Dave Philley
1941–1962 · bats B / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants
1,904G
.270AVG
.334OBP
.377SLG
More career statistics
1,700H
84HR
729RBI
101SB
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 | 63 | 66 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 551 | 549 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,000 | 7,004 |
| Batting · Runs | 790 | 789 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 101 | 102 |
| Batting · Walks | 594 | 598 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,904 | 7,000 | 6,296 | 790 | 1,700 | 276 | 72 | 84 | 729 | 594 | 551 | 101 | 63 | 17 | 22 | 2,372 | .270 | .334 | .377 | .711 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1953-06-12 to 1953-07-01
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1955-07-31 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1951-08-19 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1947-06-08 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 959 | 3425 | 806 | 26 | 353 | 324 | 271 | .266 | .330 | .361 |
| Away | 945 | 3579 | 894 | 58 | 376 | 274 | 278 | .274 | .326 | .391 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 130 | 432 | 109 | 7 | 57 | 30 | 44 | .275 | .322 | .418 |
| May | 333 | 1218 | 262 | 14 | 134 | 124 | 89 | .245 | .317 | .350 |
| June | 387 | 1490 | 365 | 17 | 135 | 120 | 113 | .272 | .326 | .374 |
| July | 384 | 1492 | 397 | 22 | 171 | 113 | 106 | .292 | .342 | .408 |
| August | 360 | 1273 | 307 | 14 | 122 | 118 | 96 | .270 | .334 | .366 |
| September | 303 | 1075 | 257 | 10 | 110 | 90 | 101 | .265 | .323 | .365 |
| October | 7 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .150 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 230 | 896 | 206 | 12 | 89 | 74 | 84 | .255 | .312 | .357 |
| boston-red-sox | 229 | 888 | 206 | 10 | 73 | 78 | 76 | .259 | .320 | .358 |
| detroit-tigers | 227 | 906 | 232 | 11 | 98 | 67 | 63 | .282 | .330 | .382 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 222 | 908 | 215 | 4 | 81 | 93 | 60 | .268 | .339 | .361 |
| cleveland-guardians | 206 | 810 | 185 | 5 | 73 | 66 | 55 | .253 | .310 | .331 |
| st-louis-browns | 155 | 676 | 182 | 7 | 85 | 59 | 32 | .299 | .357 | .419 |
| chicago-white-sox | 130 | 481 | 113 | 12 | 52 | 44 | 49 | .263 | .326 | .420 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 108 | 444 | 110 | 8 | 49 | 38 | 28 | .276 | .333 | .396 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Chicago White Sox | 7 | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 17 | 68 | 24 | – | 17 | 5 | .353 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago White Sox | 143 | 551 | 142 | 2 | 45 | 21 | .258 | – | – |
| 1948 | Chicago White Sox | 137 | 488 | 140 | 5 | 42 | 8 | .287 | – | – |
| 1949 | Chicago White Sox | 146 | 598 | 171 | – | 44 | 13 | .286 | – | – |
| 1950 | Chicago White Sox | 156 | 619 | 150 | 14 | 80 | 6 | .242 | – | – |
| 1951 | Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics | 132 | 493 | 129 | 7 | 61 | 9 | .262 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 151 | 586 | 154 | 7 | 71 | 11 | .263 | – | – |
| 1953 | Philadelphia Athletics | 157 | 620 | 188 | 9 | 59 | 13 | .303 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Cleveland Guardians | 133 | 452 | 102 | 12 | 60 | 2 | .226 | – | – |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 126 | 415 | 124 | 8 | 50 | 2 | .299 | – | – |
| 1956 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox | 118 | 396 | 98 | 5 | 64 | 4 | .247 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 87 | 244 | 72 | 2 | 25 | 4 | .295 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 207 | 64 | 3 | 31 | 1 | .309 | – | – |
| 1959 | Philadelphia Phillies | 99 | 254 | 74 | 7 | 37 | – | .291 | – | – |
| 1960 | Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants | 67 | 110 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .218 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Baltimore Orioles | 99 | 144 | 36 | 1 | 23 | 2 | .250 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Boston Red Sox | 38 | 42 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .143 | – | – |