Fred Hatfield
1950–1958 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
722G
.242AVG
.332OBP
.321SLG
More career statistics
493H
25HR
165RBI
15SB
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 | 33 | 34 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 247 | 246 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,362 | 2,366 |
| Batting · Runs | 259 | 260 |
| Batting · Walks | 248 | 251 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 722 | 2,362 | 2,039 | 259 | 493 | 67 | 10 | 25 | 165 | 248 | 247 | 15 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 655 | .242 | .332 | .321 | .653 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1953-09-06 to 1953-09-16
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1955-08-23 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1956-07-15 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1954-08-15 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 364 | 1194 | 243 | 12 | 76 | 136 | 105 | .239 | .317 | .309 |
| Away | 358 | 1172 | 250 | 13 | 89 | 115 | 141 | .245 | .311 | .334 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 113 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 13 | .253 | .345 | .319 |
| May | 111 | 338 | 72 | 2 | 26 | 35 | 24 | .246 | .317 | .307 |
| June | 140 | 464 | 92 | 5 | 34 | 51 | 48 | .233 | .308 | .329 |
| July | 116 | 347 | 73 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 36 | .235 | .282 | .325 |
| August | 150 | 522 | 112 | 6 | 45 | 66 | 66 | .257 | .341 | .339 |
| September | 156 | 577 | 119 | 5 | 32 | 56 | 59 | .233 | .303 | .304 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .800 | .667 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 100 | 310 | 59 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 29 | .215 | .287 | .303 |
| cleveland-guardians | 97 | 338 | 65 | 4 | 24 | 38 | 35 | .226 | .305 | .292 |
| new-york-yankees | 97 | 327 | 57 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 44 | .199 | .278 | .262 |
| boston-red-sox | 95 | 318 | 67 | 5 | 27 | 34 | 33 | .251 | .318 | .367 |
| chicago-white-sox | 81 | 275 | 65 | 3 | 20 | 35 | 24 | .281 | .364 | .372 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 62 | 209 | 47 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 23 | .260 | .335 | .320 |
| baltimore-orioles | 59 | 190 | 44 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 15 | .263 | .321 | .335 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 48 | 155 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 14 | .259 | .316 | .341 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Boston Red Sox | 10 | 12 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 80 | 163 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .172 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 131 | 466 | 112 | 3 | 28 | 2 | .240 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Detroit Tigers | 109 | 311 | 79 | 3 | 19 | 3 | .254 | – | – |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 81 | 218 | 64 | 2 | 25 | 4 | .294 | – | – |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 122 | 413 | 96 | 8 | 33 | 3 | .232 | – | – |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 114 | 333 | 87 | 7 | 35 | 1 | .261 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Chicago White Sox | 69 | 114 | 23 | – | 8 | 1 | .202 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians | 6 | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .111 | – | – |