What Nationals Player Had the Longest Hitless Streak in 2021

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
Here are some questions we have thought about for future posts.
  • What players have the most consecutive PAs without getting a on-base.
  • What pitchers have the longest streak of strikes, with a tiebreaker of consecutive called strikes.
  • What pitchers have the longest streak of balls.
And team level questions are certainly an option.
  • What is the longest string of PAs without a hit?
  • What is the longest string of PAs without a HR?
Please feel free to suggest others. Time to have some fun!
Here are two tables with the details. This table includes all streaks that are 10 PAs or longer. The entries in the table specify how many such streaks the player had. For example Robles had a 23 PA streak, two that were 15 long; and so on.
# Consecutive PAs without a Hit
Batter 23 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
Starlin Castro 1 1 1
Victor Robles 1 2 1 1 3 3
Tres Barrera 1 1
Josh Harrison 1 1 1 1 2
Riley Adams 1
Kyle Schwarber 1 1 2 1 1
Hernan Perez 1
Josh Bell 1 1 2 1 1 2
Carter Kieboom 1 1 2 1 1
Juan Soto 1 1 1 1 1 1
Yadiel Hernandez 2 1 2
Ryan Zimmerman 1 3 1
Yan Gomes 1 1 1
Alcides Escobar 1 1
Lane Thomas 1 1 1
Adrian Sanchez 1
Keibert Ruiz 1
Andrew Stevenson 1 1 1 1
Alex Avila 3 1
Luis Garcia 1 1
Gerardo Parra 1 1
Trea Turner 1 1
This table shows the details of each PA for the longest streak for each player. It also includes those players whose longest streak was less than 10 PAs.
Length Batter Events
23 Starlin Castro Groundout; Walk; Field Error; Groundout; Flyout; Lineout; Lineout; Lineout; Groundout; Groundout; Pop Out; Groundout; Walk; Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Groundout; Lineout; Flyout
Victor Robles Strikeout; Flyout; Walk; Strikeout; Strikeout; Flyout; Groundout; Strikeout; Grounded Into DP; Flyout; Hit By Pitch; Strikeout; Walk; Flyout; Strikeout; Groundout; Flyout; Intent Walk; Pop Out; Field Error; Lineout; Flyout; Hit By Pitch
Tres Barrera Groundout; Pop Out; Groundout; Hit By Pitch; Groundout; Forceout; Flyout; Strikeout; Walk; Pop Out; Lineout; Lineout; Groundout; Strikeout; Lineout; Hit By Pitch; Field Error; Groundout; Walk; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Pop Out
22 Josh Harrison Groundout; Hit By Pitch; Flyout; Lineout; Pop Out; Field Error; Fielders Choice Out; Groundout; Flyout; Groundout; Flyout; Walk; Flyout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Pop Out; Groundout; Hit By Pitch; Hit By Pitch; Walk; Groundout
Riley Adams Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout; Walk; Groundout; Strikeout; Flyout; Groundout; Walk; Walk; Strikeout; Groundout; Walk; Walk; Strikeout; Walk; Strikeout; Walk; Hit By Pitch; Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout
Kyle Schwarber Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Grounded Into DP; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Walk; Lineout; Strikeout; Forceout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Walk; Strikeout; Forceout; Strikeout; Walk; Strikeout
20 Hernan Perez Strikeout; Strikeout; Walk; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Flyout; Flyout; Lineout; Walk; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Groundout
Josh Bell Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Forceout; Walk; Groundout; Strikeout; Lineout; Lineout; Forceout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Flyout; Groundout
19 Carter Kieboom Groundout; Flyout; Strikeout; Lineout; Groundout; Walk; Grounded Into DP; Strikeout; Strikeout; Grounded Into DP; Pop Out; Lineout; Walk; Hit By Pitch; Walk; Forceout; Flyout; Groundout; Groundout
18 Juan Soto Groundout; Groundout; Grounded Into DP; Walk; Walk; Walk; Strikeout; Walk; Walk; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Sac Fly; Strikeout; Strikeout; Intent Walk; Lineout; Strikeout
17 Yadiel Hernandez Walk; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Flyout; Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Walk; Field Error; Field Error
16 Ryan Zimmerman Strikeout; Flyout; Pop Out; Groundout; Fielders Choice; Lineout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Lineout; Pop Out; Strikeout; Flyout; Groundout; Walk
Yan Gomes Hit By Pitch; Flyout; Lineout; Strikeout; Walk; Strikeout; Groundout; Flyout; Groundout; Lineout; Strikeout; Groundout; Flyout; Groundout; Groundout; Pop Out
15 Alcides Escobar Field Error; Hit By Pitch; Strikeout; Lineout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Hit By Pitch; Flyout; Hit By Pitch
Lane Thomas Groundout; Groundout; Lineout; Strikeout; Groundout; Walk; Strikeout; Field Error; Strikeout; Pop Out; Groundout; Walk; Walk; Strikeout; Walk
14 Adrian Sanchez Lineout; Groundout; Grounded Into DP; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Forceout; Pop Out; Pop Out; Walk; Intent Walk; Groundout; Grounded Into DP; Groundout
Keibert Ruiz Flyout; Strikeout; Flyout; Pop Out; Walk; Flyout; Walk; Grounded Into DP; Groundout; Flyout; Groundout; Flyout; Groundout; Groundout
Andrew Stevenson Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Forceout; Sac Bunt; Flyout; Groundout; Pop Out; Flyout; Groundout; Grounded Into DP; Groundout; Strikeout
12 Alex Avila Walk; Flyout; Walk; Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout
Luis Garcia Strikeout; Walk; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Forceout; Groundout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout
11 Gerardo Parra Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Field Error; Groundout; Flyout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout
Trea Turner Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Forceout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout
9 Jordy Mercer Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Pop Out; Strikeout; Flyout; Flyout; Strikeout; Strikeout
6 Rene Rivera Grounded Into DP; Groundout; Strikeout; Flyout; Groundout; Strikeout
4 Humberto Arteaga Sac Fly; Groundout; Lineout; Groundout
3 Jonathan Lucroy Strikeout; Lineout; Forceout
1 Jakson Reetz Flyout
Cody Wilson Flyout
Time to be brutally honest — with this baseball lock-out, it is challenging to come up with ideas for a post that people can have fun with and discuss. In an email exchange, DonH and I decided that it might be fun and interesting to do a series of posts that ask a specific question, and then ask you all for your answers and discuss it in your comments. DonH will already have charts with the answers from the Game Day data (and yes, acknowledging it’s warts) to get you the answer key. He has shared that information with me before the post goes live. So we will both be careful in our comments – but that does not mean we will be silent 🙂 .

