Al Worthington
1953–1969 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, New York Giants, San Francisco Giants
602G
.137AVG
.165OBP
.176SLG
More career statistics
35H
1HR
15RBI
0SB
75–82W–L
1,246.2IP
834K
3.39ERA
69GS
110SV
2Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 85 | 86 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 292 | 293 |
| Batting · Walks | 8 | 9 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,331 | 5,333 |
| Pitching · p er | 469 | 471 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,130 | 1,131 |
| Pitching · p w | 527 | 529 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 602 | 292 | 255 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 45 | .137 | .165 | .176 | .341 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,246.7 | 602 | 69 | 11 | 75 | 82 | 110 | 1,130 | 546 | 469 | 105 | 527 | 834 | 0 | 0 | 3.39 | 1.329 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1956-04-19 to 1956-05-02
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1957-05-15 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1953-09-10 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1956-06-16 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 294 | 139 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 38 | .158 | .151 | .200 |
| Away | 308 | 154 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 48 | .119 | .149 | .156 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 44 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .067 | .056 | .067 |
| May | 106 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | .136 | .167 | .182 |
| June | 111 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | .143 | .140 | .143 |
| July | 115 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | .143 | .143 | .184 |
| August | 123 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | .120 | .150 | .160 |
| September | 96 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | .167 | .185 | .250 |
| October | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| milwaukee-braves | 41 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .118 | .162 | .118 |
| chicago-white-sox | 40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| detroit-tigers | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .143 | .200 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 37 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .050 | .125 | .050 |
| baltimore-orioles | 37 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .222 | .200 | .444 |
| california-angels | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
| chicago-cubs | 34 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .273 | .381 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 34 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .136 | .154 | .136 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |  New York Giants | 20 | 31 | 2 | – | – | – | .065 | 102 | 52 |
| 1954 | New York Giants | 10 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 18 | 8 |
| 1956 | New York Giants | 28 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 3 | – | .235 | 165 | 94 |
| 1957 | New York Giants | 55 | 40 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .100 | 157 | 90 |
| 1958 |  San Francisco Giants | 54 | 44 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .182 | 151 | 76 |
| 1959 | San Francisco Giants | 42 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | 73 | 45 |
| 1960 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox | 10 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | .667 | 17 | 8 |
| 1963 |  Cincinnati Reds | 50 | 12 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .083 | 81 | 56 |
| 1964 | Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins | 47 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | .062 | 79 | 65 |
| 1965 |  Minnesota Twins | 62 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 80 | 59 |
| 1966 | Minnesota Twins | 65 | 11 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .273 | 91 | 93 |
| 1967 | Minnesota Twins | 59 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 92 | 80 |
| 1968 | Minnesota Twins | 54 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 76 | 57 |
| 1969 | Minnesota Twins | 46 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 61 | 51 |