lowest batting average allowed among no starting pithcers

50 players are tied for the worst career batting average when they didn't start, with an average of .000. The first three are Sam Clay, Ryan Hendrix and Luis Madero.

Interpreted as:
lowest batting average allowed by a player among no starting pithcers
NAMEAVGGSGWLW%ERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Sam Clay
S. Clay
.000
0
65
0
5
.000
5.90
39
0
0
0
50.1
59
33
38
5
26
9
10
5
243
3
6.97
4.65
1.50
0.89
16.0
10.7
1.69
.329
6.79
141
4.98
118
10.55
-4
2Ryan Hendrix
R. Hendrix
.000
0
45
5
1
.833
5.85
44
0
0
0
40.0
42
26
28
8
22
3
16
3
180
9
9.90
4.95
2.00
1.80
24.4
12.2
1.60
.330
6.30
134
5.43
123
9.45
-4.3
3Luis Madero
L. Madero
.000
0
6
0
0
9.00
4
0
0
0
12.0
13
12
12
3
8
1
3
1
56
0
3.00
6.00
0.50
2.25
7.1
14.3
1.75
.250
9.00
215
8.00
192
9.75
-5.2
4Manuel Rodríguez
M. Rodríguez
.000
0
105
9
9
.500
2.99
83
0
0
7
99.1
83
33
46
9
38
7
29
2
419
6
7.52
3.44
2.18
0.82
19.8
9.1
1.22
.262
4.17
74
4.01
98
7.52
0.8
5Michael Rucker
M. Rucker
.000
0
111
5
4
.556
4.99
138
0
0
1
139.0
136
77
83
22
56
6
34
0
599
5
8.94
3.63
2.46
1.42
23.0
9.3
1.38
.302
5.37
121
4.57
111
8.81
-7.4
6Miguel Sanchez
M. Sanchez
.000
0
40
3
2
.600
4.12
32
0
0
0
39.1
39
18
21
7
22
2
14
4
178
2
7.32
5.03
1.45
1.60
18.0
12.4
1.55
.278
4.81
99
5.66
135
8.92
-6.3
7Patrick Murphy
P. Murphy
.000
0
35
0
3
.000
4.76
38
0
0
0
39.2
45
21
25
3
20
4
7
0
187
4
8.62
4.54
1.90
0.68
20.3
10.7
1.64
.344
5.67
112
4.04
96
10.21
0.9
8Seth Elledge
S. Elledge
.000
0
23
1
0
1.000
4.63
25
0
0
0
23.1
24
12
12
3
15
2
7
0
104
3
9.64
5.79
1.67
1.16
24.0
14.4
1.67
.356
4.63
111
4.89
115
9.26
-1.8
9Tyler Zuber
T. Zuber
.000
0
82
1
6
.143
5.97
88
0
0
1
78.1
77
52
55
17
48
4
23
3
358
4
10.11
5.51
1.83
1.95
24.6
13.4
1.60
.299
6.32
136
5.72
135
8.85
-12.9
10Nick Mears
N. Mears
.000
0
190
9
12
.429
4.66
189
0
0
1
183.1
165
95
101
23
83
2
31
4
788
11
9.28
4.07
2.28
1.13
24.0
10.5
1.35
.289
4.96
106
4.11
97
8.10
2.2
11Luis Escobar
L. Escobar
.000
0
4
0
0
7.94
2
0
0
0
5.2
10
5
5
1
4
1
2
0
29
1
3.18
6.35
0.50
1.59
6.9
13.8
2.47
.429
7.94
183
7.44
168
15.88
-1.9
12Junior Fernandez
J. Fernandez
.000
0
50
1
1
.500
5.17
47
0
0
0
54.0
58
31
32
8
35
5
20
1
251
5
7.83
5.83
1.34
1.33
18.7
13.9
1.72
.321
5.33
126
5.56
135
9.67
-8.9
13Ryne Harper
R. Harper
.000
0
118
5
4
.556
4.67
106
0
0
1
113.2
111
59
62
18
33
4
29
3
483
7
8.39
2.61
3.21
1.43
21.9
6.8
1.27
.289
4.91
105
4.36
98
8.79
1.5
14Parker Markel
P. Markel
.000
0
23
0
1
.000
6.84
27
0
0
0
25.0
27
19
21
6
22
3
9
1
123
2
9.72
7.92
1.23
2.16
22.0
17.9
1.96
.323
7.56
156
7.15
164
9.72
-7.9
15José Quijada
J. Quijada
.000
0
142
4
14
.222
4.59
175
0
0
8
129.1
99
66
73
19
86
12
32
8
576
4
12.18
5.98
2.03
1.32
30.4
14.9
1.43
.282
5.08
110
4.64
110
6.89
-6.5
16Nick Ramirez
N. Ramirez
.000
0
104
7
7
.500
4.21
132
0
0
1
164.2
166
77
95
17
62
3
32
7
720
8
7.21
3.39
