Dale Gear
1897–1901 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Spiders, Washington Senators (1901-60)
70G
.239AVG
.267OBP
.311SLG
More career statistics
57H
0HR
25RBI
4SB
4–13W–L
186.0IP
41K
4.21ERA
18GS
1SV
3Rare 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 · Games | 70 | 66 |
| Batting · At bats | 238 | 223 |
| Batting · Doubles | 11 | 10 |
| Batting · Hits | 57 | 51 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 1 | 12 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 249 | 235 |
| Batting · Runs | 25 | 20 |
| Batting · RBI | 25 | 22 |
| Batting · Triples | 3 | 2 |
| Batting · Walks | 8 | 11 |
| Pitching · Games | 27 | 24 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 804 | 524 |
| Pitching · p cg | 16 | 14 |
| Pitching · p er | 87 | 73 |
| Pitching · p gs | 18 | 16 |
| Pitching · p h | 234 | 199 |
| Pitching · p hr | 10 | 9 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 558 | 489 |
| Pitching · p k | 41 | 35 |
| Pitching · p r | 123 | 100 |
| Pitching · p w | 28 | 23 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 249 | 238 | 25 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | .239 | .267 | .311 | .578 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 186.0 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 234 | 123 | 87 | 10 | 28 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4.21 | 1.409 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1901-06-25 to 1901-07-02
7longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1901-08-10 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1901-05-02 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 37 | 135 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .242 | .274 | .305 |
| Away | 29 | 100 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | .211 | .250 | .274 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .286 |
| June | 18 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .230 | .250 | .295 |
| July | 16 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .262 | .367 |
| August | 15 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .148 | .193 | .185 |
| September | 12 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .294 | .351 | .324 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 13 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .214 | .273 |
| baltimore-orioles-1901-02 | 10 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .200 | .235 |
| boston-red-sox | 9 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .152 | .176 | .212 |
| cleveland-guardians | 9 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .406 | .441 | .531 |
| detroit-tigers | 8 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .421 | .500 | .421 |
| MLA | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 |
| chicago-cubs | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .182 | .308 | .273 |
| chicago-white-sox | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .231 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | CSCleveland Spiders | 7 | 24 | 4 | – | 2 | 2 | .167 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 59 | 199 | 47 | – | 20 | 2 | .236 | 163 | 35 |