Bob Fothergill
1922–1933 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
1,106G
.325AVG
.368OBP
.459SLG
More career statistics
1,064H
36HR
582RBI
42SB
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 · Games | 1,106 | 1,105 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,269 | 3,271 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 52 | 54 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 20 | 22 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 177 | 180 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,579 | 3,582 |
| Batting · RBI | 582 | 578 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,106 | 3,579 | 3,269 | 452 | 1,064 | 225 | 52 | 36 | 582 | 202 | 177 | 42 | 52 | 20 | 0 | 1,501 | .325 | .368 | .459 | .827 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1926-09-22 to 1927-05-07
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Homer, Triple, Double, Steal | 1926-09-26 | 1 in 4,385 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1926-09-26 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1931-07-28 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 542 | 1676 | 502 | 19 | 287 | 94 | 87 | .327 | .356 | .471 |
| Away | 563 | 1906 | 562 | 17 | 291 | 108 | 93 | .323 | .352 | .448 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 110 | 349 | 111 | 2 | 59 | 20 | 19 | .351 | .375 | .440 |
| May | 205 | 704 | 208 | 7 | 115 | 56 | 37 | .334 | .375 | .472 |
| June | 200 | 664 | 196 | 10 | 104 | 35 | 32 | .321 | .348 | .474 |
| July | 201 | 649 | 193 | 12 | 124 | 29 | 33 | .320 | .342 | .494 |
| August | 185 | 605 | 164 | 2 | 75 | 32 | 25 | .295 | .324 | .405 |
| September | 192 | 580 | 180 | 3 | 93 | 29 | 34 | .336 | .360 | .449 |
| October | 12 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .414 | .419 | .552 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 178 | 591 | 185 | 1 | 85 | 28 | 31 | .335 | .360 | .474 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 173 | 534 | 139 | 10 | 81 | 32 | 24 | .284 | .320 | .442 |
| cleveland-guardians | 168 | 598 | 172 | 4 | 103 | 38 | 19 | .320 | .351 | .418 |
| st-louis-browns | 155 | 504 | 150 | 8 | 85 | 26 | 25 | .330 | .349 | .473 |
| new-york-yankees | 147 | 471 | 150 | 4 | 82 | 18 | 29 | .343 | .357 | .487 |
| boston-red-sox | 134 | 437 | 129 | 5 | 74 | 26 | 27 | .324 | .355 | .462 |
| chicago-white-sox | 104 | 307 | 93 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 18 | .335 | .368 | .446 |
| detroit-tigers | 46 | 140 | 46 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 7 | .374 | .429 | .504 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 |  Detroit Tigers | 42 | 152 | 49 | – | 29 | 1 | .322 | – | – |
| 1923 | Detroit Tigers | 101 | 241 | 76 | 1 | 49 | 5 | .315 | – | – |
| 1924 | Detroit Tigers | 54 | 166 | 50 | – | 14 | 2 | .301 | – | – |
| 1925 | Detroit Tigers | 71 | 204 | 72 | 2 | 30 | 3 | .353 | – | – |
| 1926 | Detroit Tigers | 110 | 387 | 142 | 3 | 72 | 4 | .367 | – | – |
| 1927 | Detroit Tigers | 142 | 528 | 189 | 9 | 113 | 10 | .358 | – | – |
| 1928 | Detroit Tigers | 111 | 347 | 110 | 3 | 61 | 7 | .317 | – | – |
| 1929 | Detroit Tigers | 115 | 277 | 98 | 6 | 62 | 3 | .354 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 107 | 278 | 77 | 2 | 37 | 1 | .277 | – | – |
| 1931 |  Chicago White Sox | 108 | 312 | 88 | 3 | 56 | 2 | .282 | – | – |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox | 116 | 347 | 102 | 7 | 50 | 4 | .294 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Boston Red Sox | 28 | 32 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .344 | – | – |