Fred Talbot
1963–1970 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Athletics, SE1
207G
.174AVG
.255OBP
.266SLG
More career statistics
42H
4HR
29RBI
1SB
38–56W–L
853.2IP
449K
4.12ERA
126GS
1SV
3Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 90 | 92 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,677 | 3,678 |
| Pitching · p k | 449 | 448 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | 288 | 241 | 24 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | .174 | .255 | .266 | .521 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 853.7 | 195 | 126 | 12 | 38 | 56 | 1 | 844 | 431 | 391 | 96 | 334 | 449 | 0 | 0 | 4.12 | 1.380 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1967-05-08 to 1967-06-18
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1967-07-31 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1966-05-04 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1964-07-03 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 106 | 151 | 26 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 46 | .206 | .252 | .278 |
| Away | 101 | 137 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 46 | .139 | .204 | .252 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .235 | .462 |
| May | 31 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | .182 | .216 | .318 |
| June | 38 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 25 | .217 | .290 | .283 |
| July | 41 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 23 | .211 | .269 | .298 |
| August | 40 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | .085 | .150 | .170 |
| September | 35 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .100 | .167 | .100 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 29 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | .188 | .279 | .312 |
| baltimore-orioles | 27 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .148 | .138 | .222 |
| minnesota-twins | 27 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | .225 | .227 | .375 |
| detroit-tigers | 23 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .200 | .250 | .250 |
| cleveland-guardians | 20 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .125 | .214 | .167 |
| chicago-white-sox | 20 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .136 | .167 | .136 |
| california-angels | 18 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | .233 | .316 | .500 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .214 | .211 | .214 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  Chicago White Sox | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 3 | 2 |
| 1964 | Chicago White Sox | 18 | 19 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .263 | 75 | 34 |
| 1965 |  Kansas City Athletics | 47 | 70 | 14 | – | 11 | – | .200 | 198 | 117 |
| 1966 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 34 | 55 | 8 | – | 5 | 1 | .145 | 192 | 85 |
| 1967 |  New York Yankees | 30 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | .158 | 138 | 61 |
| 1968 | New York Yankees | 29 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | .118 | 99 | 67 |
| 1969 | New York Yankees, Athletics, SE1 | 47 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 7 | – | .171 | 146 | 82 |
| 1970 |  Athletics | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |