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- adjective baseball Without a
walk .
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Examples
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During his walkless streak, he has faced 274 batters and gone to a three-ball count just 21 times.
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In beating the Expos 7-3 on July 27, Greg Maddux stretched his winning streak to 10 games and his walkless-innings streak to a career-high 58 1/3.
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Braden Looper went 13 1/3 walkless (and with 16 strikeouts be afraid, Antonio Alfonseca owners).
USATODAY.com - Ortizes could be the strike zone poster boys 2001
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Beavan extended his walkless streak to 24 1/3 innings, the sixth-longest in club history in one season.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Did the walkless Locke somehow go on his walkabout in this other life?
Mania News Feed 2010
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He broke two exalted records in the process -- (1) most plate appearances without a hit or walk (previously set by Vicente Palacio, 36, in 1994) and (2) most official walkless and hitless at-bats (previously set by Hackin 'Hal Finney, 35, in 1936).
MLB.com Fantasy 411 2009
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You look at the list of teams with fewest walkless games and you see the Red Sox, Mets, Dbacks …. basically the best teams in baseball.
unknown title 2008
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a 40-inning walkless streak to go with a sparkling ERA doesn't even get him a mention here?
Baseball America 2010
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