Elmer Koestner
1910–1914 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians
36G
.315AVG
.315OBP
.352SLG
More career statistics
17H
0HR
3RBI
2SB
5–10W–L
169.2IP
56K
3.18ERA
14GS
2SV
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 · At bats | 54 | 55 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 0 | 10 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 60 | 61 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 695 | 724 |
| Pitching · p er | 60 | 69 |
| Pitching · p h | 169 | 164 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 509 | 501 |
| Pitching · p r | 96 | 97 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 60 | 54 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .315 | .315 | .352 | .667 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169.7 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 169 | 96 | 60 | 0 | 76 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 1.444 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1910-08-05 to 1910-08-19
3longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Four Wild Pitches | 1910-10-06 | 1 in 2,630 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 |  Cleveland Guardians | 27 | 49 | 15 | – | 3 | 2 | .306 | 142 | 44 |
| 1914 | Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds | 9 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | .333 | 25 | 12 |