Batters With Only One Type of Hit in a Season

Earlier today, Jacob Petersen, the owner of the excellent JunkStats site, tweeted the following:

Jacob Peterson ‏ @junkstats

Carlos Beltran has 5 homers and no other extra-base hits.

Notes: Jimmy Collins is a Hall of Famer.  Ron Hunt augmented his OBP by leading the NL with 26 hit-by-pitches.

Next, most triples with no other extra-base hits:

Note: Belliard drove in 11 runs in 321 PAs in 1988.

Next, most homers with no other extra-base hits:

Notes: Might be the only circumstance in which you find Zambrano and Ruth on the same list.  Larry Hisle had a career OPS+ of 123.

While we’re here, we might as well check out those players with the most hits of each type with NO other hits of all other types:

Up first, most singles with no extra-base hits:

Note: Grudzielanek and Gallego are middle infielder of some repute.  O’Connor was in his next-to-last season, at age 40.

Second, most doubles with no other hits:

Note: Five pitchers on this list. Faneyte struck out 11 times in those 29 plate appearances.

Next, most triples with no other hits:

Note: Mark Johnson’s two triples were the first two hits of his career . . . AND he was a catcher.

Finally, most homers with no other hits:

Note: Yes, that Jorge Sosa is a pitcher, and he had nine other hits (no homers) in the other 70 plate appearances in his career.  Labine was also a pitcher, and he floundered even worse outside of that 1955 power surge (nine other hits . . . no homers . . . in the other 220 plate appearances).