The No Homers Club
Courtesy of reader Big Daddy V:
Wikipedia can give you more information about the 1995 episode of The Simpsons that inspired such a thing (“Homer The Great”).
Just to worry Pujols owners and Angels fan a little bit more: through Saturday, there are actually only four players with at least 90 plate appearances and no home runs. Pujols, Daniel Murphy, Rafael Furcal, and Michael Bourn. Have Pujols, Murphy, Furcal and Bourn ever had anything else in common?
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Jeff Mathis – 2
Chone Figgins – 2
Albert Pujols – 0