Ed Steele
1942–1951 · bats L / throws R · ASE, ASW, Birmingham Black Barons, KCR, PHB, SAS
116G
.354AVG
.457OBP
.550SLG
More career statistics
143H
9HR
78RBI
15SB
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 | 116 | 180 |
| Batting · At bats | 404 | 457 |
| Batting · Doubles | 22 | 28 |
| Batting · Hits | 143 | 220 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 16 | 14 |
| Batting · Home runs | 9 | 20 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 488 | 539 |
| Batting · Runs | 91 | 135 |
| Batting · RBI | 78 | 93 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 15 | 25 |
| Batting · Triples | 15 | 17 |
| Batting · Walks | 61 | 66 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 488 | 404 | 91 | 143 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 78 | 61 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 222 | .354 | .457 | .550 | 1.007 |
Streaks
22longest hitting streak · 1948-08-14 to 1949-06-15
36longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1944-08-02 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 89 | 257 | 105 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 2 | .510 | .564 | .733 |
| Away | 91 | 282 | 115 | 11 | 51 | 26 | 0 | .458 | .500 | .761 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .571 | .500 |
| May | 46 | 124 | 60 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 0 | .588 | .613 | .922 |
| June | 54 | 186 | 62 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 0 | .400 | .452 | .619 |
| July | 36 | 121 | 47 | 7 | 27 | 17 | 1 | .461 | .529 | .824 |
| August | 34 | 87 | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .519 | .575 | .684 |
| September | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .700 | .700 | 1.100 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-monarchs | 38 | 141 | 51 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 1 | .418 | .489 | .557 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 32 | 73 | 39 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 0 | .650 | .685 | 1.133 |
| chicago-american-giants | 31 | 53 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .610 | .604 | 1.098 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 18 | 53 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .486 | .604 | .784 |
| memphis-red-sox | 17 | 49 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .578 | .612 | 1.000 |
| new-york-cubans | 10 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .389 | .415 | .500 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 9 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .407 | .414 | .519 |
| cincinnati-clowns | 7 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .474 | .522 | .842 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 31 | 83 | 35 | 4 | 14 | 6 | .422 | – | – |
| 1945 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 20 | 70 | 40 | 1 | 11 | 2 | .571 | – | – |
| 1946 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 20 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | .455 | – | – |
| 1947 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 23 | 37 | 26 | 1 | 6 | – | .703 | – | – |
| 1948 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 40 | 103 | 51 | 8 | 31 | 8 | .495 | – | – |
| 1949 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 46 | 142 | 58 | 3 | 23 | 6 | .408 | – | – |