Dick Cole
1951–1957 · bats R / throws R · Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
456G
.249AVG
.322OBP
.312SLG
More career statistics
303H
2HR
107RBI
2SB
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 · Caught stealing | 3 | 6 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 124 | 122 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,380 | 1,382 |
| Batting · RBI | 107 | 106 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456 | 1,380 | 1,215 | 106 | 303 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 107 | 132 | 124 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 379 | .249 | .322 | .312 | .634 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1954-05-06 to 1954-05-15
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1955-08-20 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1953-06-07 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1953-05-28 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 224 | 672 | 148 | 1 | 52 | 68 | 56 | .253 | .321 | .329 |
| Away | 232 | 710 | 155 | 1 | 54 | 64 | 66 | .246 | .308 | .296 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 40 | 114 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 7 | .278 | .377 | .330 |
| May | 96 | 294 | 73 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 33 | .282 | .344 | .355 |
| June | 79 | 270 | 53 | 0 | 19 | 32 | 21 | .229 | .315 | .329 |
| July | 90 | 249 | 47 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 31 | .206 | .249 | .237 |
| August | 87 | 271 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 23 | .241 | .317 | .289 |
| September | 64 | 184 | 47 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | .280 | .315 | .345 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 73 | 214 | 47 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 10 | .247 | .322 | .353 |
| chicago-cubs | 69 | 214 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 21 | .193 | .257 | .241 |
| new-york-giants | 67 | 211 | 44 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 25 | .235 | .299 | .262 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 66 | 194 | 48 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 16 | .273 | .320 | .324 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 64 | 216 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | .293 | .347 | .351 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 62 | 177 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 12 | .255 | .339 | .340 |
| milwaukee-braves | 49 | 142 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 18 | .244 | .324 | .293 |
| boston-braves | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .364 | .385 | .636 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 57 | 142 | 32 | 1 | 14 | – | .225 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 97 | 235 | 64 | – | 22 | 2 | .272 | – | – |
| 1954 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 138 | 486 | 131 | 1 | 40 | – | .270 | – | – |
| 1955 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 77 | 239 | 54 | – | 21 | – | .226 | – | – |
| 1956 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 99 | 21 | – | 9 | – | .212 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Milwaukee Braves | 15 | 14 | 1 | – | – | – | .071 | – | – |