Eddie Lake
1939–1950 · bats R / throws R · AGS, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals
836G
.231AVG
.366OBP
.323SLG
More career statistics
599H
39HR
193RBI
52SB
19.1IP
7K
4.19ERA
0GS
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 | 2,595 | 2,597 |
| Batting · Doubles | 105 | 104 |
| Batting · Hits | 599 | 600 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 8 | 9 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,199 | 3,200 |
| Batting · Runs | 442 | 444 |
| Batting · RBI | 193 | 194 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 52 | 53 |
| Batting · Triples | 9 | 10 |
| Batting · Walks | 546 | 545 |
| Pitching · p er | 9 | 10 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 836 | 3,199 | 2,595 | 442 | 599 | 105 | 9 | 39 | 193 | 546 | 312 | 52 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 839 | .231 | .366 | .323 | .689 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.19 | 1.603 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1945-06-17 to 1945-07-01
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1945-07-28 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1945-08-04 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1940-05-07 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 412 | 1508 | 312 | 23 | 96 | 244 | 116 | .253 | .369 | .363 |
| Away | 424 | 1692 | 288 | 16 | 98 | 301 | 196 | .211 | .348 | .289 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 152 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 10 | .182 | .342 | .264 |
| May | 160 | 631 | 107 | 7 | 29 | 109 | 78 | .210 | .342 | .287 |
| June | 157 | 565 | 99 | 10 | 41 | 92 | 56 | .216 | .338 | .346 |
| July | 150 | 557 | 116 | 11 | 40 | 91 | 62 | .252 | .372 | .369 |
| August | 174 | 709 | 137 | 6 | 44 | 110 | 58 | .235 | .348 | .310 |
| September | 143 | 569 | 115 | 4 | 35 | 112 | 47 | .257 | .399 | .333 |
| October | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .294 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 117 | 463 | 75 | 10 | 24 | 93 | 53 | .207 | .363 | .322 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 109 | 444 | 87 | 5 | 30 | 78 | 37 | .243 | .372 | .330 |
| cleveland-guardians | 105 | 414 | 85 | 8 | 33 | 62 | 36 | .249 | .355 | .365 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 103 | 452 | 92 | 6 | 29 | 85 | 38 | .256 | .392 | .362 |
| st-louis-browns | 103 | 419 | 71 | 0 | 24 | 72 | 33 | .209 | .341 | .251 |
| chicago-white-sox | 100 | 361 | 75 | 6 | 20 | 65 | 28 | .259 | .388 | .369 |
| boston-red-sox | 75 | 289 | 58 | 1 | 15 | 31 | 31 | .230 | .308 | .317 |
| detroit-tigers | 44 | 181 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 17 | .230 | .359 | .304 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1940 | St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 66 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .212 | – | – |
| 1941 | St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 76 | 8 | – | – | 3 | .105 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Boston Red Sox | 75 | 217 | 44 | 3 | 17 | 3 | .203 | – | – |
| 1944 | Boston Red Sox | 57 | 127 | 26 | – | 8 | 5 | .205 | 19 | 7 |
| 1945 | Boston Red Sox | 133 | 473 | 132 | 11 | 51 | 9 | .279 | – | – |
| 1946 |  Detroit Tigers | 155 | 587 | 149 | 8 | 31 | 15 | .254 | – | – |
| 1947 | Detroit Tigers | 158 | 602 | 127 | 12 | 46 | 12 | .211 | – | – |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 64 | 198 | 52 | 2 | 18 | 3 | .263 | – | – |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 94 | 240 | 47 | 1 | 15 | 2 | .196 | – | – |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers | 20 | 7 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |