Lowest career BA to go with 100 HRs

[Moe Gibbs]

I think we might have a winner..well sort of.
Zunino just hit HR # 104 last year and his career BA stands at .202 now.
Go find me anybody with a lower career BA and at least 100 HRs.

I've already looked at ...
Rob deer....230 HR......220 BA
Joey Gallo ....110 HR......212 BA
Steve Yeager......102 HR.....228 BA

[D-train]

Jeff Mathis has 50 HRs and a .195 BA and Dave Duncan has 109 HRs and a .214 BA but Zunino is in a league of his own.

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx? ... &page=1_30

[Moe Gibbs]

Good detective work..!
Dave Duncan is a name I should have remembered..not so much with Mathis.
I guess Mathis got more than a few chances [years] to prove that he was not worthy of that $500K minimum.

[Hy Feiber]

Good detective work..!
Dave Duncan is a name I should have remembered..not so much with Mathis.
I guess Mathis got more than a few chances [years] to prove that he was not worthy of that $500K minimum.

Speaking of Mathis, a Strange career, 15 straight years of horrid hitting, yet he’s received $19 Mil, with another $3 Mil next year!

As to your question, the best I could come up with was Dave Nicholson, with 61 hrs and a .212 career avg.

Gorman Thomas at 268 hrs and .225.

[D-train]

If you include pitchers and lower the standard to 20 HRs you have Milt Pappas who hit .123 with 20 HRs.

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx? ... &sort=13,a

[Moe Gibbs]

If you include pitchers and lower the standard to 20 HRs you have Milt Pappas who hit .123 with 20 HRs.

Maybe Milt Pappas was Zunino's Idol when he was a kid...?

[Moe Gibbs]

Good detective work..!
Dave Duncan is a name I should have remembered..not so much with Mathis.
I guess Mathis got more than a few chances [years] to prove that he was not worthy of that $500K minimum.

Speaking of Mathis, a Strange career, 15 straight years of horrid hitting, yet he’s received $19 Mil, with another $3 Mil next year!

As to your question, the best I could come up with was Dave Nicholson, with 61 hrs and a .212 career avg.

Gorman Thomas at 268 hrs and .225.

Anyone that just looks at his stats but never saw him play on those great Brewers teams would never guess Gorman had a pretty glorious career driving in a couple HOFers and some near HOFers.

Mathis's career RBIs divided into his career earnings might make the runs he drove in the most expensive runs ever..?

[Hy Feiber]

That near HOF guy was the great Cecil Cooper, one of Boston’s worst trades, hit .298 lifetime, with eight .300 seasons.

About Mathis, gotta admire a guy who was so awful, Consistently, but has managed to hang on.

[Moe Gibbs]

That near HOF guy was the great Cecil Cooper, one of Boston’s worst trades, hit .298 lifetime, with eight .300 seasons.

About Mathis, gotta admire a guy who was so awful, Consistently, but has managed to hang on.

Even though Ted Simmon's best years didn't overlap with the Gorman Thomas Brewers, he's also a near HOFer in my book.

[Hy Feiber]

Btw, how did Yount jump from A-ball to the majors and never look back?

Rarity.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ro01.shtml