Charlie James
1960–1965 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals
510G
.255AVG
.283OBP
.369SLG
More career statistics
358H
29HR
172RBI
7SB
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 | 7 | 8 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 260 | 258 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 510 | 1,479 | 1,406 | 158 | 358 | 56 | 9 | 29 | 172 | 48 | 260 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 519 | .255 | .283 | .369 | .652 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1961-09-01 to 1961-09-09
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1963-07-06 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1963-05-09 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1961-07-08 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 256 | 713 | 179 | 20 | 93 | 31 | 131 | .267 | .295 | .399 |
| Away | 254 | 766 | 179 | 9 | 79 | 17 | 127 | .244 | .256 | .341 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 104 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 21 | .263 | .269 | .374 |
| May | 83 | 236 | 60 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 43 | .273 | .301 | .400 |
| June | 96 | 327 | 91 | 7 | 55 | 10 | 57 | .291 | .309 | .412 |
| July | 91 | 288 | 72 | 7 | 40 | 8 | 47 | .262 | .278 | .396 |
| August | 107 | 287 | 56 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 56 | .207 | .230 | .306 |
| September | 85 | 226 | 51 | 4 | 25 | 7 | 32 | .235 | .257 | .327 |
| October | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| los-angeles-dodgers | 69 | 211 | 43 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 47 | .212 | .223 | .320 |
| san-francisco-giants | 64 | 183 | 37 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 32 | .211 | .235 | .331 |
| milwaukee-braves | 63 | 182 | 48 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 23 | .270 | .286 | .388 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 62 | 189 | 55 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 30 | .307 | .328 | .391 |
| cincinnati-reds | 58 | 157 | 42 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 26 | .276 | .287 | .401 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 58 | 169 | 40 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 24 | .263 | .308 | .368 |
| chicago-cubs | 54 | 165 | 36 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 37 | .232 | .255 | .348 |
| new-york-mets | 42 | 129 | 34 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 21 | .274 | .287 | .435 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 5 | – | .180 | – | – |
| 1961 | St. Louis Cardinals | 108 | 349 | 89 | 4 | 44 | 2 | .255 | – | – |
| 1962 | St. Louis Cardinals | 129 | 388 | 107 | 8 | 59 | 3 | .276 | – | – |
| 1963 | St. Louis Cardinals | 116 | 347 | 93 | 10 | 45 | 2 | .268 | – | – |
| 1964 | St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 233 | 52 | 5 | 17 | – | .223 | – | – |
| 1965 |  Cincinnati Reds | 26 | 39 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .205 | – | – |