most plate appearances without a home run to start career

Rube Vickers has made the most career plate appearances in starts when allowing exactly 0 HR, with 120 plate appearances.

Interpreted as:
most plate appearances without a home run to start by a player career
NAMEPAHRGSGWLW%ERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Rube Vickers
R. Vickers
120
0
45
45
14
24
.368
0.40
148
29
7
0
317.1
300
143
77
8
0
4
4.20
2.18
1.92
0.00
5.9
1.19
.281
4.06
8.51
2Ed Klepfer
E. Klepfer
117
0
50
50
20
13
.606
2.65
112
16
1
0
333.0
321
98
141
102
1
0
1,382
5
3.03
2.76
1.10
0.00
8.1
7.4
1.27
.275
3.81
8.68
3Pete Dowling
P. Dowling
113
0
34
34
12
22
.353
3.83
105
31
2
0
272.2
290
116
179
104
17
0
8
3.47
3.43
1.01
0.00
9.0
1.44
.311
5.91
9.57
4Mellie Wolfgang
M. Wolfgang
70
0
27
27
9
10
.474
1.40
73
15
3
0
198.2
164
31
55
44
1
0
788
3
3.31
1.99
1.66
0.00
9.3
5.6
1.05
.245
2.49
7.43
5Rudy Kallio
R. Kallio
64
0
27
27
8
14
.364
4.51
65
10
2
0
169.2
186
85
101
71
1
0
748
7
3.45
3.77
0.92
0.00
8.7
9.5
1.51
.304
5.36
9.87
6Rube Kisinger
R. Kisinger
64
0
19
19
7
12
.368
3.13
36
18
2
0
155.1
162
54
78
41
4
0
1
2.09
2.38
0.88
0.00
6.1
1.31
.276
4.52
9.39
7John Eubank
J. Eubank
58
0
22
22
6
12
.333
39
11
2
0
155.1
172
75
45
7
0
5
2.26
2.61
0.87
0.00
11.3
1.40
.557
4.35
9.97
8Tex Pruiett
T. Pruiett
49
0
23
23
4
15
.211
52
7
3
0
159.2
149
68
53
9
0
3
2.93
2.99
0.98
0.00
14.6
1.27
.598
3.83
8.40
9Willie Adams
W. Adams
46
0
21
21
4
16
.200
3.77
24
8
0
0
131.1
142
84
79
10
0
4
1.64
5.41
0.30
0.00
13.6
1.68
.303
5.76
9.73
10Fred Link
F. Link
44
0
16
16
4
7
.364
44
6
1
0
113.2
104
50
57
6
0
480
3
3.48
4.51
0.77
0.00
9.2
11.9
1.42
.279
3.96
8.23
11George Sisler
G. Sisler
41
0
12
12
4
5
.444
2.34
45
9
1
0
92.1
79
24
31
36
6
0
389
2
4.39
3.51
1.25
0.00
11.6
9.3
1.25
.262
3.02
7.70
12Ben Tincup
B. Tincup
40
0
18
18
5
10
.333
3.50
32
9
3
0
115.2
136
45
66
44
2
0
501
2
2.49
3.42
0.73
0.00
6.4
8.8
1.56
.322
5.14
10.58
13Bert Maxwell
B. Maxwell
39
0
12
12
4
7
.364
2.04
26
9
1
0
101.1
109
45
33
3
0
1
2.31
2.93
0.79
0.00
8.8
1.40
.347
4.00
9.68
14Elmer Koestner
E. Koestner
38
0
14
14
3
6
.333
0.17
32
8
1
0
104.2
98
54
51
4
0
447
7
2.75
4.39
0.63
0.00
7.2
11.4
1.42
.272
4.64
8.43
15Homer Hillebrand
H. Hillebrand
38
0
11
11
6
4
.600
51
8
1
0
90.2
75
34
29
4
0
368
4
5.06
2.88
1.76
0.00
13.9
7.9
1.15
.264
3.38
7.44
16Jim St. Vrain
J. St. Vrain
35
0
11
11
4
6
.400
2.08
51
10
1
0
95.0
87
22
36
25
5
0
3
4.83
2.37
2.04
0.00
6.8
1.18
.304
3.41
8.24
17Doc McJames
D. McJames
35
0
12
12
5
5
.500
4.86
41
6
0
0
87.0
100
47
68
39
6
0
3
4.24
4.03
1.05
0.00
16.9
1.60
.690
7.03
10.34
18Newt Kimball
N. Kimball
31
0
13
13
5
4
.556
4.13
21
4
0
0
80.2
84
37
42
30
1
0
355
1
2.34
3.35
0.70
0.00
5.9
8.5
1.41
.277
4.69
9.37
19Jim Hackett
J. Hackett
31
0
9
9
1
6
.143
2.52
23
8
0
0
71.1
90
55
29
3
0
325
1
2.90
3.66
0.79
0.00
7.1
8.9
1.67
.333
6.94
11.36
20Wiley Taylor
W. Taylor
30
0
17
17
2
9
.182
2.82
32
4
1
0
95.2
88
52
53
2
0
417
4
3.01
4.99
0.60
0.00
7.7
12.7
1.47
.267
4.89
8.28
21Hank Gehring
H. Gehring
29
0
10
10
3
7
.300
30
8
2
0
75.0
75
38
14
1
0
1
3.60
1.68
2.14
0.00
4.8
1.19
.301
4.56
9.00
22Lou Fiene
L. Fiene
28
0
10
10
2
8
.200
30
7
0
0
82.0
89
46
15
3
0
2
3.29
1.65
2.00
0.00
4.8
1.27
.335
5.05
9.77
23Emil Frisk
E. Frisk
28
0
7
7
3
4
.429
2.89
19
6
0
0
56.0
66
18
41
19
2
0
1
3.05
3.05
1.00
0.00
8.0
1.52
.335
6.59
10.61
24Deacon Jones
D. Jones
27
0
10
10
3
3
.500
3.26
18
3
0
0
66.1
55
24
38
42
4
0
291
1
2.44
5.70
0.43
0.00
6.2
14.4
1.46
.242
5.16
7.46
25Bill Powell
B. Powell
26
0
11
11
3
8
.273
0.24
23
4
2
0
75.0
66
33
36
6
0
314
2
2.76
4.32
0.64
0.00
7.3
11.5
1.36
.265
3.96
7.92
StatMuse has game-level data for home runs allowed, plate appearances, and starts going back to the 1901 season.
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