Gail Hopkins
1968–1974 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers
514G
.266AVG
.352OBP
.376SLG
More career statistics
324H
25HR
145RBI
6SB
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 | 83 | 82 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 514 | 1,400 | 1,219 | 142 | 324 | 47 | 6 | 25 | 145 | 160 | 83 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 458 | .266 | .352 | .376 | .728 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1971-07-05 to 1971-07-21
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 walks | 1969-07-29 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 8 total bases | 1971-08-08 | 1 in 167 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1969-08-05 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 266 | 729 | 174 | 12 | 79 | 81 | 39 | .274 | .350 | .384 |
| Away | 248 | 671 | 150 | 13 | 66 | 79 | 43 | .257 | .341 | .366 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 124 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 9 | .301 | .403 | .379 |
| May | 72 | 209 | 49 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 11 | .272 | .354 | .433 |
| June | 82 | 216 | 51 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 14 | .270 | .347 | .423 |
| July | 121 | 358 | 87 | 5 | 33 | 42 | 16 | .279 | .360 | .365 |
| August | 98 | 295 | 56 | 2 | 29 | 25 | 22 | .212 | .275 | .277 |
| September | 84 | 181 | 47 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 8 | .303 | .392 | .458 |
| October | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 | .235 | .188 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| california-angels | 63 | 135 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 9 | .248 | .326 | .299 |
| athletics | 61 | 171 | 42 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | .273 | .333 | .396 |
| minnesota-twins | 56 | 158 | 40 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 6 | .290 | .367 | .377 |
| cleveland-guardians | 42 | 125 | 34 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 12 | .333 | .432 | .510 |
| boston-red-sox | 36 | 100 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | .265 | .360 | .373 |
| baltimore-orioles | 35 | 105 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | .268 | .314 | .371 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 35 | 95 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .298 | .368 | .417 |
| detroit-tigers | 33 | 108 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | .242 | .315 | .389 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Chicago White Sox | 29 | 37 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .216 | – | – |
| 1969 | Chicago White Sox | 124 | 373 | 99 | 8 | 46 | 2 | .265 | – | – |
| 1970 | Chicago White Sox | 116 | 287 | 82 | 6 | 29 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Kansas City Royals | 103 | 295 | 82 | 9 | 47 | 3 | .278 | – | – |
| 1972 | Kansas City Royals | 53 | 71 | 15 | – | 5 | – | .211 | – | – |
| 1973 | Kansas City Royals | 74 | 138 | 34 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1974 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 15 | 18 | 4 | – | – | – | .222 | – | – |