Charlie Dexter
1897–1903 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Louisville Colonels
773G
.261AVG
.318OBP
.328SLG
More career statistics
749H
16HR
346RBI
183SB
6Rare 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 | 773 | 667 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,866 | 2,477 |
| Batting · Doubles | 94 | 77 |
| Batting · Hits | 749 | 639 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 42 | 32 |
| Batting · Home runs | 16 | 13 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 34 | 156 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,184 | 2,767 |
| Batting · Runs | 429 | 364 |
| Batting · RBI | 346 | 299 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 183 | 161 |
| Batting · Triples | 24 | 17 |
| Batting · Walks | 198 | 181 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 773 | 3,184 | 2,866 | 429 | 749 | 94 | 24 | 16 | 346 | 198 | 34 | 183 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 939 | .261 | .318 | .328 | .646 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1902-07-26 to 1902-08-23
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1903-06-29 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1903-04-30 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1901-09-21 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 330 | 1365 | 312 | 8 | 149 | 90 | 63 | .256 | .295 | .323 |
| Away | 337 | 1402 | 327 | 5 | 150 | 91 | 93 | .260 | .298 | .314 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 40 | 176 | 40 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 9 | .280 | .352 | .364 |
| May | 118 | 476 | 117 | 2 | 35 | 28 | 22 | .278 | .305 | .337 |
| June | 145 | 628 | 148 | 2 | 64 | 44 | 27 | .262 | .306 | .321 |
| July | 104 | 429 | 101 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 25 | .260 | .289 | .298 |
| August | 133 | 540 | 125 | 6 | 79 | 33 | 37 | .255 | .293 | .341 |
| September | 109 | 453 | 95 | 2 | 45 | 26 | 32 | .231 | .267 | .280 |
| October | 18 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | .220 | .277 | .271 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 92 | 383 | 96 | 2 | 46 | 23 | 14 | .277 | .311 | .347 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 88 | 368 | 80 | 2 | 40 | 22 | 19 | .245 | .277 | .307 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 84 | 347 | 72 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 18 | .234 | .274 | .279 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 77 | 314 | 73 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 8 | .263 | .312 | .291 |
| new-york-giants | 77 | 325 | 74 | 2 | 48 | 27 | 27 | .259 | .311 | .325 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 74 | 301 | 71 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 16 | .260 | .299 | .322 |
| boston-braves | 59 | 241 | 49 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 22 | .218 | .228 | .284 |
| chicago-cubs | 43 | 185 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 14 | .232 | .303 | .323 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Louisville Colonels | 76 | 257 | 72 | 2 | 46 | 12 | .280 | – | – |
| 1898 | Louisville Colonels | 112 | 421 | 132 | 1 | 66 | 44 | .314 | – | – |
| 1899 | Louisville Colonels | 81 | 299 | 76 | 1 | 33 | 20 | .254 | – | – |
| 1900 |  Chicago Cubs | 40 | 125 | 25 | 2 | 20 | 2 | .200 | – | – |
| 1901 | Chicago Cubs | 116 | 462 | 123 | 1 | 66 | 22 | .266 | – | – |
| 1902 | Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs | 119 | 456 | 109 | 3 | 44 | 29 | .239 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Boston Braves | 123 | 457 | 102 | 3 | 24 | 32 | .223 | – | – |