Claude Rossman
1904–1909 · bats L / throws L · Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
512G
.283AVG
.318OBP
.359SLG
More career statistics
523H
3HR
238RBI
49SB
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 | 1,848 | 1,854 |
| Batting · Doubles | 80 | 82 |
| Batting · Hits | 523 | 524 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,019 | 2,026 |
| Batting · Runs | 175 | 174 |
| Batting · RBI | 238 | 229 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 49 | 47 |
| Batting · Walks | 90 | 89 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 512 | 2,019 | 1,848 | 175 | 523 | 80 | 26 | 3 | 238 | 90 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 664 | .283 | .318 | .359 | .677 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1906-07-04 to 1906-07-23
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1907-06-11 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1907-07-04 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1908-07-02 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 262 | 1018 | 268 | 1 | 125 | 45 | 50 | .290 | .307 | .371 |
| Away | 250 | 1008 | 256 | 2 | 104 | 44 | 71 | .275 | .298 | .348 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 41 | 161 | 45 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | .304 | .304 | .405 |
| May | 76 | 290 | 76 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 20 | .281 | .300 | .337 |
| June | 80 | 303 | 71 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 13 | .261 | .277 | .327 |
| July | 99 | 414 | 110 | 1 | 47 | 20 | 17 | .296 | .314 | .402 |
| August | 88 | 350 | 96 | 1 | 44 | 21 | 26 | .301 | .334 | .373 |
| September | 104 | 407 | 104 | 1 | 43 | 17 | 27 | .276 | .297 | .342 |
| October | 24 | 101 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | .227 | .248 | .309 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 78 | 302 | 73 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 20 | .255 | .265 | .318 |
| st-louis-browns | 72 | 280 | 71 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 12 | .276 | .304 | .366 |
| new-york-yankees | 72 | 289 | 68 | 0 | 38 | 15 | 19 | .269 | .287 | .336 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 72 | 289 | 88 | 1 | 39 | 21 | 14 | .336 | .377 | .450 |
| boston-red-sox | 70 | 275 | 81 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 15 | .318 | .327 | .396 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 69 | 280 | 68 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 26 | .259 | .268 | .316 |
| cleveland-guardians | 58 | 236 | 55 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 13 | .261 | .284 | .346 |
| detroit-tigers | 21 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .299 | .320 | .328 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |  Cleveland Guardians | 18 | 63 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .206 | – | – |
| 1906 | Cleveland Guardians | 119 | 398 | 122 | 1 | 22 | 11 | .307 | – | – |
| 1907 |  Detroit Tigers | 153 | 570 | 159 | – | 80 | 20 | .279 | – | – |
| 1908 | Detroit Tigers | 138 | 525 | 154 | 2 | 80 | 7 | .293 | – | – |
| 1909 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 84 | 298 | 76 | – | 41 | 9 | .255 | – | – |