Author Topic: Astros trivia - the RBI void (Read 12417 times)

mihoba · « **on:** January 31, 2008, 10:30:40 am »

This question was posed by my ol' buddy Wild Dog, and with his permission I thought I would share. The results surprised me.

What hitter in Astros history went the most consecutive games (minimum two at bats to eliminate pinch hitters) without driving in a run?

Andyzipp · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:37:38 am »

Glen Davis

mihoba · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:39:53 am »

Quote from: Andyzipp on January 31, 2008, 10:37:38 am

Glen Davis

Not the bopper

BudGirl · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:40:03 am »

Morgan Ensberg

mihoba · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:40:45 am »

Quote from: BudGirl on January 31, 2008, 10:40:03 am

Morgan Ensberg

Not the statue

Jacksonian · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:41:36 am »

Operation Shutdown?

mihoba · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:42:36 am »

Quote from: Jacksonian on January 31, 2008, 10:41:36 am

Operation Shutdown?

Not the Bell

Tralfaz · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:43:27 am »

Ausmus

homer · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:43:32 am »

Bidge

mihoba · « **Reply #9 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:44:05 am »

Quote from: Tralfaz on January 31, 2008, 10:43:27 am

Ausmus

Not BG's fantasy

mihoba · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:44:19 am »

Quote from: homer on January 31, 2008, 10:43:32 am

Bidge

Not pigpen

SaltyParker · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:44:33 am »

Sonny Jackson

mihoba · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:45:57 am »

Quote from: SaltyParker on January 31, 2008, 10:44:33 am

Sonny Jackson

Not the skinny shortstop

Tralfaz · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:46:53 am »

Chucky "be hackin' Carr?

mihoba · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:48:47 am »

Quote from: Tralfaz on January 31, 2008, 10:46:53 am

Chucky "be hackin' Carr?

Not Chucky

Bench · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:50:50 am »

Deshaies?

Nate in IA · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:51:38 am »

Moises Alou?

mihoba · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:51:50 am »

Quote from: Bench on January 31, 2008, 10:50:50 am

Deshaies?

Although I suspected the answer would in fact be a pitcher, it was not.

mihoba · « **Reply #18 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:52:18 am »

Quote from: Nate in IA on January 31, 2008, 10:51:38 am

Moises Alou?

Not the hand shaker

Duman · « **Reply #19 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:54:39 am »

Everette

SaltyParker · « **Reply #20 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:56:33 am »

Jose Cruz

mihoba · « **Reply #21 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:58:34 am »

Quote from: Duman on January 31, 2008, 10:54:39 am

Everette

Not AE or C4

mihoba · « **Reply #22 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:59:14 am »

Quote from: SaltyParker on January 31, 2008, 10:56:33 am

Jose Cruz

Not Cheo

hillbillyken · « **Reply #23 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:02:07 am »

the great Enos Cabell?

mihoba · « **Reply #24 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:02:40 am »

Quote from: hillbillieken on January 31, 2008, 11:02:07 am

the great Enos Cabell?

Not the penis

Jacksonian · « **Reply #25 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:03:29 am »

Buddy Biancalana

Houston · « **Reply #26 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:03:44 am »

Eric Yelding

pravata · « **Reply #27 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:03:57 am »

Elvis

SaltyParker · « **Reply #28 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:04:42 am »

Hector Torres

mihoba · « **Reply #29 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:07:29 am »

Quote from: Jacksonian on January 31, 2008, 11:03:29 am

Buddy Biancalana

haha, no.

mihoba · « **Reply #30 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:09:16 am »

Quote from: Houston on January 31, 2008, 11:03:44 am

Eric Yelding

Not

mihoba · « **Reply #31 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:09:45 am »

Quote from: pravata on January 31, 2008, 11:03:57 am

Elvis

He's dead, I think.

Limey · « **Reply #32 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:09:55 am »

Tough Tony Eusebio.

Limey · « **Reply #33 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:10:56 am »

Quote from: mihoba on January 31, 2008, 11:09:45 am

He's dead, I think.

Nope. Saw him in a breakfast buffet place in Orlando just before Christmas.

mihoba · « **Reply #34 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:11:09 am »

Quote from: SaltyParker on January 31, 2008, 11:04:42 am

Hector Torres

Not Hector, but the answer is a righty hitting infielder

mihoba · « **Reply #35 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:11:39 am »

Quote from: Limey on January 31, 2008, 11:09:55 am

Tough Tony Eusebio.

