Chad Kimsey
1929–1936 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
227G
.282AVG
.336OBP
.432SLG
More career statistics
58H
6HR
26RBI
2SB
24–29W–L
509.1IP
121K
5.07ERA
10GS
17SV
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 · Strikeouts | 53 | 55 |
| Batting · Runs | 30 | 31 |
| Batting · RBI | 26 | 25 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,271 | 2,299 |
| Pitching · p er | 287 | 292 |
| Pitching · p h | 618 | 628 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,528 | 1,531 |
| Pitching · p k | 121 | 123 |
| Pitching · p r | 341 | 345 |
| Pitching · p w | 194 | 197 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227 | 225 | 206 | 30 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | .282 | .336 | .432 | .768 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 509.3 | 198 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 618 | 341 | 287 | 23 | 194 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 5.07 | 1.594 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1929-04-21 to 1929-06-06
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1930-06-27 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 14 hits allowed | 1936-06-12 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 18 | 6 walks allowed | 1936-07-05 | 1 in 74 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 129 | 119 | 32 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 26 | .296 | .345 | .509 |
| Away | 98 | 106 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 29 | .265 | .311 | .347 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .500 |
| May | 39 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .185 | .241 | .222 |
| June | 49 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | .302 | .319 | .395 |
| July | 58 | 68 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 20 | .308 | .324 | .600 |
| August | 32 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .290 | .371 | .387 |
| September | 33 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .280 | .379 | .360 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 41 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .303 | .314 | .364 |
| cleveland-guardians | 39 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | .250 | .312 | .386 |
| boston-red-sox | 32 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .231 | .300 | .231 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 29 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .250 | .273 | .300 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .250 | .300 | .357 |
| chicago-white-sox | 26 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .348 | .444 | .739 |
| detroit-tigers | 25 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .370 | .393 | .667 |
| st-louis-browns | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .600 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  St. Louis Browns | 29 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | – | .267 | 64 | 13 |
| 1930 | St. Louis Browns | 60 | 70 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .343 | 113 | 32 |
| 1931 | St. Louis Browns | 47 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .270 | 95 | 27 |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 41 | 20 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .300 | 89 | 21 |
| 1933 |  Chicago White Sox | 28 | 33 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .152 | 96 | 19 |
| 1936 |  Detroit Tigers | 22 | 16 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .312 | 52 | 11 |