without consulting Google. I sure wouldn't have known!

rsdsharp

(11,675 posts)

9. And he only used one bat in his entire career. I guess it's hard to break a 40 ouncer.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #8)

Sun May 25, 2025, 10:16 PM

May 2025

True Dough

(25,480 posts)

10. I wonder what he would have thought

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #9)

Mon May 26, 2025, 05:53 AM

May 2025

of today's torpedo bats?

AZLD4Candidate

(6,720 posts)

11. Tony Gwynn was prolific in lack of being struck out, once going 170 plate appearances between strikeouts.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2025, 12:19 PM

May 2025

Joe Sewell, in 1932, struck out three times all season

rsdsharp

(11,675 posts)

12. Sewell also did it in 1930, although he only had 414 plate appearances in 109 games.

Reply to AZLD4Candidate (Reply #11)

Mon May 26, 2025, 12:31 PM

May 2025

He also struck out only 4 times in 1925, 1929 and 1933, as well as the partial season of 1920.

ProfessorGAC

(75,566 posts)

14. Nellie Fox, I'm Pretty Sure

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat May 31, 2025, 03:32 PM

May 2025

My friend was a White Sox fan [we were friends anyway ] and he had a Nellie Fox bat.
It's a ridiculously low number, like 4 or 5.

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