Earl Torgeson
1947–1961 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies
1,668G
.265AVG
.385OBP
.417SLG
More career statistics
1,318H
149HR
740RBI
133SB
4Rare 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 | 4,969 | 4,970 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 39 | 64 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 653 | 655 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,037 | 6,046 |
| Batting · Runs | 848 | 849 |
| Batting · RBI | 740 | 738 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 133 | 134 |
| Batting · Walks | 980 | 988 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,668 | 6,037 | 4,969 | 848 | 1,318 | 215 | 46 | 149 | 740 | 980 | 653 | 133 | 39 | 8 | 25 | 2,072 | .265 | .385 | .417 | .802 |
Streaks
22longest hitting streak · 1950-07-08 to 1950-07-31
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1947-04-24 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 57 | Triple Play | 1952-06-24 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1951-06-30 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 812 | 2890 | 627 | 86 | 364 | 486 | 298 | .266 | .385 | .433 |
| Away | 856 | 3156 | 691 | 63 | 374 | 502 | 357 | .264 | .378 | .403 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 169 | 631 | 143 | 14 | 66 | 103 | 51 | .274 | .390 | .412 |
| May | 299 | 1069 | 234 | 27 | 144 | 181 | 124 | .268 | .388 | .424 |
| June | 318 | 1112 | 229 | 30 | 143 | 182 | 130 | .251 | .370 | .422 |
| July | 297 | 1122 | 251 | 34 | 148 | 181 | 128 | .271 | .385 | .440 |
| August | 333 | 1249 | 259 | 27 | 142 | 194 | 134 | .251 | .363 | .384 |
| September | 248 | 845 | 197 | 17 | 93 | 145 | 87 | .286 | .405 | .426 |
| October | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .312 | .389 | .312 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 156 | 638 | 131 | 13 | 65 | 110 | 71 | .252 | .378 | .388 |
| new-york-giants | 149 | 607 | 133 | 12 | 82 | 94 | 56 | .264 | .374 | .386 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 147 | 623 | 142 | 16 | 92 | 97 | 50 | .278 | .384 | .452 |
| chicago-cubs | 144 | 613 | 128 | 9 | 50 | 90 | 57 | .247 | .356 | .375 |
| cincinnati-reds | 133 | 558 | 130 | 23 | 85 | 86 | 58 | .281 | .387 | .517 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 127 | 515 | 125 | 15 | 72 | 74 | 69 | .286 | .386 | .458 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 111 | 462 | 100 | 10 | 51 | 65 | 43 | .258 | .357 | .380 |
| boston-red-sox | 98 | 290 | 61 | 4 | 32 | 64 | 32 | .276 | .431 | .376 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Boston Braves | 128 | 399 | 112 | 16 | 77 | 12 | .281 | – | – |
| 1948 | Boston Braves | 134 | 439 | 111 | 10 | 67 | 19 | .253 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Braves | 25 | 100 | 26 | 4 | 19 | 5 | .260 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Braves | 156 | 576 | 167 | 23 | 87 | 15 | .290 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Braves | 155 | 581 | 153 | 24 | 92 | 19 | .263 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Braves | 122 | 382 | 88 | 5 | 34 | 11 | .230 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 111 | 379 | 104 | 11 | 63 | 7 | .274 | – | – |
| 1954 | Philadelphia Phillies | 135 | 490 | 133 | 5 | 54 | 7 | .271 | – | – |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies | 136 | 450 | 125 | 10 | 67 | 11 | .278 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Detroit Tigers | 117 | 318 | 84 | 12 | 42 | 6 | .264 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 116 | 301 | 86 | 8 | 51 | 7 | .286 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Chicago White Sox | 96 | 188 | 50 | 10 | 30 | 7 | .266 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 127 | 277 | 61 | 9 | 45 | 7 | .220 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 68 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees | 42 | 33 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .091 | – | – |