Alex Cole
1990–1996 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates
573G
.280AVG
.360OBP
.351SLG
More career statistics
493H
5HR
117RBI
148SB
4Rare 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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 573 | 2,012 | 1,760 | 286 | 493 | 58 | 26 | 5 | 117 | 217 | 296 | 148 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 618 | .280 | .360 | .351 | .711 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1994-04-23 to 1994-05-08
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Five-Steal Game | 1990-08-01 | 1 in 7,214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1991-07-25 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1990-08-01 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 295 | 1026 | 253 | 2 | 81 | 123 | 157 | .286 | .366 | .373 |
| Away | 278 | 986 | 240 | 3 | 36 | 94 | 139 | .274 | .339 | .329 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 81 | 321 | 77 | 1 | 17 | 38 | 50 | .278 | .358 | .368 |
| May | 106 | 362 | 88 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 60 | .272 | .329 | .350 |
| June | 83 | 258 | 68 | 2 | 23 | 29 | 34 | .309 | .376 | .382 |
| July | 99 | 314 | 70 | 1 | 16 | 39 | 43 | .258 | .347 | .328 |
| August | 99 | 368 | 100 | 0 | 14 | 39 | 58 | .306 | .378 | .376 |
| September | 92 | 336 | 77 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 46 | .258 | .327 | .308 |
| October | 13 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | .302 | .396 | .349 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| toronto-blue-jays | 40 | 146 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 20 | .275 | .390 | .333 |
| kansas-city-royals | 39 | 159 | 42 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 20 | .294 | .346 | .364 |
| texas-rangers | 33 | 129 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | .237 | .302 | .325 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 33 | 124 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 14 | .306 | .379 | .407 |
| baltimore-orioles | 33 | 117 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 19 | .234 | .291 | .290 |
| new-york-yankees | 31 | 108 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | .250 | .324 | .271 |
| detroit-tigers | 29 | 129 | 44 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 16 | .407 | .457 | .528 |
| boston-red-sox | 28 | 112 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 21 | .242 | .339 | .295 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 |  Cleveland Guardians | 63 | 227 | 68 | – | 13 | 40 | .300 | – | – |
| 1991 | Cleveland Guardians | 122 | 387 | 114 | – | 21 | 27 | .295 | – | – |
| 1992 | Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates | 105 | 302 | 77 | – | 15 | 16 | .255 | – | – |
| 1993 |  Colorado Rockies | 126 | 348 | 89 | – | 24 | 30 | .256 | – | – |
| 1994 |  Minnesota Twins | 105 | 345 | 102 | 4 | 23 | 29 | .296 | – | – |
| 1995 | Minnesota Twins | 28 | 79 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .342 | – | – |
| 1996 |  Boston Red Sox | 24 | 72 | 16 | – | 7 | 5 | .222 | – | – |