Chet Laabs
1937–1947 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
950G
.262AVG
.346OBP
.452SLG
More career statistics
813H
117HR
509RBI
32SB
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 | 22 | 24 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 595 | 594 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,538 | 3,539 |
| Batting · RBI | 509 | 508 |
| Batting · Walks | 389 | 390 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 950 | 3,538 | 3,102 | 467 | 813 | 151 | 44 | 117 | 509 | 389 | 595 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1,403 | .262 | .346 | .452 | .798 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1942-09-05 to 1942-09-16
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero | 1938-10-02 | 1 in 927 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1941-07-16 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1939-08-12 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 520 | 1913 | 459 | 71 | 284 | 232 | 305 | .277 | .361 | .483 |
| Away | 430 | 1626 | 354 | 46 | 224 | 158 | 289 | .245 | .315 | .417 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 50 | 179 | 38 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 26 | .250 | .363 | .441 |
| May | 140 | 531 | 121 | 16 | 68 | 55 | 87 | .257 | .331 | .440 |
| June | 195 | 729 | 182 | 26 | 117 | 59 | 132 | .275 | .331 | .478 |
| July | 186 | 671 | 155 | 31 | 115 | 83 | 115 | .269 | .355 | .513 |
| August | 206 | 792 | 172 | 22 | 98 | 103 | 127 | .254 | .347 | .414 |
| September | 166 | 614 | 140 | 15 | 78 | 62 | 100 | .258 | .329 | .413 |
| October | 7 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | .227 | .261 | .545 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 152 | 584 | 125 | 23 | 82 | 62 | 115 | .242 | .320 | .429 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 149 | 554 | 136 | 18 | 77 | 64 | 80 | .281 | .361 | .481 |
| new-york-yankees | 138 | 492 | 121 | 19 | 72 | 42 | 78 | .274 | .331 | .472 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 133 | 521 | 122 | 28 | 101 | 70 | 90 | .276 | .369 | .566 |
| cleveland-guardians | 128 | 461 | 98 | 8 | 55 | 48 | 81 | .243 | .317 | .395 |
| chicago-white-sox | 125 | 476 | 117 | 12 | 68 | 47 | 71 | .277 | .345 | .444 |
| detroit-tigers | 108 | 394 | 83 | 8 | 48 | 48 | 69 | .241 | .332 | .372 |
| st-louis-browns | 17 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | .229 | .351 | .312 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Detroit Tigers | 72 | 242 | 58 | 8 | 36 | 6 | .240 | – | – |
| 1938 | Detroit Tigers | 64 | 211 | 50 | 7 | 38 | 3 | .237 | – | – |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 100 | 333 | 100 | 10 | 64 | 4 | .300 | – | – |
| 1940 |  St. Louis Browns | 105 | 218 | 59 | 10 | 39 | 3 | .271 | – | – |
| 1941 | St. Louis Browns | 118 | 392 | 109 | 15 | 59 | 5 | .278 | – | – |
| 1942 | St. Louis Browns | 144 | 520 | 143 | 27 | 99 | – | .275 | – | – |
| 1943 | St. Louis Browns | 151 | 580 | 145 | 17 | 85 | 5 | .250 | – | – |
| 1944 | St. Louis Browns | 66 | 201 | 47 | 5 | 23 | 3 | .234 | – | – |
| 1945 | St. Louis Browns | 35 | 109 | 26 | 1 | 8 | – | .239 | – | – |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns | 80 | 264 | 69 | 16 | 52 | 3 | .261 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 15 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 5 | – | .219 | – | – |