Buddy Hassett
1935–1942 · bats L / throws L · Brooklyn Dodgers, BRS, Boston Braves, New York Yankees
929G
.292AVG
.333OBP
.362SLG
More career statistics
1,026H
12HR
343RBI
53SB
2Rare 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 | 3,517 | 3,516 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 5 | 51 |
| Batting · Runs | 469 | 470 |
| Batting · RBI | 343 | 345 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 53 | 55 |
| Batting · Walks | 209 | 210 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 929 | 3,807 | 3,517 | 469 | 1,026 | 130 | 40 | 12 | 343 | 209 | 116 | 53 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1,272 | .292 | .333 | .362 | .695 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1942-05-17 to 1942-06-08
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1940-06-10 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1939-07-13 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1936-06-13 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 460 | 1848 | 493 | 7 | 171 | 106 | 53 | .290 | .324 | .366 |
| Away | 469 | 1959 | 533 | 5 | 174 | 104 | 63 | .294 | .325 | .358 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 58 | 190 | 55 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 5 | .314 | .353 | .469 |
| May | 163 | 658 | 187 | 2 | 80 | 49 | 18 | .316 | .359 | .395 |
| June | 150 | 644 | 156 | 2 | 45 | 35 | 27 | .262 | .297 | .309 |
| July | 191 | 829 | 217 | 2 | 71 | 46 | 25 | .281 | .317 | .348 |
| August | 196 | 821 | 228 | 3 | 76 | 41 | 17 | .300 | .328 | .379 |
| September | 165 | 648 | 180 | 0 | 49 | 27 | 24 | .297 | .319 | .348 |
| October | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .294 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 117 | 468 | 119 | 1 | 39 | 27 | 21 | .277 | .312 | .319 |
| cincinnati-reds | 115 | 470 | 140 | 0 | 43 | 29 | 11 | .324 | .360 | .419 |
| new-york-giants | 114 | 438 | 124 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 15 | .299 | .317 | .354 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 112 | 455 | 125 | 0 | 37 | 26 | 13 | .298 | .332 | .363 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 108 | 459 | 119 | 1 | 42 | 21 | 15 | .279 | .305 | .347 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 107 | 426 | 129 | 1 | 53 | 26 | 12 | .329 | .364 | .418 |
| boston-braves | 64 | 263 | 63 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 4 | .265 | .304 | .336 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 60 | 247 | 54 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 9 | .239 | .287 | .296 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 156 | 635 | 197 | 3 | 82 | 5 | .310 | – | – |
| 1937 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 137 | 556 | 169 | 1 | 53 | 13 | .304 | – | – |
| 1938 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 115 | 335 | 98 | – | 40 | 3 | .293 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Boston Braves | 147 | 589 | 182 | 2 | 60 | 15 | .309 | – | – |
| 1940 | Boston Braves | 124 | 458 | 107 | – | 28 | 4 | .234 | – | – |
| 1941 | Boston Braves | 118 | 405 | 120 | 1 | 33 | 10 | .296 | – | – |
| 1942 |  New York Yankees | 132 | 538 | 153 | 5 | 49 | 5 | .284 | – | – |