Elam Vangilder
1919–1929 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
373G
.243AVG
.274OBP
.346SLG
More career statistics
146H
8HR
52RBI
0SB
99–102W–L
1,715.2IP
474K
4.28ERA
187GS
19SV
4Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 98 | 100 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 651 | 650 |
| Batting · RBI | 52 | 53 |
| Batting · Walks | 21 | 20 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,568 | 7,579 |
| Pitching · p cg | 90 | 91 |
| Pitching · p er | 815 | 823 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,894 | 1,887 |
| Pitching · p hr | 92 | 94 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,147 | 5,149 |
| Pitching · p k | 474 | 478 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,014 | 1,013 |
| Pitching · p w | 700 | 706 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 373 | 651 | 601 | 61 | 146 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 21 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 208 | .243 | .274 | .346 | .620 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,715.7 | 367 | 187 | 90 | 99 | 102 | 19 | 1,894 | 1,014 | 815 | 92 | 700 | 474 | 0 | 0 | 4.28 | 1.512 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1923-07-07 to 1923-08-04
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1920-07-25 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1923-10-06 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1927-07-28 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 198 | 314 | 73 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 48 | .257 | .261 | .394 |
| Away | 175 | 336 | 73 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 52 | .230 | .250 | .303 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | .283 | .305 | .415 |
| May | 61 | 97 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | .148 | .196 | .216 |
| June | 63 | 102 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 | .253 | .245 | .389 |
| July | 68 | 122 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 20 | .229 | .230 | .294 |
| August | 73 | 135 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 18 | .242 | .237 | .305 |
| September | 67 | 124 | 35 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 17 | .297 | .323 | .475 |
| October | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .364 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 57 | 87 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | .195 | .241 | .221 |
| boston-red-sox | 54 | 130 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 19 | .183 | .192 | .242 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 54 | 100 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 14 | .272 | .260 | .380 |
| cleveland-guardians | 53 | 83 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 13 | .267 | .289 | .480 |
| detroit-tigers | 52 | 98 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 22 | .223 | .245 | .309 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 51 | 78 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | .338 | .346 | .437 |
| new-york-yankees | 44 | 68 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | .273 | .265 | .455 |
| st-louis-browns | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |  St. Louis Browns | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | .667 | 13 | 6 |
| 1920 | St. Louis Browns | 24 | 31 | 4 | – | – | – | .129 | 104 | 25 |
| 1921 | St. Louis Browns | 31 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 6 | – | .203 | 180 | 47 |
| 1922 | St. Louis Browns | 45 | 93 | 32 | 2 | 11 | – | .344 | 244 | 64 |
| 1923 | St. Louis Browns | 45 | 110 | 24 | 1 | 8 | – | .218 | 282 | 75 |
| 1924 | St. Louis Browns | 43 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 9 | – | .295 | 145 | 50 |
| 1925 | St. Louis Browns | 52 | 71 | 13 | – | 3 | – | .183 | 193 | 62 |
| 1926 | St. Louis Browns | 42 | 58 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .190 | 181 | 40 |
| 1927 | St. Louis Browns | 44 | 68 | 19 | 1 | 8 | – | .279 | 202 | 62 |
| 1928 |  Detroit Tigers | 38 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 6 | – | .259 | 157 | 44 |
| 1929 | Detroit Tigers | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 3 |