Early Wynn
1939–1963 · bats B / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1901-60)
796G
.214AVG
.274OBP
.285SLG
More career statistics
365H
17HR
173RBI
1SB
300–244W–L
4,564.0IP
2,334K
3.54ERA
612GS
15SV
7Rare 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 · Plate appearances | 1,903 | 1,904 |
| Batting · Runs | 136 | 137 |
| Batting · RBI | 173 | 174 |
| Batting · Walks | 141 | 142 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 19,408 | 19,405 |
| Pitching · p cg | 290 | 289 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,796 | 1,790 |
| Pitching · p gs | 612 | 611 |
| Pitching · p hr | 338 | 339 |
| Pitching · p k | 2,334 | 2,342 |
| Pitching · p r | 2,037 | 2,035 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,775 | 1,774 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 796 | 1,903 | 1,704 | 136 | 365 | 59 | 5 | 17 | 173 | 141 | 330 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 485 | .214 | .274 | .285 | .559 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,564.0 | 691 | 612 | 290 | 300 | 244 | 15 | 4,291 | 2,037 | 1,796 | 338 | 1,775 | 2,334 | 0 | 0 | 3.54 | 1.329 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1952-08-28 to 1952-09-22
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1943-04-27 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1948-04-19 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1952-05-21 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 401 | 945 | 180 | 10 | 80 | 80 | 167 | .215 | .275 | .282 |
| Away | 395 | 959 | 185 | 7 | 94 | 62 | 163 | .214 | .258 | .287 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 58 | 142 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | .151 | .204 | .183 |
| May | 140 | 349 | 60 | 2 | 42 | 28 | 63 | .194 | .252 | .235 |
| June | 135 | 318 | 66 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 53 | .230 | .274 | .321 |
| July | 161 | 383 | 75 | 2 | 34 | 31 | 68 | .223 | .277 | .285 |
| August | 167 | 386 | 89 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 66 | .253 | .301 | .364 |
| September | 134 | 324 | 56 | 2 | 31 | 25 | 62 | .193 | .250 | .252 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 124 | 285 | 45 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 61 | .184 | .260 | .250 |
| detroit-tigers | 114 | 242 | 41 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 54 | .190 | .248 | .227 |
| boston-red-sox | 108 | 271 | 47 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 38 | .192 | .232 | .261 |
| chicago-white-sox | 88 | 213 | 45 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 33 | .228 | .254 | .310 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 72 | 178 | 38 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 18 | .232 | .287 | .280 |
| st-louis-browns | 66 | 146 | 35 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 18 | .269 | .336 | .377 |
| cleveland-guardians | 65 | 166 | 40 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 35 | .267 | .319 | .333 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 60 | 154 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 30 | .220 | .253 | .340 |