This odd assortment of players constitutes a most unusual fantasy team, one that most would take a pass on. On the single season team, there is strength on the mound and a few bats, but this outfit would most likely fail to score enough to win many games. The career team is home to the truly obscure – only the pitchers on this team had even 100 career PA.
These teams, though, were not randomly chosen. Far from it. In fact, a very particular selection process was employed to choose this bunch from among all live ball era players. So, how were these fantasy teams chosen?
| POS | Single Season | Career |
|---|---|---|
| C | Larry Haney | Les Fusselman |
| 1B | Lee May | Alex Hernandez |
| 2B | Al Hermann | Al Hermann |
| 3B | Aurelio Rodriguez | Joe Moock |
| SS | Craig Robinson | Jerry Gil |
| LF | Don Mueller | Overton Tremper |
| CF | Midre Cummings | Victor Mata |
| RF | Tuck Stainback | Purnal Goldy |
| LHP | Fernando Valenzuela | Steve Cooke |
| RHP | Gaylord Perry | Tracy Stallard |
| DH | Mickey Rivers | Butch Alberts |
| PH | Wally Shannon | Mike Robertson |
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Generated 02/06/2017.
Hint: the criteria for selection gets harder to achieve the more one plays; some players are disqualified after their first PA of the season.
0 walks
0 walks and at least 65 plate appearances.
Fernando did it a few times.
Or maybe it’s just most plate appearances with 0 walks.
You’ve got it.
These players had seasons or careers at the noted positions with the most plate appearances without a walk.
Among active players and excluding pitchers, these are the longest streaks starting a season with a PA and no walks.
Josh Donaldson (for one) has certainly learned to change his approach.
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