Billy Lush
1897–1904 · bats B / throws R · Boston Braves, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1897-99)
490G
.249AVG
.360OBP
.332SLG
More career statistics
429H
8HR
152RBI
84SB
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 · Games | 490 | 388 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,722 | 1,356 |
| Batting · Doubles | 49 | 40 |
| Batting · Hits | 429 | 338 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 8 | 9 |
| Batting · Home runs | 8 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 50 | 127 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,096 | 1,653 |
| Batting · Runs | 294 | 219 |
| Batting · RBI | 152 | 107 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 84 | 56 |
| Batting · Triples | 35 | 24 |
| Batting · Walks | 291 | 224 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 490 | 2,096 | 1,722 | 294 | 429 | 49 | 35 | 8 | 152 | 291 | 50 | 84 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 572 | .249 | .360 | .332 | .692 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1904-04-16 to 1904-05-04
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Three Triples | 1903-09-26 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1904-08-18 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1903-07-16 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 194 | 811 | 166 | 2 | 51 | 114 | 64 | .252 | .345 | .308 |
| Away | 194 | 842 | 172 | 2 | 56 | 110 | 63 | .247 | .335 | .337 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 14 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | .240 | .321 | .300 |
| May | 64 | 286 | 53 | 1 | 19 | 43 | 26 | .232 | .336 | .316 |
| June | 55 | 237 | 37 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 20 | .194 | .300 | .267 |
| July | 63 | 270 | 57 | 0 | 18 | 34 | 20 | .256 | .337 | .318 |
| August | 80 | 332 | 74 | 0 | 19 | 35 | 26 | .264 | .328 | .311 |
| September | 94 | 402 | 91 | 1 | 29 | 67 | 23 | .283 | .393 | .389 |
| October | 18 | 70 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | .222 | .271 | .270 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 40 | 174 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 5 | .319 | .362 | .396 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 39 | 170 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 11 | .225 | .324 | .261 |
| boston-red-sox | 36 | 153 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 14 | .264 | .340 | .364 |
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 154 | 34 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 8 | .279 | .357 | .393 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 34 | 150 | 34 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 3 | .268 | .333 | .409 |
| chicago-white-sox | 33 | 136 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 13 | .255 | .360 | .355 |
| detroit-tigers | 24 | 97 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 5 | .200 | .330 | .253 |
| cincinnati-reds | 23 | 101 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 6 | .197 | .347 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 3 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Boston Braves | 7 | 27 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .185 | – | – |
| 1902 | Boston Braves | 121 | 415 | 94 | 2 | 22 | 30 | .227 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Detroit Tigers | 119 | 423 | 116 | 1 | 32 | 14 | .274 | – | – |
| 1904 |  Cleveland Guardians | 138 | 479 | 123 | 1 | 50 | 12 | .257 | – | – |