# Baseball: Hitter didn't try to get out of the way

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 25, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hitter-didnt-try-to-get-out-of-the-way/664536 "2013-07-25T23:57:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hitter-didnt-try-to-get-out-of-the-way/664536/21 "2013-07-26T16:01:32Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Baylor is high up on the all time list. I know he set the record for the Red Sox.

He was the modern-day recordholder until Craig Biggio passed him a few years ago. Biggio wound up with 285 HBPs to Baylor’s 267.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hitter-didnt-try-to-get-out-of-the-way/664536/22 "2013-07-26T16:04:08Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> He was the modern-day recordholder until Craig Biggio passed him a few years ago. Biggio wound up with 285 HBPs to Baylor’s 267.

He’s [fourth all time,](http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hihbp1.shtml) with pre-1900 players Hughie Jennings and Tommy Tucker in first and third place.

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