Al Kaline
1953–1974 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Detroit Tigers
2,834G
.297AVG
.376OBP
.480SLG
More career statistics
3,007H
399HR
1,583RBI
137SB
8Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 65 | 68 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 11,597 | 11,596 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,583 | 1,582 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,277 | 1,276 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,834 | 11,597 | 10,116 | 1,622 | 3,007 | 498 | 75 | 399 | 1,583 | 1,277 | 1,020 | 137 | 65 | 55 | 104 | 4,852 | .297 | .376 | .480 | .856 |
Streaks
23longest hitting streak · 1961-07-05 to 1961-07-30
35longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Two Homers in an Inning | 1955-04-17 | 1 in 3,109 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1956-06-30 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1955-04-17 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1421 | 5732 | 1508 | 226 | 827 | 648 | 498 | .303 | .376 | .501 |
| Away | 1413 | 5864 | 1499 | 173 | 755 | 628 | 522 | .292 | .363 | .458 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 306 | 1356 | 345 | 43 | 171 | 159 | 112 | .292 | .372 | .462 |
| May | 497 | 2074 | 532 | 70 | 276 | 228 | 180 | .295 | .366 | .476 |
| June | 489 | 2020 | 524 | 72 | 291 | 212 | 176 | .295 | .364 | .488 |
| July | 493 | 1921 | 500 | 66 | 252 | 202 | 178 | .296 | .365 | .471 |
| August | 561 | 2308 | 601 | 86 | 328 | 242 | 206 | .298 | .365 | .489 |
| September | 472 | 1862 | 487 | 60 | 259 | 231 | 161 | .305 | .386 | .483 |
| October | 16 | 55 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .346 | .364 | .558 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 349 | 1471 | 403 | 62 | 220 | 151 | 136 | .310 | .377 | .524 |
| new-york-yankees | 345 | 1408 | 380 | 39 | 195 | 164 | 100 | .313 | .386 | .473 |
| baltimore-orioles | 345 | 1371 | 326 | 40 | 158 | 139 | 134 | .270 | .339 | .432 |
| cleveland-guardians | 332 | 1368 | 343 | 44 | 197 | 150 | 149 | .287 | .360 | .451 |
| chicago-white-sox | 321 | 1343 | 361 | 38 | 154 | 131 | 101 | .304 | .366 | .456 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 233 | 1007 | 287 | 46 | 177 | 111 | 72 | .328 | .395 | .559 |
| minnesota-twins | 189 | 762 | 192 | 34 | 119 | 103 | 73 | .299 | .387 | .516 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 152 | 614 | 155 | 24 | 82 | 74 | 54 | .295 | .373 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |  Detroit Tigers | 30 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .250 | – | – |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 138 | 504 | 139 | 4 | 43 | 9 | .276 | – | – |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 152 | 588 | 200 | 27 | 102 | 6 | .340 | – | – |
| 1956 | Detroit Tigers | 153 | 617 | 194 | 27 | 128 | 7 | .314 | – | – |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers | 149 | 577 | 170 | 23 | 90 | 11 | .295 | – | – |
| 1958 | Detroit Tigers | 146 | 543 | 170 | 16 | 85 | 7 | .313 | – | – |
| 1959 | Detroit Tigers | 136 | 511 | 167 | 27 | 94 | 10 | .327 | – | – |
| 1960 | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 551 | 153 | 15 | 68 | 19 | .278 | – | – |
| 1961 | Detroit Tigers | 153 | 586 | 190 | 19 | 82 | 14 | .324 | – | – |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers | 100 | 398 | 121 | 29 | 94 | 4 | .304 | – | – |
| 1963 | Detroit Tigers | 145 | 551 | 172 | 27 | 101 | 6 | .312 | – | – |
| 1964 | Detroit Tigers | 146 | 525 | 154 | 17 | 68 | 4 | .293 | – | – |
| 1965 | Detroit Tigers | 125 | 399 | 112 | 18 | 72 | 6 | .281 | – | – |
| 1966 | Detroit Tigers | 142 | 479 | 138 | 29 | 88 | 5 | .288 | – | – |
| 1967 | Detroit Tigers | 131 | 458 | 141 | 25 | 78 | 8 | .308 | – | – |
| 1968 | Detroit Tigers | 102 | 327 | 94 | 10 | 52 | 6 | .287 | – | – |
| 1969 | Detroit Tigers | 131 | 456 | 124 | 21 | 69 | 1 | .272 | – | – |
| 1970 | Detroit Tigers | 131 | 467 | 130 | 16 | 71 | 2 | .278 | – | – |
| 1971 | Detroit Tigers | 133 | 405 | 119 | 15 | 54 | 4 | .294 | – | – |
| 1972 | Detroit Tigers | 106 | 278 | 87 | 10 | 32 | 1 | .313 | – | – |
| 1973 | Detroit Tigers | 91 | 310 | 79 | 10 | 45 | 4 | .255 | – | – |
| 1974 | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 558 | 146 | 13 | 64 | 2 | .262 | – | – |