Al Shaw
1907–1915 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Tip-Tops, Kansas City Packers, St. Louis Cardinals
474G
.281AVG
.353OBP
.392SLG
More career statistics
434H
14HR
170RBI
64SB
1Rare feat
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 | 474 | 472 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,547 | 1,549 |
| Batting · Doubles | 74 | 75 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 104 | 213 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,756 | 1,761 |
| Batting · RBI | 170 | 171 |
| Batting · Walks | 173 | 177 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 474 | 1,756 | 1,547 | 235 | 434 | 74 | 28 | 14 | 170 | 173 | 104 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 606 | .281 | .353 | .392 | .745 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1909-04-24 to 1909-05-08
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Three Triples | 1915-07-04 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1914-07-24 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1908-06-01 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 246 | 887 | 232 | 10 | 95 | 91 | 96 | .297 | .364 | .436 |
| Away | 226 | 874 | 202 | 4 | 76 | 86 | 117 | .263 | .330 | .347 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 113 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 18 | .255 | .327 | .316 |
| May | 65 | 253 | 59 | 2 | 23 | 33 | 29 | .268 | .364 | .359 |
| June | 77 | 299 | 74 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 44 | .276 | .324 | .414 |
| July | 76 | 270 | 73 | 2 | 34 | 33 | 31 | .315 | .393 | .466 |
| August | 86 | 318 | 78 | 1 | 32 | 28 | 27 | .277 | .333 | .358 |
| September | 111 | 418 | 104 | 4 | 38 | 40 | 52 | .281 | .344 | .416 |
| October | 25 | 90 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 12 | .266 | .322 | .291 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 40 | 145 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 27 | .220 | .324 | .285 |
| chicago-whales | 40 | 142 | 46 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 17 | .383 | .430 | .567 |
| baltimore-terrapins | 38 | 154 | 45 | 4 | 27 | 11 | 17 | .319 | .364 | .482 |
| buffalo-blues | 37 | 141 | 33 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | .256 | .319 | .372 |
| cincinnati-reds | 36 | 131 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 18 | .302 | .382 | .353 |
| boston-braves | 34 | 135 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | .242 | .296 | .333 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 34 | 136 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | .248 | .294 | .336 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 34 | 128 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 20 | .245 | .352 | .355 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 25 | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | .280 | – | – |
| 1908 | St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 369 | 97 | 1 | 21 | 9 | .263 | – | – |
| 1909 | St. Louis Cardinals | 114 | 331 | 82 | 2 | 33 | 15 | .248 | – | – |
| 1914 | BTBrooklyn Tip-Tops | 112 | 377 | 122 | 5 | 51 | 25 | .324 | – | – |
| 1915 |  Kansas City Packers | 132 | 447 | 126 | 6 | 65 | 14 | .282 | – | – |