RIP Damaso Garcia

Blue Jays lose both halves of its mid 80s DP combo within two months of each other.

Former Blue Jays 2B Damaso Garcia dies at 63

 

1,108 hits, nearly 78% of them singles.

I doubt he’s the leader, but I wonder if those who had 1,000 hits, who had the highest percentage of singles.

Plus he hit more HRs than triples, which for a speedy, light-hitting guy seems unusual.

 

Just checked Omar Vizquel. Singles were 78.6% of his hits, less than a percent more than Garcia.

 

Great topic. Alfredo Griffin was 1688 hits, 79.4% singles.

 

Rod Carew?

 

Ozzie Smith: 2460 hits, 79.7% singles.

 

78.7%

 

Ichiro was over 80% singles.

 

Doesn't meet the 1,000 hits requirement, but Rafael Belliard went 86% singles. In 17 years in the majors, he hit 2 home runs--one in 1987 and one in 1997.

 

Mario Mendoza had 287 base hits, only 46 of which went for extra bases. So 83.97% of his base hits were singles. How appropriate, even if he didn't have 1,000 career hits.

Lloyd Waner (Little Poison) had 2,459 hits, of which 82.67% (2,043) were singles. Richie Ashburn, Nellie Fox was also over 80%. Rare but not unusual.

 

Roger Metzger, just under threshold with 972 hits, .231 BA, OPS of .584, 176 XBH. 82% singles.

 

I was curious about Tony Gwynn, so I looked it up: 3,141 hits, 2,378 singles, 75.7%

Ichiro: : 3,089 hits, 2,514 singles, 81.4%