I got home last night to find an alert from my friend Dan, regarding a very rare 0-4-0-0 batting line by Carlos Pena. I skimmed the box score, and (perhaps in a bit of wishcasting) read Pena’s line as 0-4-0-0. I posted about it, as Pena would be only the fourth member of the 0-4-0-0 club, and the FIRST player to actually finish the game (the prior three got subbed out during the game).
I tweeted about this as I posted it, and within minutes, sharp-eyed readers pointed out that Pena DID NOT finish 0-4-0-0, but 1-4-0-0, as he had an official AB in the eighth inning. So Pena didn’t make history. (The post has been deleted).
However, he is STILL in rare company . . . this was only the eighth time since 1918 that a player has started and finished a game having a batting line of 1-4-0-0 (there were two others that saw the player start but not finish the game). Here are the eight:
| Player | Date | Tm | Rslt | AB | R | H | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Pena | 2012-06-15 | TBR | W 11-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| John Jaha | 1999-07-24 | OAK | W 12-2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Lewis | 1991-09-16 | SFG | W 8-5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gilliam | 1960-09-25 | LAD | L 9-13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Baker | 1951-05-06 (2) | CHW | W 8-3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Derry | 1946-05-05 (1) | PHA | W 10-2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Bartell | 1942-09-17 | NYG | W 11-1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Hooper | 1919-07-04 (1) | BOS | W 9-2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
