Bennie Tate
1924–1934 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Washington Senators (1901-60)
566G
.279AVG
.330OBP
.351SLG
More career statistics
435H
4HR
173RBI
5SB
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 | 566 | 565 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,560 | 1,559 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 15 | 13 |
| Batting · Doubles | 68 | 69 |
| Batting · Hits | 435 | 434 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 51 | 52 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,713 | 1,714 |
| Batting · Runs | 144 | 143 |
| Batting · RBI | 173 | 174 |
| Batting · Triples | 16 | 15 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 566 | 1,713 | 1,560 | 144 | 435 | 68 | 16 | 4 | 173 | 118 | 51 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 547 | .279 | .330 | .351 | .681 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1929-07-04 to 1929-08-01
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1931-08-20 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1929-09-16 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1931-05-25 | 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 | 303 | 882 | 218 | 3 | 104 | 60 | 27 | .273 | .315 | .351 |
| Away | 262 | 832 | 216 | 1 | 70 | 58 | 25 | .284 | .329 | .348 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 118 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 3 | .190 | .254 | .229 |
| May | 102 | 298 | 68 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 5 | .245 | .279 | .288 |
| June | 84 | 214 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 11 | .216 | .294 | .263 |
| July | 123 | 370 | 111 | 1 | 46 | 22 | 11 | .323 | .359 | .422 |
| August | 114 | 375 | 105 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 4 | .311 | .349 | .402 |
| September | 98 | 319 | 83 | 0 | 36 | 21 | 18 | .289 | .326 | .355 |
| October | 5 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .353 | .400 | .471 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 88 | 286 | 74 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 14 | .274 | .297 | .348 |
| detroit-tigers | 82 | 246 | 71 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 4 | .320 | .333 | .419 |
| new-york-yankees | 79 | 242 | 64 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 3 | .299 | .368 | .383 |
| boston-red-sox | 74 | 226 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 3 | .282 | .323 | .347 |
| cleveland-guardians | 73 | 224 | 54 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 8 | .263 | .317 | .337 |
| chicago-white-sox | 63 | 195 | 46 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 4 | .256 | .303 | .361 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 60 | 168 | 41 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 8 | .268 | .327 | .288 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 35 | 102 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | .270 | .333 | .281 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 21 | 44 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .295 | – | – |
| 1925 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 16 | 27 | 13 | – | 7 | – | .481 | – | – |
| 1926 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 59 | 142 | 38 | 1 | 13 | – | .268 | – | – |
| 1927 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 61 | 132 | 41 | 1 | 25 | – | .311 | – | – |
| 1928 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 57 | 123 | 30 | – | 16 | – | .244 | – | – |
| 1929 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 81 | 265 | 78 | – | 30 | 2 | .294 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 85 | 246 | 78 | – | 30 | 2 | .317 | – | – |
| 1931 |  Chicago White Sox | 89 | 273 | 72 | – | 22 | 1 | .264 | – | – |
| 1932 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox | 85 | 283 | 68 | 2 | 26 | – | .240 | – | – |
| 1934 |  Chicago Cubs | 11 | 24 | 3 | – | – | – | .125 | – | – |