Alex Main
1914–1918 · bats L / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Packers, Philadelphia Phillies
77G
.157AVG
.201OBP
.197SLG
More career statistics
20H
0HR
5RBI
1SB
21–22W–L
403.1IP
160K
2.77ERA
44GS
6SV
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 · At bats | 127 | 126 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 36 | 34 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 138 | 139 |
| Batting · Walks | 7 | 9 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,617 | 1,649 |
| Pitching · p er | 124 | 123 |
| Pitching · p h | 342 | 341 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,210 | 1,208 |
| Pitching · p k | 160 | 168 |
| Pitching · p r | 159 | 160 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 138 | 127 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .157 | .201 | .197 | .398 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 403.3 | 75 | 44 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 342 | 159 | 124 | 7 | 150 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 2.77 | 1.220 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1915-05-03 to 1915-05-25
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1915-08-16 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1915-08-16 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1914-07-04 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Detroit Tigers | 32 | 40 | 4 | – | – | – | .100 | 138 | 55 |
| 1915 |  Kansas City Packers | 36 | 75 | 15 | – | 5 | 1 | .200 | 229 | 99 |
| 1918 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 35 | 14 |