Bob Thurman
1946–1959 · bats L / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs
462G
.276AVG
.336OBP
.473SLG
More career statistics
283H
43HR
169RBI
11SB
5–9W–L
109.1IP
54K
5.43ERA
15GS
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 · Games | 462 | 490 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,025 | 1,126 |
| Batting · Doubles | 37 | 43 |
| Batting · Hits | 283 | 325 |
| Batting · Home runs | 43 | 56 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,124 | 1,245 |
| Batting · Runs | 165 | 197 |
| Batting · RBI | 169 | 182 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 11 | 16 |
| Batting · Triples | 18 | 22 |
| Batting · Walks | 85 | 104 |
| Pitching · Games | 24 | 30 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 498 | 493 |
| Pitching · p cg | 7 | 9 |
| Pitching · p er | 66 | 26 |
| Pitching · p gs | 15 | 19 |
| Pitching · p h | 115 | 134 |
| Pitching · p hr | 4 | 5 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 328 | 370 |
| Pitching · p k | 54 | 38 |
| Pitching · p r | 83 | 90 |
| Pitching · p w | 53 | 52 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 462 | 1,124 | 1,025 | 165 | 283 | 37 | 18 | 43 | 169 | 85 | 112 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 485 | .276 | .336 | .473 | .809 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109.3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 115 | 83 | 66 | 4 | 53 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 5.43 | 1.537 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1948-05-09 to 1948-06-22
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1956-08-18 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1956-08-18 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1947-05-20 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 265 | 679 | 187 | 41 | 131 | 64 | 60 | .309 | .370 | .587 |
| Away | 225 | 566 | 138 | 15 | 51 | 40 | 52 | .265 | .314 | .432 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .306 | .359 | .611 |
| May | 98 | 245 | 68 | 15 | 42 | 17 | 12 | .302 | .347 | .560 |
| June | 108 | 297 | 81 | 9 | 49 | 29 | 19 | .307 | .370 | .519 |
| July | 111 | 280 | 72 | 12 | 36 | 26 | 24 | .287 | .350 | .514 |
| August | 89 | 243 | 60 | 10 | 30 | 16 | 31 | .267 | .313 | .462 |
| September | 57 | 141 | 33 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 22 | .264 | .326 | .496 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 57 | 145 | 37 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 19 | .264 | .283 | .450 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 52 | 123 | 29 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 19 | .259 | .317 | .429 |
| chicago-cubs | 50 | 112 | 23 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 17 | .232 | .304 | .475 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 45 | 99 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 13 | .264 | .343 | .506 |
| milwaukee-braves | 43 | 87 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 17 | .188 | .241 | .487 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 36 | 124 | 38 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .336 | .387 | .442 |
| newark-eagles | 34 | 123 | 31 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .270 | .276 | .426 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 29 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | .217 | .288 | .483 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  Homestead Grays | 28 | 60 | 25 | 2 | 9 | – | .417 | 40 | 11 |
| 1947 | Homestead Grays | 39 | 124 | 37 | 7 | 17 | 4 | .298 | 11 | 3 |
| 1948 | Homestead Grays | 44 | 140 | 50 | 5 | 14 | 3 | .357 | 67 | 24 |
| 1949 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 45 | 139 | 50 | 7 | 36 | 8 | .360 | 4 | – |
| 1955 |  Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 152 | 33 | 7 | 22 | – | .217 | – | – |
| 1956 | Cincinnati Reds | 80 | 139 | 41 | 8 | 22 | – | .295 | – | – |
| 1957 | Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 190 | 47 | 16 | 40 | – | .247 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cincinnati Reds | 94 | 178 | 41 | 4 | 20 | 1 | .230 | – | – |
| 1959 | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .250 | – | – |