Ed Delahanty
1897–1903 · bats R / throws R · Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,835G
.346AVG
.411OBP
.505SLG
More career statistics
2,596H
101HR
1,464RBI
455SB
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 · Games | 1,835 | 854 |
| Batting · At bats | 7,505 | 3,372 |
| Batting · Doubles | 522 | 257 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,596 | 1,217 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 94 | 34 |
| Batting · Home runs | 101 | 39 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 244 | 167 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 8,394 | 3,812 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,599 | 672 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,464 | 656 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 455 | 178 |
| Batting · Triples | 185 | 74 |
| Batting · Walks | 741 | 370 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,835 | 8,394 | 7,505 | 1,599 | 2,596 | 522 | 185 | 101 | 1,464 | 741 | 244 | 455 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 3,791 | .346 | .411 | .505 | .916 |
Streaks
31longest hitting streak · 1899-07-15 to 1899-08-18
44longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Four-Double Game | 1899-05-13 | 1 in 3,923 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1899-05-13 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1897-06-28 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 430 | 1906 | 646 | 21 | 388 | 202 | 72 | .389 | .445 | .554 |
| Away | 424 | 1906 | 571 | 18 | 268 | 168 | 95 | .334 | .388 | .478 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 65 | 300 | 92 | 3 | 64 | 34 | 13 | .359 | .420 | .500 |
| May | 148 | 666 | 214 | 8 | 99 | 64 | 30 | .363 | .417 | .538 |
| June | 162 | 722 | 256 | 10 | 145 | 67 | 27 | .399 | .447 | .578 |
| July | 144 | 645 | 204 | 9 | 116 | 46 | 33 | .347 | .388 | .497 |
| August | 156 | 701 | 213 | 5 | 102 | 62 | 28 | .338 | .392 | .475 |
| September | 147 | 649 | 200 | 4 | 112 | 81 | 30 | .360 | .433 | .504 |
| October | 32 | 129 | 38 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 6 | .345 | .419 | .464 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 80 | 367 | 129 | 3 | 63 | 24 | 10 | .390 | .417 | .532 |
| new-york-giants | 78 | 363 | 108 | 1 | 55 | 44 | 18 | .348 | .419 | .468 |
| boston-braves | 77 | 340 | 82 | 6 | 57 | 46 | 20 | .290 | .376 | .459 |
| cincinnati-reds | 77 | 352 | 119 | 2 | 72 | 29 | 24 | .379 | .420 | .525 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 76 | 345 | 98 | 2 | 48 | 27 | 10 | .314 | .362 | .423 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 75 | 341 | 104 | 4 | 64 | 34 | 23 | .343 | .405 | .512 |
| chicago-cubs | 72 | 320 | 110 | 1 | 63 | 22 | 20 | .374 | .412 | .500 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 41 | 181 | 50 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 10 | .316 | .398 | .424 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 129 | 530 | 200 | 5 | 96 | 26 | .377 | – | – |
| 1898 | Philadelphia Phillies | 144 | 549 | 183 | 4 | 92 | 58 | .333 | – | – |
| 1899 | Philadelphia Phillies | 146 | 580 | 238 | 9 | 137 | 30 | .410 | – | – |
| 1900 | Philadelphia Phillies | 131 | 541 | 174 | 2 | 109 | 16 | .322 | – | – |
| 1901 | Philadelphia Phillies | 139 | 543 | 192 | 8 | 108 | 29 | .354 | – | – |
| 1902 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 123 | 473 | 178 | 10 | 93 | 16 | .376 | – | – |
| 1903 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 42 | 156 | 52 | 1 | 21 | 3 | .333 | – | – |