A reader asked to find the most hits a team had in a game without scoring a single run.

Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R **H** 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs +----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+------+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+ 1 2005-08-31 MIN @KCR L 0-1 37 33 0 13 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 10 12 2 2005-08-13 COL WSN L 0-8 42 36 0 13 1 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 15 15 3 1993-07-18 PIT @ATL L 0-2 37 37 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 10 12 4 1991-08-08 TOR DET L 0-4 57 54 0 13 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 13 5 1991-06-07 SDP @PIT L 0-1 37 34 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 10 15 6 1989-08-23 MON LAD L 0-1 79 70 0 13 1 0 0 0 6 3 18 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 13 20 7 1989-08-15 TEX @SEA L 0-2 41 39 0 13 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 13 8 1976-08-27 CAL NYY L 0-5 60 54 0 13 3 0 0 0 4 1 9 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 15 12 9 1973-09-09 MON NYM L 0-3 40 39 0 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13 16 10 1968-07-25 PIT CIN L 0-2 40 37 0 13 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 13 12 11 1964-07-15 WSA @MIN L 0-6 39 38 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 13 12 1961-05-14(1) BAL @CLE L 0-1 56 55 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11 15

So, there you go, since 1957 the answer is 13 hits with no runs scored. It's been done 12 times, which have been spread out fairly evenly over the last 50 years. Right away, you notice that it wasn't double plays or caught stealings, for the most part, that preventing scoring. It was good ol' fashioned Left on Base. In the next-to-last column, you see that every one of these teams had double-digit LOB.

Now the most times on base in a game with no runs scored:

Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB **TOB** IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs +----+-------------+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+-------+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+ 1 2001-05-29 SFG ARI L 0-1 69 57 0 9 4 0 0 0 10 20 5 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 15 19 2 1991-05-17 CHC @PHI L 0-1 65 56 0 10 1 0 0 0 9 19 2 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 17 19 3 1989-08-23 MON LAD L 0-1 79 70 0 13 1 0 0 0 6 19 3 18 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 13 20 4 2005-08-13 COL WSN L 0-8 42 36 0 13 1 0 0 0 5 19 0 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 15 15 5 2001-09-02 ARI @SDP L 0-1 58 45 0 7 3 0 0 0 10 19 4 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 19 22 6 1976-08-27 CAL NYY L 0-5 60 54 0 13 3 0 0 0 4 18 1 9 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 15 12 7 1976-07-06 NYM @HOU L 0-1 45 34 0 8 2 0 0 0 10 18 0 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 15 13 8 1972-05-07 LAD @MON L 0-1 52 43 0 10 0 0 0 0 7 18 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 13 14 9 1966-09-15 CLE KCA L 0-1 49 41 0 10 2 0 0 0 8 18 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 17 10 1964-09-30 CIN PIT L 0-1 66 56 0 9 0 0 0 0 9 18 4 17 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 18 17

The record is 20, and that's a weird game. Firstly, it was an 18 inning game, so 20 baserunners is not so unusual. The Giants were given 18 intentional walks, 2 to Jeff Kent and 3 to Big Head. They had 20 baserunners, scored none, but had just 15 left on base. One of those 5 baserunners can be accounted for by a GIDP by Big Head. And Marvin Bernard got credited with a pick off, but hey stayed on base due to an error. The real answer is other double plays that were not GIDPs. In the 6th inning, Big Head lined into a double play. In the 8th, Armando Rios and Rich Aurilia were in a strike 'em out, throw 'em out double play. In the 14th, Ramon Martinez lined into a double play.

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 24th, 2007 at 9:30 am and is filed under Game Finders. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.