Bill Tuttle
1952–1963 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Minnesota Twins
1,270G
.259AVG
.334OBP
.363SLG
More career statistics
1,105H
67HR
443RBI
38SB
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 · Caught stealing | 44 | 45 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,842 | 4,841 |
| Batting · Walks | 480 | 479 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,270 | 4,842 | 4,268 | 578 | 1,105 | 149 | 47 | 67 | 443 | 480 | 416 | 38 | 44 | 13 | 29 | 1,549 | .259 | .334 | .363 | .697 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1955-05-03 to 1955-05-15
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1954-04-25 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1958-06-07 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1960-06-10 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 644 | 2440 | 573 | 38 | 242 | 248 | 193 | .268 | .336 | .381 |
| Away | 626 | 2401 | 532 | 29 | 201 | 231 | 223 | .250 | .318 | .344 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 122 | 442 | 101 | 11 | 54 | 51 | 32 | .268 | .344 | .414 |
| May | 229 | 891 | 204 | 9 | 79 | 94 | 73 | .260 | .334 | .361 |
| June | 246 | 925 | 199 | 11 | 71 | 94 | 85 | .245 | .317 | .340 |
| July | 236 | 917 | 210 | 12 | 87 | 81 | 80 | .255 | .317 | .355 |
| August | 239 | 926 | 223 | 15 | 83 | 82 | 92 | .271 | .329 | .384 |
| September | 195 | 727 | 163 | 8 | 68 | 77 | 53 | .255 | .330 | .340 |
| October | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .417 | .385 | .667 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 177 | 724 | 173 | 12 | 66 | 79 | 65 | .273 | .348 | .378 |
| chicago-white-sox | 177 | 674 | 162 | 11 | 43 | 58 | 46 | .270 | .326 | .383 |
| new-york-yankees | 176 | 690 | 142 | 7 | 49 | 66 | 67 | .234 | .301 | .309 |
| boston-red-sox | 173 | 667 | 151 | 9 | 61 | 57 | 64 | .253 | .312 | .358 |
| baltimore-orioles | 172 | 649 | 148 | 6 | 54 | 81 | 60 | .266 | .353 | .381 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 143 | 585 | 138 | 11 | 71 | 59 | 43 | .266 | .337 | .376 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 90 | 330 | 67 | 4 | 41 | 31 | 24 | .229 | .297 | .331 |
| detroit-tigers | 82 | 299 | 69 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 28 | .254 | .301 | .349 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  Detroit Tigers | 7 | 25 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .240 | – | – |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 530 | 141 | 7 | 58 | 5 | .266 | – | – |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 603 | 168 | 14 | 78 | 6 | .279 | – | – |
| 1956 | Detroit Tigers | 140 | 546 | 138 | 9 | 65 | 5 | .253 | – | – |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers | 133 | 451 | 113 | 5 | 47 | 2 | .251 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Kansas City Athletics | 148 | 511 | 118 | 11 | 51 | 7 | .231 | – | – |
| 1959 | Kansas City Athletics | 126 | 463 | 139 | 7 | 43 | 10 | .300 | – | – |
| 1960 | Kansas City Athletics | 151 | 559 | 143 | 8 | 40 | 1 | .256 | – | – |
| 1961 | Kansas City Athletics, Minnesota Twins | 138 | 454 | 113 | 5 | 46 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Minnesota Twins | 110 | 123 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .211 | – | – |
| 1963 | Minnesota Twins | 16 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |