Del Wilber
1946–1954 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
299G
.242AVG
.286OBP
.389SLG
More career statistics
174H
19HR
115RBI
1SB
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 | 720 | 721 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 96 | 99 |
| Batting · Runs | 67 | 66 |
| Batting · Walks | 44 | 43 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 299 | 773 | 720 | 67 | 174 | 35 | 7 | 19 | 115 | 44 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 280 | .242 | .286 | .389 | .675 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1951-07-22 to 1951-07-30
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1951-08-27 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1953-07-12 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1951-06-06 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 157 | 400 | 98 | 12 | 72 | 19 | 52 | .261 | .292 | .440 |
| Away | 142 | 373 | 76 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 47 | .220 | .268 | .332 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 23 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | .116 | .204 | .186 |
| May | 45 | 95 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 16 | .202 | .274 | .369 |
| June | 41 | 111 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 16 | .226 | .252 | .349 |
| July | 69 | 205 | 51 | 6 | 33 | 12 | 22 | .267 | .307 | .419 |
| August | 65 | 158 | 34 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 22 | .230 | .266 | .412 |
| September | 56 | 155 | 43 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 17 | .289 | .310 | .423 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 26 | 69 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 10 | .323 | .391 | .355 |
| boston-braves | 26 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | .140 | .210 | .211 |
| new-york-giants | 25 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .234 | .333 |
| cincinnati-reds | 24 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | .254 | .328 | .458 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 23 | 59 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | .281 | .288 | .439 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 23 | 72 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .273 | .306 | .409 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 22 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 12 | .246 | .254 | .344 |
| chicago-white-sox | 22 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .229 | .245 | .438 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1947 | St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 99 | 23 | – | 12 | – | .232 | – | – |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 58 | 11 | – | 10 | – | .190 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1951 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 84 | 246 | 68 | 8 | 34 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies | 49 | 137 | 36 | 3 | 23 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Boston Red Sox | 58 | 112 | 27 | 7 | 29 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 7 | – | .131 | – | – |