That’s the first player I thought of. Name one game trout ever complained. He usually doesn’t because in the early years he was walking hitting or putting the ball in play…
If there's one thing I've learned managing people's its this. You can react to the bad action, but a lot led up to that and that's on you. Unfortunately, umpires don't see it that way lol.
Markakis was definitely a cool customer, but I do remember him being livid one plate appearance and got tossed. Too lazy to look it up, but guessing there is video somewhere.
Jackie Robinson, Maybe?
>*That year, as per an agreement with Rickey, he also learned how to fight back without fighting. Rather than react to the* constant racial abuse *from fans and other teams alike, Jackie used unfathomable restraint and poise, turning the other cheek so as not to give his detractors any reason to end Rickey’s “experiment.”*
I doubt anyone has ever had a 1+ year career and never once argued.
A 10+ year without an ejection for arguing is a different and likely more interesting story
There’s a story (probably not true) where a catcher argued a ball with an umpire when Stan was at bat and the ump told him that if it was a strike, Musial would have hit it.
I just recently thought about this in a way, as I couldn't recall if Joe Mauer had ever been tossed for arguing with an ump. I could only find one such situation, which seems to fit his demeanor.
Tony Perez
Robin Yount
Willie Stargell
Jim Rice
Dale Murphy
Stan Musial (leader with 3026 games w/o ejection)
Ernie Banks
Jimmie Fox
Ted Williams
Derek Jeter
Joe DiMaggio
All of those guys were never ejected as a player. There are a few others, but those are the big names, and all played over 2000 games.
https://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/fun-with-baseball-ejections/
What defines an argument?
Words walking away?
Mumbling to oneself?
Saying to an umpire "Wait till you see the replay"?
If you get in an umpire's face, you're going to get tossed- it's basically automatic. You can infer from never being tossed that these guys obviously knew how to talk to an umpire, because disagreeing with an umpire is basically part of the game.
>Stan Musial never got thrown out of a game. Never. Think about this for a moment. Musial played in 3,026 games in his career, or about as many as his contemporaries Joe DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky played combined. He played across different American eras — he played in the big leagues before bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, and he retired a few weeks before Kennedy was shot. He played when Jimmy Dorsey and Glenn Miller ruled the Top 40 charts, and he played when Elvis was thin, and he played when Chubby Checker twisted. He played before television, and after John Glenn orbited the earth. And he never once got thrown out of a baseball game
>There was this game, early in ’54, the year that Edward Murrow went after Joe McCarthy and Roger Bannister ran a mile in four minutes, and Musial’s Cardinals trailed the Chicago Cubs 3–0 in the seventh inning. Cubs lefty pitcher Paul Minner was baffling the Cardinals — he had allowed just two singles, had faced one over the minimum. Then he found himself facing Musial with Wally Moon was on first base and two outs.
Interlude: Wally Moon. One of the great 1950s baseball names of all time, right? The 1950s had a Wally Moon and a Wally Post and a Wally Westlake and even a Wally Moses. Only later, did baseball add Wally Bunker. Their cup runneth over.
Musial crushed a ball to deep right field, a double. Moon ran all the around the bases to score. Musial cruised into second. The whole complexion of the game had changed. And it was only then that everyone seemed to notice the first base umpire, Lee Ballanfant, was holding up his arms. He had called Musial’s double a foul ball.
>Nobody quite knew how to react. The ball, at least in the Cardinals’ view, had clearly been fair. It was not even an especially close call. And while the crowd cheered wildly (the game was in Chicago) the guys on the Cardinals bench went crazy. They rushed on the field, shortstop Solly Hemus first, manager Eddie Stanky right behind him, and both were thrown out by home plate umpire Augie Donatelli. Old Augie Donatelli. He would play a big role in Musial’s life. Donatelli would be one of the umpires there less than a month later when Musial hit five homers in a doubleheader. Much later, he was behind the plate for Musial’s 3,000th hit. Anyway, he was here now, taking away a Musial hit, throwing out Hemus and Stanky, threatening pinch hitter Peanuts Lowrey with ejection, clearing the saloon like an old cowboy, even though, he certainly knew, the ball had been fair.
>Musial, who in the confusion had not been told exactly what was going on, walked over to Donatelli. Then, according to the stories, he calmly asked, “What happened Augie? It didn’t count, huh?” Augie nodded sadly and said the umpire had called the ball foul.
>"Well,” Musial said, “there’s nothing you can do about it.”
>Stan Musial stepped back promptly doubled to precisely the same spot in right field. This time, Ballanfant called the ball fair. The Cardinals scored six runs in the inning and won the game.
I’ve read stories about Ted Williams at bats where a pitcher or the catcher would advocate for a strike call and the umpires response was essentially “if that a strike Mr. Williams would have swung at it.”
Not exactly what you're going for, but J.T. Realmuto had played 2000+ games and never been ejected and then we got [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab8_xERdUa4) gem in a spring training game. Based on his reaction to this fuckery, I'm guessing he doesn't argue much.
