Fabian Gaffke
1936–1942 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians
129G
.227AVG
.297OBP
.361SLG
More career statistics
73H
7HR
42RBI
2SB
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 · Hit by pitch | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 47 | 48 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 359 | 358 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 2 | 3 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 359 | 321 | 43 | 73 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 30 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 116 | .227 | .297 | .361 | .658 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1937-05-24 to 1937-05-31
9longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1937-07-14 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 57 | 144 | 29 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 21 | .225 | .278 | .341 |
| Away | 72 | 214 | 44 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 27 | .229 | .294 | .375 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .240 | .355 | .320 |
| May | 30 | 75 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 12 | .224 | .280 | .373 |
| June | 23 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | .182 | .203 | .255 |
| July | 26 | 65 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | .267 | .323 | .333 |
| August | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .571 |
| September | 30 | 110 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 14 | .216 | .291 | .423 |
| October | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .364 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 26 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | .235 | .259 | .353 |
| new-york-yankees | 23 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | .183 | .261 | .250 |
| st-louis-browns | 22 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 10 | .258 | .306 | .485 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 21 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | .215 | .282 | .415 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 14 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .353 | .385 | .441 |
| chicago-white-sox | 13 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .083 | .179 | .083 |
| boston-red-sox | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .444 | .286 |
| cleveland-guardians | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .214 | .312 | .357 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Boston Red Sox | 15 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | .127 | – | – |
| 1937 | Boston Red Sox | 54 | 184 | 53 | 6 | 34 | 2 | .288 | – | – |
| 1938 | Boston Red Sox | 15 | 10 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .100 | – | – |
| 1939 | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Cleveland Guardians | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 40 | 67 | 11 | – | 3 | 1 | .164 | – | – |