Duke Esper
1897–1898 · bats ? / throws L · St. Louis Cardinals
240G
.241AVG
.284OBP
.309SLG
More career statistics
178H
2HR
83RBI
3SB
101–100W–L
1,727.2IP
453K
4.39ERA
198GS
5SV
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 | 240 | 19 |
| Batting · At bats | 739 | 52 |
| Batting · Doubles | 26 | 0 |
| Batting · Hits | 178 | 18 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 4 | 0 |
| Batting · Home runs | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 91 | 2 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 786 | 54 |
| Batting · Runs | 87 | 3 |
| Batting · RBI | 83 | 8 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 3 | 0 |
| Batting · Triples | 9 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 40 | 2 |
| Pitching · Games | 236 | 18 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,823 | 601 |
| Pitching · p cg | 152 | 13 |
| Pitching · p er | 842 | 80 |
| Pitching · p gs | 198 | 16 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,048 | 181 |
| Pitching · p hr | 46 | 6 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,183 | 378 |
| Pitching · p k | 453 | 22 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,196 | 100 |
| Pitching · p w | 669 | 34 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240 | 786 | 739 | 87 | 178 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 40 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 228 | .241 | .284 | .309 | .593 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,727.7 | 236 | 198 | 152 | 101 | 100 | 5 | 2,048 | 1,196 | 842 | 46 | 669 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 4.39 | 1.573 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1897-04-29 to 1897-05-12
5longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1898-06-20 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1897-05-22 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 25 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .320 | 61 | 8 |
| 1898 | St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 27 | 10 | – | 5 | – | .370 | 64 | 14 |