Al Bridwell
1905–1915 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, St. Louis Terriers
1,253G
.255AVG
.347OBP
.295SLG
More career statistics
1,064H
2HR
348RBI
136SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 4,169 | 4,173 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,064 | 1,062 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 32 | 33 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 98 | 193 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,928 | 4,952 |
| Batting · RBI | 348 | 336 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 136 | 135 |
| Batting · Walks | 557 | 581 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,253 | 4,928 | 4,169 | 457 | 1,064 | 95 | 32 | 2 | 348 | 557 | 98 | 136 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1,229 | .255 | .347 | .295 | .642 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1909-06-25 to 1909-07-06
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1913-05-14 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1909-09-13 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1907-09-30 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 626 | 2441 | 537 | 1 | 189 | 274 | 102 | .260 | .332 | .300 |
| Away | 627 | 2511 | 525 | 1 | 147 | 307 | 91 | .249 | .331 | .288 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 126 | 508 | 88 | 1 | 28 | 78 | 21 | .217 | .327 | .254 |
| May | 218 | 889 | 164 | 0 | 60 | 100 | 33 | .218 | .297 | .251 |
| June | 207 | 811 | 192 | 0 | 63 | 94 | 36 | .279 | .353 | .319 |
| July | 220 | 879 | 198 | 0 | 53 | 95 | 34 | .261 | .333 | .304 |
| August | 221 | 861 | 183 | 0 | 64 | 94 | 34 | .252 | .322 | .286 |
| September | 231 | 884 | 204 | 1 | 59 | 106 | 31 | .275 | .351 | .323 |
| October | 30 | 120 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 4 | .327 | .392 | .376 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 159 | 635 | 137 | 0 | 48 | 63 | 17 | .251 | .315 | .288 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 153 | 592 | 139 | 0 | 41 | 69 | 26 | .277 | .351 | .329 |
| chicago-cubs | 149 | 590 | 120 | 0 | 32 | 56 | 28 | .233 | .298 | .250 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 147 | 590 | 108 | 0 | 40 | 72 | 29 | .221 | .305 | .254 |
| cincinnati-reds | 145 | 589 | 131 | 1 | 46 | 65 | 17 | .262 | .333 | .322 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 140 | 566 | 136 | 0 | 44 | 80 | 23 | .294 | .382 | .311 |
| boston-braves | 101 | 388 | 91 | 0 | 36 | 48 | 14 | .280 | .358 | .326 |
| new-york-giants | 77 | 308 | 70 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 19 | .255 | .318 | .309 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 252 | 64 | – | 12 | 8 | .254 | – | – |
| 1906 |  Boston Braves | 121 | 459 | 104 | – | 22 | 7 | .227 | – | – |
| 1907 | Boston Braves | 140 | 512 | 111 | – | 19 | 17 | .217 | – | – |
| 1908 |  New York Giants | 147 | 471 | 133 | – | 46 | 19 | .282 | – | – |
| 1909 | New York Giants | 145 | 473 | 139 | – | 52 | 30 | .294 | – | – |
| 1910 | New York Giants | 142 | 493 | 136 | – | 48 | 14 | .276 | – | – |
| 1911 | Boston Braves, New York Giants | 127 | 445 | 124 | – | 42 | 10 | .279 | – | – |
| 1912 | Boston Braves | 31 | 106 | 24 | – | 16 | 2 | .226 | – | – |
| 1913 |  Chicago Cubs | 136 | 404 | 97 | 1 | 40 | 13 | .240 | – | – |
| 1914 |  St. Louis Terriers | 117 | 382 | 90 | 1 | 32 | 9 | .236 | – | – |
| 1915 | St. Louis Terriers | 65 | 176 | 40 | – | 7 | 6 | .227 | – | – |