Art Houtteman
1945–1957 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, MLS
330G
.193AVG
.214OBP
.232SLG
More career statistics
99H
2HR
37RBI
2SB
87–91W–L
1,555.0IP
639K
4.14ERA
181GS
20SV
3Rare 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 | 77 | 76 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,713 | 6,712 |
| Pitching · p er | 715 | 713 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,646 | 1,647 |
| Pitching · p k | 639 | 643 |
| Pitching · p w | 516 | 517 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 330 | 566 | 513 | 37 | 99 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 119 | .193 | .214 | .232 | .446 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,555.0 | 325 | 181 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 20 | 1,646 | 810 | 715 | 136 | 516 | 639 | 0 | 0 | 4.14 | 1.390 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1947-08-22 to 1947-09-06
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1950-08-19 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1950-08-19 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1954-05-23 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 166 | 291 | 46 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 41 | .178 | .196 | .202 |
| Away | 164 | 275 | 53 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 35 | .208 | .204 | .263 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 28 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .107 | .100 | .107 |
| May | 59 | 98 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | .207 | .224 | .264 |
| June | 60 | 117 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 15 | .202 | .222 | .269 |
| July | 72 | 113 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | .184 | .186 | .184 |
| August | 59 | 114 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 21 | .181 | .193 | .190 |
| September | 50 | 94 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | .221 | .202 | .302 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 57 | 108 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 13 | .274 | .250 | .295 |
| new-york-yankees | 43 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .083 | .127 | .083 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 43 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .204 | .228 | .204 |
| chicago-white-sox | 43 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .106 | .096 | .152 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 41 | 90 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | .259 | .289 | .383 |
| cleveland-guardians | 37 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | .185 | .179 | .204 |
| st-louis-browns | 28 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | .167 | .158 | .204 |
| detroit-tigers | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .143 | .167 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 |  Detroit Tigers | 13 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 25 | 10 |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .500 | 8 | 2 |
| 1947 | Detroit Tigers | 23 | 40 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .300 | 110 | 58 |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 43 | 57 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .193 | 164 | 74 |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 78 | 19 | – | 7 | – | .244 | 203 | 85 |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers | 41 | 93 | 14 | – | 3 | – | .151 | 274 | 88 |
| 1952 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 69 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .101 | 221 | 110 |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 39 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | .151 | 177 | 70 |
| 1954 |  Cleveland Guardians | 32 | 65 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .277 | 188 | 68 |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians | 35 | 38 | 6 | – | – | – | .158 | 124 | 53 |
| 1956 | Cleveland Guardians | 23 | 12 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | .167 | 46 | 19 |
| 1957 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 8 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 10 | 6 |