Designated Hitter Hitters
So far this year, only 56 designated hitters have been hit by pitches. DHs will probably put up their lowest combined plunk total since 1998, and maybe even their lowest total for a full season since 1993.
Here are the year by year totals for DHs during the Jamie Moyer era:
| 2009 - 56 | 2001 - 102 | 1993 - 55 |
| 2008 - 104 | 2000 - 81 | 1992 - 64 |
| 2007 - 92 | 1999 - 100 | 1991 - 50 |
| 2006 - 84 | 1998 - 63 | 1990 - 67 |
| 2005 - 99 | 1997 - 74 | 1989 - 46 |
| 2004 - 125 | 1996 - 75 | 1988 - 74 |
| 2003 - 110 | 1995 - 63 | 1987 - 98 |
| 2002 - 110 | 1994 - 35 | 1986 - 67 |
(That's plunks while the batter was batting as a DH - no pinch hitters in the DH spot, or any of that.)
Manny Delcarmen, Ricky Romero, Joe Saunders, Robinson Tejeda, Jeremy Guthrie, Darren O'Day, and Darren Oliver have all hit 2 DHs this year, but nobody has done it more times that that. Of the top 30 active pitchers in the field of plunking designated hitters, only 7 of the 32 have hit one this year, for a total of 8 plunks. (You get 32 pitchers in the top 30 because several are tied.)
| Pitcher | Hit Designated Hitters (career) | Hit Designated Hitters (2009) |
| Tim Wakefield | 20 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 14 | 0 |
| Jamie Moyer | 13 | 0 |
| Jarrod Washburn | 12 | 1 |
| C.C. Sabathia | 12 | 1 |
| Jeff Weaver | 12 | 0 |
| Daniel Cabrera | 11 | 0 |
| Freddy Garcia | 10 | 0 |
| Pedro Martinez | 10 | 0 |
| Mark Buehrle | 9 | 1 |
| Tim Hudson | 9 | 0 |
| Cliff Lee | 8 | 1 |
| Nate Robertson | 8 | 0 |
| Johan Santana | 7 | 0 |
| Darren Oliver | 6 | 2 |
| Derek Lowe | 6 | 0 |
| Ted Lilly | 6 | 0 |
| Gil Meche | 6 | 0 |
| Mariano Rivera | 6 | 0 |
| Kyle Lohse | 6 | 0 |
| Casey Fossum | 6 | 0 |
| Bronson Arroyo | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Schoeneweis | 6 | 0 |
| Ervin Santana | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Feldman | 5 | 1 |
| Fausto Carmona | 5 | 1 |
| Julian Tavarez | 5 | 0 |
| Sidney Ponson | 5 | 0 |
| J.C. Romero | 5 | 0 |
| Jose Contreras | 5 | 0 |
| Javier Vazquez | 5 | 0 |
| Chan Ho Park | 5 | 0 |
posted by pbr @ 9/14/2009 06:14:00 PM
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