Bill Perkins
1931–1948 · bats R / throws R · ASE, Birmingham Black Barons, Baltimore Elite Giants, BLS, BRG, CV6, CVS, Homestead Grays
526G
.276AVG
.330OBP
.393SLG
More career statistics
476H
26HR
280RBI
21SB
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 · Games | 526 | 341 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,727 | 1,050 |
| Batting · Doubles | 66 | 37 |
| Batting · Hits | 476 | 279 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 8 | 2 |
| Batting · Home runs | 26 | 22 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,908 | 1,127 |
| Batting · Runs | 240 | 152 |
| Batting · RBI | 280 | 107 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 21 | 5 |
| Batting · Triples | 29 | 12 |
| Batting · Walks | 132 | 60 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526 | 1,908 | 1,727 | 240 | 476 | 66 | 29 | 26 | 280 | 132 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 678 | .276 | .330 | .393 | .723 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1935-05-30 to 1935-06-15
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1933-07-24 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1936-05-09 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1933-05-31 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 194 | 619 | 147 | 14 | 62 | 34 | 6 | .255 | .292 | .381 |
| Away | 147 | 508 | 132 | 8 | 45 | 26 | 6 | .279 | .311 | .393 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 |
| May | 71 | 231 | 68 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 3 | .312 | .325 | .477 |
| June | 76 | 253 | 74 | 7 | 35 | 12 | 4 | .311 | .340 | .454 |
| July | 85 | 287 | 62 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 3 | .233 | .279 | .342 |
| August | 72 | 240 | 57 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 2 | .259 | .308 | .323 |
| September | 32 | 99 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .176 | .222 | .330 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| homestead-grays | 57 | 188 | 47 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .270 | .309 | .379 |
| philadelphia-stars | 46 | 141 | 42 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .313 | .340 | .448 |
| newark-eagles | 41 | 128 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .202 | .242 | .286 |
| new-york-cubans | 34 | 117 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 3 | .271 | .299 | .439 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 28 | 87 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .205 | .207 | .301 |
| chicago-american-giants | 26 | 91 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | .366 | .418 | .537 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 24 | 85 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .210 | .235 | .346 |
| WEG | 22 | 72 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .159 | .194 | .174 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 53 | 167 | 46 | 2 | 13 | – | .275 | – | – |
| 1934 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1935 | NAS, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 49 | 158 | 52 | 4 | 12 | – | .329 | – | – |
| 1936 | NNS, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 50 | 146 | 37 | 3 | 14 | – | .253 | – | – |
| 1938 |  Philadelphia Stars | 61 | 200 | 60 | 9 | 42 | 3 | .300 | – | – |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Stars | 24 | 84 | 19 | 3 | 6 | – | .226 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 38 | 139 | 40 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .288 | – | – |
| 1945 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 15 | 46 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .174 | – | – |
| 1946 | New York Black Yankees, Philadelphia Stars | 25 | 64 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 | .188 | – | – |
| 1947 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 14 | 34 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .088 | – | – |
| 1948 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 11 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | – | – |