Bill Mazeroski
1956–1972 · bats R / throws R · NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates
2,163G
.260AVG
.299OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
2,016H
138HR
853RBI
27SB
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 · Caught stealing | 23 | 24 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 706 | 710 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 8,379 | 8,378 |
| Batting · Walks | 447 | 446 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,163 | 8,379 | 7,755 | 769 | 2,016 | 294 | 62 | 138 | 853 | 447 | 706 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 70 | 2,848 | .260 | .299 | .367 | .666 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1961-07-06 to 1961-07-27
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1965-08-21 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1966-07-10 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1962-09-07 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1074 | 4051 | 1004 | 45 | 410 | 213 | 320 | .269 | .300 | .366 |
| Away | 1089 | 4327 | 1012 | 93 | 443 | 233 | 390 | .252 | .288 | .369 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 200 | 805 | 169 | 18 | 94 | 48 | 74 | .231 | .270 | .355 |
| May | 376 | 1450 | 341 | 29 | 143 | 91 | 103 | .256 | .298 | .378 |
| June | 383 | 1453 | 368 | 22 | 149 | 83 | 134 | .273 | .310 | .376 |
| July | 418 | 1642 | 399 | 25 | 170 | 69 | 129 | .260 | .285 | .358 |
| August | 415 | 1602 | 414 | 23 | 171 | 87 | 130 | .282 | .313 | .389 |
| September | 353 | 1362 | 310 | 21 | 120 | 67 | 133 | .243 | .277 | .344 |
| October | 18 | 64 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | .246 | .250 | .295 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 272 | 1044 | 242 | 19 | 120 | 54 | 88 | .254 | .284 | .361 |
| chicago-cubs | 268 | 1063 | 248 | 19 | 90 | 62 | 79 | .254 | .292 | .381 |
| cincinnati-reds | 264 | 1040 | 269 | 23 | 103 | 50 | 79 | .277 | .307 | .414 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 254 | 983 | 223 | 11 | 97 | 50 | 81 | .243 | .278 | .329 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 235 | 933 | 229 | 17 | 111 | 58 | 84 | .268 | .308 | .375 |
| san-francisco-giants | 228 | 885 | 208 | 7 | 77 | 39 | 86 | .251 | .279 | .308 |
| milwaukee-braves | 178 | 684 | 166 | 10 | 60 | 26 | 66 | .256 | .281 | .363 |
| new-york-mets | 150 | 582 | 150 | 15 | 77 | 39 | 53 | .282 | .325 | .416 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 255 | 62 | 3 | 14 | – | .243 | – | – |
| 1957 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 148 | 526 | 149 | 8 | 54 | 3 | .283 | – | – |
| 1958 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 152 | 567 | 156 | 19 | 68 | 1 | .275 | – | – |
| 1959 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 135 | 493 | 119 | 7 | 59 | 1 | .241 | – | – |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 151 | 538 | 147 | 11 | 64 | 4 | .273 | – | – |
| 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 152 | 558 | 148 | 13 | 59 | 2 | .265 | – | – |
| 1962 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 159 | 572 | 155 | 14 | 81 | – | .271 | – | – |
| 1963 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 142 | 534 | 131 | 8 | 52 | 2 | .245 | – | – |
| 1964 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 162 | 601 | 161 | 10 | 64 | 1 | .268 | – | – |
| 1965 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 130 | 494 | 134 | 6 | 54 | 2 | .271 | – | – |
| 1966 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 162 | 621 | 163 | 16 | 82 | 4 | .262 | – | – |
| 1967 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 163 | 639 | 167 | 9 | 77 | 1 | .261 | – | – |
| 1968 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 143 | 506 | 127 | 3 | 42 | 3 | .251 | – | – |
| 1969 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 227 | 52 | 3 | 25 | 1 | .229 | – | – |
| 1970 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 112 | 367 | 84 | 7 | 39 | 2 | .229 | – | – |
| 1971 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 70 | 193 | 49 | 1 | 16 | – | .254 | – | – |
| 1972 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 64 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .188 | – | – |