August 18, 2011

Fixing a Record

It turns out Craig Counsell did tie the record for consecutive hitless at bats by a position player:

Elias’s assertion prompted Dittmar to go back and scour the records again. He concluded that his research — done in 1997, when he wrote a piece on Bergen for SABR — was flawed. On one game scorecard, on July 14, 1909, the numeral that marked Bergen’s at-bats in the game was unclear. He initially thought it was a 3. But after double-checking against play-by-play records, he now thinks it was a 2.

Thus, Bergen’s streak was 45 at-bats without a hit.

It also gives broadcaster and former second baseman Dave Campbell a share of the record.

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