Least amt. of AB's yet on a card?

[oldjudge]

I can name that tune in...............Frank Zinn: 8 AB

[frohme]

T207 Irv Lewis - he never played a regular season game.

[nolemmings]

1975 Topps Herb Washington--Oakland A's. Zero ABs.
Pinch runner extraordinaire.

[packs]

That Herb Washington stuff is crazy. Guy finished in the top 10 in stolen bases in 1974 and didn't get a single at bat. Also appeared in 3 World Series games and won a ring. Amazing.

[barrysloate]

Herb Washington never had a major league at bat, yet his career totals show 33 stolen bases and 30 runs scored. Possibly the strangest lifetime record of all time.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Possibly the strangest lifetime record of all time.

And one very unaesthetic baseball card.

[oldjudge]

The Old Judge set has many players with no ABs. The interesting question is what is the least positive number of ABs for someone with a card. The optimal number is one.

[quinnsryche]

I forgot about Washington, probably because I was thinking of guys who actually had an at bat. How about a guy with at least 1 AB yet still on a card not attributed to a minor league team?
Posted this question at the same time as oldjudge above. Let's keep it to a card issued after 1900 since the OJ thing has been stated.

[ChiSoxFan]

During the 2000 and 2001 seasons, Keith McDonald of the St. Louis Cardinals had a total of 9 AB's, 7 AB's during the 2000 season and only 2 AB's during the 2001 season.

What is more impressive is that in the 2000 season, for the 7 AB's he had 3 hits, of which all were HR's. He did not have any hits during the 2001 season.

As for baseball cards, according beckett.com he has 25 Major League cards and 14 minor league cards (could have the most cards for fewest MLB AB's?)

Baseball-Reference stats link: http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...cdonke01.shtml

[steve B]

Walter Alston might just slide through. 1 At bat as a player. And has a few cards as a manager. Not sure if he has any as a player, probably not.

Steve B