Smallest Cup of Coffee

[GeoPoto]

Archibald Graham famously appeared in one MLB game for one inning without touching a ball in play and never getting any closer to the plate than the on-deck circle. If that puts Moonlight alone in the top spot for the "Smallest Cup of Coffee", then today's hero, Jim Banning, ties for second. Banning appeared in three MLB games across two seasons catching a total of six innings but got to the plate as a batter only once. He made an out.

By the way, when Moonlight Graham entered his game on June 29th, 1905, the player he replaced in right field was George Browne.

[theshowandme]

Jon Ratliff is a big name back home in Syracuse

He grew up there and was a first round pick from local LeMoyne College

He made his MLB debut at 28, threw a single inning, and that was it

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...atlijo01.shtml

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Post-war, but Dick Wantz also pitched a total of one inning. He complained of a headache. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor and passed away exactly one month later.

[philliesfan]

Jim Marquis played 2 games in 1925 over 3 days. Pitched 7.1 innings. He was teammates with Ruth and Gehrig and pitched against Cobb.
Jim Marquis Autographed Index Card.jpg

[Zach Wheat]

Kind of exceptional circumstances, but when Cobb was suspended during the Leuker incident (known as the Suspension Game),

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroi...enter%20field.

Cobb's replacement player for the game on May 18, 1912, Willaim Leinhauser made 4 appearances at the plate, striking out 3 times. Per SABR, "...when Leinhauser's wife found that he had the audacity to replace the great Ty Cobb, she hit him with a skillet."

[packs]

Harry Barton played 29 games for the 1905 Athletics as a 30 year old rookie. He did manage 10 career hits and though he didn't appear on a baseball card, he was lucky enough to be photographed by Carl Horner:

[Vintagecatcher]

There have been 94 players who have finished their career with a 1.000 batting average with 83 of them finishing at 1-for-1, according to The Elias Sports Bureau.

One of those players is catcher George Yantz, who went 1 for 1 for the Cubs in 1912.

Here are his 1910 T210-3 cards (Red and Orange borders)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...antzge01.shtml

Patrick

[nolemmings]

Danny Musser played the last 2 1/2 innings of one game on September 18, 1932-- that's it for his MLB career. Here's an 8x10 George Burke photo of the one-time (literally) Washington Senator.

BTW, he did get a hit-- he was 1 for 2.

[doug.goodman]

Not the smallest, but he did slug 2.000 for his career.

[byrone]

Harry O’Neill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_O%27Neill_(catcher)

Fred Marolewski

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Marolewski

[z28jd]

I recently wrote a book about Pittsburgh Pirates players who played one game in their career. Should be out later this month. In it I talked about Moonlight Graham as an inspiration for the book, but I noted that he actually played two innings in the field without a play. He played the bottom of the eighth and the bottom of the ninth according to all of the game reports. There are guys I mentioned who played less. One is Cy Neighbors, who actually did play one inning on defense in the outfield without a play for the 1908 Pirates. He replaced Hall of Famer Fred Clarke.

[Lobo Aullando]

There's Ron Wright, who didn't so much have a cup of coffee as have the person at the drive-through window spill it all over him. Strikeout, triple play, double play, and back to the minors.

The Show is The Show, though.

[ALBB]

MLB outfielder Tom Pachorick's...brother.... I think - 1 game ... bunch of hits... lifetime .800 avg. ?? .never played again

[ldrunner27]

Adam Greenberg got hit in the face in his first plate appearance. Got his first and only at bat a few years later.

[ALBB]

Jim Paciork

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by ALBB

MLB outfielder Tom Pachorick's...brother.... I think - 1 game ... bunch of hits... lifetime .800 avg. ?? .never played again

1.000 lifetime!