Livan Hernandez & fewest strikeouts (as a batter)

Check out the fewest strikeouts by a batter with at least 60 plate appearances in a season since the inception of the DH in 1973:

Rk	Player	SO	PA	Year	Tm	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Bob Bailor	1	142	1984	LAD	65	131	11	36	4	0	0	8	8	.317	.305	.622	456
2	Garry Hancock	1	61	1984	OAK	51	60	2	13	2	0	0	8	0	.217	.250	.467	/79D381
3	Tom Poquette	1	73	1981	TOT	33	66	2	10	1	0	0	7	5	.219	.167	.386	7/89
4	Livan Hernandez	2	61	2011	WSN	31	46	3	10	1	0	0	7	0	.217	.239	.457	*1
5	Luis Cruz	2	74	2008	PIT	22	67	6	15	3	0	0	3	3	.278	.269	.546	*6/4
6	Bob Heise	2	61	1976	BOS	32	56	5	15	2	0	0	5	1	.293	.304	.597	*5/64
7	Augie Ojeda	3	72	2004	MIN	30	59	16	20	1	0	2	7	10	.429	.458	.886	*4/65
8	Bill Doran	3	67	1993	MIL	28	60	7	13	4	0	0	6	6	.284	.283	.567	*4/3
9	Greg Gross	3	151	1988	PHI	98	133	10	27	1	0	0	5	16	.291	.211	.502	793
10	Doug Flynn	3	61	1985	TOT	41	57	2	14	2	1	0	2	0	.241	.316	.557	*4/65
11	Craig Gerber	3	97	1985	CAL	65	91	8	24	1	2	0	6	2	.277	.319	.595	*6/54D
12	Mike Woodard	3	88	1985	SFG	24	82	12	20	1	0	0	9	5	.287	.256	.543	*4
13	Sal Bando	3	73	1981	MIL	32	65	10	13	4	0	2	9	6	.268	.354	.621	5/3D
14	Jerry Grote	3	64	1981	TOT	24	58	4	17	3	1	1	9	3	.333	.431	.764	*2
15	Kim Allen	3	62	1980	SEA	23	51	9	12	3	0	0	3	8	.350	.294	.644	*4/796D
16	Johnny Oates	3	67	1980	NYY	39	64	6	12	3	0	1	3	2	.224	.281	.505	*2
17	Reggie Baldwin	3	70	1978	HOU	38	67	5	17	5	0	1	11	3	.286	.373	.659	2
18	Johnny Oates	3	80	1978	LAD	40	75	5	23	1	0	0	6	5	.350	.320	.670	*2
19	Gary Roenicke	3	70	1978	BAL	27	58	5	15	3	0	3	15	8	.348	.466	.813	*7
20	Luis Gomez	3	62	1976	MIN	38	57	5	11	1	0	0	3	3	.233	.211	.444	*6/458D
21	Bobby Valentine	3	86	1975	TOT	33	72	6	18	2	0	1	6	8	.321	.319	.641	D/7359

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Livan Hernandez earned himself a spot on this list in 2011 with an impressive season at the plate--in 61 plate appearances he struck out just twice while hitting .217 and driving in 7 runs.

Click through for more on his feat.


Note, too, that Hernandez is the only pitcher on this list. If we limit it to just pitchers since 1973, Livan's all over it:

Rk	Player	SO	PA	Year	Tm	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Livan Hernandez	2	61	2011	WSN	31	46	3	10	1	0	0	7	0	.217	.217	.239	.457	*1
2	Livan Hernandez	4	85	2001	SFG	35	81	7	24	4	0	1	8	0	.296	.296	.383	.679	*1
3	Tom Glavine	5	75	2007	NYM	35	56	3	12	1	0	0	4	6	.214	.286	.232	.518	*1
4	Kirk Rueter	5	74	2001	SFG	36	58	5	10	0	0	0	5	5	.172	.234	.172	.407	*1
5	Orel Hershiser	5	83	1993	LAD	34	73	11	26	4	0	0	6	2	.356	.373	.411	.784	*1/5
6	Livan Hernandez	6	67	2009	TOT	32	54	1	8	2	0	0	0	2	.148	.179	.185	.364	*1
7	Kirk Rueter	6	70	1999	SFG	33	58	6	9	2	0	0	5	3	.155	.194	.190	.383	*1
8	Randy Wells	7	61	2009	CHC	27	47	5	9	3	0	0	2	2	.191	.224	.255	.480	*1
9	Livan Hernandez	7	79	2007	ARI	34	75	9	16	1	0	1	5	0	.213	.211	.267	.477	*1
10	Livan Hernandez	7	82	2006	TOT	37	68	6	14	5	0	1	6	1	.206	.217	.324	.541	*1
11	Kirk Rueter	7	67	2004	SFG	34	61	4	8	2	0	0	2	3	.131	.172	.164	.336	*1
12	Javier Vazquez	7	61	1998	MON	33	52	3	9	2	1	0	5	2	.173	.200	.250	.450	*1
13	Rick Rhoden	7	78	1985	PIT	37	74	2	14	3	0	0	6	2	.189	.211	.230	.440	*1

