Earl Bumpus
1944–1949 · bats L / throws L · Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Kansas City Monarchs, LCB
68G
.218AVG
.293OBP
.282SLG
More career statistics
37H
1HR
26RBI
2SB
3–7W–L
89.0IP
44K
5.56ERA
10GS
2SV
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 | 68 | 93 |
| Batting · At bats | 170 | 142 |
| Batting · Doubles | 4 | 6 |
| Batting · Hits | 37 | 39 |
| Batting · Home runs | 1 | 3 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 189 | 158 |
| Batting · Runs | 16 | 18 |
| Batting · RBI | 26 | 27 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · Games | 19 | 47 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 424 | 350 |
| Pitching · p cg | 6 | 18 |
| Pitching · p er | 55 | 19 |
| Pitching · p gs | 10 | 32 |
| Pitching · p h | 111 | 185 |
| Pitching · p hr | 1 | 5 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 267 | 638 |
| Pitching · p k | 44 | 40 |
| Pitching · p r | 65 | 113 |
| Pitching · p w | 50 | 49 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 189 | 170 | 16 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | .218 | .293 | .282 | .575 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89.0 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 111 | 65 | 55 | 1 | 50 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 | 1.809 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1947-05-21 to 1947-05-25
7longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1944-05-23 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 25 | 48 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .229 | 60 | 14 |
| 1945 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 19 | 18 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .278 | 35 | – |
| 1947 | CGChicago American Giants | 35 | 62 | 22 | 3 | 21 | – | .355 | 92 | 19 |
| 1948 | CGChicago American Giants | 14 | 14 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .071 | 25 | 7 |