Bill Lange
1897–1899 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs
811G
.330AVG
.401OBP
.459SLG
More career statistics
1,055H
39HR
578RBI
399SB
11Rare 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 | 811 | 338 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,195 | 1,336 |
| Batting · Doubles | 133 | 61 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,055 | 439 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 25 | 11 |
| Batting · Home runs | 39 | 12 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 86 | 35 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,613 | 1,494 |
| Batting · Runs | 689 | 279 |
| Batting · RBI | 578 | 210 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 399 | 134 |
| Batting · Triples | 80 | 31 |
| Batting · Walks | 350 | 122 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 811 | 3,613 | 3,195 | 689 | 1,055 | 133 | 80 | 39 | 578 | 350 | 86 | 399 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1,465 | .330 | .401 | .459 | .860 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1897-05-20 to 1897-06-05
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1897-05-20 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1897-08-04 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1897-09-25 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 197 | 864 | 242 | 6 | 127 | 77 | 22 | .316 | .369 | .416 |
| Away | 141 | 630 | 197 | 6 | 83 | 45 | 13 | .346 | .384 | .490 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 148 | 41 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 2 | .304 | .338 | .356 |
| May | 75 | 345 | 103 | 2 | 46 | 33 | 5 | .339 | .394 | .434 |
| June | 51 | 232 | 71 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 6 | .346 | .401 | .473 |
| July | 40 | 177 | 50 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 6 | .305 | .345 | .451 |
| August | 44 | 186 | 43 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 6 | .251 | .280 | .316 |
| September | 77 | 333 | 112 | 5 | 42 | 32 | 8 | .384 | .432 | .551 |
| October | 19 | 73 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .292 | .342 | .492 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| louisville-colonels | 38 | 170 | 48 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 3 | .320 | .376 | .447 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 36 | 154 | 41 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 3 | .295 | .344 | .410 |
| cincinnati-reds | 35 | 157 | 54 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 3 | .380 | .414 | .514 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 34 | 150 | 41 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 2 | .301 | .353 | .397 |
| boston-braves | 34 | 150 | 46 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | .346 | .393 | .436 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 31 | 137 | 41 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 1 | .323 | .350 | .457 |
| cleveland-spiders | 31 | 147 | 42 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 2 | .326 | .367 | .465 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 27 | 122 | 45 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 3 | .405 | .443 | .622 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Chicago Cubs | 118 | 477 | 163 | 5 | 83 | 71 | .342 | – | – |
| 1898 | Chicago Cubs | 113 | 442 | 141 | 6 | 69 | 22 | .319 | – | – |
| 1899 | Chicago Cubs | 107 | 417 | 135 | 1 | 58 | 41 | .324 | – | – |