Billy Gilbert
1901–1909 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles (1901-02), MLA, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
852G
.247AVG
.328OBP
.290SLG
More career statistics
695H
5HR
237RBI
167SB
5Rare 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 · At bats | 2,816 | 2,824 |
| Batting · Hits | 695 | 694 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 72 | 73 |
| Batting · Home runs | 5 | 4 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,271 | 3,286 |
| Batting · Runs | 375 | 376 |
| Batting · RBI | 237 | 216 |
| Batting · Walks | 270 | 276 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 852 | 3,271 | 2,816 | 375 | 695 | 72 | 17 | 5 | 237 | 270 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 816 | .247 | .328 | .290 | .618 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1904-06-27 to 1904-07-06
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1906-05-17 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1903-04-20 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1901-05-05 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 422 | 1589 | 338 | 1 | 112 | 125 | 87 | .248 | .291 | .297 |
| Away | 430 | 1697 | 356 | 3 | 104 | 151 | 103 | .244 | .299 | .279 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 67 | 273 | 56 | 0 | 17 | 31 | 20 | .253 | .319 | .294 |
| May | 184 | 731 | 161 | 0 | 45 | 71 | 46 | .258 | .317 | .295 |
| June | 178 | 679 | 137 | 1 | 44 | 46 | 40 | .232 | .270 | .279 |
| July | 164 | 638 | 135 | 1 | 41 | 43 | 35 | .239 | .279 | .275 |
| August | 132 | 514 | 111 | 0 | 35 | 39 | 32 | .250 | .292 | .279 |
| September | 116 | 413 | 87 | 2 | 33 | 37 | 13 | .246 | .300 | .316 |
| October | 11 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | .259 | .421 | .259 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 87 | 329 | 77 | 1 | 22 | 34 | 16 | .281 | .337 | .328 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 85 | 306 | 58 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 22 | .231 | .281 | .275 |
| boston-braves | 85 | 322 | 69 | 0 | 32 | 34 | 25 | .256 | .320 | .285 |
| chicago-cubs | 85 | 306 | 52 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 27 | .195 | .245 | .206 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 83 | 311 | 64 | 0 | 23 | 34 | 21 | .246 | .315 | .285 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 80 | 290 | 48 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 20 | .191 | .241 | .231 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 73 | 285 | 70 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 11 | .281 | .312 | .321 |
| chicago-white-sox | 40 | 177 | 42 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 5 | .266 | .294 | .310 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | MLA | 127 | 497 | 133 | – | 43 | 19 | .268 | – | – |
| 1902 |  Baltimore Orioles (1901-02) | 129 | 450 | 109 | 2 | 38 | 38 | .242 | – | – |
| 1903 |  New York Giants | 129 | 409 | 103 | 1 | 32 | 37 | .252 | – | – |
| 1904 | New York Giants | 146 | 478 | 121 | 1 | 52 | 33 | .253 | – | – |
| 1905 | New York Giants | 115 | 378 | 93 | – | 17 | 11 | .246 | – | – |
| 1906 | New York Giants | 104 | 307 | 71 | – | 21 | 22 | .231 | – | – |
| 1908 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 90 | 276 | 59 | – | 12 | 6 | .214 | – | – |
| 1909 | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 29 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | .172 | – | – |