Burt Shotton
1909–1923 · bats L / throws R · St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,390G
.271AVG
.365OBP
.333SLG
More career statistics
1,338H
9HR
290RBI
293SB
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 · At bats | 4,945 | 4,944 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 93 | 236 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,338 | 1,339 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 380 | 508 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,742 | 5,747 |
| Batting · Runs | 746 | 748 |
| Batting · RBI | 290 | 291 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 293 | 303 |
| Batting · Walks | 713 | 718 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,390 | 5,742 | 4,945 | 746 | 1,338 | 154 | 65 | 9 | 290 | 713 | 380 | 293 | 93 | 22 | 0 | 1,649 | .271 | .365 | .333 | .698 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1918-08-17 to 1918-09-01
38longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1915-06-22 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1913-06-04 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1914-10-01 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 670 | 2724 | 667 | 3 | 128 | 345 | 224 | .286 | .372 | .347 |
| Away | 720 | 3023 | 672 | 6 | 163 | 373 | 284 | .257 | .346 | .322 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 125 | 539 | 120 | 0 | 23 | 75 | 56 | .263 | .362 | .319 |
| May | 251 | 1077 | 260 | 4 | 60 | 132 | 87 | .280 | .364 | .346 |
| June | 249 | 1004 | 233 | 1 | 61 | 136 | 70 | .273 | .368 | .321 |
| July | 274 | 1118 | 254 | 3 | 52 | 127 | 103 | .260 | .341 | .333 |
| August | 254 | 1043 | 252 | 1 | 51 | 118 | 88 | .277 | .355 | .347 |
| September | 211 | 858 | 195 | 0 | 41 | 119 | 94 | .270 | .366 | .324 |
| October | 26 | 108 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | .263 | .333 | .347 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 174 | 781 | 172 | 3 | 45 | 89 | 67 | .254 | .334 | .307 |
| detroit-tigers | 167 | 776 | 174 | 0 | 39 | 125 | 51 | .272 | .385 | .336 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 166 | 710 | 168 | 0 | 34 | 91 | 73 | .278 | .365 | .334 |
| boston-red-sox | 165 | 695 | 160 | 1 | 28 | 83 | 49 | .265 | .350 | .315 |
| chicago-white-sox | 163 | 722 | 166 | 1 | 32 | 72 | 77 | .258 | .330 | .335 |
| cleveland-guardians | 159 | 687 | 158 | 1 | 37 | 109 | 64 | .277 | .389 | .338 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 157 | 694 | 185 | 0 | 31 | 87 | 75 | .309 | .392 | .374 |
| boston-braves | 37 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | .200 | .290 | .217 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  St. Louis Browns | 17 | 61 | 16 | – | 1 | 3 | .262 | – | – |
| 1911 | St. Louis Browns | 140 | 572 | 145 | – | 36 | 26 | .253 | – | – |
| 1912 | St. Louis Browns | 154 | 580 | 168 | 2 | 41 | 35 | .290 | – | – |
| 1913 | St. Louis Browns | 147 | 550 | 163 | 1 | 27 | 46 | .296 | – | – |
| 1914 | St. Louis Browns | 154 | 579 | 157 | – | 36 | 41 | .271 | – | – |
| 1915 | St. Louis Browns | 156 | 558 | 158 | 1 | 34 | 44 | .283 | – | – |
| 1916 | St. Louis Browns | 156 | 613 | 174 | 1 | 34 | 42 | .284 | – | – |
| 1917 | St. Louis Browns | 119 | 398 | 91 | 1 | 20 | 17 | .229 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 127 | 506 | 131 | – | 20 | 25 | .259 | – | – |
| 1919 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 270 | 77 | 1 | 19 | 17 | .285 | – | – |
| 1920 | St. Louis Cardinals | 62 | 179 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 6 | .229 | – | – |
| 1921 | St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .250 | – | – |
| 1922 | St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 30 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1923 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |