Charlie Gelbert
1929–1940 · bats R / throws R · ASB, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1901-60)
876G
.267AVG
.336OBP
.374SLG
More career statistics
766H
17HR
350RBI
34SB
4.0IP
1K
9.00ERA
0GS
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 · Caught stealing | 0 | 28 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 245 | 246 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,215 | 3,216 |
| Batting · Runs | 398 | 397 |
| Batting · RBI | 350 | 355 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 34 | 38 |
| Batting · Walks | 290 | 291 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 21 | 20 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 876 | 3,215 | 2,869 | 398 | 766 | 169 | 43 | 17 | 350 | 290 | 245 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1,072 | .267 | .336 | .374 | .710 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2.000 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1936-07-04 to 1936-07-18
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1930-05-16 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1929-06-30 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1930-05-20 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 457 | 1669 | 386 | 8 | 190 | 161 | 136 | .262 | .328 | .371 |
| Away | 419 | 1547 | 380 | 9 | 165 | 130 | 110 | .272 | .330 | .376 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 268 | 62 | 1 | 22 | 28 | 20 | .262 | .336 | .350 |
| May | 173 | 631 | 134 | 6 | 78 | 64 | 50 | .243 | .314 | .362 |
| June | 155 | 528 | 136 | 2 | 65 | 39 | 40 | .282 | .331 | .377 |
| July | 176 | 671 | 168 | 3 | 74 | 63 | 41 | .283 | .344 | .406 |
| August | 158 | 613 | 137 | 1 | 59 | 55 | 52 | .251 | .313 | .339 |
| September | 142 | 493 | 126 | 4 | 57 | 42 | 41 | .283 | .341 | .396 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .417 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 109 | 421 | 102 | 2 | 44 | 29 | 23 | .266 | .311 | .392 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 108 | 435 | 121 | 1 | 58 | 51 | 16 | .321 | .395 | .432 |
| new-york-giants | 107 | 383 | 89 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 26 | .256 | .308 | .339 |
| boston-braves | 106 | 381 | 90 | 0 | 50 | 27 | 27 | .262 | .307 | .378 |
| cincinnati-reds | 103 | 397 | 94 | 2 | 49 | 37 | 19 | .266 | .330 | .373 |
| chicago-cubs | 103 | 393 | 96 | 5 | 44 | 40 | 53 | .274 | .346 | .363 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 94 | 356 | 80 | 2 | 34 | 30 | 40 | .252 | .309 | .372 |
| boston-red-sox | 27 | 88 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | .291 | .364 | .430 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 146 | 512 | 134 | 3 | 67 | 11 | .262 | – | – |
| 1930 | St. Louis Cardinals | 139 | 513 | 156 | 3 | 73 | 6 | .304 | – | – |
| 1931 | St. Louis Cardinals | 131 | 447 | 129 | 1 | 64 | 7 | .289 | – | – |
| 1932 | St. Louis Cardinals | 122 | 455 | 122 | 1 | 45 | 8 | .268 | – | – |
| 1935 | St. Louis Cardinals | 62 | 168 | 49 | 2 | 21 | 1 | .292 | – | – |
| 1936 | St. Louis Cardinals | 93 | 280 | 64 | 3 | 27 | 2 | .229 | – | – |
| 1937 | Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers | 63 | 161 | 26 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .161 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 68 | 188 | 48 | 3 | 29 | 2 | .255 | – | – |
| 1940 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 52 | 145 | 38 | – | 15 | – | .262 | 4 | 1 |