Bubba Church
1950–1955 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies
162G
.226AVG
.242OBP
.302SLG
More career statistics
53H
3HR
13RBI
0SB
36–37W–L
713.1IP
274K
4.10ERA
95GS
4SV
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 · Runs | 21 | 22 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,030 | 3,087 |
| Pitching · p er | 325 | 326 |
| Pitching · p gs | 95 | 96 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,140 | 2,139 |
| Pitching · p r | 367 | 366 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | 252 | 235 | 21 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | .226 | .242 | .302 | .544 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 713.3 | 147 | 95 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 4 | 738 | 367 | 325 | 84 | 277 | 274 | 0 | 0 | 4.10 | 1.423 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1952-07-12 to 1952-07-24
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1954-05-13 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1951-04-18 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1953-06-21 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 86 | 122 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 24 | .233 | .230 | .293 |
| Away | 76 | 130 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | .218 | .223 | .311 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 |
| May | 32 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .154 | .175 | .179 |
| June | 29 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .262 | .250 | .333 |
| July | 34 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .203 | .206 | .288 |
| August | 32 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .234 | .212 | .298 |
| September | 25 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | .314 | .325 | .486 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 28 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .235 | .229 | .382 |
| chicago-cubs | 23 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .271 | .255 | .312 |
| new-york-giants | 23 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .500 | .500 | .792 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 22 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .146 | .156 | .171 |
| boston-braves | 17 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .143 | .152 | .179 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .056 | .053 | .056 |
| cincinnati-reds | 14 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .222 | .200 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .375 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 39 | 44 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .182 | 142 | 51 |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Phillies | 39 | 86 | 22 | 1 | 7 | – | .256 | 247 | 103 |
| 1952 | Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 2 | – | .235 | 158 | 50 |
| 1953 | Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds | 39 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 3 | – | .229 | 147 | 59 |
| 1954 |  Chicago Cubs | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 14 | 8 |
| 1955 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 3 | 3 |