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Esprit de Francoeur
2005-08-22 19:46
by Mike Carminati

Jeff Francoeur has people talking Rookie of the Year honors after just thirty-odd games. He's slugging over .700, batting over .360, and has an OPS over 1.000. But there's one area in which he has not excelled.

Through Sunday's Braves game, Francoeur had gone 127 at-bats without ever drawing a major-league walk. Then in eighth inning of the Sunday game, Akinori Otsuka gave him a free pass to load the bases in a tie game, right before the Braves broke the game wide open.

There's never been a player with an OPS over 1.000 in at least 100 at-bats whose never drawn a walk other than an intentional one. Here are the players with the least walks who meet the criteria:

NameYrABBAOBPSLUGOPSBBIBB
Jeff Francoeur 2005129.364.383.7051.08811
Levi Meyerle1871130.492.500.7001.2002
Lip Pike1871130.377.400.6541.0545
Don Newcombe1955117.359.395.6321.02860
Rico Brogna1994131.351.380.6261.00660
Todd Hollandsworth2001117.368.408.6671.07582
Ross Barnes1872229.432.454.5851.0399
Ernie Johnson1924119.353.412.5971.00911
Greg Colbrunn2002171.333.378.6261.004131
Ross Barnes1871157.401.447.5801.02713
Reb Russell1922220.368.423.6681.09114
Jeff Heath1949111.306.389.6131.00215
Ellis Burks1994149.322.388.6781.066163
Jocko Milligan1889273.366.408.6231.03016
John Vander Wal1995101.347.432.5941.026165
Bob Hazle1957134.403.477.6491.126184
Dusty Rhodes1954164.341.410.6951.10518
Ross Barnes1873322.425.456.5841.04018
Turner Ward1997167.353.420.5871.007182
Brian Giles1996121.355.434.6121.045194
Bruce Campbell1936172.372.440.5871.02819
Ivan Rodriguez2000363.347.375.6671.042195

Comments
2005-08-22 21:41:20
1.   Vishal
well if you're absolutely crushing the ball when you swing, why not let 'er rip?
2005-08-22 21:50:46
2.   Mike Carminati
Let's just hope he can keep crushing them. He also spent half a year in Double-A last year without a walk, but he batted .197.
2005-08-22 23:17:26
3.   rbs10025
I hope Francoeur was at least able to look sheepish when he finally drew the walk.

I full well remember when Alfonso Soriano drew his first walk of his rookie season. AB #103 or 104 as I recall. Ball 4 was way out of the strike zone, too far for even Sori to take a swing at it. He at least looked embarassed as he stood at first base, getting a standing O from the Stadium crowd.

2005-08-23 04:37:59
4.   Murray
He's got Hurricane Hazle beat on the raw power numbers right now, and has the chance for many more plate appearances. Whatever you think of his plate discipline, the evidence is there that he has some excellent baseball skills. I hope he's more Vlad Guerrero than Bo Jackson.

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