out of all the guys in the baseball hall of fame who has the fewest hits excluding pitchers?

Answer 1

There's a bunch of umpires and executives who never played, but that's probably not what you mean.

Among those who did play, Walt Alston had zero hits (in one game) and Tommy Lasorda had one. Both were inducted as managers.

Among all honorees inducted as players, including pitchers, Bruce Sutter had nine hits. Satchel Paige and Willard Brown each had 12 hits in the majors, but both were elected primarily based upon their ***** Leagues careers. (Several ***** League player honorees, Josh Gibson for example, never played in the majors, and so from the point of view of MLB, had zero hits.)

Irvin's 731 hits is the smallest total (after Willard) for a non-pitcher inducted as a player. His major league career lasted eight seasons (and thus did not meet the ten-year minimum for consideration by the BBWAA ballot), and he was elected as a ***** Leaguer as well. (Note, I'm not being dismissive of ***** League careers, just looking for different ways to frame the answer.)

Roy Campanella, who also played in the ***** Leagues, did have a 10-year career in MLB (winning three NL MVP Awards in his brief time) and was elected by the BBWAA. Campy's 1161 hits are the fewest for a non-pitcher player elected by the baseball writers for a playing role.

Answer 2

Monte Irvin had only 731 career hits.