Al Pilarcik
1956–1961 · bats L / throws L · Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics
668G
.256AVG
.334OBP
.346SLG
More career statistics
413H
22HR
143RBI
41SB
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 · Caught stealing | 18 | 20 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 150 | 152 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,860 | 1,859 |
| Batting · Walks | 185 | 184 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 668 | 1,860 | 1,614 | 205 | 413 | 66 | 7 | 22 | 143 | 185 | 150 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 559 | .256 | .334 | .346 | .680 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1959-06-07 to 1959-06-23
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1956-09-15 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1956-07-22 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1957-06-22 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 323 | 895 | 201 | 9 | 72 | 88 | 80 | .257 | .323 | .336 |
| Away | 345 | 964 | 212 | 13 | 71 | 96 | 72 | .255 | .320 | .356 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 58 | 143 | 34 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | .274 | .322 | .387 |
| May | 113 | 328 | 74 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 24 | .254 | .302 | .333 |
| June | 122 | 371 | 84 | 2 | 25 | 39 | 22 | .267 | .332 | .343 |
| July | 127 | 346 | 66 | 3 | 30 | 36 | 33 | .220 | .295 | .290 |
| August | 140 | 400 | 92 | 8 | 30 | 41 | 39 | .261 | .333 | .375 |
| September | 107 | 271 | 63 | 3 | 25 | 31 | 22 | .272 | .347 | .375 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 99 | 256 | 51 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 21 | .226 | .301 | .332 |
| boston-red-sox | 93 | 255 | 53 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 20 | .235 | .298 | .288 |
| cleveland-guardians | 93 | 309 | 73 | 4 | 25 | 36 | 30 | .283 | .353 | .372 |
| detroit-tigers | 92 | 253 | 62 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 18 | .281 | .352 | .367 |
| chicago-white-sox | 91 | 270 | 57 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 22 | .233 | .270 | .298 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 87 | 237 | 59 | 3 | 26 | 31 | 16 | .303 | .380 | .431 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 73 | 185 | 38 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 14 | .233 | .281 | .344 |
| baltimore-orioles | 14 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | .186 | .271 | .302 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |  Kansas City Athletics | 69 | 239 | 60 | 4 | 22 | 9 | .251 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Baltimore Orioles | 142 | 407 | 113 | 9 | 49 | 14 | .278 | – | – |
| 1958 | Baltimore Orioles | 141 | 379 | 92 | 1 | 24 | 7 | .243 | – | – |
| 1959 | Baltimore Orioles | 130 | 273 | 77 | 3 | 16 | 9 | .282 | – | – |
| 1960 | Baltimore Orioles | 104 | 194 | 48 | 4 | 17 | – | .247 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics | 82 | 122 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 2 | .189 | – | – |