Frank O'Rourke
1912–1931 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,133G
.254AVG
.315OBP
.333SLG
More career statistics
1,032H
15HR
430RBI
100SB
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 · At bats | 4,069 | 4,074 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 59 | 75 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 53 | 51 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 377 | 382 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,606 | 4,610 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 100 | 106 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,133 | 4,606 | 4,069 | 546 | 1,032 | 196 | 42 | 15 | 430 | 314 | 377 | 100 | 59 | 53 | 0 | 1,357 | .254 | .315 | .333 | .648 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1925-05-05 to 1925-05-20
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1929-08-13 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1925-05-05 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1921-07-28 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 540 | 2183 | 482 | 10 | 211 | 174 | 168 | .254 | .301 | .340 |
| Away | 593 | 2427 | 550 | 5 | 219 | 140 | 214 | .253 | .284 | .327 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 111 | 490 | 94 | 2 | 33 | 42 | 37 | .222 | .278 | .300 |
| May | 164 | 689 | 160 | 2 | 72 | 63 | 61 | .270 | .324 | .364 |
| June | 183 | 732 | 162 | 4 | 71 | 42 | 69 | .248 | .279 | .336 |
| July | 235 | 953 | 214 | 4 | 79 | 67 | 79 | .254 | .295 | .340 |
| August | 208 | 844 | 197 | 2 | 86 | 48 | 77 | .260 | .290 | .339 |
| September | 215 | 837 | 185 | 0 | 81 | 48 | 56 | .249 | .278 | .298 |
| October | 17 | 65 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .339 | .369 | .492 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 146 | 593 | 150 | 3 | 56 | 38 | 51 | .280 | .317 | .379 |
| chicago-white-sox | 146 | 616 | 135 | 3 | 56 | 47 | 49 | .253 | .295 | .360 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 145 | 595 | 133 | 3 | 47 | 42 | 40 | .253 | .294 | .314 |
| cleveland-guardians | 144 | 604 | 144 | 1 | 59 | 34 | 38 | .265 | .295 | .344 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 131 | 563 | 139 | 1 | 58 | 46 | 46 | .282 | .329 | .367 |
| boston-red-sox | 128 | 526 | 119 | 0 | 56 | 39 | 30 | .259 | .300 | .322 |
| detroit-tigers | 101 | 411 | 87 | 3 | 38 | 26 | 30 | .244 | .275 | .331 |
| st-louis-browns | 62 | 252 | 52 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 20 | .236 | .270 | .345 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Boston Braves | 61 | 196 | 24 | – | 15 | 1 | .122 | – | – |
| 1917 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 65 | 198 | 47 | – | 15 | 11 | .237 | – | – |
| 1918 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4 | 12 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1920 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 14 | 54 | 16 | – | 5 | 2 | .296 | – | – |
| 1921 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 123 | 446 | 104 | 3 | 55 | 9 | .233 | – | – |
| 1922 |  Boston Red Sox | 67 | 216 | 57 | 1 | 17 | 6 | .264 | – | – |
| 1924 |  Detroit Tigers | 47 | 181 | 50 | – | 18 | 7 | .276 | – | – |
| 1925 | Detroit Tigers | 124 | 483 | 141 | 5 | 56 | 5 | .292 | – | – |
| 1926 | Detroit Tigers | 111 | 363 | 88 | 1 | 38 | 9 | .242 | – | – |
| 1927 |  St. Louis Browns | 140 | 539 | 144 | 1 | 39 | 18 | .267 | – | – |
| 1928 | St. Louis Browns | 99 | 392 | 103 | 1 | 65 | 11 | .263 | – | – |
| 1929 | St. Louis Browns | 154 | 585 | 147 | 2 | 64 | 14 | .251 | – | – |
| 1930 | St. Louis Browns | 116 | 400 | 107 | 1 | 41 | 12 | .268 | – | – |
| 1931 | St. Louis Browns | 8 | 9 | 2 | – | – | 1 | .222 | – | – |