George Selkirk
1934–1942 · bats L / throws R · ALS, New York Yankees
846G
.290AVG
.400OBP
.483SLG
More career statistics
810H
108HR
576RBI
49SB
3Rare 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 | 32 | 35 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 319 | 322 |
| Batting · RBI | 576 | 575 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 49 | 50 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 846 | 3,322 | 2,790 | 503 | 810 | 131 | 41 | 108 | 576 | 486 | 319 | 49 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 1,347 | .290 | .400 | .483 | .883 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1935-06-02 to 1935-06-29
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1935-08-10 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1935-08-19 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1937-05-05 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 424 | 1594 | 384 | 69 | 278 | 226 | 153 | .285 | .383 | .501 |
| Away | 422 | 1728 | 426 | 39 | 297 | 260 | 169 | .295 | .397 | .466 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 78 | 303 | 68 | 6 | 40 | 44 | 31 | .269 | .370 | .439 |
| May | 135 | 518 | 122 | 28 | 104 | 86 | 49 | .288 | .402 | .558 |
| June | 139 | 541 | 149 | 20 | 101 | 79 | 45 | .326 | .421 | .556 |
| July | 118 | 466 | 117 | 18 | 76 | 71 | 54 | .304 | .403 | .519 |
| August | 189 | 749 | 171 | 15 | 139 | 108 | 64 | .273 | .372 | .415 |
| September | 182 | 725 | 180 | 20 | 111 | 96 | 79 | .287 | .381 | .443 |
| October | 5 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .167 | .250 | .444 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 130 | 530 | 141 | 26 | 112 | 87 | 44 | .323 | .430 | .563 |
| detroit-tigers | 124 | 503 | 115 | 17 | 84 | 73 | 48 | .273 | .374 | .472 |
| boston-red-sox | 123 | 448 | 101 | 10 | 65 | 65 | 43 | .268 | .371 | .422 |
| st-louis-browns | 121 | 488 | 122 | 18 | 87 | 64 | 46 | .293 | .381 | .496 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 119 | 452 | 113 | 9 | 76 | 61 | 41 | .297 | .385 | .474 |
| cleveland-guardians | 118 | 468 | 108 | 12 | 71 | 73 | 57 | .276 | .387 | .427 |
| chicago-white-sox | 111 | 433 | 110 | 16 | 80 | 63 | 43 | .301 | .400 | .516 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  New York Yankees | 46 | 176 | 55 | 5 | 38 | 1 | .312 | – | – |
| 1935 | New York Yankees | 128 | 491 | 153 | 11 | 96 | 2 | .312 | – | – |
| 1936 | New York Yankees | 137 | 493 | 152 | 18 | 105 | 14 | .308 | – | – |
| 1937 | New York Yankees | 78 | 256 | 84 | 18 | 68 | 8 | .328 | – | – |
| 1938 | New York Yankees | 99 | 335 | 85 | 10 | 61 | 9 | .254 | – | – |
| 1939 | New York Yankees | 128 | 418 | 128 | 21 | 101 | 12 | .306 | – | – |
| 1940 | New York Yankees | 118 | 379 | 102 | 19 | 71 | 3 | .269 | – | – |
| 1941 | New York Yankees | 70 | 164 | 36 | 6 | 25 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1942 | New York Yankees | 42 | 78 | 15 | – | 10 | – | .192 | – | – |