Chick Shorten
1915–1924 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
528G
.275AVG
.330OBP
.349SLG
More career statistics
370H
3HR
134RBI
12SB
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 1,345 | 1,347 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 8 | 22 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 68 | 69 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,518 | 1,520 |
| Batting · Runs | 159 | 160 |
| Batting · RBI | 134 | 144 |
| Batting · Walks | 110 | 108 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 528 | 1,518 | 1,345 | 159 | 370 | 51 | 20 | 3 | 134 | 110 | 68 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 470 | .275 | .330 | .349 | .679 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1920-09-10 to 1920-09-25
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1921-06-23 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1917-09-10 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1921-07-07 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 267 | 751 | 181 | 2 | 74 | 58 | 40 | .272 | .318 | .354 |
| Away | 261 | 769 | 189 | 1 | 70 | 50 | 29 | .278 | .311 | .344 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 89 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | .265 | .292 | .301 |
| May | 70 | 172 | 39 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 2 | .271 | .326 | .396 |
| June | 106 | 272 | 64 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 14 | .262 | .294 | .332 |
| July | 112 | 399 | 90 | 0 | 31 | 34 | 12 | .267 | .311 | .356 |
| August | 97 | 247 | 66 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 17 | .289 | .324 | .338 |
| September | 96 | 294 | 76 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 15 | .284 | .327 | .351 |
| October | 13 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .302 | .340 | .372 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 78 | 193 | 53 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 8 | .293 | .337 | .337 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 74 | 258 | 69 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 17 | .295 | .333 | .389 |
| cleveland-guardians | 73 | 205 | 53 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 7 | .305 | .341 | .379 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 72 | 228 | 47 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 14 | .237 | .281 | .313 |
| st-louis-browns | 59 | 196 | 50 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 7 | .287 | .327 | .316 |
| boston-red-sox | 53 | 148 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 7 | .256 | .311 | .372 |
| chicago-white-sox | 51 | 167 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | .247 | .269 | .327 |
| detroit-tigers | 27 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .239 | .300 | .413 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 |  Boston Red Sox | 6 | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | .214 | – | – |
| 1916 | Boston Red Sox | 54 | 113 | 33 | – | 11 | 1 | .292 | – | – |
| 1917 | Boston Red Sox | 69 | 168 | 30 | – | 16 | 2 | .179 | – | – |
| 1919 |  Detroit Tigers | 95 | 271 | 85 | – | 26 | 5 | .314 | – | – |
| 1920 | Detroit Tigers | 116 | 363 | 105 | 1 | 44 | 2 | .289 | – | – |
| 1921 | Detroit Tigers | 92 | 218 | 59 | – | 25 | 2 | .271 | – | – |
| 1922 |  St. Louis Browns | 55 | 131 | 36 | 2 | 16 | – | .275 | – | – |
| 1924 |  Cincinnati Reds | 41 | 69 | 19 | – | 6 | – | .275 | – | – |