Fred Tenney
1897–1911 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves, New York Giants
1,994G
.294AVG
.371OBP
.358SLG
More career statistics
2,231H
22HR
688RBI
285SB
2.0IP
0K
4.50ERA
0GS
7Rare 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 | 1,994 | 1,830 |
| Batting · At bats | 7,595 | 6,988 |
| Batting · Doubles | 270 | 242 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,231 | 2,034 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 63 | 60 |
| Batting · Home runs | 22 | 17 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 43 | 396 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 8,809 | 8,121 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,278 | 1,156 |
| Batting · RBI | 688 | 561 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 285 | 253 |
| Batting · Triples | 77 | 72 |
| Batting · Walks | 874 | 814 |
| Pitching · p er | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p k | 0 | 1 |
| Pitching · p w | 1 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,994 | 8,809 | 7,595 | 1,278 | 2,231 | 270 | 77 | 22 | 688 | 874 | 43 | 285 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 2,721 | .294 | .371 | .358 | .729 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3.000 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1898-10-13 to 1899-05-03
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1907-08-16 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1897-05-31 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1897-05-31 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 965 | 4229 | 1060 | 11 | 312 | 448 | 184 | .293 | .357 | .352 |
| Away | 865 | 3892 | 974 | 6 | 249 | 366 | 212 | .289 | .344 | .355 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 163 | 741 | 186 | 3 | 62 | 86 | 40 | .299 | .367 | .376 |
| May | 309 | 1392 | 344 | 5 | 103 | 128 | 61 | .282 | .339 | .344 |
| June | 334 | 1506 | 382 | 1 | 112 | 146 | 89 | .296 | .351 | .354 |
| July | 309 | 1393 | 344 | 6 | 86 | 133 | 61 | .284 | .342 | .355 |
| August | 318 | 1371 | 347 | 0 | 77 | 127 | 69 | .294 | .346 | .345 |
| September | 318 | 1389 | 345 | 2 | 95 | 155 | 60 | .292 | .360 | .354 |
| October | 79 | 329 | 86 | 0 | 26 | 39 | 16 | .306 | .380 | .370 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 255 | 1122 | 290 | 1 | 73 | 115 | 43 | .300 | .361 | .357 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 246 | 1086 | 271 | 3 | 78 | 138 | 48 | .301 | .377 | .373 |
| cincinnati-reds | 238 | 1036 | 247 | 5 | 65 | 94 | 55 | .277 | .329 | .349 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 232 | 1028 | 243 | 1 | 48 | 82 | 61 | .265 | .316 | .329 |
| chicago-cubs | 229 | 993 | 250 | 2 | 75 | 114 | 53 | .298 | .367 | .363 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 224 | 1001 | 242 | 2 | 55 | 91 | 39 | .277 | .333 | .331 |
| new-york-giants | 217 | 969 | 258 | 3 | 77 | 105 | 68 | .312 | .375 | .364 |
| louisville-colonels | 41 | 196 | 62 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 2 | .371 | .403 | .497 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Boston Braves | 132 | 566 | 180 | 1 | 85 | 33 | .318 | – | – |
| 1898 | Boston Braves | 117 | 488 | 159 | – | 62 | 23 | .326 | – | – |
| 1899 | Boston Braves | 150 | 603 | 209 | 1 | 67 | 28 | .347 | – | – |
| 1900 | Boston Braves | 112 | 438 | 122 | 1 | 56 | 16 | .279 | – | – |
| 1901 | Boston Braves | 115 | 451 | 127 | 1 | 22 | 15 | .282 | – | – |
| 1902 | Boston Braves | 134 | 486 | 154 | 2 | 30 | 21 | .317 | – | – |
| 1903 | Boston Braves | 122 | 450 | 139 | 3 | 25 | 21 | .309 | – | – |
| 1904 | Boston Braves | 147 | 533 | 144 | 1 | 28 | 17 | .270 | – | – |
| 1905 | Boston Braves | 149 | 550 | 158 | – | 24 | 17 | .287 | 2 | 1 |
| 1906 | Boston Braves | 143 | 543 | 154 | 1 | 24 | 17 | .284 | – | – |
| 1907 | Boston Braves | 150 | 556 | 152 | – | 21 | 14 | .273 | – | – |
| 1908 |  New York Giants | 156 | 581 | 151 | 2 | 51 | 17 | .260 | – | – |
| 1909 | New York Giants | 101 | 373 | 88 | 3 | 30 | 8 | .236 | – | – |
| 1911 | Boston Braves | 102 | 370 | 97 | 1 | 36 | 6 | .262 | – | – |