Al Orth
1897–1909 · bats L / throws R · New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators (1901-60)
610G
.273AVG
.298OBP
.366SLG
More career statistics
464H
12HR
184RBI
30SB
204–189W–L
3,354.2IP
948K
3.37ERA
394GS
6SV
20Rare 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 · Games | 610 | 576 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,698 | 1,579 |
| Batting · Doubles | 61 | 55 |
| Batting · Hits | 464 | 428 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 8 | 11 |
| Batting · Home runs | 12 | 10 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 17 | 132 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,785 | 1,655 |
| Batting · Runs | 183 | 163 |
| Batting · RBI | 184 | 157 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 30 | 29 |
| Batting · Triples | 30 | 27 |
| Batting · Walks | 51 | 45 |
| Pitching · Games | 440 | 404 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 13,836 | 12,039 |
| Pitching · p cg | 324 | 296 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,256 | 916 |
| Pitching · p gs | 394 | 361 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,564 | 3,206 |
| Pitching · p hr | 75 | 65 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 10,064 | 9,202 |
| Pitching · p k | 948 | 919 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,704 | 1,530 |
| Pitching · p w | 661 | 588 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 610 | 1,785 | 1,698 | 183 | 464 | 61 | 30 | 12 | 184 | 51 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 621 | .273 | .298 | .366 | .664 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,354.7 | 440 | 394 | 324 | 204 | 189 | 6 | 3,564 | 1,704 | 1,256 | 75 | 661 | 948 | 0 | 0 | 3.37 | 1.259 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1901-07-27 to 1901-09-07
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1900-06-21 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1898-07-04 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1897-06-21 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 291 | 816 | 212 | 5 | 75 | 25 | 61 | .272 | .290 | .354 |
| Away | 285 | 839 | 216 | 5 | 82 | 20 | 71 | .270 | .281 | .364 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 85 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .244 | .247 | .305 |
| May | 84 | 250 | 69 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 25 | .285 | .296 | .401 |
| June | 103 | 294 | 77 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 19 | .273 | .286 | .358 |
| July | 110 | 338 | 89 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 25 | .277 | .293 | .349 |
| August | 130 | 348 | 88 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 31 | .269 | .290 | .361 |
| September | 105 | 295 | 72 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 27 | .256 | .271 | .356 |
| October | 17 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .295 | .311 | .318 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 66 | 190 | 53 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 16 | .301 | .311 | .375 |
| chicago-white-sox | 58 | 163 | 41 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 16 | .268 | .301 | .320 |
| st-louis-browns | 56 | 145 | 44 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 5 | .312 | .317 | .447 |
| detroit-tigers | 56 | 133 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | .234 | .248 | .289 |
| boston-red-sox | 52 | 143 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .229 | .231 | .314 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 47 | 127 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | .233 | .268 | .353 |
| cincinnati-reds | 31 | 111 | 40 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 7 | .367 | .369 | .486 |
| boston-braves | 30 | 100 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 11 | .304 | .330 | .359 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 54 | 153 | 50 | 1 | 17 | 6 | .327 | 282 | 64 |
| 1898 | Philadelphia Phillies | 39 | 123 | 36 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .293 | 250 | 52 |
| 1899 | Philadelphia Phillies | 22 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .210 | 144 | 35 |
| 1900 | Philadelphia Phillies | 40 | 129 | 40 | 1 | 21 | 2 | .310 | 262 | 68 |
| 1901 | Philadelphia Phillies | 42 | 129 | 36 | 1 | 15 | 3 | .279 | 281 | 100 |
| 1902 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 56 | 175 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 2 | .217 | 324 | 78 |
| 1903 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 55 | 162 | 49 | – | 11 | 3 | .302 | 279 | 88 |
| 1904 | New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 58 | 170 | 42 | – | 18 | 4 | .247 | 211 | 70 |
| 1905 |  New York Yankees | 55 | 132 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .182 | 303 | 120 |
| 1906 | New York Yankees | 47 | 135 | 37 | 1 | 16 | 2 | .274 | 338 | 136 |
| 1907 | New York Yankees | 46 | 105 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .324 | 248 | 84 |
| 1908 | New York Yankees | 39 | 70 | 20 | – | 5 | – | .286 | 138 | 23 |
| 1909 | New York Yankees | 23 | 34 | 9 | – | 5 | 1 | .265 | 3 | 1 |