Footsie Blair
1929–1931 · bats L / throws R · Chicago Cubs
247G
.273AVG
.308OBP
.397SLG
More career statistics
243H
10HR
96RBI
11SB
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 · Hits | 243 | 244 |
| Batting · Runs | 138 | 139 |
| Batting · RBI | 96 | 94 |
| Batting · Triples | 16 | 17 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247 | 945 | 890 | 138 | 243 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 96 | 37 | 88 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 353 | .273 | .308 | .397 | .705 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1929-08-21 to 1930-04-16
16longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1931-07-12 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1930-07-29 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 113 | 423 | 116 | 7 | 48 | 17 | 39 | .294 | .314 | .438 |
| Away | 134 | 522 | 128 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 49 | .259 | .284 | .370 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .250 | .255 | .385 |
| May | 23 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .245 | .296 | .449 |
| June | 42 | 161 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 13 | .270 | .298 | .358 |
| July | 57 | 217 | 72 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 20 | .341 | .355 | .493 |
| August | 74 | 333 | 72 | 6 | 31 | 15 | 30 | .230 | .261 | .351 |
| September | 33 | 120 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | .292 | .308 | .398 |
| October | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .400 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 40 | 152 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | .338 | .355 | .507 |
| boston-braves | 40 | 159 | 42 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | .282 | .308 | .409 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 36 | 156 | 49 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 4 | .325 | .340 | .424 |
| new-york-giants | 36 | 124 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 14 | .265 | .282 | .333 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 35 | 138 | 35 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 20 | .269 | .283 | .469 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 35 | 137 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 21 | .156 | .204 | .234 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 25 | 79 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | .260 | .291 | .397 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Chicago Cubs | 27 | 72 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .319 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago Cubs | 134 | 578 | 158 | 6 | 57 | 9 | .273 | – | – |
| 1931 | Chicago Cubs | 86 | 240 | 63 | 3 | 29 | 1 | .263 | – | – |