Eric McNair
1929–1942 · bats R / throws R · ALM, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
1,251G
.274AVG
.318OBP
.392SLG
More career statistics
1,240H
82HR
633RBI
59SB
2Rare 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 · Games | 1,251 | 1,252 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,519 | 4,522 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 54 | 59 |
| Batting · Doubles | 229 | 230 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,240 | 1,242 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 328 | 329 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,869 | 4,867 |
| Batting · Runs | 592 | 594 |
| Batting · RBI | 633 | 634 |
| Batting · Walks | 261 | 255 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,251 | 4,869 | 4,519 | 592 | 1,240 | 229 | 29 | 82 | 633 | 261 | 328 | 59 | 54 | 25 | 0 | 1,773 | .274 | .318 | .392 | .710 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1934-08-25 to 1934-09-10
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1939-07-03 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1934-06-05 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1934-09-17 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 617 | 2362 | 640 | 47 | 340 | 121 | 160 | .293 | .322 | .427 |
| Away | 635 | 2505 | 602 | 35 | 294 | 134 | 169 | .258 | .294 | .361 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 93 | 337 | 69 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 26 | .225 | .282 | .316 |
| May | 215 | 794 | 200 | 15 | 115 | 39 | 41 | .270 | .301 | .397 |
| June | 246 | 1004 | 276 | 15 | 147 | 45 | 67 | .293 | .320 | .411 |
| July | 237 | 913 | 234 | 16 | 119 | 54 | 66 | .278 | .315 | .405 |
| August | 250 | 997 | 254 | 18 | 116 | 50 | 73 | .274 | .305 | .389 |
| September | 206 | 800 | 203 | 14 | 103 | 41 | 56 | .273 | .305 | .386 |
| October | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .273 | .429 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 190 | 782 | 212 | 17 | 110 | 40 | 57 | .290 | .322 | .419 |
| cleveland-guardians | 182 | 723 | 176 | 9 | 84 | 24 | 58 | .258 | .277 | .363 |
| detroit-tigers | 175 | 704 | 172 | 14 | 94 | 37 | 60 | .262 | .297 | .397 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 174 | 632 | 170 | 5 | 84 | 34 | 31 | .292 | .323 | .381 |
| new-york-yankees | 174 | 654 | 154 | 10 | 72 | 33 | 48 | .252 | .286 | .345 |
| chicago-white-sox | 166 | 635 | 160 | 9 | 76 | 35 | 35 | .271 | .307 | .382 |
| boston-red-sox | 123 | 489 | 128 | 14 | 74 | 35 | 32 | .288 | .333 | .457 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 67 | 243 | 68 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 8 | .308 | .350 | .434 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | 8 | 4 | – | 3 | 1 | .500 | – | – |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 236 | 63 | – | 36 | 5 | .267 | – | – |
| 1931 | Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 280 | 76 | 5 | 34 | 1 | .271 | – | – |
| 1932 | Philadelphia Athletics | 135 | 554 | 158 | 18 | 95 | 8 | .285 | – | – |
| 1933 | Philadelphia Athletics | 89 | 310 | 81 | 7 | 48 | 2 | .261 | – | – |
| 1934 | Philadelphia Athletics | 151 | 599 | 168 | 17 | 82 | 7 | .280 | – | – |
| 1935 | ALM, Philadelphia Athletics | 138 | 530 | 144 | 4 | 57 | 3 | .272 | – | – |
| 1936 |  Boston Red Sox | 128 | 494 | 141 | 4 | 72 | 3 | .285 | – | – |
| 1937 | Boston Red Sox | 126 | 455 | 133 | 12 | 75 | 10 | .292 | – | – |
| 1938 | Boston Red Sox | 46 | 96 | 15 | – | 7 | – | .156 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Chicago White Sox | 129 | 479 | 155 | 7 | 83 | 17 | .324 | – | – |
| 1940 | Chicago White Sox | 66 | 251 | 57 | 7 | 31 | 1 | .227 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Detroit Tigers | 23 | 59 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .186 | – | – |
| 1942 | Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics | 60 | 171 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .211 | – | – |