Ed Karger
1906–1911 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
167G
.220AVG
.261OBP
.310SLG
More career statistics
88H
6HR
35RBI
1SB
48–67W–L
1,091.2IP
415K
2.79ERA
123GS
3SV
3Rare 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 | 400 | 399 |
| Batting · Doubles | 14 | 13 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 10 | 12 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 432 | 428 |
| Batting · Runs | 31 | 30 |
| Batting · Walks | 12 | 6 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,461 | 4,554 |
| Pitching · p cg | 81 | 82 |
| Pitching · p er | 338 | 209 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,012 | 1,014 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,275 | 3,284 |
| Pitching · p k | 415 | 417 |
| Pitching · p r | 471 | 474 |
| Pitching · p w | 314 | 315 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167 | 432 | 400 | 31 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 124 | .220 | .261 | .310 | .571 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,091.7 | 165 | 123 | 81 | 48 | 67 | 3 | 1,012 | 471 | 338 | 12 | 314 | 415 | 0 | 0 | 2.79 | 1.215 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1906-08-22 to 1906-09-07
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1909-05-12 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 15 innings pitched | 1906-07-19 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1907-05-26 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 91 | 229 | 50 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 29 | .240 | .227 | .341 |
| Away | 76 | 199 | 38 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 29 | .199 | .211 | .272 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .032 | .030 | .129 |
| May | 26 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | .196 | .213 | .286 |
| June | 31 | 78 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | .288 | .282 | .397 |
| July | 28 | 87 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | .235 | .218 | .383 |
| August | 40 | 100 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | .250 | .250 | .304 |
| September | 23 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .200 | .207 | .236 |
| October | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .182 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 20 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .246 | .241 | .351 |
| detroit-tigers | 20 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | .286 | .271 | .405 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 19 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .229 | .224 | .333 |
| new-york-giants | 15 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | .186 | .178 | .256 |
| chicago-cubs | 12 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .150 | .190 | .200 |
| cincinnati-reds | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .222 | .308 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 11 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .154 | .179 | .231 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .217 | .200 | .478 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 83 | 18 | 1 | 3 | – | .217 | 217 | 81 |
| 1907 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 112 | 20 | 2 | 7 | – | .179 | 312 | 138 |
| 1908 | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 54 | 13 | – | 3 | 1 | .241 | 141 | 34 |
| 1909 | Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds | 21 | 35 | 6 | – | 5 | – | .171 | 101 | 27 |
| 1910 |  Boston Red Sox | 27 | 68 | 20 | 2 | 10 | – | .294 | 191 | 81 |
| 1911 | Boston Red Sox | 25 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 7 | – | .234 | 130 | 56 |