Travis Snider tops the list of players to not use for Beat the Streak. Currently he has 43 games without a hit. Since he’s played in 74 games this year, that means he’s gotten a hit in 42% of his games (that percentage is lowest so far in 2014).
Not only does his .226 batting average hurt his Beat the Streak chances, he’s also pinch-hit in 41 games. Pinch hitting usually means only one at bat for the game. In fact, he is averaging 2.014 at bats per game (4th lowest in MLB this year).
Other than Travis Snider, here are the other 14 players to not use in Beat the Streak. It’s sad for me to see two Chicago Cubs on this list, Nate Schierholtz and Mike Olt.
Rk Player GH Tm 1 Travis Snider 43 PIT -------------------------------------------- 2 Tony Gwynn 41 PHI -------------------------------------------- 3 Will Venable 40 SDP 4 Ike Davis 40 NYMPIT -------------------------------------------- 5 Brandon Hicks 39 SFG 6 Curtis Granderson 39 NYM 7 Chris Carter 39 HOU 8 Gregor Blanco 39 SFG -------------------------------------------- 9 Michael Choice 38 TEX -------------------------------------------- 10 Nate Schierholtz 37 CHC 11 Carlos Santana 37 CLE 12 Mike Olt 37 CHC 13 Danny Espinosa 37 WSN 14 Zack Cozart 37 CIN 15 Brandon Barnes 37 COL