Del Gainer
1909–1922 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals
549G
.272AVG
.342OBP
.390SLG
More career statistics
438H
14HR
185RBI
54SB
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 1,608 | 1,613 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 6 | 55 |
| Batting · Doubles | 75 | 74 |
| Batting · Hits | 438 | 439 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 22 | 23 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 156 | 212 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,844 | 1,848 |
| Batting · Runs | 218 | 220 |
| Batting · RBI | 185 | 201 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 54 | 52 |
| Batting · Walks | 149 | 147 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 549 | 1,844 | 1,608 | 218 | 438 | 75 | 36 | 14 | 185 | 149 | 156 | 54 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 627 | .272 | .342 | .390 | .732 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1911-04-28 to 1911-05-19
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1912-05-26 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1912-06-16 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1916-07-29 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 287 | 925 | 225 | 4 | 97 | 79 | 88 | .283 | .329 | .385 |
| Away | 262 | 923 | 214 | 10 | 104 | 68 | 124 | .261 | .306 | .392 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 240 | 52 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 31 | .255 | .308 | .343 |
| May | 83 | 311 | 79 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 33 | .285 | .318 | .415 |
| June | 94 | 306 | 82 | 2 | 30 | 29 | 20 | .309 | .363 | .460 |
| July | 105 | 363 | 91 | 3 | 48 | 29 | 36 | .288 | .331 | .408 |
| August | 93 | 278 | 56 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 44 | .228 | .270 | .301 |
| September | 89 | 283 | 66 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 36 | .264 | .300 | .396 |
| October | 22 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | .236 | .328 | .327 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 102 | 369 | 88 | 2 | 42 | 30 | 43 | .278 | .320 | .379 |
| cleveland-guardians | 79 | 262 | 60 | 1 | 24 | 28 | 31 | .273 | .336 | .364 |
| chicago-white-sox | 74 | 258 | 59 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 34 | .243 | .264 | .325 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 64 | 227 | 47 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 43 | .230 | .286 | .353 |
| new-york-yankees | 59 | 185 | 46 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 17 | .295 | .335 | .385 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 55 | 185 | 43 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 22 | .267 | .297 | .422 |
| detroit-tigers | 46 | 141 | 43 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 11 | .350 | .376 | .520 |
| boston-red-sox | 27 | 105 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | .293 | .352 | .402 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Detroit Tigers | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1911 | Detroit Tigers | 70 | 248 | 75 | 2 | 29 | 10 | .302 | – | – |
| 1912 | Detroit Tigers | 52 | 179 | 43 | – | 21 | 13 | .240 | – | – |
| 1913 | Detroit Tigers | 105 | 363 | 97 | 2 | 29 | 9 | .267 | – | – |
| 1914 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 39 | 87 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 2 | .230 | – | – |
| 1915 |  Boston Red Sox | 82 | 201 | 59 | 1 | 28 | 7 | .294 | – | – |
| 1916 | Boston Red Sox | 57 | 143 | 36 | 3 | 20 | 5 | .252 | – | – |
| 1917 | Boston Red Sox | 52 | 172 | 53 | 2 | 18 | 1 | .308 | – | – |
| 1919 | Boston Red Sox | 47 | 118 | 29 | – | 18 | 5 | .246 | – | – |
| 1922 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 97 | 26 | 2 | 24 | – | .268 | – | – |