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True Dough

(23,138 posts) Sun May 25, 2025, 04:41 PM Sunday

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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 Sunday OP

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

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

Roberto Clemente? TheRickles Sunday #2

Heckuva player! True Dough Sunday #5

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

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

That is impressive! True Dough Sunday #6

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

Truly impressive True Dough Sunday #8

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

I wonder what he would have thought True Dough Monday #10

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

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

rurallib

(63,759 posts)

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

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 05:03 PM

Sunday

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

(23,138 posts)

4. You got the post-1900 part right!

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Sun May 25, 2025, 06:40 PM

Sunday

TheRickles

(2,766 posts)

2. Roberto Clemente?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 05:30 PM

Sunday

Nope.

True Dough

(23,138 posts)

5. Heckuva player!

Reply to TheRickles (Reply #2)

Sun May 25, 2025, 06:42 PM

Sunday

Not the most disciplined at the dish though.

TheRickles

(2,766 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, 12:03 PM

Tuesday

Last edited Tue May 27, 2025, 12:44 PM - Edit history (1)

HighFired49

(413 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, 06:30 PM

Sunday

in 60 games!

True Dough

(23,138 posts)

6. That is impressive!

Reply to HighFired49 (Reply #3)

Sun May 25, 2025, 06:42 PM

Sunday

But the Major League record is actually better!

rsdsharp

(10,836 posts)

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

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 07:30 PM

Sunday

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

True Dough

(23,138 posts)

8. Truly impressive

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #7)

Sun May 25, 2025, 08:04 PM

Sunday

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

(10,836 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, 11:16 PM

Sunday

True Dough

(23,138 posts)

10. I wonder what he would have thought

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #9)

Mon May 26, 2025, 06:53 AM

Monday

of today's torpedo bats?

AZLD4Candidate

(6,616 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, 01:19 PM

Monday

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

rsdsharp

(10,836 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, 01:31 PM

Monday

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

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