QUESTION #1

Our first question is what Nationals’ player (excluding pitchers) had the longest streak of PAs (plate appearances) without a hit in 2021. And this only includes players who actually appeared for the Nationals. The only rule we have is that you have to do this from memory. No looking at game logs on any of the online resources that might have this info. And the tie-breaker question if multiple folks guess the right player is how long the streak was. What does the winner get? Absolutely nothing except for a few kudos. At some point before the next post comes online (which may or may not be another question in this series) either DonH or I will post the answer here as an update and try to answer any follow-up questions.

BONUS

Who had the longest streak for the Nats since 2018?
Here are some questions we have thought about for future posts.
  • What players have the most consecutive PAs without getting a on-base.
  • What pitchers have the longest streak of strikes, with a tiebreaker of consecutive called strikes.
  • What pitchers have the longest streak of balls.
And team level questions are certainly an option.
  • What is the longest string of PAs without a hit?
  • What is the longest string of PAs without a HR?
Please feel free to suggest others. Time to have some fun!
Here are two tables with the details. This table includes all streaks that are 10 PAs or longer. The entries in the table specify how many such streaks the player had. For example Robles had a 23 PA streak, two that were 15 long; and so on.
# Consecutive PAs without a Hit
Batter 23 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
Starlin Castro 1 1 1
Victor Robles 1 2 1 1 3 3
Tres Barrera 1 1
Josh Harrison 1 1 1 1 2
Riley Adams 1
Kyle Schwarber 1 1 2 1 1
Hernan Perez 1
Josh Bell 1 1 2 1 1 2
Carter Kieboom 1 1 2 1 1
Juan Soto 1 1 1 1 1 1
Yadiel Hernandez 2 1 2
Ryan Zimmerman 1 3 1
Yan Gomes 1 1 1
Alcides Escobar 1 1
Lane Thomas 1 1 1
Adrian Sanchez 1
Keibert Ruiz 1
Andrew Stevenson 1 1 1 1
Alex Avila 3 1
Luis Garcia 1 1
Gerardo Parra 1 1
Trea Turner 1 1
This table shows the details of each PA for the longest streak for each player. It also includes those players whose longest streak was less than 10 PAs.
Length Batter Events
23 Starlin Castro Groundout; Walk; Field Error; Groundout; Flyout; Lineout; Lineout; Lineout; Groundout; Groundout; Pop Out; Groundout; Walk; Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Groundout; Lineout; Flyout
Victor Robles Strikeout; Flyout; Walk; Strikeout; Strikeout; Flyout; Groundout; Strikeout; Grounded Into DP; Flyout; Hit By Pitch; Strikeout; Walk; Flyout; Strikeout; Groundout; Flyout; Intent Walk; Pop Out; Field Error; Lineout; Flyout; Hit By Pitch
Tres Barrera Groundout; Pop Out; Groundout; Hit By Pitch; Groundout; Forceout; Flyout; Strikeout; Walk; Pop Out; Lineout; Lineout; Groundout; Strikeout; Lineout; Hit By Pitch; Field Error; Groundout; Walk; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Pop Out
22 Josh Harrison Groundout; Hit By Pitch; Flyout; Lineout; Pop Out; Field Error; Fielders Choice Out; Groundout; Flyout; Groundout; Flyout; Walk; Flyout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Pop Out; Groundout; Hit By Pitch; Hit By Pitch; Walk; Groundout
Riley Adams Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout; Walk; Groundout; Strikeout; Flyout; Groundout; Walk; Walk; Strikeout; Groundout; Walk; Walk; Strikeout; Walk; Strikeout; Walk; Hit By Pitch; Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout
