Earl Webb
1925–1933 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants
651G
.306AVG
.381OBP
.478SLG
More career statistics
661H
56HR
333RBI
8SB
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 · Strikeouts | 202 | 201 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,460 | 2,459 |
| Batting · RBI | 333 | 335 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 8 | 9 |
| Batting · Walks | 260 | 259 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 651 | 2,460 | 2,161 | 326 | 661 | 155 | 25 | 56 | 333 | 260 | 202 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1,034 | .306 | .381 | .478 | .859 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1931-07-17 to 1931-08-01
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 5 hits | 1930-07-17 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1931-06-28 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1931-05-27 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 320 | 1164 | 311 | 20 | 169 | 147 | 85 | .313 | .393 | .477 |
| Away | 331 | 1295 | 350 | 36 | 166 | 112 | 116 | .300 | .357 | .479 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 58 | 211 | 49 | 10 | 33 | 23 | 20 | .265 | .341 | .492 |
| May | 115 | 465 | 126 | 13 | 68 | 62 | 32 | .320 | .404 | .530 |
| June | 124 | 465 | 131 | 10 | 70 | 57 | 42 | .326 | .404 | .483 |
| July | 141 | 565 | 162 | 12 | 69 | 56 | 43 | .327 | .386 | .512 |
| August | 120 | 448 | 114 | 5 | 54 | 41 | 37 | .283 | .346 | .400 |
| September | 91 | 301 | 77 | 6 | 41 | 20 | 27 | .278 | .322 | .444 |
| October | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 79 | 296 | 70 | 4 | 35 | 29 | 19 | .266 | .334 | .452 |
| new-york-yankees | 72 | 277 | 73 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 26 | .297 | .368 | .451 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 67 | 273 | 71 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 22 | .297 | .363 | .460 |
| cleveland-guardians | 63 | 251 | 79 | 5 | 35 | 33 | 23 | .366 | .446 | .542 |
| st-louis-browns | 63 | 263 | 73 | 8 | 38 | 25 | 21 | .311 | .373 | .494 |
| chicago-white-sox | 60 | 253 | 67 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 17 | .296 | .364 | .425 |
| detroit-tigers | 52 | 200 | 64 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 22 | .356 | .420 | .556 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 38 | 125 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 15 | .228 | .352 | .366 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 |  New York Giants | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1927 |  Chicago Cubs | 102 | 332 | 100 | 14 | 52 | 3 | .301 | – | – |
| 1928 | Chicago Cubs | 62 | 140 | 35 | 3 | 22 | 1 | .250 | – | – |
| 1930 |  Boston Red Sox | 127 | 448 | 145 | 16 | 68 | 2 | .324 | – | – |
| 1931 | Boston Red Sox | 151 | 589 | 196 | 14 | 104 | 2 | .333 | – | – |
| 1932 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 140 | 530 | 151 | 8 | 78 | 1 | .285 | – | – |
| 1933 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 65 | 119 | 34 | 1 | 11 | – | .286 | – | – |