average guys

A lot has been written (mostly here) about who's been hit by the most pitches, and who's been hit be the fewest pitches, but what about the guys in the middle? Baseball rewards the extremes, but what about the majority between those extremes? Someday, as a companion to the All Star Game, maybe MLB could put on an Average Guys game featuring all those utility infielders and journeymen with solid middle of the road stats that become fan favorites.
Until then, here's the top 5 players whose career HBPs per season come the closest to the Major League average for the seasons they played. Darryl Motley is the most average, getting hit 0.7143 times per season from 1981 to 1987. The league average for that time frame was 0.7149 (including every player with at least 1 plate appearance).

	HBP per season	League Average	Career
Darryl Motley	0.7143	0.7149	1981-1987
Rich Chiles	0.8333	0.8327	1971-1978
Tommy Neill	0.5000	0.5008	1946-1947
Goody Rosen	0.5714	0.5703	1937-1946
Nelson Santovenia	0.8571	0.8558	1987-1993

Top 5 most average get-hitters among active players (stats through '04):

	HBP per season	League Average	Career
Jose Offerman*	1.1333	1.1250	1990-2004
Todd Walker	1.2727	1.2626	1996-2004
Randall Simon	1.3333	1.3149	1997-2004
Jayson Werth	1.3333	1.3572	2002-2004
Marcus Thames	1.3333	1.3572	2002-2004
Jamey Carroll	1.3333	1.3572	2002-2004

*Offerman might not actually be active at this point.

And just for comparison, and to mention Craig Biggio, here are the Top 5 most above average get-hitters among active players (through '04):

	HBP per season	League Average	Career
Jason Kendall	19.6667	1.2603	1996-2004
David Eckstein	19.0000	1.3708	2001-2004
Craig Wilson	17.7500	1.3708	2001-2004
Reed Johnson	16.0000	1.3736	2003-2004
Craig Biggio	15.0588	1.0969	1988-2004