George Earnshaw
1928–1936 · bats R / throws R · ASB, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals
319G
.230AVG
.253OBP
.295SLG
More career statistics
162H
3HR
70RBI
1SB
127–93W–L
1,915.1IP
1,002K
4.38ERA
249GS
12SV
8Rare 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 · At bats | 704 | 705 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 125 | 126 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 770 | 771 |
| Batting · RBI | 70 | 72 |
| Pitching · p er | 932 | 938 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,981 | 1,980 |
| Pitching · p hr | 142 | 143 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,746 | 5,742 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,002 | 1,010 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,062 | 1,063 |
| Pitching · p w | 809 | 813 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319 | 770 | 704 | 61 | 162 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 70 | 20 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 208 | .230 | .253 | .295 | .548 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,915.3 | 319 | 249 | 115 | 127 | 93 | 12 | 1,981 | 1,062 | 932 | 142 | 809 | 1,002 | 0 | 0 | 4.38 | 1.457 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1928-08-11 to 1928-08-30
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1928-06-28 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Five Home Runs Allowed | 1932-06-03 | 1 in 1,585 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1930-05-12 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 156 | 360 | 80 | 3 | 39 | 7 | 59 | .243 | .242 | .331 |
| Away | 163 | 411 | 82 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 67 | .218 | .231 | .263 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .261 | .275 | .348 |
| May | 52 | 133 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 21 | .195 | .195 | .236 |
| June | 60 | 158 | 40 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 19 | .286 | .285 | .393 |
| July | 65 | 177 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 29 | .204 | .209 | .247 |
| August | 61 | 143 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 25 | .248 | .252 | .316 |
| September | 54 | 108 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 26 | .200 | .222 | .260 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 40 | 103 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 14 | .287 | .282 | .372 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 40 | 77 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | .264 | .286 | .333 |
| boston-red-sox | 38 | 108 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | .143 | .157 | .163 |
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | .214 | .233 | .329 |
| detroit-tigers | 35 | 100 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 17 | .264 | .280 | .363 |
| cleveland-guardians | 34 | 96 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 21 | .298 | .292 | .381 |
| chicago-white-sox | 28 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 12 | .145 | .146 | .188 |
| cincinnati-reds | 13 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .150 | .190 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 26 | 57 | 14 | – | 6 | 1 | .246 | 158 | 117 |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | 44 | 87 | 15 | 1 | 10 | – | .172 | 254 | 149 |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 114 | 26 | – | 11 | – | .228 | 296 | 196 |
| 1931 | Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 114 | 30 | 2 | 13 | – | .263 | 281 | 152 |
| 1932 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 91 | 26 | – | 9 | – | .286 | 246 | 114 |
| 1933 | Philadelphia Athletics | 21 | 44 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .182 | 117 | 37 |
| 1934 |  Chicago White Sox | 33 | 80 | 16 | – | 6 | – | .200 | 227 | 97 |
| 1935 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox | 28 | 67 | 15 | – | 8 | – | .224 | 184 | 80 |
| 1936 | Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 51 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .235 | 149 | 68 |