Plunk Everyone

On July 27, 1994, Craig Biggio got hit by a pitch thrown by Tim Fortugno of the Cincinnati Reds. That was just one of 285 times Craig Biggio got plunked - actually it was his 34th - but it was also the 1000th plunk in Astros franchis history. The Astros got from 0 to 1000 HBPs from 1962 to 1994 but it only took from 1994 to 2008 to get from 1000 to 2000. Humberto Quintero got hit last night for number 2000.

In their past 1000 plunks, the Astros have been hit by 28 major league teams, and 470 different pitchers. But, only 87 Astros batters have been hit by pitches between 1001 and 2000. 251 of those landed on the body of Craig Biggio, which didn't leave a lot of work for everyone else. 97 more were Jeff Bagwell's and Lance Berkman had 60 of them. The Cardinals were the only team to throw over 100 plunks in the span of 1000, with 108, and Pittsburgh came in second with 94, and the Colorado Rockies threw 87 of them... including numbers 1,999 and 2,000. The only team not to hit the Astros with a pitch in that span is the Toronto Bluejays. Kerry Wood threw 13 of the 2nd 1000 plunks in astros history, and Pedro Astacio and Jamey Wright threw 11 each. Also, 100 of those 1000 plunks all came in 1997, when the Astros became the only 20th century team to get hit 100 times.

Here's all the guys who have been plunked among the 2nd 1000 plunks in Astros franchise history:

Craig Biggio - 251 Jeff Bagwell - 97 Lance Berkman - 60 Richard Hidalgo - 58 Brad Ausmus - 37 Derek Bell - 36 Adam Everett - 32 Chris Burke - 28 Morgan Ensberg - 21 Sean Berry - 21 Willy Taveras - 18 Ricky Gutierrez - 15 Tony Eusebio - 15 Orlando Miller - 15 Carl Everett - 14 Jason Lane - 13 Tim Bogar - 12 Jeff Kent - 11 Julio Lugo - 11 Ty Wigginton - 11 Moises Alou - 10

Luis Gonzalez - 9 Bill Spiers - 9 John Cangelosi - 9 Orlando Palmeiro - 9 Brian Hunter - 7 Aubrey Huff - 7 Carlos Lee - 7 J.R. Towles - 7 Chris Truby - 6 James Mouton - 6 Luke Scott - 6 Scott Elarton - 5 Carlos Beltran - 5 Geoff Blum - 5 Mark Loretta - 5 Humberto Quintero - 5 Miguel Tejada - 5 Mike Lamb - 4 Jose Vizcaino - 4 Mike Hampton - 4 Mike Simms - 4 Mitch Meluskey - 4

Darryl Kile - 4 Ken Caminiti - 4 Glen Barker - 4 Roy Oswalt - 4 Eric Bruntlett - 3 Vinny Castilla - 3 Thomas Howard - 3 Eric Munson - 3 Derrick May - 3 Gregg Zaun - 3 Hunter Pence - 3 Daryle Ward - 2 Cody Ransom - 2 Craig Shipley - 2 Shane Reynolds - 2 Preston Wilson - 2 Raul Chavez - 2 Orlando Merced - 2 Kirt Manwaring - 2 Roger Clemens - 2 Chuck Carr - 2 Josh Anderson - 2 Brandon Backe - 2 Darin Erstad - 2 Michael Bourn - 2

Chris Holt - 1 Andujar Cedeno - 1 Dave Clark - 1 Ramon Garcia - 1 Pat Listach - 1 Mendy Lopez - 1 Randy Knorr - 1 Russ Johnson - 1 Matt Mieske - 1 Phil Plantier - 1 Phil Nevin - 1 Bobby Abreu - 1 Scott Servais - 1 Rick Wilkins - 1 Milt Thompson - 1 Keith Ginter - 1 Ron Villone - 1 Reggie Abercrombie - 1

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