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Baseball History by Terry Cullen Member, Society For American Baseball Research 28 Major League Hitters Had More Walks Than Strikeouts in 2003 The boys of spring, summer and fall are finally back on the field. Hopes are high in major league cities (well, maybe not all of them), and millions of baseball fans look forward to what will transpire during the 2004 season. But, despite the many constants in baseball, there are only two centainties: George Steinbrenner will continue to spend gobs of money and major league batters as a group will continue to strike out at a record pace. Although I’m not necessarily an advocate of “small ball,” it would be nice to see the best players in the game display better pitch selection and bat control. In musing about such things, I checked the batting records of major league hitters with more than 250 at-bats in the 2003 season and discovered 28 batters who walked more frequently than they struck out. While this number is small in comparison to many seasons past, I was mildly surprised to find that many. The 28 are as follows: Player BB SO BB/SO Player BB SO BB/SO Barry Bonds 148 58 2.551 Nick Johnson 70 57 1.228 Brian Giles 105 58 1.810 Jason Kendall 49 40 1.225 Juan Pierre 55 35 1.571 Albert Pujols 79 65 1.215 Gary Sheffield 86 56 1.564 Edgar Renteria 65 54 1.204 Todd Helton 111 72 1.542 Bernie Williams 71 61 1.164 Omar Vizquel 29 20 1.450 Mike Sweeney 64 56 1.143 Edgardo Alfonzo 58 41 1.415 Chipper Jones 94 83 1.132 Luis Gonzalez 94 67 1.403 Larry Walker 98 87 1.126 Jose Vidro 69 50 1.380 Placido Polanco 42 38 1.105 Doug Mientkiewicz 74 55 1.345 Dave Roberts 43 39 1.103 Eric Young 57 44 1.295 Rafael Palmeiro 84 77 1.091 Craig Counsel 41 32 1.281 Luis Castillo 63 60 1.050 John Olerud 84 67 1.254 Manny Ramirez 97 94 1.032 Scott Hatteberg 66 53 1.245 David Bell 41 40 1.025 This article previously appeared in the April 2004 issue of Bleacher Creature. Copyright © 2004 by Terry Cullen. All Rights Reserved..

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