Frank Isbell
1898–1909 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs
1,122G
.250AVG
.289OBP
.326SLG
More career statistics
1,056H
13HR
455RBI
253SB
4–7W–L
85.1IP
19K
3.59ERA
10GS
1SV
5Rare 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 | 4,219 | 4,224 |
| Batting · Doubles | 158 | 160 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,056 | 1,059 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 41 | 44 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,652 | 4,637 |
| Batting · Runs | 501 | 504 |
| Batting · RBI | 455 | 453 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 253 | 252 |
| Batting · Triples | 62 | 64 |
| Batting · Walks | 190 | 170 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 387 | 381 |
| Pitching · p er | 34 | 37 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,122 | 4,652 | 4,219 | 501 | 1,056 | 158 | 62 | 13 | 455 | 190 | 0 | 253 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1,377 | .250 | .289 | .326 | .615 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85.3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 92 | 57 | 34 | 0 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3.59 | 1.582 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1905-09-27 to 1906-04-22
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1908-07-10 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1902-05-06 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1898-07-23 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 562 | 2270 | 499 | 6 | 245 | 88 | 143 | .244 | .259 | .327 |
| Away | 560 | 2367 | 560 | 7 | 208 | 82 | 192 | .257 | .271 | .330 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 212 | 52 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 9 | .271 | .278 | .344 |
| May | 185 | 784 | 183 | 5 | 86 | 22 | 41 | .252 | .261 | .331 |
| June | 183 | 783 | 183 | 2 | 73 | 29 | 43 | .256 | .271 | .331 |
| July | 235 | 970 | 217 | 1 | 85 | 31 | 82 | .244 | .256 | .303 |
| August | 228 | 906 | 189 | 2 | 89 | 36 | 77 | .230 | .248 | .301 |
| September | 214 | 881 | 215 | 3 | 98 | 39 | 70 | .273 | .288 | .377 |
| October | 26 | 101 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | .217 | .257 | .304 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 169 | 682 | 143 | 5 | 83 | 20 | 49 | .230 | .239 | .333 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 157 | 648 | 130 | 1 | 63 | 29 | 76 | .221 | .245 | .297 |
| cleveland-guardians | 152 | 638 | 151 | 1 | 53 | 21 | 50 | .258 | .270 | .347 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 150 | 626 | 165 | 2 | 68 | 26 | 33 | .292 | .305 | .393 |
| detroit-tigers | 148 | 619 | 136 | 0 | 57 | 29 | 32 | .247 | .267 | .296 |
| st-louis-browns | 125 | 515 | 118 | 0 | 39 | 18 | 37 | .252 | .264 | .303 |
| new-york-yankees | 118 | 489 | 106 | 1 | 45 | 16 | 36 | .235 | .249 | .317 |
| baltimore-orioles-1901-02 | 38 | 164 | 45 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 7 | .298 | .311 | .358 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Chicago Cubs | 45 | 159 | 37 | – | 8 | 3 | .233 | 81 | 16 |
| 1901 |  Chicago White Sox | 137 | 556 | 143 | 3 | 70 | 52 | .257 | 1 | – |
| 1902 | Chicago White Sox | 137 | 514 | 130 | 4 | 59 | 38 | .253 | 1 | 1 |
| 1903 | Chicago White Sox | 138 | 546 | 132 | 2 | 59 | 26 | .242 | – | – |
| 1904 | Chicago White Sox | 96 | 314 | 66 | 1 | 34 | 19 | .210 | – | – |
| 1905 | Chicago White Sox | 95 | 342 | 101 | 2 | 41 | 15 | .295 | – | – |
| 1906 | Chicago White Sox | 143 | 550 | 153 | – | 52 | 37 | .278 | 2 | 2 |
| 1907 | Chicago White Sox | 125 | 485 | 119 | – | 48 | 22 | .245 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | Chicago White Sox | 85 | 324 | 81 | 1 | 49 | 17 | .250 | – | – |
| 1909 | Chicago White Sox | 121 | 434 | 97 | – | 33 | 23 | .224 | – | – |