Eppa Rixey
1912–1933 · bats R / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies
694G
.191AVG
.221OBP
.224SLG
More career statistics
291H
3HR
111RBI
2SB
266–251W–L
4,494.2IP
1,350K
3.15ERA
554GS
14SV
8Rare 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 · At bats | 1,522 | 1,520 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 220 | 222 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,667 | 1,665 |
| Batting · Runs | 95 | 93 |
| Batting · RBI | 111 | 109 |
| Batting · Walks | 49 | 48 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 18,754 | 18,759 |
| Pitching · p cg | 290 | 289 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,572 | 1,579 |
| Pitching · p h | 4,633 | 4,637 |
| Pitching · p hr | 92 | 93 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 13,484 | 13,480 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,350 | 1,352 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,987 | 1,994 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,082 | 1,083 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 694 | 1,667 | 1,522 | 95 | 291 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 111 | 49 | 220 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 341 | .191 | .221 | .224 | .445 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,494.7 | 692 | 554 | 290 | 266 | 251 | 14 | 4,633 | 1,987 | 1,572 | 92 | 1,082 | 1,350 | 0 | 0 | 3.15 | 1.272 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1925-08-30 to 1925-09-24
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1916-06-29 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Four Wild Pitches | 1915-06-07 | 1 in 2,630 games | box score ↗ |
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1928-09-08 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 341 | 774 | 142 | 1 | 58 | 18 | 99 | .200 | .207 | .232 |
| Away | 353 | 891 | 149 | 2 | 51 | 30 | 123 | .184 | .201 | .218 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 110 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | .214 | .227 | .214 |
| May | 107 | 247 | 49 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 26 | .220 | .243 | .233 |
| June | 122 | 290 | 50 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 35 | .197 | .214 | .252 |
| July | 159 | 383 | 71 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 53 | .202 | .211 | .248 |
| August | 137 | 341 | 49 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 46 | .155 | .161 | .180 |
| September | 112 | 275 | 48 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 39 | .188 | .196 | .224 |
| October | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .118 | .105 | .118 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 114 | 267 | 48 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 40 | .192 | .199 | .216 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 110 | 258 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 36 | .189 | .209 | .210 |
| chicago-cubs | 99 | 234 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 36 | .197 | .205 | .229 |
| boston-braves | 92 | 220 | 48 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 27 | .240 | .255 | .285 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 92 | 217 | 36 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 30 | .188 | .212 | .225 |
| new-york-giants | 89 | 195 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 27 | .155 | .154 | .166 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 60 | 181 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 14 | .167 | .182 | .222 |
| cincinnati-reds | 38 | 93 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | .200 | .204 | .259 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 23 | 53 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .170 | 162 | 59 | |
| 1913 | 35 | 47 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .191 | 156 | 75 | |
| 1914 | 24 | 25 | 1 | – | – | – | .040 | 102 | 41 | |
| 1915 | 29 | 55 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .164 | 176 | 88 | |
| 1916 | 38 | 97 | 15 | – | 7 | – | .155 | 287 | 134 | |
| 1917 | 39 | 94 | 18 | – | 6 | – | .191 | 281 | 121 | |
| 1919 | 23 | 47 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .149 | 154 | 63 | |
| 1920 | 43 | 101 | 25 | 1 | 8 | – | .248 | 284 | 109 | |
| 1921 | 40 | 101 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .129 | 300 | 76 | |
| 1922 | 40 | 109 | 21 | – | 8 | 1 | .193 | 312 | 80 | |
| 1923 | 42 | 107 | 17 | – | 7 | – | .159 | 309 | 97 | |
| 1924 | 35 | 84 | 18 | 1 | 7 | – | .214 | 238 | 58 | |
| 1925 | 39 | 103 | 22 | – | 12 | 1 | .214 | 287 | 69 | |
| 1926 | 37 | 84 | 19 | – | 8 | – | .226 | 233 | 61 | |
| 1927 | 34 | 81 | 20 | – | 9 | – | .247 | 220 | 42 | |
| 1928 | 43 | 104 | 18 | 1 | 8 | – | .173 | 290 | 58 | |
| 1929 | 35 | 65 | 15 | – | 1 | – | .231 | 201 | 38 | |
| 1930 | 32 | 54 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .204 | 164 | 37 | |
| 1931 | 22 | 40 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .150 | 127 | 22 | |
| 1932 | 25 | 34 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .265 | 111 | 14 | |
| 1933 | 16 | 35 | 9 | – | 6 | – | .257 | 94 | 10 |