Dave Shean
1906–1919 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
632G
.228AVG
.284OBP
.285SLG
More career statistics
495H
6HR
166RBI
66SB
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 | 632 | 633 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,167 | 2,166 |
| Batting · Doubles | 59 | 58 |
| Batting · Hits | 495 | 494 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 133 | 183 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 66 | 67 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 632 | 2,438 | 2,167 | 225 | 495 | 59 | 23 | 6 | 166 | 155 | 133 | 66 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 618 | .228 | .284 | .285 | .569 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1917-09-30 to 1918-04-22
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1909-10-04 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1909-08-28 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1918-06-21 | 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 | 333 | 1280 | 267 | 5 | 87 | 83 | 98 | .237 | .273 | .300 |
| Away | 300 | 1158 | 227 | 1 | 79 | 72 | 85 | .219 | .258 | .268 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 185 | 42 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 16 | .261 | .303 | .348 |
| May | 100 | 373 | 72 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 35 | .217 | .255 | .235 |
| June | 122 | 482 | 99 | 1 | 40 | 31 | 38 | .229 | .270 | .289 |
| July | 91 | 358 | 62 | 1 | 21 | 20 | 20 | .194 | .229 | .254 |
| August | 117 | 442 | 100 | 1 | 31 | 33 | 29 | .255 | .301 | .321 |
| September | 133 | 506 | 98 | 1 | 29 | 28 | 34 | .217 | .249 | .268 |
| October | 23 | 92 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 11 | .266 | .293 | .367 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 73 | 270 | 51 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 21 | .206 | .233 | .255 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 69 | 254 | 53 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 21 | .224 | .256 | .274 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 66 | 264 | 54 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 16 | .236 | .280 | .301 |
| chicago-cubs | 60 | 220 | 46 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 20 | .227 | .245 | .261 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 57 | 226 | 44 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 22 | .221 | .261 | .302 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 56 | 199 | 41 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 18 | .237 | .296 | .289 |
| cincinnati-reds | 54 | 211 | 45 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 14 | .241 | .303 | .326 |
| boston-braves | 32 | 99 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | .196 | .212 | .272 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 22 | 74 | 16 | – | 2 | 6 | .216 | – | – |
| 1908 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 14 | 48 | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | .146 | – | – |
| 1909 | Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies | 113 | 380 | 91 | 1 | 30 | 18 | .239 | – | – |
| 1910 |  Boston Braves | 151 | 544 | 130 | 3 | 39 | 17 | .239 | – | – |
| 1911 |  Chicago Cubs | 54 | 143 | 28 | – | 15 | 3 | .196 | – | – |
| 1912 | Boston Braves | 4 | 10 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .300 | – | – |
| 1917 |  Cincinnati Reds | 131 | 442 | 93 | 2 | 40 | 10 | .210 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Boston Red Sox | 115 | 425 | 112 | – | 30 | 11 | .264 | – | – |
| 1919 | Boston Red Sox | 29 | 100 | 14 | – | 6 | 1 | .140 | – | – |