Baldy Louden
1907–1916 · bats R / throws R · Buffalo Blues, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees
604G
.261AVG
.355OBP
.334SLG
More career statistics
507H
12HR
202RBI
112SB
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 | 1,942 | 1,938 |
| Batting · Hits | 507 | 505 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 162 | 200 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,295 | 2,291 |
| Batting · Runs | 267 | 270 |
| Batting · RBI | 202 | 210 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 112 | 115 |
| Batting · Triples | 22 | 23 |
| Batting · Walks | 254 | 251 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 604 | 2,295 | 1,942 | 267 | 507 | 61 | 22 | 12 | 202 | 254 | 162 | 112 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 648 | .261 | .355 | .334 | .689 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1913-09-04 to 1913-09-18
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1916-07-20 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1912-05-17 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1914-10-05 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 302 | 1093 | 228 | 6 | 96 | 124 | 102 | .250 | .322 | .324 |
| Away | 302 | 1198 | 277 | 6 | 114 | 127 | 98 | .270 | .337 | .343 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 55 | 227 | 43 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 19 | .216 | .264 | .291 |
| May | 95 | 379 | 76 | 0 | 35 | 50 | 30 | .246 | .332 | .282 |
| June | 101 | 362 | 83 | 5 | 41 | 38 | 38 | .270 | .334 | .381 |
| July | 116 | 426 | 92 | 3 | 32 | 49 | 37 | .258 | .331 | .351 |
| August | 107 | 391 | 89 | 1 | 33 | 45 | 32 | .267 | .343 | .339 |
| September | 114 | 445 | 107 | 1 | 42 | 49 | 40 | .282 | .351 | .339 |
| October | 16 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .278 | .295 | .352 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-tip-tops | 41 | 171 | 44 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 18 | .314 | .374 | .379 |
| pittsburgh-rebels | 40 | 163 | 52 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | .380 | .417 | .547 |
| chicago-whales | 39 | 148 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 9 | .311 | .399 | .336 |
| kansas-city-packers | 38 | 148 | 36 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 7 | .281 | .351 | .352 |
| st-louis-terriers | 36 | 143 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 11 | .275 | .315 | .336 |
| baltimore-terrapins | 34 | 134 | 28 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | .241 | .321 | .336 |
| cleveland-guardians | 33 | 126 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 15 | .207 | .222 | .279 |
| st-louis-browns | 31 | 109 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 13 | .209 | .257 | .244 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  New York Yankees | 4 | 9 | 1 | – | – | 1 | .111 | – | – |
| 1912 |  Detroit Tigers | 122 | 398 | 95 | 1 | 39 | 28 | .239 | – | – |
| 1913 | Detroit Tigers | 77 | 191 | 46 | – | 24 | 6 | .241 | – | – |
| 1914 | BBBuffalo Blues | 126 | 430 | 135 | 6 | 63 | 38 | .314 | – | – |
| 1915 | BBBuffalo Blues | 141 | 471 | 132 | 4 | 49 | 30 | .280 | – | – |
| 1916 |  Cincinnati Reds | 134 | 439 | 96 | 1 | 35 | 12 | .219 | – | – |