Bill Dahlen
1897–1911 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants
2,445G
.272AVG
.358OBP
.382SLG
More career statistics
2,458H
84HR
1,233RBI
547SB
6Rare 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 · Games | 2,445 | 1,676 |
| Batting · At bats | 9,031 | 5,931 |
| Batting · Doubles | 413 | 262 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,458 | 1,520 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 140 | 100 |
| Batting · Home runs | 84 | 34 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 269 | 471 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 10,400 | 6,874 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,589 | 857 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,233 | 777 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 547 | 305 |
| Batting · Triples | 163 | 73 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,064 | 722 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,445 | 10,400 | 9,031 | 1,589 | 2,458 | 413 | 163 | 84 | 1,233 | 1,064 | 269 | 547 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 3,449 | .272 | .358 | .382 | .740 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1901-09-23 to 1902-04-24
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Three Triples | 1898-06-06 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1899-08-17 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1902-05-18 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 841 | 3402 | 765 | 20 | 407 | 369 | 228 | .262 | .333 | .353 |
| Away | 835 | 3472 | 755 | 14 | 370 | 353 | 243 | .251 | .319 | .332 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 146 | 613 | 145 | 3 | 72 | 65 | 41 | .277 | .343 | .373 |
| May | 312 | 1303 | 283 | 9 | 149 | 157 | 87 | .256 | .338 | .347 |
| June | 270 | 1149 | 266 | 5 | 158 | 120 | 82 | .269 | .336 | .359 |
| July | 311 | 1285 | 283 | 5 | 136 | 127 | 87 | .255 | .319 | .338 |
| August | 320 | 1281 | 277 | 9 | 140 | 144 | 90 | .251 | .329 | .337 |
| September | 278 | 1101 | 236 | 3 | 112 | 100 | 73 | .243 | .305 | .320 |
| October | 39 | 142 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 11 | .231 | .275 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 230 | 952 | 229 | 7 | 124 | 128 | 63 | .290 | .375 | .407 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 227 | 899 | 174 | 3 | 98 | 79 | 61 | .220 | .281 | .306 |
| chicago-cubs | 212 | 854 | 163 | 3 | 77 | 96 | 55 | .220 | .303 | .281 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 211 | 869 | 191 | 4 | 94 | 80 | 56 | .249 | .312 | .317 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 204 | 854 | 210 | 3 | 122 | 91 | 53 | .285 | .352 | .371 |
| boston-braves | 202 | 842 | 201 | 6 | 89 | 100 | 63 | .279 | .357 | .361 |
| new-york-giants | 144 | 579 | 116 | 1 | 65 | 43 | 51 | .225 | .275 | .299 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 125 | 503 | 100 | 3 | 42 | 51 | 37 | .232 | .300 | .311 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Chicago Cubs | 75 | 276 | 80 | 6 | 40 | 15 | .290 | – | – |
| 1898 | Chicago Cubs | 142 | 521 | 151 | 1 | 79 | 27 | .290 | – | – |
| 1899 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 121 | 428 | 120 | 4 | 76 | 29 | .280 | – | – |
| 1900 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 133 | 483 | 125 | 1 | 69 | 30 | .259 | – | – |
| 1901 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 131 | 513 | 136 | 4 | 82 | 23 | .265 | – | – |
| 1902 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 138 | 527 | 139 | 2 | 73 | 20 | .264 | – | – |
| 1903 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 138 | 473 | 123 | 1 | 62 | 34 | .260 | – | – |
| 1904 |  New York Giants | 145 | 524 | 140 | 2 | 77 | 47 | .267 | – | – |
| 1905 | New York Giants | 148 | 522 | 126 | 7 | 77 | 37 | .241 | – | – |
| 1906 | New York Giants | 143 | 471 | 113 | 1 | 43 | 16 | .240 | – | – |
| 1907 | New York Giants | 143 | 461 | 96 | – | 32 | 12 | .208 | – | – |
| 1908 |  Boston Braves | 144 | 528 | 125 | 3 | 48 | 10 | .237 | – | – |
| 1909 | Boston Braves | 71 | 199 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 5 | .231 | – | – |
| 1910 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1911 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |