Billy Lauder
1898–1903 · bats R / throws R · New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
486G
.260AVG
.291OBP
.319SLG
More career statistics
476H
5HR
253RBI
59SB
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 · At bats | 1,829 | 1,838 |
| Batting · Hits | 476 | 479 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 3 | 6 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,950 | 1,971 |
| Batting · Runs | 210 | 211 |
| Batting · RBI | 253 | 243 |
| Batting · Walks | 77 | 85 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 486 | 1,950 | 1,829 | 210 | 476 | 64 | 14 | 5 | 253 | 77 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 583 | .260 | .291 | .319 | .610 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1903-09-13 to 1903-09-26
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1903-04-24 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1898-09-29 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1898-10-15 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 262 | 1042 | 251 | 0 | 143 | 47 | 61 | .260 | .286 | .308 |
| Away | 224 | 929 | 228 | 5 | 100 | 38 | 66 | .261 | .286 | .330 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 169 | 53 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 12 | .333 | .349 | .396 |
| May | 65 | 269 | 71 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 21 | .280 | .309 | .327 |
| June | 68 | 274 | 70 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 18 | .271 | .296 | .337 |
| July | 83 | 336 | 70 | 1 | 43 | 17 | 31 | .224 | .259 | .282 |
| August | 102 | 404 | 93 | 2 | 48 | 12 | 16 | .249 | .260 | .305 |
| September | 104 | 423 | 103 | 1 | 56 | 18 | 20 | .261 | .286 | .327 |
| October | 26 | 96 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | .221 | .292 | .256 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 62 | 253 | 61 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 19 | .255 | .285 | .335 |
| chicago-cubs | 61 | 254 | 59 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 14 | .246 | .264 | .296 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 58 | 227 | 65 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 14 | .307 | .330 | .382 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 52 | 212 | 55 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 15 | .286 | .307 | .349 |
| boston-braves | 51 | 199 | 43 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 15 | .232 | .256 | .276 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 50 | 194 | 51 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 9 | .277 | .294 | .337 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 35 | 147 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 16 | .236 | .259 | .257 |
| cleveland-spiders | 25 | 99 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | .245 | .242 | .266 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 97 | 361 | 95 | 2 | 67 | 6 | .263 | – | – |
| 1899 | Philadelphia Phillies | 151 | 584 | 156 | 3 | 90 | 15 | .267 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1902 |  New York Giants | 127 | 490 | 116 | – | 44 | 19 | .237 | – | – |
| 1903 | New York Giants | 109 | 395 | 111 | – | 42 | 19 | .281 | – | – |