No pitches to get hit by

The Quest was interrupted by rain last night. Kip Wells - discussed yesterday - will be back out today (weather permitting) trying not to hit Biggio. He's only been hit once on April 27th, back in 2002 by Atlanta's Kevin Gryboski. Houston won that one.

So far this year Mr. Biggio has been hit 3 times, which is the same number of pitches the entire rest of his team have taken. During the span of his career, through 2004, Biggio has taken 25.4% of the Astros' plunkings. Impressive as that is, it's only 10th all time. Ron Hunt took 38.2% of his teams hit-by-pitches over the course of his career, and David Eckstein (not even much of a target) is the active leader with 27.1%.

Player	% of teams HBP							HBP							teamHBP										span
Ron Hunt	38.2%							243							636										1963-1974
Whitey Alperman	31.2%							39							125										1906-1909
Don Baylor	29.8%							267							897										1970-1988
Tommy Tucker	29.1%							272							936										1887-1899
David Eckstein	27.1%							76							280										2001-2004
Jack Gleason	26.8%							11							41										1877-1886
Jason Kendall	26.4%							177							671										1996-2004
Chet Lemon	26.3%							151							574										1975-1990
Charlie Babb	25.7%							45							175										1903-1905
Craig Biggio	25.4%							256							1009										1988-2004

(Through 2004)