Dale Mitchell
1946–1956 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Guardians
1,127G
.312AVG
.368OBP
.416SLG
More career statistics
1,244H
41HR
403RBI
45SB
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 · Caught stealing | 47 | 50 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,357 | 4,358 |
| Batting · Runs | 555 | 556 |
| Batting · Walks | 346 | 347 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,127 | 4,357 | 3,984 | 555 | 1,244 | 169 | 61 | 41 | 403 | 346 | 119 | 45 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1,658 | .312 | .368 | .416 | .784 |
Streaks
23longest hitting streak · 1951-07-20 to 1951-08-15
35longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1950-08-17 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1952-07-01 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1952-08-22 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 563 | 2186 | 613 | 22 | 175 | 190 | 54 | .310 | .367 | .418 |
| Away | 564 | 2172 | 631 | 19 | 228 | 157 | 65 | .315 | .363 | .414 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 57 | 201 | 50 | 1 | 20 | 19 | 6 | .276 | .343 | .381 |
| May | 177 | 643 | 158 | 6 | 57 | 63 | 23 | .275 | .344 | .363 |
| June | 210 | 720 | 184 | 7 | 72 | 66 | 17 | .282 | .347 | .368 |
| July | 236 | 948 | 286 | 12 | 95 | 76 | 25 | .331 | .382 | .451 |
| August | 245 | 1014 | 323 | 6 | 83 | 78 | 28 | .347 | .395 | .453 |
| September | 195 | 803 | 236 | 9 | 73 | 44 | 20 | .313 | .349 | .426 |
| October | 7 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .276 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 162 | 634 | 190 | 7 | 46 | 46 | 17 | .326 | .372 | .434 |
| new-york-yankees | 162 | 618 | 165 | 7 | 52 | 35 | 18 | .283 | .324 | .377 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 161 | 627 | 185 | 6 | 60 | 64 | 17 | .330 | .397 | .450 |
| boston-red-sox | 160 | 583 | 154 | 3 | 57 | 52 | 20 | .295 | .353 | .360 |
| detroit-tigers | 157 | 628 | 191 | 7 | 59 | 48 | 17 | .332 | .381 | .450 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 140 | 595 | 174 | 4 | 56 | 49 | 11 | .319 | .375 | .408 |
| st-louis-browns | 135 | 614 | 171 | 7 | 64 | 50 | 15 | .306 | .360 | .444 |
| baltimore-orioles | 19 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .167 | .250 | .167 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  Cleveland Guardians | 11 | 44 | 19 | – | 5 | 1 | .432 | – | – |
| 1947 | Cleveland Guardians | 123 | 493 | 156 | 1 | 34 | 2 | .316 | – | – |
| 1948 | Cleveland Guardians | 141 | 608 | 204 | 4 | 56 | 13 | .336 | – | – |
| 1949 | Cleveland Guardians | 149 | 640 | 203 | 3 | 56 | 10 | .317 | – | – |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians | 130 | 506 | 156 | 3 | 49 | 3 | .308 | – | – |
| 1951 | Cleveland Guardians | 134 | 510 | 148 | 11 | 62 | 7 | .290 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians | 134 | 511 | 165 | 5 | 58 | 6 | .323 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians | 134 | 500 | 150 | 13 | 60 | 3 | .300 | – | – |
| 1954 | Cleveland Guardians | 53 | 60 | 17 | 1 | 6 | – | .283 | – | – |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians | 61 | 58 | 15 | – | 10 | – | .259 | – | – |
| 1956 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Guardians | 57 | 54 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .204 | – | – |