For those that qualified for the batting title (3.1 Plate Appearances times the number of games played by that player's team, 502 for 162 games), here are the bottom ten:

In Batting Average -
.227 Carlos Pena
.230 Brandon Inge
.238 David Ortiz
.240 Jack Cust
.241 Alfonso Soriano
.241 B.J. Upton
.241 Aubrey Huff
.241 Jason Kendall
.243 Dan Uggla
.245 Yunisesky Betancourt

In Home Runs -
1 Luis Castillo
1 Emilio Bonifacio
2 David Eckstein
2 Jason Kendall
2 Randy Winn
3 Nyjer Morgan
3 Michael Bourn
4 Dexter Fowler
4 Skip Schumaker
5 Edgar Renteria
5 Chone Figgins
5 Erick Aybar

In RBIs -
27 Emilio Bonifacio
34 Dexter Fowler
35 Michael Bourn
35 Skip Schumaker
39 Nyjer Morgan
40 Luis Castillo
40 Elvis Andrus
43 Jason Kendall
46 Kazuo Matsui
46 Ichiro Suzuki

Incidentally, the last person to lead the majors in all three categories was Ramon Santiago in 2003, with the line .225-2-29.

The last National Leaguer to accomplish the feat was Ivan DeJesus of the Cubs in 1981 (.194-0-13). Somehow, in January 1982, the Cubs were able to trade him for Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg. That trade is still mind boggling.


David

Is there a term for that achievement, David?


'Triple Frown', perhaps?

wow, very interesting

Just noticed this about Emilio Bonifacio...

His HR came in the first game of the season. He had 14 hits in the first 5 games (and 5 RBIs), and was batting .583 after those 5 games. If you remove those first 5 games, he batted .233 the rest of the way, with 0 HRs and 22 RBIs. His season average was actually .252.

Pretty conclusive to say he had the worst numbers of any everyday player. Hope everyone dumped their cards in April.


d

...remember when his auto RC's were hitting $100...

...but his HR was a MOONSHOT at Citi Field.

I think it was the longest one of the year there.

Nice.

I don't know about Citi Field, but here are the top homeruns of the year by distance: http://www.hittrackeronline.com/top_true_distance.php

This site is awesome, by the way.

I found it.

http://www.hittrackeronline.com/hrdetai ... =2009_3642

Not the longest at Citi Field, but the only one to be hit into the upper deck.

I know he hits leadoff for the Mariners, but... that number still surprises me!

Wow, apparently Balentin had the year's longest blast then. The site provided a link: https://secure.mlb.com/media/video.jsp? ... 9&c_id=cin but you don't need to watch it, just listen to the blast. Wow.

Well... the only player to appear in all three of the above lists is actually Jason Kendall. Woof.

Chris Young had 501 plate appearances, just one short of being eligible for the batting title.

His .212 BA would have been the lowest since Nick Punto's .210 in 2007. He batted .263 after he was recalled from AAA, with 8 HRs and 14 RBIs in 31 games, to go along with 38 Ks. That projects out to 40+ HRs over a season, but also 200 Ks.


David

http://statlinereport.sportscardblogs.c ... ple-frown/


thanks for the inspiration

Santiago isn't the only player to accomplish it, just the most recent.

Ozzie Smith did it one year, with a .211-0-27 in 1979. Freddy Maguire is the only player to accomplish this feat twice, in 1929 and again in 1931.


d