George Altman
1959–1967 · bats L / throws R · Chicago Cubs, NLS, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals
991G
.269AVG
.329OBP
.432SLG
More career statistics
832H
101HR
403RBI
52SB
2Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 22 | 23 |
| Batting · Runs | 409 | 410 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 991 | 3,419 | 3,091 | 409 | 832 | 132 | 34 | 101 | 403 | 268 | 572 | 52 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 1,335 | .269 | .329 | .432 | .761 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1963-06-01 to 1963-06-19
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1963-08-21 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1959-08-13 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1962-04-30 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 500 | 1667 | 419 | 48 | 191 | 151 | 250 | .282 | .342 | .441 |
| Away | 491 | 1752 | 413 | 53 | 212 | 117 | 322 | .257 | .303 | .424 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 95 | 357 | 80 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 57 | .248 | .311 | .362 |
| May | 172 | 565 | 138 | 24 | 73 | 49 | 88 | .273 | .331 | .481 |
| June | 183 | 589 | 158 | 14 | 77 | 44 | 110 | .294 | .343 | .462 |
| July | 184 | 669 | 164 | 21 | 67 | 56 | 99 | .271 | .329 | .430 |
| August | 180 | 653 | 157 | 19 | 83 | 38 | 119 | .263 | .299 | .419 |
| September | 167 | 560 | 129 | 16 | 72 | 46 | 95 | .256 | .312 | .410 |
| October | 10 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .273 | .385 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| san-francisco-giants | 130 | 445 | 113 | 20 | 55 | 39 | 72 | .284 | .342 | .497 |
| cincinnati-reds | 128 | 457 | 120 | 20 | 64 | 33 | 79 | .287 | .335 | .483 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 121 | 397 | 104 | 9 | 51 | 27 | 65 | .285 | .330 | .460 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 121 | 422 | 107 | 8 | 41 | 28 | 49 | .277 | .320 | .412 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 112 | 374 | 76 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 83 | .235 | .297 | .352 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 110 | 405 | 82 | 14 | 43 | 36 | 87 | .226 | .291 | .394 |
| milwaukee-braves | 109 | 390 | 96 | 8 | 56 | 30 | 58 | .269 | .323 | .423 |
| houston-astros | 76 | 267 | 65 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 42 | .269 | .311 | .393 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |  Chicago Cubs | 135 | 420 | 103 | 12 | 47 | 1 | .245 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago Cubs | 119 | 334 | 89 | 13 | 51 | 4 | .266 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago Cubs | 138 | 518 | 157 | 27 | 96 | 6 | .303 | – | – |
| 1962 | Chicago Cubs | 147 | 534 | 170 | 22 | 74 | 19 | .318 | – | – |
| 1963 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 135 | 464 | 127 | 9 | 47 | 13 | .274 | – | – |
| 1964 |  New York Mets | 124 | 422 | 97 | 9 | 47 | 4 | .230 | – | – |
| 1965 | Chicago Cubs | 90 | 196 | 46 | 4 | 23 | 3 | .235 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago Cubs | 88 | 185 | 41 | 5 | 17 | 2 | .222 | – | – |
| 1967 | Chicago Cubs | 15 | 18 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .111 | – | – |