who has the lowest career batting average in the hall of fame
Joe Sewell
Sewell struck out 114 times in 7,132 career at - bats for an average of one strikeout every 62.5 at - bats , second only to Willie Keeler ( 63.1 ) . He also holds the single - season record for fewest strikeouts over a full season , with 3 , set in 1932 . Sewell also had 3 strikeouts in 1930 , albeit in just 353 at - bats ( as opposed to 503 in his record - setting year ) , as well as three other full seasons ( 1925 , 1929 , 1933 ) with 4 strikeouts . He struck out ten or more times in only four seasons , and his highest strikeout total was twenty , during the 1922 season . For his 1925 -- 1933 seasons , Sewell struck out 4 , 6 , 7 , 9 , 4 , 3 , 8 , 3 , and 4 times . He also holds the record for consecutive games without recording a strikeout , at 115 .
Sewell struck out 114 times in 7,132 career at - bats for an average of one strikeout every 62.5 at - bats , second only to Willie Keeler ( 63.1 ) . He also holds the single - season record for fewest strikeouts over a full season , with 3 , set in 1932 . Sewell also had 3 strikeouts in 1930 , albeit in just 353 at - bats ( as opposed to 503 in his record - setting year ) , as well as three other full seasons ( 1925 , 1929 , 1933 ) with 4 strikeouts . He struck out ten or more times in only four seasons , and his highest strikeout total was twenty , during the 1922 season . For his 1925 -- 1933 seasons , Sewell struck out 4 , 6 , 7 , 9 , 4 , 3 , 8 , 3 , and 4 times . He also holds the record for consecutive games without recording a strikeout , at 115 .