Doug Rader
1967–1977 · bats R / throws R · Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays
1,465G
.251AVG
.322OBP
.403SLG
More career statistics
1,302H
155HR
722RBI
37SB
3Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 1,055 | 1,054 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,465 | 5,832 | 5,186 | 631 | 1,302 | 245 | 39 | 155 | 722 | 528 | 1,055 | 37 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 2,090 | .251 | .322 | .403 | .725 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1970-04-25 to 1970-05-14
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1968-08-10 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1968-07-22 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1976-05-17 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 734 | 2828 | 622 | 75 | 380 | 255 | 500 | .249 | .310 | .406 |
| Away | 731 | 3004 | 680 | 80 | 342 | 273 | 554 | .253 | .317 | .400 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 192 | 756 | 174 | 19 | 97 | 77 | 132 | .263 | .332 | .420 |
| May | 241 | 976 | 211 | 26 | 124 | 93 | 190 | .242 | .311 | .383 |
| June | 244 | 983 | 203 | 25 | 102 | 90 | 185 | .233 | .298 | .374 |
| July | 271 | 1104 | 253 | 36 | 153 | 106 | 207 | .258 | .325 | .438 |
| August | 279 | 1098 | 254 | 29 | 142 | 80 | 185 | .258 | .304 | .416 |
| September | 226 | 880 | 197 | 20 | 102 | 78 | 150 | .251 | .312 | .387 |
| October | 12 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .323 | .400 | .323 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atlanta-braves | 159 | 643 | 154 | 18 | 81 | 45 | 104 | .263 | .309 | .418 |
| cincinnati-reds | 151 | 601 | 138 | 16 | 80 | 42 | 97 | .252 | .300 | .411 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 149 | 582 | 133 | 14 | 73 | 55 | 107 | .258 | .323 | .390 |
| san-francisco-giants | 142 | 580 | 134 | 15 | 73 | 50 | 111 | .259 | .317 | .432 |
| new-york-mets | 121 | 463 | 94 | 12 | 47 | 44 | 103 | .229 | .298 | .380 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 114 | 449 | 98 | 10 | 56 | 52 | 91 | .252 | .334 | .386 |
| chicago-cubs | 110 | 433 | 113 | 10 | 53 | 23 | 70 | .282 | .314 | .425 |
| san-diego-padres | 107 | 434 | 84 | 15 | 54 | 48 | 79 | .223 | .304 | .395 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 |  Houston Astros | 47 | 162 | 54 | 2 | 26 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1968 | Houston Astros | 98 | 333 | 89 | 6 | 43 | 2 | .267 | – | – |
| 1969 | Houston Astros | 155 | 569 | 140 | 11 | 83 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1970 | Houston Astros | 156 | 576 | 145 | 25 | 87 | 3 | .252 | – | – |
| 1971 | Houston Astros | 135 | 484 | 118 | 12 | 56 | 5 | .244 | – | – |
| 1972 | Houston Astros | 152 | 553 | 131 | 22 | 90 | 5 | .237 | – | – |
| 1973 | Houston Astros | 154 | 574 | 146 | 21 | 89 | 4 | .254 | – | – |
| 1974 | Houston Astros | 152 | 533 | 137 | 17 | 78 | 7 | .257 | – | – |
| 1975 | Houston Astros | 129 | 448 | 100 | 12 | 48 | 5 | .223 | – | – |
| 1976 |  San Diego Padres | 139 | 471 | 121 | 9 | 55 | 3 | .257 | – | – |
| 1977 | San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays | 148 | 483 | 121 | 18 | 67 | 2 | .251 | – | – |