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Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #19: 4/15 @ Orioles
Today’s Lineups
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DIAMONDBACKS |
ORIOLES |
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Ketel Marte – DH |
Taylor Ward – DH |
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Corbin Carroll – RF |
Gunnar Henderson – SS |
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Geraldo Perdomo – SS |
Pete Alonso – 1B |
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Adrian Del Castillo – C |
Johnathan Rodriguez – RF |
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Jose Fernandez – 1B |
Weston Wilson – LF |
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Ildemaro Vargas – 2B |
Jeremiah Jackson – 2B |
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Nolan Arenado – 3B |
Coby Mayo – 3B |
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Alek Thomas – CF |
Sam Huff – C |
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Jorge Barrosa – LF |
Blaze Alexander – CF |
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E. Rodriguez – LHP |
Kyle Bradish – RHP |
Will Jose Fernandez ever take a walk? Yesterday, he went 2-for-4, but failed to draw a base on balls for the 13th game since he made his debut on March 31st. That is getting him up there into some fairly rarefied company. Well, at least among non-pitchers. As far as records likely never to be broken, we have Enrique Burgos, who appeared 71 times for the Diamondbacks, without a walk. The fact he never came to the plate may have been a factor in this. But in terms of plate appearances to start a career, Fernandez is getting up there. That’s now 44 PA, which have resulted in 44 at-bats. No walks. No HBP. No catcher’s interference. Zero trots down the line to first.
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He does have some way to go to reach the franchise record. For the longest time – over twenty years – the mark was held by Jerry Gil, the walkless wonder. In 2004, he played 26 times for the D-backs, coming to the plate 86 times without drawing a walk (he did get hit by a pitch ones). What’s more remarkable is, save one game as a pinch-runner for the Reds in 2007, that was his entire major-league career. Baseball Reference still tags that streak as active… No other position player has had a walkless career with as many PA for almost a hundred years, since Overton Tremper went 94 PA in 1927-28.
However, Gil was recently displaced as the franchise leader for walkless PA’s to start a career. And it was by someone currently on the roster. Nobody noticed much, since it took almost two full seasons to achieve it. But Jorge Barrosa went 35 games and 91 PA, before finally getting his first base on balls in the final game last year. Of course, baseball being baseball, he then walked again, the very next time up. Another D-back also makes the top 10 by games played. Ildemaro Vargas was walkless in his first 20 appearances, though a) they were back in 2017-18, and b) that covered only 28 PA. Right now, by PA, Fernandez sits sixth. We’ll see how much higher her rises!
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