Bill Cissell
1928–1939 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics, PIR
956G
.267AVG
.308OBP
.360SLG
More career statistics
990H
29HR
423RBI
113SB
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 · At bats | 3,707 | 3,710 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 63 | 66 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 250 | 251 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,998 | 4,002 |
| Batting · Runs | 516 | 517 |
| Batting · RBI | 423 | 418 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 113 | 114 |
| Batting · Walks | 212 | 214 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 956 | 3,998 | 3,707 | 516 | 990 | 173 | 43 | 29 | 423 | 212 | 250 | 113 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 1,336 | .267 | .308 | .360 | .668 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1929-10-04 to 1930-05-03
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1934-07-18 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1928-08-06 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1929-08-15 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 490 | 2003 | 488 | 15 | 201 | 106 | 113 | .263 | .297 | .359 |
| Away | 466 | 1999 | 502 | 14 | 217 | 108 | 138 | .270 | .305 | .361 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 89 | 370 | 106 | 5 | 44 | 13 | 16 | .303 | .322 | .431 |
| May | 191 | 813 | 188 | 7 | 70 | 57 | 59 | .253 | .301 | .364 |
| June | 189 | 805 | 180 | 3 | 63 | 42 | 47 | .242 | .276 | .325 |
| July | 188 | 768 | 202 | 4 | 107 | 37 | 53 | .283 | .311 | .351 |
| August | 188 | 781 | 204 | 7 | 83 | 49 | 52 | .285 | .324 | .383 |
| September | 107 | 448 | 104 | 3 | 49 | 14 | 24 | .243 | .263 | .329 |
| October | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .429 | .471 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 141 | 576 | 132 | 3 | 52 | 35 | 23 | .251 | .290 | .348 |
| st-louis-browns | 136 | 555 | 144 | 2 | 52 | 20 | 35 | .275 | .295 | .358 |
| new-york-yankees | 130 | 541 | 123 | 3 | 48 | 32 | 41 | .246 | .287 | .336 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 124 | 513 | 129 | 3 | 65 | 33 | 44 | .272 | .316 | .361 |
| detroit-tigers | 123 | 520 | 139 | 8 | 59 | 36 | 26 | .296 | .337 | .414 |
| boston-red-sox | 121 | 521 | 129 | 6 | 69 | 29 | 33 | .269 | .303 | .380 |
| cleveland-guardians | 95 | 404 | 98 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 23 | .258 | .282 | .316 |
| chicago-white-sox | 48 | 217 | 56 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 15 | .267 | .290 | .376 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 |  Chicago White Sox | 125 | 445 | 115 | 1 | 54 | 18 | .258 | – | – |
| 1929 | Chicago White Sox | 152 | 618 | 173 | 5 | 62 | 24 | .280 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox | 141 | 562 | 152 | 2 | 48 | 16 | .270 | – | – |
| 1931 | Chicago White Sox | 109 | 409 | 90 | 1 | 46 | 18 | .220 | – | – |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 143 | 584 | 184 | 7 | 99 | 19 | .315 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Cleveland Guardians | 112 | 409 | 94 | 6 | 34 | 6 | .230 | – | – |
| 1934 |  Boston Red Sox | 102 | 417 | 111 | 4 | 43 | 11 | .266 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 34 | 117 | 31 | 1 | 14 | – | .265 | – | – |
| 1938 |  New York Giants | 38 | 149 | 40 | 2 | 18 | 2 | .268 | – | – |