Jamey Carroll and the worst RBI rates in history

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Last season, Jamey Carroll posted one of the lowest RBI rates in history. In fact, since 1920, just 24 players who qualified for the batting title produced less than 1 RBI per 25 plate appearances:

Player	Year	WAR/pos	WPA	RBI	PA	R	2B	3B	HR	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
Jamey Carroll	2011	1.8	-0.329	17	510	52	14	6	0	10	.290	.359	.347	.706	*46
Luis Castillo	2000	4.1	0.174	17	626	101	17	3	2	62	.334	.418	.388	.806	*4
Omar Vizquel	1992	2.9	-1.422	21	527	49	20	4	0	15	.294	.340	.352	.692	*6
Gary Pettis	1989	1.6	0.765	18	536	77	8	6	1	43	.257	.375	.309	.684	*8
Felix Fermin	1989	0.8	-2.185	21	562	50	9	1	0	6	.238	.302	.260	.562	*6/4
Wayne Tolleson	1983	0.2	-2.600	20	521	64	13	2	3	33	.260	.319	.315	.634	*46/D
Alan Wiggins	1983	4.1	1.226	22	585	83	20	2	0	66	.276	.360	.324	.684	7839
Ivan de Jesus	1981	-1.5	-1.754	13	460	49	8	4	0	21	.194	.276	.233	.509	*6
Julio Cruz	1978	1.5	-0.923	25	634	77	14	1	1	59	.235	.319	.269	.588	*4/6D
Ron Hunt	1972	3.0	-0.441	18	531	56	20	0	0	9	.253	.363	.298	.661	*4/5
Sandy Alomar	1972	0.3	0.085	25	666	65	20	3	1	20	.239	.292	.287	.579	*4/6
Enzo Hernandez	1971	-0.9	-2.988	12	618	58	9	3	0	21	.222	.295	.250	.545	*6
Larry Bowa	1971	2.1	-1.693	25	696	74	18	5	0	28	.249	.293	.292	.586	*6
Mark Belanger	1968	2.6	-3.227	21	531	40	13	0	2	10	.208	.272	.248	.520	*6
Sonny Jackson	1966	1.6	-0.677	25	670	80	6	5	3	49	.292	.341	.334	.674	*6
Don Blasingame	1959	0.1	-1.612	24	691	90	26	7	1	15	.289	.361	.359	.720	*4
Richie Ashburn	1959	-0.8	-1.487	20	660	86	16	2	1	9	.266	.360	.307	.667	*8
Eddie Yost	1947	-1.2	0.000	14	485	52	17	3	0	3	.238	.314	.292	.606	*5
Lloyd Waner	1942	-0.4	0.000	10	305	23	7	3	0	1	.261	.300	.307	.607	*8
Johnny Cooney	1938	0.5	0.000	17	466	45	25	5	0	2	.271	.308	.352	.660	*9783
Sparky Adams	1933	1.0	0.000	22	631	60	22	1	1	3	.257	.315	.305	.620	*56/4
Lloyd Waner	1927	3.3	0.000	27	683	133	17	6	2	14	.355	.396	.410	.806	*87/4
Jigger Statz	1927	0.3	0.000	21	547	64	24	7	1	10	.274	.310	.355	.665	*8/74
Ivy Griffin	1920	-2.7	0.000	20	508	46	15	1	0	3	.238	.281	.274	.555	*3/4

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Generated 12/14/2011.

On a rate basis, Carroll is one of the very worst of all time. In this group, the only guys who were worse than Carroll's 0.0333 RBI per PA were Waner (0.0328), Ashburn (0.0303), Yost (0.0287), de Jesus (0.0283), Castillo (0.0272), and Hernandez (0.0194).

I have also included WAR and WPA on the above table. While most of these guys posted positive WAR seasons (many due to defensive contributions), they also mostly posted negative WPA seasons since they didn't drive in many runs.