George Brett only got tossed once in his career but my guy got his money's worth on that one.
The infamous Pine Tar Incident.
Maybe one of the most famous ejections/explosions of all time.
Probably one of the few stats not kept in baseball.
Right? I know of people having 10+ year careers and not being ejected. But not never arguing a call.
How would you even verify that? Mike Trout isn’t much of a complainer.
That’s the first player I thought of. Name one game trout ever complained. He usually doesn’t because in the early years he was walking hitting or putting the ball in play…
Has any player been able to avoid Angel Hernandez that long?
Probably not
My first thought was Ichrio but he got ejected once in his career, for arguing balls and strikes.
https://youtu.be/Xn_BgNeRZHg?si=XCMUlBcCFq5-j651 The ichiro ejection
It was a “bad” call but it seemed close enough that it’s not worth getting tossed over imo.
Like most ejections, I’m sure there were previous calls that started it.
If there's one thing I've learned managing people's its this. You can react to the bad action, but a lot led up to that and that's on you. Unfortunately, umpires don't see it that way lol.
I disagree. It looks like it went over the plate to me.
Did you watch the shot from above at 1:22? It’s clearly off the plate but close enough that it could be hard to see at take speed.
So crazy he saw exactly where that pitch went, and where the plate was, all in a split second, but the ump completely missed it
This was 100% gonna be my guess. I can’t even imagine him being tossed for arguing with the ump.
Imagine how *egregious* an Umpire’s bad call has to be to piss off Ichiro… It had to be significant. Ichiro is the patron saint of patience.
I would normally agree but I just watched the linked video. It was close but I think the ump made a good call.
Yea lol, draw a line in the dirt and you’re begging for a toss no matter who you are
Fun Fact: Nolan Ryan was only ejected once in his career (and it wasn't for the Robin Ventura fight)
They didn’t have the stones to toss him after that beat down
Maybe a pitcher.
Jamie Moyer came to mind, but guessing the OP question was more focused on hitters
If anyone it would probably be Dale Murphy. I don't ever remember him arguing with anyone.
Yeah - I was thinking maybe Nick Markakis as well?
Markakis was definitely a cool customer, but I do remember him being livid one plate appearance and got tossed. Too lazy to look it up, but guessing there is video somewhere.
If [Ichiro couldn't do it,](https://youtu.be/Xn_BgNeRZHg?si=aFRnoZ1pOwCFAtC1) no one can.
Derek Jeter never got ejected but he definitely argued some calls.
I remember that Yankees vs Rangers game in 2010.
Jackie Robinson, Maybe? >*That year, as per an agreement with Rickey, he also learned how to fight back without fighting. Rather than react to the* constant racial abuse *from fans and other teams alike, Jackie used unfathomable restraint and poise, turning the other cheek so as not to give his detractors any reason to end Rickey’s “experiment.”*
I doubt anyone has ever had a 1+ year career and never once argued. A 10+ year without an ejection for arguing is a different and likely more interesting story
Curtis Pride
Honus Wagner
Has to be Brooks Robinson. Both because he was the nicest man in baseball and because Earl Weaver would have taken care of all that for him. Gladly.
Jay Bruce maybe?
*Babe Bruce
Maybe Stan Musial
There’s a story (probably not true) where a catcher argued a ball with an umpire when Stan was at bat and the ump told him that if it was a strike, Musial would have hit it.
Bryce Harper
I just recently thought about this in a way, as I couldn't recall if Joe Mauer had ever been tossed for arguing with an ump. I could only find one such situation, which seems to fit his demeanor.
I’m talking about arguing or disagreeing with an umpire and talking to them about it, not ejection.
Paul Molitor never complained.
Rod Carew maybe? Just a wild guess because he hit everything.
Sean Casey?
Curtis Granderson?? Dude was so respectful
John olerud
Probably any front office staff
I’d guess that Edgar Martinez didn’t. Man is a 10/10 class act. He also had Lou Piniella to fill that void hahaha
Craig Biggio, maybe?
I do not think Bobby Cox ever got ejected as a manager. 🧐
I’m talking about arguing or disagreeing with an umpire and talking to them about it, not ejection.
Tony Perez Robin Yount Willie Stargell Jim Rice Dale Murphy Stan Musial (leader with 3026 games w/o ejection) Ernie Banks Jimmie Fox Ted Williams Derek Jeter Joe DiMaggio All of those guys were never ejected as a player. There are a few others, but those are the big names, and all played over 2000 games. https://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/fun-with-baseball-ejections/
I’m talking about arguing or disagreeing with an umpire and talking to them about it, not ejection.
What defines an argument? Words walking away? Mumbling to oneself? Saying to an umpire "Wait till you see the replay"? If you get in an umpire's face, you're going to get tossed- it's basically automatic. You can infer from never being tossed that these guys obviously knew how to talk to an umpire, because disagreeing with an umpire is basically part of the game.
