Billy Rhines
1897–1899 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates
250G
.177AVG
.227OBP
.222SLG
More career statistics
130H
1HR
64RBI
3SB
113–103W–L
1,891.0IP
553K
3.48ERA
222GS
1SV
9Rare 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 · Games | 250 | 82 |
| Batting · At bats | 735 | 229 |
| Batting · Doubles | 10 | 3 |
| Batting · Hits | 130 | 42 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 6 | 3 |
| Batting · Home runs | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 78 | 24 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 790 | 250 |
| Batting · Runs | 65 | 15 |
| Batting · RBI | 64 | 15 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 3 | 0 |
| Batting · Triples | 10 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 42 | 14 |
| Pitching · Games | 248 | 81 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,174 | 2,626 |
| Pitching · p cg | 187 | 57 |
| Pitching · p er | 731 | 267 |
| Pitching · p gs | 222 | 70 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,961 | 659 |
| Pitching · p hr | 25 | 7 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,673 | 1,802 |
| Pitching · p k | 553 | 119 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,102 | 360 |
| Pitching · p w | 576 | 158 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | 790 | 735 | 65 | 130 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 64 | 42 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 163 | .177 | .227 | .222 | .449 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,891.0 | 248 | 222 | 187 | 113 | 103 | 1 | 1,961 | 1,102 | 731 | 25 | 576 | 553 | 0 | 0 | 3.48 | 1.342 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1899-04-18 to 1899-06-05
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1897-05-21 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1897-05-27 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1898-04-21 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 44 | 130 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 12 | .212 | .246 | .271 |
| Away | 38 | 120 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | .153 | .200 | .189 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .444 |
| May | 20 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .275 | .276 | .333 |
| June | 14 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .205 | .225 | .231 |
| July | 13 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | .184 | .273 | .263 |
| August | 16 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | .122 | .204 | .122 |
| September | 11 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .100 | .125 | .100 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 11 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .267 | .303 | .367 |
| new-york-giants | 10 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .240 | .296 | .280 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .318 | .375 | .409 |
| chicago-cubs | 7 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .190 | .217 | .190 |
| cleveland-spiders | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .158 | .158 | .263 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 6 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .312 | .316 | .500 |
| louisville-colonels | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .048 | .087 | .048 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Cincinnati Reds | 41 | 107 | 17 | – | 8 | – | .159 | 288 | 65 |
| 1898 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | 99 | 15 | – | 5 | – | .152 | 258 | 48 |
| 1899 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 23 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .435 | 54 | 6 |