Duke Cleveland
1938–1947 · bats L / throws R · ASW, CCB, CCR, CV9, Cleveland Buckeyes, Indianapolis Clowns, JAX
168G
.277AVG
.349OBP
.339SLG
More career statistics
170H
2HR
72RBI
19SB
2Rare 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 · Games | 168 | 136 |
| Batting · At bats | 613 | 442 |
| Batting · Doubles | 20 | 16 |
| Batting · Hits | 170 | 135 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 4 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 690 | 499 |
| Batting · Runs | 116 | 79 |
| Batting · RBI | 72 | 41 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 19 | 14 |
| Batting · Triples | 6 | 5 |
| Batting · Walks | 63 | 52 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 690 | 613 | 116 | 170 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 63 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 208 | .277 | .349 | .339 | .688 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1941-05-11 to 1941-07-14
12longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1942-06-22 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1941-06-01 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 68 | 252 | 65 | 1 | 15 | 27 | 3 | .290 | .365 | .357 |
| Away | 68 | 247 | 70 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 4 | .321 | .385 | .399 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 30 | 113 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .308 | .354 | .356 |
| June | 42 | 148 | 43 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 2 | .321 | .385 | .366 |
| July | 39 | 148 | 39 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .295 | .351 | .402 |
| August | 21 | 74 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 2 | .276 | .419 | .362 |
| September | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .357 | .438 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-american-giants | 39 | 137 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 2 | .323 | .380 | .363 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 31 | 116 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 4 | .324 | .388 | .419 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 18 | 64 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .397 | .453 | .586 |
| memphis-red-sox | 12 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .282 | .326 | .333 |
| SNO | 8 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .207 | .314 | .276 |
| CCB | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .267 | .286 |
| TLC | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .133 | .350 | .200 |
| ATN | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .357 | .500 | .357 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | JAX | 2 | 9 | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | .333 | – | – |
| 1939 | CV9 | 23 | 71 | 17 | – | 4 | – | .239 | – | – |
| 1940 | CV9 | 26 | 86 | 34 | – | 4 | 5 | .395 | – | – |
| 1941 | JAX | 11 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .472 | – | – |
| 1942 | CCB, JAX | 26 | 80 | 25 | – | 4 | 2 | .312 | – | – |
| 1943 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 20 | 61 | 17 | – | 2 | 4 | .279 | – | – |
| 1946 | ICIndianapolis Clowns | 28 | 99 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 1 | .222 | – | – |