Dusty Rhodes
1952–1959 · bats L / throws R · New York Giants, San Francisco Giants
576G
.253AVG
.328OBP
.445SLG
More career statistics
296H
54HR
207RBI
3SB
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 · At bats | 1,172 | 1,171 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,316 | 1,315 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 576 | 1,316 | 1,172 | 146 | 296 | 44 | 10 | 54 | 207 | 131 | 196 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 522 | .253 | .328 | .445 | .773 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1954-08-26 to 1954-09-04
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1954-08-29 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1953-08-26 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1957-06-05 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 290 | 645 | 131 | 40 | 112 | 68 | 101 | .232 | .309 | .473 |
| Away | 286 | 670 | 165 | 14 | 95 | 63 | 95 | .272 | .340 | .421 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | .227 | .320 | .348 |
| May | 79 | 186 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 33 | .193 | .269 | .307 |
| June | 92 | 162 | 32 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 19 | .225 | .309 | .345 |
| July | 114 | 247 | 66 | 18 | 49 | 21 | 30 | .295 | .352 | .580 |
| August | 145 | 408 | 101 | 20 | 78 | 42 | 65 | .277 | .350 | .523 |
| September | 109 | 237 | 50 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 38 | .240 | .308 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 89 | 187 | 40 | 8 | 35 | 20 | 26 | .241 | .321 | .452 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 84 | 217 | 49 | 8 | 37 | 23 | 27 | .258 | .332 | .447 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 79 | 181 | 41 | 7 | 30 | 14 | 32 | .250 | .304 | .433 |
| milwaukee-braves | 79 | 173 | 37 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 20 | .237 | .306 | .365 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 77 | 166 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 28 | .196 | .295 | .280 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 76 | 188 | 52 | 13 | 29 | 13 | 33 | .299 | .346 | .598 |
| cincinnati-reds | 75 | 169 | 44 | 9 | 31 | 19 | 23 | .295 | .373 | .517 |
| boston-braves | 11 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | .208 | .321 | .542 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  New York Giants | 67 | 176 | 44 | 10 | 36 | 1 | .250 | – | – |
| 1953 | New York Giants | 76 | 163 | 38 | 11 | 30 | – | .233 | – | – |
| 1954 | New York Giants | 82 | 164 | 56 | 15 | 50 | 1 | .341 | – | – |
| 1955 | New York Giants | 94 | 187 | 57 | 6 | 32 | 1 | .305 | – | – |
| 1956 | New York Giants | 111 | 243 | 53 | 8 | 33 | – | .218 | – | – |
| 1957 | New York Giants | 92 | 190 | 39 | 4 | 19 | – | .205 | – | – |
| 1959 |  San Francisco Giants | 54 | 48 | 9 | – | 7 | – | .188 | – | – |