Buck Weaver
1912–1920 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox
1,256G
.272AVG
.307OBP
.355SLG
More career statistics
1,308H
21HR
420RBI
172SB
9Rare 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 | 1,256 | 1,255 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,809 | 4,807 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 70 | 144 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,308 | 1,313 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 58 | 59 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 303 | 381 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,292 | 5,296 |
| Batting · Runs | 623 | 624 |
| Batting · RBI | 420 | 425 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 172 | 175 |
| Batting · Triples | 69 | 70 |
| Batting · Walks | 183 | 184 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,256 | 5,292 | 4,809 | 623 | 1,308 | 198 | 69 | 21 | 420 | 183 | 303 | 172 | 70 | 58 | 0 | 1,707 | .272 | .307 | .355 | .662 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1920-06-11 to 1920-06-30
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Stealing the Cycle | 1919-09-06 | 1 in 3,787 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1917-04-28 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1919-06-14 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 615 | 2505 | 617 | 7 | 185 | 94 | 186 | .274 | .284 | .356 |
| Away | 640 | 2791 | 696 | 14 | 240 | 90 | 195 | .273 | .282 | .357 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 121 | 507 | 109 | 1 | 36 | 23 | 33 | .244 | .260 | .316 |
| May | 215 | 909 | 236 | 2 | 79 | 36 | 64 | .284 | .299 | .373 |
| June | 237 | 998 | 247 | 9 | 78 | 48 | 71 | .277 | .296 | .395 |
| July | 263 | 1116 | 287 | 3 | 107 | 28 | 79 | .285 | .282 | .360 |
| August | 211 | 877 | 202 | 2 | 60 | 23 | 74 | .246 | .257 | .307 |
| September | 191 | 816 | 212 | 4 | 62 | 21 | 52 | .285 | .286 | .365 |
| October | 17 | 73 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | .308 | .342 | .354 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 185 | 781 | 204 | 2 | 60 | 22 | 56 | .283 | .289 | .388 |
| new-york-yankees | 182 | 761 | 199 | 6 | 57 | 25 | 49 | .288 | .294 | .387 |
| detroit-tigers | 181 | 793 | 199 | 2 | 70 | 33 | 42 | .286 | .293 | .368 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 181 | 761 | 201 | 1 | 59 | 34 | 50 | .291 | .309 | .371 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 178 | 750 | 190 | 4 | 77 | 25 | 74 | .279 | .287 | .352 |
| boston-red-sox | 178 | 729 | 164 | 4 | 54 | 15 | 61 | .242 | .246 | .328 |
| st-louis-browns | 170 | 721 | 156 | 2 | 48 | 30 | 49 | .241 | .258 | .295 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Chicago White Sox | 148 | 522 | 117 | 1 | 41 | 12 | .224 | – | – |
| 1913 | Chicago White Sox | 151 | 531 | 145 | 4 | 50 | 19 | .273 | – | – |
| 1914 | Chicago White Sox | 137 | 542 | 134 | 2 | 28 | 14 | .247 | – | – |
| 1915 | Chicago White Sox | 148 | 563 | 151 | 3 | 49 | 24 | .268 | – | – |
| 1916 | Chicago White Sox | 150 | 582 | 132 | 3 | 41 | 23 | .227 | – | – |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox | 118 | 446 | 127 | 3 | 34 | 21 | .285 | – | – |
| 1918 | Chicago White Sox | 112 | 420 | 126 | – | 28 | 20 | .300 | – | – |
| 1919 | Chicago White Sox | 140 | 571 | 171 | 3 | 76 | 23 | .299 | – | – |
| 1920 | Chicago White Sox | 151 | 630 | 210 | 2 | 78 | 19 | .333 | – | – |