Elmer Steele
1907–1911 · bats B / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates
75G
.127AVG
.173OBP
.141SLG
More career statistics
18H
0HR
7RBI
4SB
18–24W–L
418.0IP
147K
2.41ERA
43GS
3SV
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 · Strikeouts | 25 | 45 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 153 | 154 |
| Batting · Runs | 13 | 12 |
| Batting · RBI | 7 | 9 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 4 | 3 |
| Batting · Walks | 6 | 7 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,596 | 1,628 |
| Pitching · p cg | 20 | 21 |
| Pitching · p er | 112 | 129 |
| Pitching · p h | 367 | 369 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,254 | 1,243 |
| Pitching · p k | 147 | 149 |
| Pitching · p r | 162 | 161 |
| Pitching · p w | 68 | 69 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 153 | 142 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | .127 | .173 | .141 | .314 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 418.0 | 75 | 43 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 367 | 162 | 112 | 7 | 68 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 2.41 | 1.041 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1911-04-29 to 1911-05-08
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1911-08-16 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1911-06-05 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 13 hits allowed | 1909-06-23 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  Boston Red Sox | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 10 |
| 1908 | Boston Red Sox | 16 | 39 | 2 | – | – | – | .051 | 114 | 37 |
| 1909 | Boston Red Sox | 16 | 23 | 5 | – | 2 | 2 | .217 | 76 | 33 |
| 1910 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 24 | 7 |
| 1911 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 69 | 11 | – | 7 | 1 | .159 | 189 | 62 |