Art Phelan
1910–1915 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
402G
.236AVG
.317OBP
.325SLG
More career statistics
297H
8HR
131RBI
50SB
1Rare feat
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 | 402 | 404 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,258 | 1,260 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 9 | 44 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 7 | 6 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,451 | 1,452 |
| Batting · Runs | 150 | 151 |
| Batting · RBI | 131 | 135 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 50 | 52 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402 | 1,451 | 1,258 | 150 | 297 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 131 | 141 | 114 | 50 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 409 | .236 | .317 | .325 | .642 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1912-05-05 to 1912-05-15
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Caught Three Times | 1915-08-27 | 1 in 4,659 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1910-10-03 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1913-08-04 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 196 | 678 | 149 | 3 | 62 | 71 | 49 | .254 | .324 | .350 |
| Away | 208 | 774 | 148 | 5 | 73 | 70 | 65 | .220 | .282 | .303 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 124 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 11 | .213 | .274 | .333 |
| May | 78 | 287 | 65 | 2 | 22 | 26 | 25 | .256 | .317 | .370 |
| June | 71 | 253 | 52 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 14 | .235 | .304 | .371 |
| July | 72 | 275 | 60 | 0 | 24 | 29 | 29 | .259 | .324 | .323 |
| August | 74 | 269 | 44 | 1 | 22 | 26 | 19 | .189 | .260 | .227 |
| September | 61 | 221 | 48 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 16 | .247 | .312 | .320 |
| October | 9 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .278 | .348 | .389 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 65 | 254 | 57 | 3 | 19 | 30 | 19 | .259 | .343 | .364 |
| boston-braves | 60 | 220 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 14 | .245 | .305 | .332 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 58 | 207 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 13 | .262 | .304 | .350 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 58 | 210 | 39 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 16 | .215 | .262 | .293 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 57 | 194 | 36 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 16 | .214 | .294 | .280 |
| new-york-giants | 54 | 192 | 40 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 24 | .237 | .292 | .308 |
| cincinnati-reds | 29 | 101 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 8 | .173 | .287 | .272 |
| chicago-cubs | 23 | 74 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | .242 | .324 | .419 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 |  Cincinnati Reds | 24 | 42 | 9 | – | 5 | 5 | .214 | – | – |
| 1912 | Cincinnati Reds | 130 | 461 | 112 | 3 | 53 | 26 | .243 | – | – |
| 1913 |  Chicago Cubs | 92 | 261 | 65 | 2 | 39 | 9 | .249 | – | – |
| 1914 | Chicago Cubs | 25 | 46 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .283 | – | – |
| 1915 | Chicago Cubs | 133 | 450 | 98 | 3 | 34 | 12 | .218 | – | – |