Kyle Schwarber Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Grounded Into DP; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Walk; Lineout; Strikeout; Forceout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Walk; Strikeout; Forceout; Strikeout; Walk; Strikeout
20 Hernan Perez Strikeout; Strikeout; Walk; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Flyout; Flyout; Lineout; Walk; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Groundout
Josh Bell Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Forceout; Walk; Groundout; Strikeout; Lineout; Lineout; Forceout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Flyout; Groundout
19 Carter Kieboom Groundout; Flyout; Strikeout; Lineout; Groundout; Walk; Grounded Into DP; Strikeout; Strikeout; Grounded Into DP; Pop Out; Lineout; Walk; Hit By Pitch; Walk; Forceout; Flyout; Groundout; Groundout
18 Juan Soto Groundout; Groundout; Grounded Into DP; Walk; Walk; Walk; Strikeout; Walk; Walk; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Sac Fly; Strikeout; Strikeout; Intent Walk; Lineout; Strikeout
17 Yadiel Hernandez Walk; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Flyout; Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Walk; Field Error; Field Error
16 Ryan Zimmerman Strikeout; Flyout; Pop Out; Groundout; Fielders Choice; Lineout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Lineout; Pop Out; Strikeout; Flyout; Groundout; Walk
Yan Gomes Hit By Pitch; Flyout; Lineout; Strikeout; Walk; Strikeout; Groundout; Flyout; Groundout; Lineout; Strikeout; Groundout; Flyout; Groundout; Groundout; Pop Out
15 Alcides Escobar Field Error; Hit By Pitch; Strikeout; Lineout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Hit By Pitch; Flyout; Hit By Pitch
Lane Thomas Groundout; Groundout; Lineout; Strikeout; Groundout; Walk; Strikeout; Field Error; Strikeout; Pop Out; Groundout; Walk; Walk; Strikeout; Walk
14 Adrian Sanchez Lineout; Groundout; Grounded Into DP; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Forceout; Pop Out; Pop Out; Walk; Intent Walk; Groundout; Grounded Into DP; Groundout
Keibert Ruiz Flyout; Strikeout; Flyout; Pop Out; Walk; Flyout; Walk; Grounded Into DP; Groundout; Flyout; Groundout; Flyout; Groundout; Groundout
Andrew Stevenson Strikeout; Flyout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Forceout; Sac Bunt; Flyout; Groundout; Pop Out; Flyout; Groundout; Grounded Into DP; Groundout; Strikeout
12 Alex Avila Walk; Flyout; Walk; Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout
Luis Garcia Strikeout; Walk; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Groundout; Forceout; Groundout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout
11 Gerardo Parra Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Field Error; Groundout; Flyout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout
Trea Turner Strikeout; Groundout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Strikeout; Forceout; Strikeout; Groundout; Groundout
9 Jordy Mercer Groundout; Groundout; Strikeout; Pop Out; Strikeout; Flyout; Flyout; Strikeout; Strikeout
6 Rene Rivera Grounded Into DP; Groundout; Strikeout; Flyout; Groundout; Strikeout
4 Humberto Arteaga Sac Fly; Groundout; Lineout; Groundout
3 Jonathan Lucroy Strikeout; Lineout; Forceout
1 Jakson Reetz Flyout
Cody Wilson Flyout
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