Emil Kush
1941–1949 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs
150G
.220AVG
.247OBP
.268SLG
More career statistics
18H
0HR
3RBI
0SB
21–12W–L
346.1IP
150K
3.53ERA
8GS
12SV
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 | 12 | 13 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,481 | 1,498 |
| Pitching · p er | 136 | 139 |
| Pitching · p hr | 24 | 21 |
| Pitching · p k | 150 | 151 |
| Pitching · p r | 148 | 151 |
| Pitching · p w | 158 | 160 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 85 | 82 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .220 | .247 | .268 | .515 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 346.3 | 150 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 324 | 148 | 136 | 24 | 158 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 3.53 | 1.392 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1946-06-11 to 1946-06-18
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1948-08-04 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1948-07-15 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 9 scoreless innings | 1946-06-18 | 1 in 62 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Chicago Cubs | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | 2 |
| 1942 | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 2 | 1 |
| 1946 | Chicago Cubs | 40 | 38 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .211 | 129 | 52 |
| 1947 | Chicago Cubs | 47 | 20 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 91 | 44 |
| 1948 | Chicago Cubs | 34 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | .154 | 72 | 30 |
| 1949 | Chicago Cubs | 26 | 9 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .333 | 47 | 22 |