<p>PITTSBURGH — Given the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs’</a> recent travails, what better person to talk to about not hitting than a guy who made a career out of not hitting?</p><p>We didn’t have to go far to find one. He’s been in the Cubs’ TV broadcast booth all this time.</p><p><b>Jim Deshaies</b>, the Cubs’ color analyst, was a big-league pitcher at a time when National League pitchers still hit — or at least came to the plate carrying a bat.</p><p>Deshaies holds a record that most likely will never be broken, unless MLB decides pitchers are allowed to bat again.</p><p>Deshaies, who played from 1984 to 1995, holds the record for most plate appearances (440) without hitting a double. <b>Barry Zito</b>, the former A’s and Giants pitcher, had 418 PAs without a double, 22 PAs fewer than our record-holder.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center><div class="Enhancement-item"> <div class="ExternalContent-wrapper" data-embed> <iframe width="200" height="150" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FgnwKBp2ZNw?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen title="HOU@NYM: Gene Walter strikes out Jim Deshaies (1987)"></iframe> </div> </div></div><p>Deshaies had 33 hits in his career, all singles.