Cliff Mapes
1947–1952 · bats L / throws R · ASF, Detroit Tigers, MLS, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
459G
.242AVG
.338OBP
.406SLG
More career statistics
289H
38HR
172RBI
8SB
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 | 9 | 11 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 213 | 215 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,382 | 1,384 |
| Batting · RBI | 172 | 170 |
| Batting · Walks | 168 | 170 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 459 | 1,382 | 1,193 | 199 | 289 | 55 | 13 | 38 | 172 | 168 | 213 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 484 | .242 | .338 | .406 | .744 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1950-04-19 to 1950-05-08
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1950-05-11 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1950-07-05 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1949-06-22 | 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 | 228 | 712 | 162 | 25 | 103 | 94 | 106 | .268 | .360 | .464 |
| Away | 231 | 672 | 127 | 13 | 67 | 76 | 109 | .216 | .302 | .345 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 71 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | .226 | .310 | .371 |
| May | 74 | 235 | 55 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 42 | .262 | .332 | .424 |
| June | 95 | 251 | 52 | 7 | 30 | 35 | 35 | .246 | .347 | .412 |
| July | 73 | 215 | 37 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 29 | .201 | .298 | .375 |
| August | 92 | 313 | 57 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 53 | .210 | .297 | .362 |
| September | 92 | 290 | 74 | 10 | 37 | 40 | 42 | .300 | .393 | .478 |
| October | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 80 | 265 | 61 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 39 | .261 | .340 | .427 |
| chicago-white-sox | 71 | 190 | 38 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 33 | .241 | .358 | .392 |
| st-louis-browns | 63 | 189 | 39 | 3 | 25 | 26 | 25 | .242 | .344 | .404 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 61 | 181 | 37 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 19 | .237 | .331 | .423 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 60 | 164 | 37 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 30 | .259 | .317 | .462 |
| detroit-tigers | 55 | 180 | 40 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 30 | .252 | .328 | .358 |
| boston-red-sox | 53 | 151 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 30 | .191 | .265 | .351 |
| new-york-yankees | 16 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | .235 | .391 | .431 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  New York Yankees | 53 | 88 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .250 | – | – |
| 1949 | New York Yankees | 111 | 304 | 75 | 7 | 38 | 6 | .247 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Yankees | 108 | 356 | 88 | 12 | 61 | 1 | .247 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns | 101 | 252 | 66 | 9 | 38 | – | .262 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Detroit Tigers | 86 | 193 | 38 | 9 | 21 | – | .197 | – | – |