geographical plunk records

You probably already knew that Craig Biggio is only 6 HBPs away from the all time record for being hit by pitches, and you probably could figure out that he currently holds the record for being hit by pitches for people born in the state of New York. But, did you know that Jason Varitek entered this season 9 HBPs away from the all time record for people born in Minnesota? Or that Scott Rolen (90 HBPs) broke the Indiana record last year passing Cy Williams (86 HBPs)? Also, Shea Hillenbrand broke the record for people from Arizona previously held by Solly Hemus. Hemus had 62, but Hillenbrand had 68 by the end of '06. Gary Sheffield (119) broke Andre Dawson's (111) record for Florida born players in 2005, but Luis Gonzalez (107) and David Eckstein (104) are right behind him.
Also, Edgar Renteria needs just 1 more plunk to break the Columbian record, and Orlando Cabrera was just 8 behind him at the beginning of this year. Geoff Jenkins needs only 3 more HBPs to become the leader for those born in the state of Washington.


Here are the all time and active leaders for HBPs by state or country of birth, as of the end of the 2006 season:

State/Country	All time leader	HBPs	Active Leader*	HBPs
Alabama	Joe Sewell	80	Juan Pierre	50
Alaska	Josh Phelps	31	Shawn Chacon	1
American Samoa	Tony Solaita	3
Arizona	Shea Hillenbrand	68	Shea Hillenbrand	68
Arkansas	Sherm Lollar	115	Torii Hunter	44
Aruba	Gene Kingsale	6
Australia	Joe Quinn	39	Justin Huber	1
Bahamas	Andre Rodgers	18
Belgium	Brian Lesher	1
British Honduras	Chito Martinez	2
California	Jason Kendall	209	Jason Kendall	209
Canada	Larry Walker	138	Corey Koskie	56
Colombia	Jolbert Cabrera	28	Edgar Renteria	28
Colorado	Roy Hartzell	49	Scott Elarton	5
Connecticut	Mo Vaughn	108	Brad Ausmus	58
Cuba	Minnie Minoso	192	Eli Marrero	8
Curacao	Andruw Jones	75	Andruw Jones	75
Czechoslovakia	Elmer Valo	38
DC	Art Devlin	84	Curtis Pride	7
Delaware	Randy Bush	49	Kevin Mench	26
Denmark	Olaf Henriksen	2
Dominican Republic	Jose Guillen	95	Jose Guillen	95
England	Tom Brown	46
Florida	Gary Sheffield	119	Gary Sheffield	119
France	Steve Jeltz	3
Georgia	Ty Cobb	94	Rondell White	85
Germany	Fritz Buelow	12
Hawaii	Mike Lum	28	Shane Victorino	15
Holland	John Houseman	8
Honduras	Gerald Young	6
Idaho	Harmon Killebrew	48	Jason Schmidt	2
Illinois	Art Fletcher	141	Cliff Floyd	81
Indiana	Scott Rolen	90	Scott Rolen	90
Iowa	Fred Clarke	153	Jerry Hairston	57
Ireland	Patsy Donovan	83
Italy	Reno Bertoia	16
Jamaica	Devon White	87
Japan	Ichiro Suzuki	32	Ichiro Suzuki	32
Kansas	Pat Meares	57	Johnny Damon	36
Kentucky	Dan McGann	230	Austin Kearns	30
Louisiana	Rusty Staub	79	David Dellucci	31
Maine	Freddy Parent	51
Maryland	Brady Anderson	154	Brian Jordan	74
Massachusetts	Tommy Tucker	272	Mark Bellhorn, Lou Merloni	17
Mexico	Vinny Castilla	60	Vinny Castilla	60
Michigan	Bill Freehan	114	Jay Gibbons	13
Minnesota	Terry Steinbach	48	Jason Varitek	40
Mississippi	Chet Lemon	151	Matt Lawton	94
Missouri	Ron Hunt	243	Bill Mueller	35
Montana	Ed Bouchee	27
Nebraska	Richie Ashburn	43	Todd Pratt	28
Nevada	Marty Cordova	50	Justin Leone	3
New Hampshire	Arlie Latham	85
New Jersey	Derek Jeter	115	Derek Jeter	115
New Mexico	Ralph Kiner	24	Cody Ross	5
New York	Craig Biggio	282	Craig Biggio	282
Nicaragua	Marvin Benard	25	Vicente Padilla	2
North Carolina	Ray Durham	68	Ray Durham	68
North Dakota	Travis Hafner	43	Travis Hafner	43
Norway	John Anderson	53
Ohio	Curt Welch	173	Shannon Stewart	70
Oklahoma	Joe Carter	90	Kelly Stinnett	42
Oregon	Aaron Rowand	62	Aaron Rowand	62
Panama	Olmedo Saenz	54	Olmedo Saenz	54
Pennsylvania	Hughie Jennings	287	Ken Griffey	76
Poland	Moe Drabowsky	1
Puerto Rico	Carlos Delgado	149	Carlos Delgado	149
Rhode Island	Nap Lajoie	134	Paul Konerko	56
Russia	Eddie Ainsmith	12
Scotland	Bobby Thomson	34
Singapore	Robin Jennings	1
South Carolina	Reggie Sanders	70	Reggie Sanders	70
South Dakota	Dave Collins	38	Mark Ellis	23
South Korea	Hee Seop Choi	16	Shin-Soo Choo	2
Switzerland	Otto Hess	4
Tennessee	Clyde Milan	80	Steve Finley	53
Texas	Don Baylor	267	Jason LaRue	93
Utah	Duke Sims	35	Chris Shelton	9
Venezuela	Andres Galarraga	178	Melvin Mora	88
Vermont	Carlton Fisk	143	Chris Duffy	12
Virgin Islands	Joe Christopher	19
Virginia	Steve Brodie	132	Michael Tucker	39
W.Germany	Glenn Hubbard	33
Wales	Jimmy Austin	44
Washington	John Olerud	88	Geoff Jenkins	86
West Virginia	Dick Padden	97
Wisconsin	Mark Grudzielanek	91	Mark Grudzielanek	91
Wyoming	Mike Lansing	37	John Buck	10

*as of 2006 year end