Bill Bergen?

[SirKodiak]

Bill Bergen (http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bergebi01.shtml), Catcher, 1901-1911

had an 0 for 46 streak in 1909 (the longest hit-less streak by a non-pitcher)
lowest career batting average of any player with 1000 or more at bats
hit over .200 once
.170/.194/.201 career hitter (21 OPS+)
.227/.252/.266 was best season
career: 3228 PA, 2 HR, 68 xbh, 112 SH, 88 BB, 23 SB, 138 runs and 193 RBI

[RedsoxRockies]

Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RFg lgRFg RF9 lgRF9 PB WP SB CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 23 CIN NL C 87 406 117 16 8 .970 .971 6.01 5.90 4
1902 24 CIN NL C 89 406 137 23 13 .959 .965 6.10 5.82 13
1903 25 CIN NL C 58 251 85 7 3 .980 .967 5.79 5.82 10
1904 26 BRO NL C 93 414 151 24 10 .959 .964 6.08 5.74 8
1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.40
1905 27 BRO NL C 76 371 127 24 8 .954 .963 6.55 5.91 12
1906 28 BRO NL C 103 485 149 15 9 .977 .970 6.16 5.83 10
1907 29 BRO NL C 51 175 67 8 3 .968 .971 4.75 5.68 4
1908 30 BRO NL C 99 470 137 7 9 .989 .971 6.13 5.46 7
1909 31 BRO NL C 112 536 202 18 18 .976 .965 6.59 5.79 5
1910 32 BRO NL C 89 373 151 10 15 .981 .973 5.89 5.63 5
1911 33 BRO NL C 84 346 121 9 10 .981 .966 5.56 5.56 6
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1904 26 BRO NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.40

1901 23 CIN NL C 87 406 117 16 8 .970 .971 6.01 5.90 4
1902 24 CIN NL C 89 406 137 23 13 .959 .965 6.10 5.82 13
1903 25 CIN NL C 58 251 85 7 3 .980 .967 5.79 5.82 10
1904 26 BRO NL C 93 414 151 24 10 .959 .964 6.08 5.74 8
1905 27 BRO NL C 76 371 127 24 8 .954 .963 6.55 5.91 12
1906 28 BRO NL C 103 485 149 15 9 .977 .970 6.16 5.83 10
1907 29 BRO NL C 51 175 67 8 3 .968 .971 4.75 5.68 4
1908 30 BRO NL C 99 470 137 7 9 .989 .971 6.13 5.46 7
1909 31 BRO NL C 112 536 202 18 18 .976 .965 6.59 5.79 5
1910 32 BRO NL C 89 373 151 10 15 .981 .973 5.89 5.63 5
1911 33 BRO NL C 84 346 121 9 10 .981 .966 5.56 5.56 6


He could not field well either

[RickD]

Here is an interesting Wikipedia piece on Bergen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bergen)

[nuzzy62]

One of the all-time great defensive catchers. I imagine by today's standards there would be no way a major league club would carry him.

[RickD]

Well unless he was a back-up.....someone might take him for his defensive skills but likely not.

[RedsoxRockies]

Look at his statistics though, poor range and LOOOOTS of errors

[RedsoxRockies]

Ok just read the Wiki artcle, so maybe he could field...

[RedsoxRockies]

Bergen had 3,028 at-bats in his career, and in that time he compiled a batting average of .170, the all-time record low for players who compiled more than 2,500 at-bats. Davy Force is second-to-last with a career average of .211.[

The wiki on Bergen says this...

Davy Force's says this...

In a 15-season career, Force posted a .249 batting average with 653 runs and 373 RBI in 1029 games played.