Bob Ganley
1905–1909 · bats L / throws L · Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1901-60)
572G
.254AVG
.313OBP
.300SLG
More career statistics
540H
2HR
123RBI
112SB
3Rare 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 | 2,129 | 2,126 |
| Batting · Hits | 540 | 536 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,475 | 2,481 |
| Batting · Runs | 246 | 245 |
| Batting · RBI | 123 | 115 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 112 | 111 |
| Batting · Walks | 177 | 184 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 572 | 2,475 | 2,129 | 246 | 540 | 44 | 24 | 2 | 123 | 177 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 638 | .254 | .313 | .300 | .613 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1905-09-12 to 1905-10-07
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1908-08-29 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1907-07-17 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1907-05-24 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 284 | 1207 | 273 | 0 | 61 | 84 | 57 | .263 | .296 | .316 |
| Away | 288 | 1274 | 263 | 2 | 54 | 100 | 75 | .242 | .285 | .281 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 50 | 225 | 48 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 14 | .259 | .316 | .297 |
| May | 90 | 381 | 89 | 1 | 19 | 30 | 19 | .271 | .312 | .338 |
| June | 90 | 405 | 103 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 22 | .297 | .319 | .349 |
| July | 120 | 533 | 95 | 1 | 28 | 43 | 24 | .210 | .259 | .256 |
| August | 85 | 344 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 16 | .218 | .247 | .249 |
| September | 112 | 481 | 111 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 32 | .261 | .293 | .299 |
| October | 25 | 112 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 5 | .274 | .330 | .326 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 62 | 268 | 68 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 11 | .304 | .325 | .375 |
| cleveland-guardians | 61 | 255 | 43 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 13 | .204 | .255 | .256 |
| new-york-yankees | 58 | 263 | 56 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 19 | .250 | .285 | .308 |
| st-louis-browns | 56 | 252 | 60 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 14 | .262 | .274 | .310 |
| detroit-tigers | 56 | 242 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 4 | .270 | .351 | .306 |
| chicago-white-sox | 55 | 235 | 42 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 16 | .205 | .234 | .249 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 47 | 202 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 13 | .223 | .282 | .257 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 27 | 119 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .245 | .252 | .314 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 32 | 126 | 40 | – | 7 | 3 | .317 | – | – |
| 1906 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 137 | 511 | 132 | – | 25 | 19 | .258 | – | – |
| 1907 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 154 | 602 | 162 | 1 | 30 | 40 | .269 | – | – |
| 1908 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 150 | 550 | 131 | 1 | 40 | 29 | .238 | – | – |
| 1909 | Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 99 | 337 | 71 | – | 13 | 20 | .211 | – | – |