Nyjer Morgan And The Zero That Will Not Die

About two weeks ago I wrote a post about an odd statistical quirk involving Nyjer Morgan, who at that point had set a Brewer franchise record by opening the season with 98 consecutive plate appearances without an RBI. I never expected to end up writing a follow-up to that post, but here we are: Morgan has hit .290/.371/.290 in 36 plate appearances since that post, but is still looking for RBI #1.

Morgan made four plate appearances last night and is now up to 134 this season. His 120 at bats to start a season without an RBI are a new major league record*, and he's only the seventh NL player since 1918 and the first since 1969 to break 100:

* - For non-pitchers. Also, B-Ref's game-by-game data only goes back to 1918, so it's possible there are others from before then.

No American Leaguer has broke 100 since Larry Milbourne of the 1982 Yankees, Twins and Indians went 112.

Morgan also was held without an RBI in his last 16 at bats of the 2011 regular season. Overall, his streak of 136 at bats without an RBI is now easily the longest for a non-pitcher in Brewer franchise history:

The Brewers' overall record belongs to Ben Sheets, who went 168 at bats between RBI from July of 2004 to April of 2008. Amazingly, Morgan might only be two weeks or so away from holding that record too.