Don Hoak
1954–1964 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, NLS, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
1,263G
.265AVG
.345OBP
.396SLG
More career statistics
1,144H
89HR
498RBI
64SB
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 · At bats | 4,322 | 4,323 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 530 | 529 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,945 | 4,946 |
| Batting · RBI | 498 | 501 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,263 | 4,945 | 4,322 | 598 | 1,144 | 214 | 44 | 89 | 498 | 523 | 530 | 64 | 47 | 22 | 33 | 1,713 | .265 | .345 | .396 | .741 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1959-06-04 to 1959-06-16
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | Titanium Sombrero | 1956-05-02 | 1 in 22,364 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero | 1956-05-02 | 1 in 927 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1959-04-26 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 639 | 2460 | 588 | 45 | 261 | 266 | 246 | .275 | .347 | .421 |
| Away | 624 | 2486 | 556 | 44 | 240 | 257 | 283 | .254 | .327 | .372 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 121 | 478 | 111 | 5 | 44 | 66 | 53 | .278 | .370 | .391 |
| May | 225 | 875 | 199 | 15 | 82 | 84 | 95 | .258 | .323 | .383 |
| June | 224 | 872 | 228 | 26 | 122 | 96 | 90 | .304 | .372 | .497 |
| July | 256 | 1011 | 212 | 21 | 98 | 103 | 117 | .238 | .312 | .364 |
| August | 240 | 965 | 228 | 14 | 91 | 91 | 89 | .266 | .331 | .379 |
| September | 194 | 733 | 160 | 8 | 63 | 83 | 84 | .249 | .332 | .360 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .750 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 184 | 701 | 174 | 8 | 70 | 73 | 67 | .287 | .352 | .407 |
| milwaukee-braves | 174 | 674 | 136 | 11 | 61 | 68 | 82 | .230 | .303 | .348 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 158 | 644 | 166 | 18 | 72 | 68 | 48 | .294 | .363 | .457 |
| chicago-cubs | 154 | 616 | 148 | 10 | 74 | 65 | 63 | .273 | .346 | .407 |
| cincinnati-reds | 134 | 522 | 116 | 10 | 48 | 47 | 61 | .249 | .312 | .374 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 112 | 451 | 101 | 6 | 43 | 61 | 60 | .262 | .359 | .365 |
| san-francisco-giants | 107 | 448 | 111 | 3 | 47 | 41 | 45 | .280 | .339 | .385 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 84 | 290 | 70 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 31 | .268 | .331 | .406 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 88 | 261 | 64 | 7 | 26 | 8 | .245 | – | – |
| 1955 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 94 | 279 | 67 | 5 | 19 | 9 | .240 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Chicago Cubs | 121 | 425 | 91 | 5 | 39 | 8 | .214 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Cincinnati Reds | 149 | 529 | 155 | 19 | 89 | 8 | .293 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cincinnati Reds | 114 | 417 | 109 | 6 | 50 | 6 | .261 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 155 | 564 | 166 | 8 | 65 | 9 | .294 | – | – |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 155 | 553 | 156 | 16 | 79 | 3 | .282 | – | – |
| 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 145 | 503 | 150 | 12 | 62 | 4 | .298 | – | – |
| 1962 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 121 | 411 | 99 | 5 | 48 | 4 | .241 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 115 | 377 | 87 | 6 | 24 | 5 | .231 | – | – |
| 1964 | Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |