Bill Coughlin
1899–1908 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60), Washington Senators (1897-99)
1,051G
.252AVG
.299OBP
.319SLG
More career statistics
972H
15HR
380RBI
159SB
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 · Doubles | 133 | 132 |
| Batting · Hits | 972 | 971 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 52 | 55 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,232 | 4,242 |
| Batting · Runs | 481 | 478 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 159 | 158 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,051 | 4,232 | 3,854 | 481 | 972 | 133 | 39 | 15 | 380 | 203 | 0 | 159 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 1,228 | .252 | .299 | .319 | .618 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1901-05-27 to 1901-06-11
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1907-09-30 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1906-06-04 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1905-05-24 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 526 | 2112 | 513 | 7 | 207 | 96 | 98 | .267 | .288 | .338 |
| Away | 525 | 2130 | 458 | 8 | 173 | 107 | 151 | .237 | .265 | .299 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 287 | 62 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 21 | .236 | .261 | .316 |
| May | 189 | 761 | 186 | 2 | 82 | 35 | 42 | .267 | .290 | .343 |
| June | 173 | 708 | 152 | 3 | 76 | 44 | 39 | .240 | .277 | .301 |
| July | 201 | 832 | 176 | 1 | 54 | 42 | 51 | .234 | .262 | .305 |
| August | 211 | 842 | 199 | 1 | 71 | 36 | 40 | .259 | .279 | .309 |
| September | 181 | 706 | 169 | 6 | 67 | 30 | 48 | .263 | .282 | .333 |
| October | 27 | 106 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | .276 | .283 | .337 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 155 | 610 | 131 | 1 | 50 | 26 | 33 | .233 | .257 | .292 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 153 | 632 | 141 | 1 | 47 | 21 | 40 | .240 | .256 | .310 |
| boston-red-sox | 152 | 595 | 137 | 4 | 55 | 27 | 35 | .254 | .276 | .337 |
| chicago-white-sox | 149 | 608 | 149 | 4 | 48 | 30 | 58 | .268 | .294 | .337 |
| st-louis-browns | 127 | 505 | 109 | 2 | 43 | 23 | 19 | .241 | .261 | .307 |
| new-york-yankees | 108 | 441 | 105 | 0 | 39 | 30 | 35 | .265 | .306 | .326 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 91 | 378 | 86 | 0 | 45 | 26 | 11 | .265 | .296 | .293 |
| detroit-tigers | 58 | 235 | 60 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 8 | .274 | .281 | .342 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 6 | 24 | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | .125 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 137 | 506 | 139 | 6 | 66 | 16 | .275 | – | – |
| 1902 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 124 | 470 | 141 | 6 | 71 | 29 | .300 | – | – |
| 1903 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 125 | 473 | 116 | 1 | 31 | 30 | .245 | – | – |
| 1904 | Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 121 | 470 | 120 | – | 32 | 11 | .255 | – | – |
| 1905 |  Detroit Tigers | 137 | 486 | 122 | – | 48 | 16 | .251 | – | – |
| 1906 | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 501 | 117 | 2 | 60 | 31 | .234 | – | – |
| 1907 | Detroit Tigers | 134 | 519 | 126 | – | 45 | 14 | .243 | – | – |
| 1908 | Detroit Tigers | 120 | 405 | 87 | – | 24 | 10 | .215 | – | – |