2.13
0.93
18.3
8.6
1.38
.294
5.19
97
4.13
93
9.07
5.5
17Gerardo Reyes
G. Reyes
.000
0
40
4
0
1.000
7.13
50
0
0
0
41.2
42
33
35
6
23
5
13
1
196
6
10.80
4.97
2.17
1.30
25.5
11.7
1.56
.321
7.56
169
4.69
109
9.07
-1.6
18Sam Selman
S. Selman
.000
0
75
1
2
.333
4.81
70
0
0
1
73.0
55
39
40
11
32
10
27
1
311
2
8.63
3.95
2.19
1.36
22.5
10.3
1.19
.234
4.93
116
4.93
119
6.78
-6.6
19Jacob Webb
J. Webb
.000
0
291
20
16
.556
2.98
294
0
0
12
296.1
237
98
120
34
124
9
70
11
1,245
7
8.93
3.77
2.37
1.03
23.6
10.0
1.22
.259
3.64
72
4.02
95
7.20
6.7
20Devin Williams
D. Williams
.000
0
345
34
18
.654
2.66
510
0
0
100
331.1
210
98
122
23
156
15
151
5
1,367
18
13.85
4.24
3.27
0.62
37.3
11.4
1.10
.282
3.31
64
2.53
59
5.70
62.9
21Jeremy Walker
J. Walker
.000
0
6
0
0
1.93
6
0
0
0
9.1
9
2
2
0
4
0
3
0
38
0
5.79
3.86
1.50
0.00
15.8
10.5
1.39
.321
1.93
43
3.20
73
8.68
1.2
22Stephen Nogosek
S. Nogosek
.000
0
33
1
4
.200
5.02
57
0
0
0
57.1
63
32
36
14
23
3
10
0
259
3
8.95
3.61
2.48
2.20
22.0
8.9
1.50
.302
5.65
123
5.73
137
9.89
-10.1
23Joel Kuhnel
J. Kuhnel
.000
0
117
5
6
.455
5.58
98
0
0
7
129.0
143
80
82
20
36
11
41
3
564
2
6.84
2.51
2.72
1.40
17.4
6.4
1.39
.308
5.72
130
4.72
111
9.98
-6.6
24Sean Poppen
S. Poppen
.000
0
63
3
3
.500
5.08
67
0
0
1
67.1
77
38
44
8
30
4
19
5
301
7
8.96
4.01
2.23
1.07
22.3
10.0
1.59
.359
5.88
120
4.21
104
10.29
-0.9
25JD Hammer
JD Hammer
.000
0
40
2
1
.667
4.38
35
0
0
0
39.0
36
19
19
5
23
2
11
1
175
2
8.08
5.31
1.52
1.15
20.0
13.1
1.51
.282
4.38
102
4.98
112
8.31
-2.2

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.588
56
47
.544
4.5
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.505
8.5
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7/24
@
6:45 PM
Sat
7/25
@
4:05 PM
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7/26
@
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Mon
7/27
@
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@
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NL EastWLPCTGB
60
42
.588
56
47
.544
4.5
52
51
.505
8.5
52
51
.505
8.5
43
60
.417
17.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
64
38
.627
57
45
.559
7.0
53
50
.515
11.5
52
50
.510
12.0
47
54
.465
16.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
65
38
.631
54
49
.524
11.0
50
53
.485
15.0
42
60
.412
22.5
41
63
.394
24.5
AL EastWLPCTGB
59
43
.578
57
45
.559
2.0
52
49
.515
6.5
50
53
.485
9.5
47
56
.456
12.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
54
47
.535
54
50
.519
1.5
51
53
.490
4.5
49
54
.476
6.0
43
61
.413
12.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
51
51
.500
51
52
.495
0.5
50
54
.481
2.0
43
59
.422
8.0
41
62
.398
10.5

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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@
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7/5
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7:05 PM