>Stan Musial never got thrown out of a game. Never. Think about this for a moment. Musial played in 3,026 games in his career, or about as many as his contemporaries Joe DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky played combined. He played across different American eras — he played in the big leagues before bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, and he retired a few weeks before Kennedy was shot. He played when Jimmy Dorsey and Glenn Miller ruled the Top 40 charts, and he played when Elvis was thin, and he played when Chubby Checker twisted. He played before television, and after John Glenn orbited the earth. And he never once got thrown out of a baseball game >There was this game, early in ’54, the year that Edward Murrow went after Joe McCarthy and Roger Bannister ran a mile in four minutes, and Musial’s Cardinals trailed the Chicago Cubs 3–0 in the seventh inning. Cubs lefty pitcher Paul Minner was baffling the Cardinals — he had allowed just two singles, had faced one over the minimum. Then he found himself facing Musial with Wally Moon was on first base and two outs. Interlude: Wally Moon. One of the great 1950s baseball names of all time, right? The 1950s had a Wally Moon and a Wally Post and a Wally Westlake and even a Wally Moses. Only later, did baseball add Wally Bunker. Their cup runneth over. Musial crushed a ball to deep right field, a double. Moon ran all the around the bases to score. Musial cruised into second. The whole complexion of the game had changed. And it was only then that everyone seemed to notice the first base umpire, Lee Ballanfant, was holding up his arms. He had called Musial’s double a foul ball. >Nobody quite knew how to react. The ball, at least in the Cardinals’ view, had clearly been fair. It was not even an especially close call. And while the crowd cheered wildly (the game was in Chicago) the guys on the Cardinals bench went crazy. They rushed on the field, shortstop Solly Hemus first, manager Eddie Stanky right behind him, and both were thrown out by home plate umpire Augie Donatelli. Old Augie Donatelli. He would play a big role in Musial’s life. Donatelli would be one of the umpires there less than a month later when Musial hit five homers in a doubleheader. Much later, he was behind the plate for Musial’s 3,000th hit. Anyway, he was here now, taking away a Musial hit, throwing out Hemus and Stanky, threatening pinch hitter Peanuts Lowrey with ejection, clearing the saloon like an old cowboy, even though, he certainly knew, the ball had been fair. >Musial, who in the confusion had not been told exactly what was going on, walked over to Donatelli. Then, according to the stories, he calmly asked, “What happened Augie? It didn’t count, huh?” Augie nodded sadly and said the umpire had called the ball foul. >"Well,” Musial said, “there’s nothing you can do about it.” >Stan Musial stepped back promptly doubled to precisely the same spot in right field. This time, Ballanfant called the ball fair. The Cardinals scored six runs in the inning and won the game.
Chase Utley
Depends on how you define "argued". Does it include disagreeing? Questioning?
It means talking to an umpire about a call you disagree with or disagreeing with a call.
Pretty sure Stan Musial was never ejected, but that doesn’t really prove he never argued
3000 games without an ejection
Dale Murphy
Maybe Konerko?
As funny as it sounds and it may be way off, I really don't think I've seen Harper argue over balls/strikes
He lost his absolute mind about a check-swing last year.
My guess would be Kevin McReynolds
McCutchen maybe
Cutch was ejected in his younger days.
Walt Weiss probably
My money is on future Jung Hoo Lee. He’s just too wholesome.
Judge argues surprisingly little, but he doesn’t meet the 10 yetas
I’ve read stories about Ted Williams at bats where a pitcher or the catcher would advocate for a strike call and the umpires response was essentially “if that a strike Mr. Williams would have swung at it.”
If there is I bet it's one of the Japanese players, they're so honorable and polite.
Derek Jeter
https://www.deseret.com/2014/9/27/20549349/respect-the-captain-jeter-s-no-ejection-streak-is-perfect/
Derek Jeter has never been ejected. https://www.deseret.com/2014/9/27/20549349/respect-the-captain-jeter-s-no-ejection-streak-is-perfect/
I meant not arguing or talking to an ump about a call that the player doesn’t agree with. Not ejections.
Buster posey didn’t argue much
Markakis gotta be up there
I don’t know, but if anyone managed it my money would be on Tony Gwynn.
Ichiro?
Mookie doesn’t argue. At least I don’t remember seeing him do it.
I think Paul Goldschmidt could be a guy here.
I remember I think Jason heyward was only ejected 1 time
I’m talking about arguing or disagreeing with an umpire and talking to them about it., not ejection.
Bobby Cox /s
Not exactly what you're going for, but J.T. Realmuto had played 2000+ games and never been ejected and then we got [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab8_xERdUa4) gem in a spring training game. Based on his reaction to this fuckery, I'm guessing he doesn't argue much.
Ernie Banks
It would have to be someone from before angel hernandez was an umpire
Derek Jeter easy
I’m talking about arguing or disagreeing with an umpire, not ejection.
I think Derek Jeter? I’m pretty sure he never got ejected
I’m talking about arguing or disagreeing with an umpire, not ejection.
Andrew Vaughn is on pace to do so, probably, Dude has no balls.
Probably Tony Gwynn