Not the tub

SaltyParker · « **Reply #36 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:11:50 am »

The Trout

Andyzipp · « **Reply #37 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:12:09 am »

Quote from: mihoba on January 31, 2008, 11:11:09 am

Not Hector, but the answer is a righty hitting infielder

Joe Morgan

mihoba · « **Reply #38 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:12:34 am »

Quote from: Limey on January 31, 2008, 11:10:56 am

Nope. Saw him in a breakfast buffet place in Orlando just before Christmas.

I could have sworn I saw him in Vegas last summer. Many times in fact.

mihoba · « **Reply #39 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:13:01 am »

Quote from: Andyzipp on January 31, 2008, 11:12:09 am

Joe Morgan

righty hitting?

mihoba · « **Reply #40 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:13:22 am »

Quote from: SaltyParker on January 31, 2008, 11:11:50 am

The Trout

Not Metzger

Andyzipp · « **Reply #41 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:13:32 am »

Quote from: Andyzipp on January 31, 2008, 11:12:09 am

Joe Morgan

Never mind...righty hitting.

Art Howe

mihoba · « **Reply #42 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:14:58 am »

Quote from: Andyzipp on January 31, 2008, 11:13:32 am

Never mind...righty hitting.

Art Howe

Not Howe

Limey · « **Reply #43 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:15:10 am »

Quote from: mihoba on January 31, 2008, 11:12:34 am

I could have sworn I saw him in Vegas last summer. Many times in fact.

We were sitting there having some terrible food, when an Elvis track came on the radio. Then, coinkydinkally, a man bearing a strong and deliberate resemblance to Elvis walked in the door.

Spooky, it was.

Then he proceeded to bogart all the syrup.

Limey · « **Reply #44 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:16:12 am »

Ricky Guitierrez.

Andyzipp · « **Reply #45 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:16:21 am »

Quote from: Limey on January 31, 2008, 11:15:10 am

We were sitting there having some terrible food, when an Elvis track came on the radio. Then, coinkydinkally, a man bearing a strong and deliberate resemblance to Elvis walked in the door.

Spooky, it was.

Then he proceeded to bogart all the syrup.

That was Jim Morrison, disguised as Elvis. Morrison was known for his love of the maple.

mihoba · « **Reply #46 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:16:54 am »

Quote from: Limey on January 31, 2008, 11:16:12 am

Ricky Guitierrez.

Not Guitie

austro · « **Reply #47 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:17:09 am »

Rader

Limey · « **Reply #48 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:18:00 am »

Quote from: Andyzipp on January 31, 2008, 11:16:21 am

That was Jim Morrison, disguised as Elvis. Morrison was known for his love of the maple.

He was with a guy who bore a striking resemblance to Kyle McLaughlin...

mihoba · « **Reply #49 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:18:02 am »

Quote from: austro on January 31, 2008, 11:17:09 am

Rader

Not the Red Rooster

Limey · « **Reply #50 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:18:36 am »

I'm gonna say Baggy, just to get the name off the table.

Houston · « **Reply #51 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:18:49 am »

Jeff Bagwell

Limey · « **Reply #52 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:20:57 am »

Quote from: Houston on January 31, 2008, 11:18:49 am

Jeff Bagwell

Ha! 13 seconds!

mihoba · « **Reply #53 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:21:18 am »

Quote from: Limey on January 31, 2008, 11:18:36 am

I'm gonna say Baggy, just to get the name off the table.

No, but he was in the lineup with Jeff for a month or so..

Andyzipp · « **Reply #54 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:25:54 am »

Craig Shipley
Phil plantier

SaltyParker · « **Reply #55 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:26:32 am »

Rafael Ramirez

Houston · « **Reply #56 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:27:44 am »

Quote from: Limey on January 31, 2008, 11:20:57 am

Ha! 13 seconds!

That just means you were wrong first!

mihoba · « **Reply #57 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:27:56 am »

Quote from: Andyzipp on January 31, 2008, 11:25:54 am

Craig Shipley
Phil plantier

No to both.

Mark Bailey, the catcher, is 'second' on this list at 29 games without an RBI.

mihoba · « **Reply #58 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:28:19 am »

Quote from: SaltyParker on January 31, 2008, 11:26:32 am

Rafael Ramirez

Not Raffy

Limey · « **Reply #59 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:28:22 am »

Quote from: mihoba on January 31, 2008, 11:21:18 am

No, but he was in the lineup with Jeff for a month or so..

Beginning or end of Baggy's career? If it's the former, I'm fucked. If it's the latter...

Mark Loretta?

