Monday, October 22, 2007

Lowest OBP by a DH, minimum 400 PA

This is along the same lines as the last post, only now I'm using on base percentage because it's a better measure of how a player avoids making outs. The restrictions are the same: 400+ PA and 75+% of games as a DH.

For fun, I'll list the top (bottom?) twenty seasons:
  1. George Bell, 1993, .243
  2. Dave Kingman, 1986, .255
  3. Ken Singleton, 1984, .286
  4. Lee May, 1978, .286
  5. Dave Parker, 1991, .288
  6. George Bell, 1992, .294
  7. Lee May, 1979, .297
  8. Alvin Davis, 1991, .299
  9. Reggie Jackson, 1984, .300
  10. Jeffrey Leonard, 1989, .301
  11. Eddie Murray, 1994, .302
  12. Willie Horton, 1978, .303
  13. Andre Thornton, 1985, .304
  14. Josh Phelps, 2004, .304
  15. Dave Parker, 1989, .308
  16. Dave Kingman, 1985, .309
  17. Reggie Jefferson, 1993, .310
  18. Sammy Sosa, 2007, .311
  19. Carl Everett, 2005, .311
  20. George Brett, 1993, .312
George Bell and Lee May are the only two players in MLB history to post an OBP under .300 in more than one season as a full-time DH.

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