Walking the 8th place hitter

 

Among Chicago Cubs in the modern era, can you name the players with the most intentional walks in a season they hit less than 5 homers?

 

 Cnt Player            IBB HR  H  Year Age
+----+-----------------+---+--+---+----+---+
    1 Don Kessinger      18  0 151 1973  30 
    2 Hobie Landrith     15  4  69 1956  26 
    3 Joe Girardi        11  1 113 1990  25 
    4 Daryle Ward         8  3  36 2007  32 
    5 Dave Rosello        8  1  55 1976  26 

 

With the exception of pinch hitter Darlye Ward, these were normally 8th place hitters.  Albeit, some of these hitters deserved the walk more than others. 

2 thoughts on “Walking the 8th place hitter”

  1. In MLB history, is there a player ever to be intentionally walked 18 or more times, with 0 home runs, in 577 at bats or more? Don’t even know how to research that one, maybe the baseball reference guy might have the answer.

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