Bobby Messenger
1909–1914 · bats B / throws R · Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns
56G
.172AVG
.282OBP
.217SLG
More career statistics
27H
0HR
4RBI
10SB
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 · At bats | 157 | 156 |
| Batting · Hits | 27 | 26 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 0 | 32 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 187 | 189 |
| Batting · RBI | 4 | 5 |
| Batting · Walks | 20 | 23 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 187 | 157 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | .172 | .282 | .217 | .499 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1909-09-03 to 1909-09-06
8longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1909-09-27 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Chicago White Sox | 31 | 111 | 18 | – | 1 | 7 | .162 | – | – |
| 1910 | Chicago White Sox | 9 | 26 | 6 | – | 4 | 3 | .231 | – | – |
| 1911 | Chicago White Sox | 15 | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | .118 | – | – |
| 1914 |  St. Louis Browns | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |