Barstool pointed this out today, but wtf...
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Joey Votto has 6,563 career plate appearances.
He has never popped out to the catcher, pitcher, or first basemen.
It gets even better. These are how many infield pop-ups he has since 2010….SEVEN. As in less than 10, less than 9, less than 8. This motherfucker has seven infield pop-ups in the last eight years.
This could be my favorite stat, ever...
Joey Votto pop ups by year:
2010 - 0
2011 - 1
2012 - 1
2013 - 1
2014 - 1
2015 - 2
2016 - 0
2017 - 1
2018 - 0
Since 2010, Votto has popped it up 7 times. With the same amount of PA, the MLB average player would have popped it up 127 times.
How the fuck is that possible? How have you never popped-up to the catcher in your career? Baseball is the most random sport on the planet. Anything can happen in any given at bat, yet Votto refuses to do this. This stat may affect the rest of my day. I’m going to be ordering my lunch and just freeze at the counter because Joey Votto never popped up to the catcher, pitcher, or first baseman in his 6,563 career plate appearances. He has to be aware of this by now right? Someone has to have told him he’s never done something that every other player in the history of the sport has probably done.
Joey Votto may have hall of fame numbers with his absurd career on base percentage, but he gets in just with these two stats alone.
Also it’s guaranteed Joey pops out to the catcher on the first pitch of tonight’s game. Sorry Joey.
This post was edited by Sixers on Jul 20 2018 03:04pm