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Inspired by the noticing that Rickey Henderson never had a triple for the Mets.

An Agent Zero (named after a fictitious movie reference in Seinfeld) is a player who never had a (fill in the blank) for the Mets.

For the purposes of these lists, I did include pitchers within the tally.

Agent Zeroes
Mets History

Most Plate Appearances, No Singles

47- Randy Tate
34- Brian Daubach
23- Andy Hassler
22- Sandy Alomar Sr.
21- Mike Remlinger
>> Next position player: Ross Jones, 13

Most Plate Appearances, No Doubles

252- Pat Zachry
183- Jeff Duncan
179- Nolan Ryan
162- Roger Craig
118- Glendon Rusch
>> Next position player: Dick Stuart, 96

Most Plate Appearances, No Home Runs

798- Alex Trevino
657- Chris Cannizzaro
541- Jon Matlack
457- Al Leiter
455- David Cone
355- Tom Glavine
340- Phil Linz

Most Plate Appearances, No RBI

78- Eric Hillman
73- Doug Saunders
63- Ray Burris
62- Anthony Young
58- Charlie Puleo
57- Neil Allen
>> Next position player: Harry Chiti, 43

Most Plate Appearances, No Runs

52- Kelvin Torve
45- Warren Spahn
41- Mike Bruhert
38- Jimmie Schaffer
32- Jorge Sosa
>> Next position player: Matt Watson, 25

Most Plate Appearances, No SB

1,002- Mackey Sasser
894- Jason Phillips
654- Mo Vaughn
626- Mike Vail
586- Barry Lyons
541- Jon Matlack

Most Plate Appearances, No Strikeouts
9- Tim Corcoran
7- Brent Strom
7- Doug Henry
6- Gary Thurman
6- Tony Castillo

Most Plate Appearances, No Walks

131- Tracy Stallard
97- Shawon Dunston
94- Orlando Hernandez
83- Pedro Astacio
78- Eric Hillman
>> Next position player: Joe Moock, 40

Most Plate Appearances, No IBB

1,139- Tom Seaver
926- Jerry Koosman
837- Dwight Gooden
622- Derek Bell
605- Alex Ochoa
600- Ron Darling

Most Plate Appearances, No Sacrifice Flies

843- Rod Kanehl
573- Bobby Klaus
457- Al Leiter
426- Bobby Jones
421- Craig Swan
346- John Stephenson
336- Willie Randolph

Comments

czaradio said…
great reference...
Anonymous said…
Of all the lists you've compiled, this may be the single greatest list you've compiled.

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