Don Mueller
1948–1959 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, NLS, New York Giants
1,245G
.296AVG
.322OBP
.390SLG
More career statistics
1,292H
65HR
520RBI
11SB
5Rare 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 | 4,364 | 4,365 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 8 | 10 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 146 | 145 |
| Batting · Runs | 499 | 497 |
| Batting · RBI | 520 | 521 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,245 | 4,594 | 4,364 | 499 | 1,292 | 139 | 37 | 65 | 520 | 167 | 146 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 1,700 | .296 | .322 | .390 | .712 |
Streaks
24longest hitting streak · 1955-04-14 to 1955-05-15
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1954-07-11 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1951-09-01 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1956-05-30 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 614 | 2239 | 616 | 50 | 248 | 84 | 59 | .290 | .313 | .396 |
| Away | 631 | 2355 | 676 | 15 | 273 | 83 | 86 | .302 | .322 | .383 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 109 | 386 | 103 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 13 | .281 | .306 | .358 |
| May | 191 | 674 | 196 | 12 | 79 | 26 | 18 | .307 | .329 | .417 |
| June | 214 | 755 | 215 | 10 | 93 | 32 | 33 | .302 | .327 | .390 |
| July | 245 | 908 | 230 | 15 | 91 | 32 | 27 | .267 | .289 | .362 |
| August | 256 | 943 | 272 | 7 | 121 | 38 | 31 | .305 | .329 | .374 |
| September | 224 | 912 | 273 | 18 | 99 | 24 | 23 | .311 | .326 | .429 |
| October | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 185 | 695 | 185 | 11 | 81 | 20 | 22 | .277 | .295 | .375 |
| chicago-cubs | 173 | 674 | 193 | 10 | 84 | 26 | 16 | .302 | .325 | .408 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 171 | 652 | 176 | 11 | 79 | 24 | 17 | .286 | .307 | .390 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 171 | 647 | 196 | 8 | 69 | 17 | 17 | .315 | .329 | .413 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 156 | 567 | 163 | 5 | 51 | 16 | 26 | .300 | .316 | .372 |
| cincinnati-reds | 149 | 570 | 165 | 11 | 70 | 23 | 15 | .307 | .330 | .413 |
| milwaukee-braves | 101 | 363 | 103 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 11 | .300 | .328 | .359 |
| boston-braves | 65 | 242 | 67 | 5 | 35 | 14 | 12 | .298 | .335 | .427 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  New York Giants | 36 | 81 | 29 | 1 | 9 | – | .358 | – | – |
| 1949 | New York Giants | 51 | 56 | 13 | – | 1 | – | .232 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Giants | 132 | 525 | 153 | 7 | 85 | 1 | .291 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Giants | 122 | 469 | 130 | 16 | 69 | 1 | .277 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Giants | 126 | 456 | 128 | 12 | 49 | 2 | .281 | – | – |
| 1953 | New York Giants | 131 | 480 | 160 | 6 | 60 | 2 | .333 | – | – |
| 1954 | New York Giants | 153 | 619 | 212 | 4 | 71 | 2 | .342 | – | – |
| 1955 | New York Giants | 147 | 606 | 185 | 8 | 83 | 1 | .305 | – | – |
| 1956 | New York Giants | 138 | 453 | 122 | 5 | 41 | – | .269 | – | – |
| 1957 | New York Giants | 135 | 450 | 116 | 6 | 37 | 2 | .258 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Chicago White Sox | 70 | 166 | 42 | – | 16 | – | .253 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | .500 | – | – |