Byron Houck
1912–1918 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Tip-Tops, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
118G
.114AVG
.153OBP
.166SLG
More career statistics
20H
1HR
10RBI
0SB
26–24W–L
531.1IP
224K
3.30ERA
50GS
3SV
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 | 175 | 173 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 22 | 57 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 193 | 191 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,269 | 2,250 |
| Pitching · p er | 195 | 188 |
| Pitching · p h | 462 | 463 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,594 | 1,588 |
| Pitching · p k | 224 | 226 |
| Pitching · p r | 253 | 252 |
| Pitching · p w | 274 | 275 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 193 | 175 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | .114 | .153 | .166 | .319 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 531.3 | 118 | 50 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 462 | 253 | 195 | 8 | 274 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 3.30 | 1.385 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1912-09-28 to 1912-10-04
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Four Batters Hit | 1912-10-04 | 1 in 3,022 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1913-04-21 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1913-05-09 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 30 | 62 | 4 | – | 4 | – | .065 | 178 | 77 |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 59 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .085 | 175 | 71 |
| 1914 | Brooklyn Tip-Tops, Philadelphia Athletics | 20 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | .250 | 103 | 51 |
| 1918 |  St. Louis Browns | 27 | 20 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .150 | 72 | 27 |