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
No Texas Ranger has been hit by more pitches in his career with the team than Ian Kinsler. Kinsler got hit by Justin Verlander last night, giving him 54 HBPs in his career, tying him with Rafael Palmeiro for the franchise record. Verlander has hit Kinsler twice, the Tigers have hit him 5 times, and Kinsler has been hit a record 33 times at Rangers Ballpark at Arlington. Kinsler took 4,356 plate appearances to tie Palmeiro’s record, while Palmeiro used 6,767 to set the record originally. Juan Gonzalez now ranks 3rd in Rangers history with 53 plunks. Justin Verlander’s 61 career hit batters ranks 10th in Tigers history. Only 4 teams have a lower career plunk record than the Rangers.
David Adams, Derek Dietrich and Jedd Gyorko all took their first major league plunks yesterday. Adams made it to his 6th major league plate appearance before getting hit.
145 hbp – Jose Guillen, born 05/17/1976, 23rd all time, played from 1997 to 2010
71 hbp – Carlos Pena, born 05/17/1978, 209th all time, played from 2001 to 2013
(Pena has been hit 9 times since last May 17th)
45 hbp – Carlos May, born 05/17/1948, 505th all time, played from 1968 to 1977
14 hbp – Lou Chiozza, born 05/17/1910, 1969th all time, played from 1934 to 1939
10 hbp – Wiki Gonzalez, born 05/17/1974, 2483rd all time, played from 1999 to 2006
active leader: Carlos Pena
Rafael Palmeiro is the most plunked Texas Ranger of all time, having been hit 54 times while playing for Texas. But Ian Kinsler might soon take that title. Kinsler has been hit 53 times for the Rangers after taking a 82mph plunk from Dan Straly in the 3rd inning yesterday. He’s tied now with Juan Gonzalez for 2nd place in the HBP history of the Rangers. Palmeiro and Gonzalez both scored runs after reaching base on 17 of their HBPs. Kinsler’s plunk yesterday was the 16th of his plunks that resulted in him coming around to score.
Josh Willingham got his 95th career plunk yesterday, being hit by Dylan Axelrod. Axelrod had never plunked the Twins before, and only 2 of Willingham’s 95 plunks have been delivered by White Sox pitchers. That plunk moved Willingham into a tie with Placido Polanco for 15th place in the HBP category among active batters. But that tie only lasted about four and a half hours, because Polanco got hit by Mike Leake to give him 96 career plunks. Polanco has been hit 10 times by the Reds, and that ties him with Rickie Weeks and Aramis Ramirez for the most plunks against the Reds among active batters. So, that leaves Polanco in 15th place, and Willingham in 16th, three plunks ahead of David Dejesus, who also got plunked yesterday, giving him 92 HBPs.
Chad Gaudin became the 500th pitcher in Giants franchise history to throw a plunk. He hit BRett Lawrie.
(no change from last year)
32 hbp – Billy Martin, born 05/16/1928, 882nd all time, played from 1950 to 1961
28 hbp – Mitch Webster, born 05/16/1959, 1055th all time, played from 1983 to 1995
18 hbp – George Barclay, born 05/16/1876, 1604th all time, played from 1902 to 1905
17 hbp – Dave Philley, born 05/16/1920, 1670th all time, played from 1941 to 1962
5 hbp – Rube Walker, born 05/16/1926, 3532nd all time, played from 1948 to 1958
active leader: nobody
Shin-Soo Choo – you may remember him from such plunkings as the other 11 times he’s been hit by pitches this year – he got another one yesterday, in the 2nd inning from Ricky Nolasco. This is the 2nd of Choo’s 12 HBPs that have resulted in him scoring a run after reaching on a plunk. The Reds single season record for a left handed batter is just 15, last achieved in 1969 by Bobby Tolan and before that in 1938 by Ival Goodman. Choo has 3 plunks against the Marlins this year.
Prince Fielder moved one plunk closer to 100, getting his 99th career plunk on a pitch from Wesley Wright. Wright also threw Fielder’s 97th plunk, 12 days before. Fielder is tied for 77th on the all time list with Eddie Yost, Bucky Harris and Elmer Flick.
Martin Prado broke a streak of 719 plate appearances without an HBP yesterday, and Jacoby Ellsbury broke a plunkless streak of 512 plate appearances. Ellsbury had been the 2013 leader in plate appearances among the unplunked this year, but that title now falls to Manny Machado.
Tanner Scheppers of the Rangers hit Oakland’s Brandon Moss bringing the total number of plunks ever recorded in A’s-Rangers games to 400.
33 hbp – George Brett, born 05/15/1953, 840th all time, played from 1973 to 1993
32 hbp – Justin Morneau, born 05/15/1981, 882nd all time, played from 2003 to 2013
(Morneau has been hit 6 times since his last birthday)
25 hbp – Billy North, born 05/15/1948, 1180th all time, played from 1971 to 1981
16 hbp – Steve Yerkes, born 05/15/1888, 1766th all time, played from 1909 to 1916
14 hbp – A.J. Hinch, born 05/15/1974, 1969th all time, played from 1998 to 2004
active leader: Morneau
Only four batters were hit by pitches yesterday, including BJ Upton. Wade Miley hit Upton in the 6th inning of the Braves-Diamondbacks game, bringing Upton’s career total to 20 HBPs.
Starlin Castro, Ronny Cedeno and Daric Barton were the other three batters hit by pitches yesterday, and it was the 13th career plunk for all three of them.
Ronny Cedeno became the 279th batter to have at least one career HBP for the Astros, getting hit by Jose Ortega. That was Ortega’s first as a major leaguer. Justin Grimm also threw his first major league plunk, hitting Daric Barton.
(no change from last year)
44 hbp – Joey Cora, born 05/14/1965, 524th all time, played from 1987 to 1998
43 hbp – Tony Perez, born 05/14/1942, 545th all time, played from 1964 to 1986
17 hbp – Earle Combs, born 05/14/1899, 1670th all time, played from 1924 to 1935
13 hbp – Dick Howser, born 05/14/1936, 2072nd all time, played from 1961 to 1968
12 hbp – Pat Borders, born 05/14/1963, 2197th all time, played from 1988 to 2005
active leader: nobody
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