Fred Hartman
1897–1902 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
580G
.278AVG
.326OBP
.368SLG
More career statistics
622H
10HR
332RBI
88SB
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 | 580 | 533 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,236 | 2,063 |
| Batting · Doubles | 77 | 73 |
| Batting · Hits | 622 | 565 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 41 | 34 |
| Batting · Home runs | 10 | 8 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 11 | 96 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,427 | 2,220 |
| Batting · Runs | 297 | 256 |
| Batting · RBI | 332 | 313 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 88 | 75 |
| Batting · Triples | 47 | 40 |
| Batting · Walks | 118 | 101 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 580 | 2,427 | 2,236 | 297 | 622 | 77 | 47 | 10 | 332 | 118 | 11 | 88 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 823 | .278 | .326 | .368 | .694 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1897-08-20 to 1897-09-09
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1901-08-08 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1901-05-16 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1899-04-25 | 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 | 263 | 1079 | 279 | 5 | 154 | 59 | 46 | .282 | .313 | .367 |
| Away | 270 | 1141 | 286 | 3 | 159 | 42 | 50 | .267 | .287 | .353 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 178 | 59 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 6 | .383 | .416 | .481 |
| May | 124 | 524 | 132 | 3 | 83 | 20 | 17 | .269 | .290 | .354 |
| June | 104 | 430 | 86 | 2 | 46 | 28 | 20 | .219 | .265 | .283 |
| July | 88 | 356 | 87 | 2 | 45 | 14 | 9 | .260 | .284 | .356 |
| August | 105 | 440 | 126 | 0 | 72 | 14 | 27 | .304 | .318 | .394 |
| September | 66 | 280 | 72 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 16 | .270 | .289 | .360 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .333 | .455 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 47 | 192 | 51 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | .290 | .318 | .386 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 46 | 187 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 7 | .185 | .225 | .266 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 43 | 188 | 48 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 3 | .274 | .309 | .337 |
| boston-braves | 43 | 174 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 4 | .226 | .259 | .274 |
| chicago-cubs | 42 | 177 | 45 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 14 | .265 | .294 | .341 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 38 | 159 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 13 | .220 | .233 | .247 |
| louisville-colonels | 30 | 124 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 1 | .296 | .331 | .383 |
| new-york-giants | 29 | 118 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 14 | .255 | .271 | .327 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 125 | 520 | 158 | 2 | 67 | 18 | .304 | – | – |
| 1898 |  New York Giants | 123 | 476 | 129 | 2 | 88 | 10 | .271 | – | – |
| 1899 | New York Giants | 51 | 176 | 42 | 1 | 17 | 2 | .239 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Chicago White Sox | 120 | 473 | 146 | 3 | 89 | 31 | .309 | – | – |
| 1902 | St. Louis Cardinals | 114 | 418 | 90 | – | 52 | 14 | .215 | – | – |