Bill Virdon
1955–1968 · bats L / throws R · Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
1,583G
.267AVG
.316OBP
.379SLG
More career statistics
1,596H
91HR
502RBI
47SB
3Rare 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 | 54 | 56 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 647 | 648 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,522 | 6,521 |
| Batting · RBI | 502 | 501 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 39 | 38 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,583 | 6,522 | 5,980 | 735 | 1,596 | 237 | 81 | 91 | 502 | 442 | 647 | 47 | 54 | 8 | 39 | 2,268 | .267 | .316 | .379 | .695 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1961-07-02 to 1961-07-17
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1956-09-03 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1956-07-20 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1962-05-16 | 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 | 800 | 3260 | 791 | 41 | 257 | 252 | 322 | .268 | .320 | .384 |
| Away | 783 | 3261 | 805 | 50 | 244 | 190 | 326 | .265 | .305 | .374 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 135 | 582 | 146 | 7 | 45 | 40 | 48 | .277 | .320 | .371 |
| May | 270 | 1094 | 253 | 12 | 80 | 84 | 117 | .254 | .308 | .362 |
| June | 298 | 1250 | 332 | 18 | 106 | 80 | 129 | .288 | .330 | .418 |
| July | 313 | 1262 | 314 | 22 | 103 | 80 | 125 | .270 | .312 | .396 |
| August | 311 | 1280 | 304 | 21 | 105 | 93 | 129 | .260 | .310 | .374 |
| September | 248 | 1025 | 245 | 11 | 60 | 63 | 95 | .259 | .300 | .348 |
| October | 8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .080 | .143 | .080 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 218 | 905 | 201 | 8 | 61 | 66 | 94 | .244 | .295 | .345 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 210 | 885 | 206 | 10 | 74 | 69 | 75 | .258 | .311 | .362 |
| cincinnati-reds | 206 | 873 | 223 | 18 | 74 | 60 | 75 | .278 | .324 | .416 |
| milwaukee-braves | 203 | 806 | 197 | 6 | 44 | 46 | 85 | .263 | .301 | .333 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 193 | 795 | 196 | 16 | 66 | 57 | 84 | .270 | .318 | .421 |
| san-francisco-giants | 143 | 605 | 149 | 5 | 50 | 37 | 64 | .267 | .307 | .351 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 131 | 515 | 137 | 8 | 36 | 41 | 58 | .291 | .346 | .419 |
| new-york-mets | 66 | 273 | 58 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 28 | .234 | .286 | .323 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 144 | 534 | 150 | 17 | 68 | 2 | .281 | – | – |
| 1956 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 157 | 580 | 185 | 10 | 46 | 6 | .319 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 144 | 561 | 141 | 8 | 50 | 3 | .251 | – | – |
| 1958 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 144 | 604 | 161 | 9 | 46 | 5 | .267 | – | – |
| 1959 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 144 | 519 | 132 | 8 | 41 | 7 | .254 | – | – |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 120 | 409 | 108 | 8 | 40 | 8 | .264 | – | – |
| 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 146 | 599 | 156 | 9 | 57 | 5 | .260 | – | – |
| 1962 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 156 | 663 | 164 | 6 | 47 | 5 | .247 | – | – |
| 1963 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 142 | 554 | 149 | 8 | 53 | 1 | .269 | – | – |
| 1964 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 145 | 473 | 115 | 3 | 27 | 1 | .243 | – | – |
| 1965 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 135 | 481 | 134 | 4 | 24 | 4 | .279 | – | – |
| 1968 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | .333 | – | – |