Trey · « **Reply #60 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:28:42 am »

Chris Burke

austro · « **Reply #61 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:28:50 am »

Bruntlett

Limey · « **Reply #62 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:28:59 am »

Quote from: Houston on January 31, 2008, 11:27:44 am

That just means you were wrong first!

I'm like Fox News.

Bench · « **Reply #63 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:29:31 am »

Andujar Cedeno

Lefty · « **Reply #64 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:31:18 am »

Nevin

Bench · « **Reply #65 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:31:32 am »

Quote from: Bench on January 31, 2008, 11:29:31 am

Andujar Cedeno

Played for a month. Yes, I'm an idiot.

mihoba · « **Reply #66 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:31:44 am »

Quote from: Limey on January 31, 2008, 11:28:22 am

Beginning or end of Baggy's career? If it's the former, I'm fucked. If it's the latter...

Mark Loretta?

Ding! Ding! Ding!

From July 17th to August 23rd, 2007, Loretta went 31 games without an RBI. He had 117 at bats in the streak.

Think Tal would want this info for Feb. 18th?

Good job Limey!

Craig · « **Reply #67 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:32:10 am »

Pete Incaviglia

Andyzipp · « **Reply #68 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:32:38 am »

Bogar

Limey · « **Reply #69 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:34:43 am »

Quote from: mihoba on January 31, 2008, 11:31:44 am

Ding! Ding! Ding!

From July 17th to August 23rd, 2007, Loretta went 31 games without an RBI. He had 117 at bats in the streak.

Think Tal would want this info for Feb. 18th?

Good job Limey!

After fourteen thousand, one hundred and thirty-nine posts, Limey finally scores a trivia win!

Eat my dust, suckers!

mihoba · « **Reply #70 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:45:58 am »

Quote from: Limey on January 31, 2008, 11:34:43 am

After fourteen thousand, one hundred and thirty-nine posts, Limey finally scores a trivia win!

Eat my dust, suckers!

See if you can cross this pond.

Who holds the franchise record for this event? What about the ML record? (Limited to the last 50 years)

Limey · « **Reply #71 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:52:10 am »

Quote from: mihoba on January 31, 2008, 11:45:58 am

What about the ML record? (Limited to the last 50 years)

Rey Ordonez.

mihoba · « **Reply #72 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:56:41 am »

Quote from: Limey on January 31, 2008, 11:52:10 am

Rey Ordonez.

Good guess, but no. The answer I have is a SS however.

TenThirty · « **Reply #73 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:57:38 am »

ozzie smith

mihoba · « **Reply #74 on:** January 31, 2008, 12:01:29 pm »

Quote from: TenThirty on January 31, 2008, 11:57:38 am

ozzie smith

Not the wizard

mihoba · « **Reply #75 on:** January 31, 2008, 12:15:28 pm »

In fact, both of the bonus question answers were shortstop who later went on to become managers.

Houston · « **Reply #76 on:** January 31, 2008, 12:16:17 pm »

Larry Bowa

Houston · « **Reply #77 on:** January 31, 2008, 12:17:08 pm »

Bob Lillis

mihoba · « **Reply #78 on:** January 31, 2008, 12:17:29 pm »

Quote from: Houston on January 31, 2008, 12:16:17 pm

Larry Bowa

Ding! Ding! Ding!

46 games in 1971. Bravo!

mihoba · « **Reply #79 on:** January 31, 2008, 12:18:09 pm »

Quote from: Houston on January 31, 2008, 12:17:08 pm

Bob Lillis

34 games in 1963 for the 45's.

Outstanding.

Houston · « **Reply #80 on:** January 31, 2008, 12:19:50 pm »

Quote from: Limey on January 31, 2008, 11:34:43 am

After fourteen thousand, one hundred and thirty-nine posts, Limey finally scores a trivia win!

Eat my dust, suckers!

Take that!

strosrays · « **Reply #81 on:** January 31, 2008, 01:02:52 pm »

As a sort of honorable mention to this, in 1971 Padres SS Enzo Hernandez was allowed 549 official at bats (by Preston Gomez), and yet somehow managed to drive in only 12 runs. Twelve.

The Link

A pretty remarkable feat by itself, and during that season he had separate streaks of 32, 24, and 21 games without an RBI. In 1971, Enzo Hernandez was a non-RBI machine.

(Luis Castillo, then of FLA, challenged Hernandez' record in 2000, but screwed it up at the end, and ended up with 17 RBIs in 539 ABs. No real long streaks in there, though; Castillo spaced his RBIs out evenly. He did manage to go the first 18 games of the season without driving in a run, whihc may be a record for an everyday player, I don't know.)