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He has two more seasons with just 8 strikeouts, too.

In fact, Hernandez is among a small number of pitchers who, with at least 1000 plate appearances since 1920, have struck out in no more than 15% of their PAs:

Rk		SO	PA	From	To	AB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Murry Dickson	105	1142	1939	1959	1095	34	5	3	82	12	.231	.241	.279	.520	*1	STL-PIT-PHI-TOT-KCA
2	Wes Ferrell	185	1345	1927	1941	1176	57	12	38	208	129	.280	.351	.446	.797	*1/7	CLE-BOS-TOT-NYY-BRO-BSN
3	Freddie Fitzsimmons	177	1262	1925	1943	1155	35	7	14	103	36	.200	.233	.279	.511	*1	NYG-TOT-BRO
4	Burleigh Grimes	193	1422	1920	1934	1290	53	10	2	148	64	.253	.291	.314	.605	*1	BRO-NYG-PIT-TOT-STL-CHC
5	Livan Hernandez	129	1108	1996	2011	969	38	2	10	85	9	.222	.231	.296	.528	*1	FLA-TOT-SFG-MON-WSN-ARI
6	Waite Hoyt	158	1378	1920	1938	1248	26	11	0	97	40	.200	.226	.239	.465	*1	BOS-NYY-TOT-PIT-BRO
7	Carl Hubbell	172	1397	1928	1943	1288	30	2	4	101	33	.191	.212	.227	.439	*1	NYG
8	Dolf Luque	106	1113	1920	1935	979	28	8	5	83	63	.229	.282	.289	.571	*1/7	CIN-BRO-NYG
9	Ted Lyons	201	1726	1923	1946	1563	49	9	5	149	73	.233	.270	.285	.556	*1/9	CHW
10	Clarence Mitchell	74	1091	1920	1932	1003	34	8	6	113	58	.244	.288	.312	.600	*1/379	BRO-PHI-TOT-STL-NYG
11	Hal Newhouser	150	1160	1939	1955	999	22	2	2	81	89	.201	.267	.233	.500	*1	DET-CLE
12	Camilo Pascual	123	1073	1954	1971	967	32	5	5	81	46	.205	.243	.264	.506	*1	WSH-MIN-WSA-TOT-LAD-CLE
13	Herb Pennock	134	1186	1920	1934	1003	26	2	4	82	77	.192	.253	.234	.487	*1	BOS-NYY
14	Eppa Rixey	145	1209	1920	1933	1103	21	3	3	87	36	.202	.231	.235	.466	*1	PHI-CIN
15	Red Ruffing	266	2083	1924	1947	1937	98	13	36	273	97	.269	.306	.389	.695	*1/79	BOS-TOT-NYY-CHW
16	Bob Smith	110	1793	1923	1937	1689	64	17	5	166	52	.242	.265	.309	.574	*16/458	BSN-CHC-TOT
17	George Uhle	107	1453	1920	1936	1317	58	20	9	181	97	.289	.339	.383	.723	*1	CLE-DET-TOT-NYY
18	Fernando Valenzuela	145	1043	1980	1997	936	26	1	10	84	8	.200	.205	.262	.467	*1/379	LAD-CAL-BAL-PHI-SDP-TOT
19	Bucky Walters	303	2149	1931	1950	1966	99	16	23	234	114	.243	.286	.344	.630	*15/478	BSN-BOS-TOT-PHI-CIN
20	Lon Warneke	148	1080	1930	1945	962	26	2	4	97	52	.223	.266	.267	.533	*1	CHC-STL-TOT
21	Earl Whitehill	216	1446	1923	1939	1291	23	7	4	98	97	.204	.261	.242	.503	*1/9	DET-WSH-CLE-CHC

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And he has 10 homers to boot!