George Case
1937–1947 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,226G
.282AVG
.341OBP
.358SLG
More career statistics
1,415H
21HR
377RBI
349SB
12Rare 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 | 109 | 113 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 297 | 300 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,515 | 5,516 |
| Batting · Runs | 785 | 783 |
| Batting · RBI | 377 | 374 |
| Batting · Walks | 426 | 427 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,226 | 5,515 | 5,016 | 785 | 1,415 | 233 | 43 | 21 | 377 | 426 | 297 | 349 | 109 | 21 | 0 | 1,797 | .282 | .341 | .358 | .699 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1939-05-26 to 1939-06-11
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1941-05-02 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1940-07-04 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1939-08-03 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 627 | 2774 | 723 | 2 | 197 | 210 | 147 | .286 | .336 | .354 |
| Away | 599 | 2742 | 692 | 19 | 177 | 217 | 153 | .278 | .332 | .363 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 87 | 408 | 89 | 2 | 23 | 44 | 27 | .249 | .326 | .307 |
| May | 200 | 893 | 217 | 5 | 48 | 63 | 56 | .267 | .314 | .331 |
| June | 242 | 1080 | 287 | 4 | 91 | 81 | 63 | .293 | .341 | .375 |
| July | 252 | 1131 | 295 | 2 | 82 | 83 | 59 | .284 | .334 | .353 |
| August | 229 | 1053 | 280 | 3 | 64 | 73 | 46 | .289 | .335 | .378 |
| September | 207 | 912 | 236 | 5 | 65 | 79 | 47 | .286 | .345 | .365 |
| October | 9 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .314 | .385 | .486 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 180 | 809 | 210 | 3 | 51 | 69 | 52 | .287 | .345 | .365 |
| detroit-tigers | 180 | 794 | 203 | 1 | 55 | 70 | 49 | .286 | .344 | .363 |
| st-louis-browns | 177 | 828 | 213 | 6 | 59 | 65 | 43 | .284 | .336 | .375 |
| chicago-white-sox | 177 | 791 | 219 | 4 | 50 | 48 | 34 | .299 | .338 | .384 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 176 | 794 | 207 | 5 | 64 | 63 | 41 | .286 | .340 | .367 |
| new-york-yankees | 164 | 702 | 154 | 2 | 38 | 52 | 42 | .239 | .293 | .287 |
| cleveland-guardians | 151 | 705 | 191 | 0 | 54 | 56 | 32 | .299 | .350 | .373 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 21 | 93 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .209 | .237 | .244 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 22 | 90 | 26 | – | 11 | 2 | .289 | – | – |
| 1938 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 107 | 433 | 132 | 2 | 39 | 11 | .305 | – | – |
| 1939 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 128 | 530 | 160 | 2 | 33 | 51 | .302 | – | – |
| 1940 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 154 | 656 | 192 | 5 | 56 | 35 | .293 | – | – |
| 1941 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 153 | 649 | 176 | 2 | 53 | 33 | .271 | – | – |
| 1942 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 125 | 513 | 164 | 5 | 43 | 44 | .320 | – | – |
| 1943 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 141 | 613 | 180 | 1 | 52 | 61 | .294 | – | – |
| 1944 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 119 | 464 | 116 | 2 | 32 | 49 | .250 | – | – |
| 1945 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 123 | 504 | 148 | 1 | 31 | 30 | .294 | – | – |
| 1946 |  Cleveland Guardians | 118 | 484 | 109 | 1 | 22 | 28 | .225 | – | – |
| 1947 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 36 | 80 | 12 | – | 2 | 5 | .150 | – | – |