George Scales

1921–1946 · bats R / throws R · ASE, Baltimore Elite Giants, BLS, Chicago American Giants, Homestead Grays, NWS, New York Black Yankees, NYL

737G

.321AVG

.426OBP

.520SLG

More career statistics

730H

72HR

514RBI

52SB

4.0IP

4.50ERA

0GS

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	737	317
Batting · At bats	2,271	947
Batting · Doubles	165	58
Batting · Hits	730	274
Batting · Hit by pitch	27	6
Batting · Home runs	72	27
Batting · Plate appearances	2,744	1,120
Batting · Runs	472	189
Batting · RBI	514	128
Batting · Stolen bases	52	9
Batting · Triples	35	8
Batting · Walks	388	149
Pitching · Batters faced	19	26
Pitching · p h	5	8
Pitching · p ipouts	12	16
Pitching · p k	2	0
Pitching · p r	2	4

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
737	2,744	2,271	472	730	165	35	72	514	388	0	52	0	27	0	1,181	.321	.426	.520	.946

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	4.50	1.750

Streaks

15longest hitting streak · 1936-07-26 to 1936-09-07

15longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
42	11 total bases	1935-05-13	1 in 2,522 player-games	box score ↗
41	3 doubles	1940-08-14	1 in 2,195 player-games	box score ↗
24	3 extra-base hits	1940-06-02	1 in 462 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	141	483	128	8	61	64	5	.317	.398	.473
Away	176	637	146	19	67	85	7	.269	.363	.438

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
May	61	220	57	8	27	32	4	.317	.405	.544
June	55	180	41	4	10	31	2	.277	.400	.453
July	91	328	75	4	38	37	6	.265	.341	.375
August	71	248	59	7	29	28	0	.277	.351	.451
September	38	138	40	2	24	20	0	.339	.435	.458
October	1	6	2	2	0	1	0	.400	.500	1.600

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
philadelphia-stars	81	303	61	5	37	37	6	.234	.323	.352
homestead-grays	48	159	40	6	27	20	3	.294	.377	.485
newark-eagles	45	159	34	0	4	20	1	.254	.340	.306
new-york-cubans	42	134	37	3	19	18	1	.319	.410	.491
new-york-black-yankees	31	109	32	5	21	16	1	.360	.440	.674
pittsburgh-crawfords	20	71	23	4	7	6	0	.359	.408	.656
BRN	11	48	10	1	3	8	0	.256	.375	.487
baltimore-elite-giants	10	27	5	0	0	4	0	.238	.333	.238

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1922	SSN	1	2	–	–	–	–	.000	–	–
1929	NYL	2	6	2	–	–	–	.333	–	–
1933	New York Black Yankees	5	22	7	–	–	1	.318	–	–
1934	New York Black Yankees	1	4	–	–	–	–	.000	–	–
1935	Homestead Grays	37	121	31	6	10	1	.256	–	–
1936	New York Black Yankees	28	104	36	6	12	2	.346	–	–
1938	Baltimore Elite Giants	31	90	25	2	9	2	.278	4	–
1939	New York Black Yankees	22	57	15	2	10	–	.263	1	–
1940	Baltimore Elite Giants	38	112	41	3	16	1	.366	–	–
1941	Baltimore Elite Giants	19	43	13	2	11	–	.302	–	–
1942	Baltimore Elite Giants	42	136	33	2	18	–	.243	–	–
1943	Baltimore Elite Giants	36	114	26	3	20	1	.228	–	–
1944	Baltimore Elite Giants	26	74	30	1	16	–	.405	–	–
1945	New York Black Yankees	14	39	10	–	2	–	.256	–	–
1946	Baltimore Elite Giants	15	23	5	–	4	1	.217	–	–