Ed McFarland
1897–1908 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
895G
.275AVG
.335OBP
.369SLG
More career statistics
826H
13HR
383RBI
65SB
1Rare feat
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 | 895 | 804 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,007 | 2,699 |
| Batting · Doubles | 146 | 133 |
| Batting · Hits | 826 | 748 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 18 | 21 |
| Batting · Home runs | 13 | 10 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 19 | 143 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,364 | 3,050 |
| Batting · Runs | 398 | 344 |
| Batting · RBI | 383 | 340 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 65 | 58 |
| Batting · Triples | 49 | 44 |
| Batting · Walks | 254 | 251 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 895 | 3,364 | 3,007 | 398 | 826 | 146 | 49 | 13 | 383 | 254 | 19 | 65 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1,109 | .275 | .335 | .369 | .704 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1899-06-16 to 1899-07-05
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1899-04-27 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1899-04-19 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1899-09-04 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 413 | 1544 | 360 | 4 | 166 | 136 | 66 | .267 | .321 | .347 |
| Away | 391 | 1506 | 388 | 6 | 174 | 115 | 77 | .288 | .334 | .394 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 200 | 54 | 1 | 28 | 18 | 4 | .310 | .360 | .460 |
| May | 158 | 594 | 135 | 2 | 59 | 45 | 24 | .255 | .303 | .344 |
| June | 155 | 593 | 148 | 3 | 68 | 47 | 34 | .281 | .329 | .389 |
| July | 145 | 536 | 123 | 1 | 56 | 42 | 22 | .256 | .308 | .362 |
| August | 133 | 508 | 129 | 1 | 49 | 48 | 29 | .291 | .348 | .358 |
| September | 132 | 503 | 126 | 0 | 67 | 46 | 25 | .288 | .342 | .359 |
| October | 30 | 116 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | .308 | .328 | .393 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 64 | 220 | 53 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 4 | .272 | .327 | .374 |
| boston-red-sox | 55 | 183 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 18 | .194 | .262 | .269 |
| chicago-cubs | 53 | 211 | 56 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 9 | .295 | .336 | .384 |
| boston-braves | 53 | 224 | 63 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 11 | .318 | .379 | .439 |
| new-york-giants | 51 | 223 | 62 | 0 | 33 | 19 | 13 | .321 | .363 | .394 |
| cincinnati-reds | 51 | 204 | 55 | 0 | 31 | 20 | 6 | .309 | .368 | .433 |
| cleveland-guardians | 50 | 169 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 11 | .215 | .284 | .295 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 48 | 202 | 53 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 9 | .296 | .337 | .402 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 69 | 236 | 64 | 2 | 33 | 4 | .271 | – | – |
| 1898 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 121 | 429 | 122 | 3 | 71 | 4 | .284 | – | – |
| 1899 | Philadelphia Phillies | 96 | 324 | 108 | 2 | 57 | 9 | .333 | – | – |
| 1900 | Philadelphia Phillies | 94 | 347 | 105 | – | 38 | 9 | .303 | – | – |
| 1901 | Philadelphia Phillies | 74 | 295 | 84 | 1 | 32 | 11 | .285 | – | – |
| 1902 |  Chicago White Sox | 75 | 246 | 56 | 1 | 25 | 8 | .228 | – | – |
| 1903 | Chicago White Sox | 61 | 201 | 42 | 1 | 19 | 3 | .209 | – | – |
| 1904 | Chicago White Sox | 50 | 160 | 44 | – | 20 | 2 | .275 | – | – |
| 1905 | Chicago White Sox | 80 | 250 | 70 | – | 26 | 5 | .280 | – | – |
| 1906 | Chicago White Sox | 12 | 24 | 4 | – | 4 | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1907 | Chicago White Sox | 53 | 139 | 39 | – | 11 | 3 | .281 | – | – |
| 1908 |  Boston Red Sox | 19 | 48 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .208 | – | – |