Danny Cater
1964–1975 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
1,289G
.276AVG
.316OBP
.377SLG
More career statistics
1,229H
66HR
519RBI
26SB
6Rare 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 | 30 | 29 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 406 | 405 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,785 | 4,786 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,289 | 4,785 | 4,451 | 491 | 1,229 | 191 | 29 | 66 | 519 | 254 | 406 | 26 | 30 | 22 | 36 | 1,676 | .276 | .316 | .377 | .693 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1969-04-20 to 1969-05-06
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1967-08-30 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1970-04-22 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1967-08-30 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 656 | 2379 | 598 | 24 | 257 | 149 | 196 | .273 | .314 | .367 |
| Away | 633 | 2407 | 631 | 42 | 262 | 105 | 209 | .279 | .306 | .385 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 134 | 495 | 133 | 7 | 59 | 30 | 43 | .290 | .329 | .402 |
| May | 232 | 850 | 205 | 8 | 94 | 40 | 92 | .258 | .288 | .353 |
| June | 255 | 962 | 232 | 19 | 107 | 50 | 88 | .259 | .293 | .371 |
| July | 247 | 893 | 241 | 16 | 105 | 47 | 66 | .289 | .323 | .417 |
| August | 247 | 979 | 248 | 10 | 92 | 51 | 67 | .273 | .305 | .359 |
| September | 168 | 586 | 164 | 5 | 58 | 33 | 47 | .302 | .336 | .363 |
| October | 6 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 136 | 503 | 115 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 52 | .245 | .274 | .334 |
| detroit-tigers | 127 | 485 | 131 | 8 | 55 | 30 | 35 | .292 | .332 | .401 |
| california-angels | 119 | 447 | 109 | 6 | 52 | 26 | 32 | .262 | .302 | .353 |
| cleveland-guardians | 119 | 460 | 111 | 3 | 39 | 31 | 49 | .266 | .309 | .333 |
| minnesota-twins | 117 | 433 | 119 | 10 | 58 | 19 | 30 | .292 | .319 | .417 |
| boston-red-sox | 105 | 419 | 125 | 8 | 53 | 22 | 37 | .325 | .351 | .449 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 104 | 397 | 115 | 10 | 55 | 17 | 24 | .307 | .332 | .448 |
| chicago-white-sox | 100 | 367 | 94 | 2 | 28 | 23 | 26 | .278 | .319 | .328 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 60 | 152 | 45 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .296 | – | – |
| 1965 |  Chicago White Sox | 142 | 514 | 139 | 14 | 55 | 3 | .270 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics | 137 | 485 | 135 | 7 | 56 | 4 | .278 | – | – |
| 1967 |  Kansas City Athletics | 142 | 529 | 143 | 4 | 46 | 4 | .270 | – | – |
| 1968 |  Athletics | 147 | 504 | 146 | 6 | 62 | 8 | .290 | – | – |
| 1969 | Athletics | 152 | 584 | 153 | 10 | 76 | 1 | .262 | – | – |
| 1970 |  New York Yankees | 155 | 582 | 175 | 6 | 76 | 4 | .301 | – | – |
| 1971 | New York Yankees | 121 | 428 | 118 | 4 | 50 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1972 |  Boston Red Sox | 92 | 317 | 75 | 8 | 39 | – | .237 | – | – |
| 1973 | Boston Red Sox | 63 | 195 | 61 | 1 | 24 | – | .313 | – | – |
| 1974 | Boston Red Sox | 56 | 126 | 31 | 5 | 20 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1975 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 35 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .229 | – | – |