Cotton Tierney
1920–1925 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
630G
.296AVG
.332OBP
.415SLG
More career statistics
681H
31HR
331RBI
28SB
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 | 2,299 | 2,300 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 31 | 34 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 187 | 188 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,489 | 2,488 |
| Batting · Runs | 266 | 265 |
| Batting · RBI | 331 | 326 |
| Batting · Walks | 109 | 108 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 630 | 2,489 | 2,299 | 266 | 681 | 119 | 30 | 31 | 331 | 109 | 187 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 953 | .296 | .332 | .415 | .747 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1923-06-08 to 1923-07-02
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1922-08-08 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1922-04-23 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1923-08-27 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 296 | 1160 | 321 | 9 | 148 | 45 | 89 | .298 | .316 | .419 |
| Away | 334 | 1328 | 360 | 22 | 178 | 63 | 99 | .294 | .319 | .410 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 56 | 235 | 73 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 10 | .344 | .366 | .486 |
| May | 93 | 379 | 100 | 6 | 52 | 19 | 24 | .289 | .314 | .422 |
| June | 104 | 376 | 112 | 7 | 53 | 17 | 31 | .323 | .343 | .467 |
| July | 112 | 438 | 104 | 7 | 47 | 17 | 34 | .254 | .276 | .349 |
| August | 131 | 536 | 163 | 7 | 83 | 18 | 37 | .327 | .338 | .467 |
| September | 121 | 476 | 117 | 1 | 47 | 22 | 47 | .265 | .292 | .344 |
| October | 13 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .273 | .292 | .318 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 108 | 432 | 117 | 2 | 50 | 19 | 25 | .294 | .315 | .410 |
| chicago-cubs | 95 | 372 | 97 | 6 | 51 | 18 | 33 | .286 | .309 | .434 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 85 | 331 | 92 | 2 | 43 | 14 | 21 | .299 | .320 | .373 |
| new-york-giants | 83 | 297 | 73 | 8 | 37 | 11 | 29 | .264 | .283 | .399 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 79 | 333 | 101 | 6 | 48 | 12 | 25 | .330 | .339 | .461 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 66 | 278 | 79 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 29 | .307 | .342 | .447 |
| boston-braves | 61 | 245 | 71 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 15 | .313 | .335 | .383 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 53 | 200 | 51 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 11 | .270 | .290 | .397 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 46 | 11 | – | 8 | 1 | .239 | – | – |
| 1921 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 117 | 442 | 132 | 3 | 53 | 4 | .299 | – | – |
| 1922 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 122 | 441 | 152 | 7 | 86 | 7 | .345 | – | – |
| 1923 | Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates | 150 | 601 | 187 | 13 | 85 | 5 | .311 | – | – |
| 1924 |  Boston Braves | 136 | 505 | 131 | 6 | 56 | 11 | .259 | – | – |
| 1925 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 93 | 265 | 68 | 2 | 38 | – | .257 | – | – |