Archie Ware
1941–1949 · bats L / throws L · ASW, Chicago American Giants, CCB, Cleveland Buckeyes, Indianapolis Clowns, KCR, LCB, NAS
191G
.286AVG
.345OBP
.372SLG
More career statistics
202H
4HR
109RBI
14SB
5Rare 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 · Games | 191 | 205 |
| Batting · At bats | 707 | 603 |
| Batting · Doubles | 29 | 27 |
| Batting · Hits | 202 | 222 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 11 | 9 |
| Batting · Home runs | 4 | 6 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 782 | 681 |
| Batting · Runs | 97 | 103 |
| Batting · RBI | 109 | 79 |
| Batting · Triples | 10 | 12 |
| Batting · Walks | 53 | 57 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 191 | 782 | 707 | 97 | 202 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 109 | 53 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 263 | .286 | .345 | .372 | .717 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1945-06-24 to 1946-06-02
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Six-Run Game | 1943-05-21 | 1 in 15,974 games | box score ↗ |
| 74 | Six for Six | 1943-05-21 | 1 in 2,457 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1943-05-21 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 114 | 347 | 121 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 1 | .398 | .432 | .530 |
| Away | 91 | 334 | 101 | 1 | 30 | 28 | 2 | .338 | .386 | .435 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 57 | 167 | 62 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .395 | .413 | .541 |
| June | 64 | 221 | 76 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 0 | .406 | .448 | .556 |
| July | 40 | 135 | 40 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 1 | .339 | .385 | .424 |
| August | 33 | 123 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .342 | .398 | .414 |
| September | 11 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .200 | .286 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-monarchs | 51 | 202 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 0 | .271 | .337 | .316 |
| chicago-american-giants | 44 | 152 | 43 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 0 | .333 | .375 | .496 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 41 | 117 | 55 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .500 | .513 | .655 |
| memphis-red-sox | 30 | 81 | 37 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .521 | .556 | .775 |
| JAX | 8 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .542 | .636 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 8 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .458 | .481 | .500 |
| CI2 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .353 | .353 |
| cincinnati-clowns | 7 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .292 | .273 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | CGChicago American Giants | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1942 | CCB | 26 | 76 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .368 | – | – |
| 1943 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 31 | 88 | 33 | – | 7 | – | .375 | – | – |
| 1944 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 35 | 105 | 33 | 1 | 7 | – | .314 | – | – |
| 1945 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 18 | 62 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .435 | – | – |
| 1946 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 27 | 66 | 22 | – | 10 | 2 | .333 | – | – |
| 1947 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 28 | 70 | 39 | 2 | 18 | 4 | .557 | – | – |
| 1948 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 26 | 82 | 29 | – | 10 | 5 | .354 | – | – |
| 1949 | LCB | 13 | 49 | 10 | – | 1 | 1 | .204 | – | – |