Killer B, Killer of Bs?

With Craig Biggio on the brink of 3000 hits, and Aaron Cook pitching at him tonight, fans might be interested to know that Biggio has 162 career hits and 22 HBPs against pitchers whose last names begin with the letter C. Biggio has had more career hits against pitchers with 6 last initials other than C, and his .271 average against pitchers whose last names start with C ranks 17th among his averages against pitchers grouped by last initial.

Biggio's highest batting average has been against pitchers with the last initial U - he bats .400 against them with a .933 slugging pct, but he's only had 15 career at bats against 2 pitchers with that last initial. Obviously he'd have reached 3000 hits a lot quicker if the league had more pitchers with last names starting with U. On the other hand though, he's never been plunked by a pitcher with that last initial.

301 of Biggio's career hits have been recorded against pitchers whose last name starts with B. B pitchers have also thrown more plunks (39) than pitchers with any other last initial, but he's also had more plate appearances against B pitchers than against any other group. Biggio's career average against pitchers who share his last initial is .282 - exactly mirroring his overall career average.

Below is an overview of Biggio's key stats, broken down by last initial of the pitcher. Hopefully, opposing managers won't go using this to bring in a Q pitcher to face Biggio, knowing he only bats .154 against them. I wouldn't want it to become a trend and slow the game down even more, as managers start switching pitchers based on last initial.

Last Initial	Pitchers	PA	H	HBP	HR	2B	AVG	SLG	PA/HBP
A	50	567	143	19	14	26	0.300	0.455	29.8
B	104	1240	301	39	22	67	0.282	0.416	31.8
C	77	693	162	22	15	30	0.271	0.42	31.5
D	56	538	140	9	8	31	0.293	0.412	59.8
E	24	164	43	5	7	7	0.301	0.510	32.8
F	46	366	98	9	12	26	0.312	0.510	40.7
G	50	527	119	11	8	22	0.254	0.360	47.9
H	87	957	249	20	21	59	0.298	0.454	47.9
I	5	46	9	1	1	3	0.243	0.405	46.0
J	29	273	70	12	10	14	0.311	0.516	22.8
K	30	187	42	8	4	7	0.271	0.394	23.4
L	58	537	134	14	20	21	0.282	0.465	38.4
M	109	1215	286	16	21	75	0.268	0.404	75.9
N	23	237	60	2	4	12	0.288	0.433	118.5
O	23	262	74	3	11	12	0.320	0.541	87.3
P	66	575	142	12	15	36	0.280	0.451	47.9
Q	3	28	4	0	0	1	0.154	0.192	n/a
R	80	862	213	21	20	41	0.291	0.443	41.0
S	108	1152	265	16	23	59	0.263	0.396	72.0
T	36	424	106	9	13	27	0.281	0.467	47.1
U	2	16	6	0	2	2	0.400	0.933	n/a
V	24	322	79	6	10	15	0.280	0.454	53.7
W	77	947	224	27	21	55	0.275	0.425	35.1
Y	9	46	12	0	2	4	0.273	0.545	n/a
Z	6	68	16	2	2	6	0.291	0.509	34.0

(There has never been a major league player whose last name began with X.)