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rurallib

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

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 05:03 PM

May 25

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!

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Trivia: Fewest strikeouts in a season? [View all] True Dough May 25 OP

for some reason Napoleon LaJoie sticks in my mind BTW rurallib May 25 #1

You got the post-1900 part right! True Dough May 25 #4

Roberto Clemente? TheRickles May 25 #2

Heckuva player! True Dough May 25 #5

I just looked up his career stats - you're right! Over 1200 Ks in his career, in 9500 ABs. Thanks. TheRickles May 27 #13

Jocelyn Alo of Univ. of Oklahoma had only 5 strikeouts in the 2020 softball season HighFired49 May 25 #3

That is impressive! True Dough May 25 #6

I looked it up, but I'll keep it to myself. rsdsharp May 25 #7

Truly impressive True Dough May 25 #8

And he only used one bat in his entire career. I guess it's hard to break a 40 ouncer. rsdsharp May 25 #9

I wonder what he would have thought True Dough May 26 #10

Tony Gwynn was prolific in lack of being struck out, once going 170 plate appearances between strikeouts. AZLD4Candidate May 26 #11

Sewell also did it in 1930, although he only had 414 plate appearances in 109 games. rsdsharp May 26 #12

Nellie Fox, I'm Pretty Sure ProfessorGAC May 31 #14