General Stafford
1897–1899 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Louisville Colonels, New York Giants, Washington Senators (1897-99)
568G
.274AVG
.331OBP
.350SLG
More career statistics
583H
21HR
290RBI
117SB
3–9W–L
98.0IP
21K
5.14ERA
12GS
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 | 568 | 293 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,128 | 1,071 |
| Batting · Doubles | 60 | 30 |
| Batting · Hits | 583 | 295 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 17 | 5 |
| Batting · Home runs | 21 | 13 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 96 | 66 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,347 | 1,184 |
| Batting · Runs | 341 | 155 |
| Batting · RBI | 290 | 145 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 117 | 38 |
| Batting · Triples | 19 | 8 |
| Batting · Walks | 164 | 68 |
| Pitching · Games | 12 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 465 | 0 |
| Pitching · p cg | 11 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 56 | 0 |
| Pitching · p gs | 12 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 123 | 0 |
| Pitching · p hr | 8 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 294 | 0 |
| Pitching · p k | 21 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 89 | 0 |
| Pitching · p w | 43 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 568 | 2,347 | 2,128 | 341 | 583 | 60 | 19 | 21 | 290 | 164 | 96 | 117 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 744 | .274 | .331 | .350 | .681 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98.0 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 123 | 89 | 56 | 8 | 43 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 1.694 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1897-07-16 to 1897-07-23
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1897-07-05 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1898-06-21 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1899-06-03 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 141 | 556 | 146 | 12 | 84 | 30 | 30 | .290 | .317 | .405 |
| Away | 152 | 628 | 149 | 1 | 61 | 38 | 36 | .263 | .298 | .310 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .229 | .357 | .229 |
| May | 54 | 225 | 56 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 12 | .273 | .293 | .356 |
| June | 65 | 273 | 75 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 17 | .318 | .366 | .394 |
| July | 51 | 218 | 53 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 12 | .265 | .284 | .340 |
| August | 55 | 222 | 59 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 9 | .289 | .315 | .382 |
| September | 45 | 170 | 39 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 11 | .245 | .253 | .321 |
| October | 10 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .156 | .206 | .281 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 39 | 154 | 36 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 7 | .250 | .273 | .340 |
| cleveland-spiders | 32 | 137 | 38 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 10 | .311 | .328 | .393 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 31 | 121 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | .259 | .306 | .333 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 29 | 109 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | .206 | .239 | .225 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 28 | 127 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3 | .305 | .331 | .339 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 22 | 85 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | .390 | .424 | .494 |
| chicago-cubs | 21 | 78 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .269 | .308 | .358 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 20 | 81 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | .247 | .296 | .356 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Louisville Colonels, New York Giants | 120 | 467 | 124 | 7 | 59 | 15 | .266 | – | – |
| 1898 | Boston Braves, Louisville Colonels | 86 | 304 | 86 | 2 | 32 | 10 | .283 | – | – |
| 1899 | Boston Braves, Washington Senators (1897-99) | 87 | 300 | 85 | 4 | 54 | 13 | .283 | – | – |