Plunk Everyone

Exactly 4000 pitches were thrown in yesterday’s collection of MLB games, and only 5 of them hit batters for official Hit by Pitches.  One of those was John Lackey‘s 102nd career plunk.  He holds the Angels career record, and he’s tied for the 2nd most plunks thrown since the beginning of the 2002 season.  He hit Oswaldo Arcia for his first major league plunking, making him the 564th batter to take at least one HBP for the Twins franchise (including their years as the Senators).

Also yesterday, Drew Storen hit Kyle Blanks with a pitch, making that the 100th plunk ever thrown by a Washington Nationals pitcher to a San Diego Padres batter.  (That includes when the Nationals were the Expos).

83 hbp – Todd Stottlemyre, born 05/20/1965, 137th all time, played from 1988 to 2002
83 hbp – David Wells, born 05/20/1963, 137th all time, played from 1987 to 2007
40 hbp – Tom Morgan, born 05/20/1930, 634th all time, played from 1951 to 1963
26 hbp – Pete Appleton, born 05/20/1904, 1176th all time, played from 1927 to 1945
23 hbp – Jake Thielman, born 05/20/1879, 1341st all time, played from 1905 to 1908

active leader: nobody

75 hbp – Austin Kearns, born 05/20/1980, 182nd all time, played from 2002 to 2013
(Kearns has been hit 3 times since last May 20th, taking the lead from Hernandez)
74 hbp – Ramon Hernandez, born 05/20/1976, 188th all time, played from 1999 to 2013
(Hernandez has 1 plunk since his last birthday)
43 hbp – Jayson Werth, born 05/20/1979, 545th all time, played from 2002 to 2013
(Werth was hit once since last May 20, 2012)
31 hbp – Joe Harris, born 05/20/1891, 924th all time, played from 1914 to 1928
27 hbp – Bobby Murcer, born 05/20/1946, 1102nd all time, played from 1965 to 1983

active leader: Austin Kearns

53 hbp – Curt Simmons, born 05/19/1929, 381st all time, played from 1947 to 1967
46 hbp – Eric Show, born 05/19/1956, 514th all time, played from 1981 to 1991
29 hbp – Ed Whitson, born 05/19/1955, 1016th all time, played from 1977 to 1991
28 hbp – Turk Wendell, born 05/19/1967, 1061st all time, played from 1993 to 2004
25 hbp – Luis Aquino, born 05/19/1964, 1227th all time, played from 1986 to 1995

active leader: nobody

68 hbp – Brandon Inge, born 05/19/1977, 227th all time, played from 2001 to 2013
(Inge has been hit twice since his last birthday)
47 hbp – Dan Ford, born 05/19/1952, 470th all time, played from 1975 to 1985
36 hbp – Gil McDougald, born 05/19/1928, 738th all time, played from 1951 to 1960
24 hbp – Rick Cerone, born 05/19/1954, 1234th all time, played from 1975 to 1992
15 hbp – Luis Salazar, born 05/19/1956, 1866th all time, played from 1980 to 1992

active leader: Brandon Inge

47 hbp – Babe Adams, born 05/18/1882, 492nd all time, played from 1906 to 1926
46 hbp – Jack Sanford, born 05/18/1929, 514th all time, played from 1956 to 1967
29 hbp – Erik Hanson, born 05/18/1965, 1016th all time, played from 1988 to 1998
28 hbp – Cy Barger, born 05/18/1885, 1061st all time, played from 1906 to 1915
26 hbp – Nelson Figueroa, born 05/18/1974, 1176th all time, played from 2000 to 2011

active leader: nobody

(no change from last year)
96 hbp – Reggie Jackson, born 05/18/1946, 87th all time, played from 1967 to 1987
89 hbp – Eric Young, born 05/18/1967, 114th all time, played from 1992 to 2006
53 hbp – Brooks Robinson, born 05/18/1937, 363rd all time, played from 1955 to 1977
36 hbp – Marcus Giles, born 05/18/1978, 738th all time, played from 2001 to 2007
28 hbp – Gil Coan, born 05/18/1922, 1055th all time, played from 1946 to 1956

active leader: nobody