Charley O'Leary
1904–1934 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
959G
.226AVG
.270OBP
.272SLG
More career statistics
731H
3HR
213RBI
74SB
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 · Games | 959 | 958 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,232 | 3,242 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 30 |
| Batting · Doubles | 104 | 107 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 32 | 33 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 34 | 183 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,581 | 3,599 |
| Batting · Runs | 317 | 315 |
| Batting · RBI | 213 | 226 |
| Batting · Triples | 18 | 19 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 959 | 3,581 | 3,232 | 317 | 731 | 104 | 18 | 3 | 213 | 164 | 34 | 74 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 880 | .226 | .270 | .272 | .542 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1905-05-04 to 1905-05-25
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1905-08-21 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1908-07-07 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1907-08-18 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 447 | 1663 | 385 | 2 | 121 | 90 | 73 | .259 | .286 | .314 |
| Away | 511 | 1936 | 346 | 1 | 105 | 74 | 110 | .197 | .217 | .238 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 85 | 317 | 58 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 11 | .206 | .246 | .230 |
| May | 157 | 597 | 132 | 0 | 47 | 26 | 26 | .242 | .265 | .292 |
| June | 188 | 715 | 149 | 2 | 34 | 31 | 39 | .228 | .252 | .279 |
| July | 187 | 715 | 152 | 1 | 47 | 29 | 32 | .234 | .253 | .289 |
| August | 159 | 575 | 110 | 0 | 42 | 33 | 37 | .221 | .249 | .270 |
| September | 148 | 548 | 110 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 31 | .224 | .241 | .267 |
| October | 34 | 132 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | .161 | .174 | .210 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 134 | 506 | 103 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 25 | .225 | .247 | .269 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 120 | 460 | 91 | 1 | 35 | 24 | 19 | .222 | .250 | .271 |
| new-york-yankees | 119 | 455 | 84 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 30 | .207 | .231 | .269 |
| st-louis-browns | 118 | 443 | 84 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 13 | .209 | .228 | .254 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 117 | 454 | 101 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 32 | .245 | .275 | .293 |
| boston-red-sox | 116 | 437 | 101 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 16 | .262 | .265 | .316 |
| cleveland-guardians | 112 | 399 | 78 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 16 | .216 | .248 | .230 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 21 | 84 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | .192 | .214 | .256 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |  Detroit Tigers | 135 | 458 | 97 | 1 | 17 | 9 | .212 | – | – |
| 1905 | Detroit Tigers | 148 | 518 | 109 | – | 33 | 13 | .210 | – | – |
| 1906 | Detroit Tigers | 128 | 442 | 97 | 2 | 42 | 8 | .219 | – | – |
| 1907 | Detroit Tigers | 138 | 465 | 112 | – | 36 | 11 | .241 | – | – |
| 1908 | Detroit Tigers | 65 | 210 | 53 | – | 18 | 4 | .252 | – | – |
| 1909 | Detroit Tigers | 77 | 261 | 53 | – | 13 | 10 | .203 | – | – |
| 1910 | Detroit Tigers | 67 | 211 | 51 | – | 11 | 7 | .242 | – | – |
| 1911 | Detroit Tigers | 75 | 260 | 68 | – | 25 | 10 | .262 | – | – |
| 1912 | Detroit Tigers | 3 | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1913 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 121 | 406 | 88 | – | 31 | 2 | .217 | – | – |
| 1934 |  St. Louis Browns | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | – | – |