George Strickland
1950–1960 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates
971G
.224AVG
.313OBP
.311SLG
More career statistics
633H
36HR
284RBI
12SB
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 | 2,824 | 2,825 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 10 | 12 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 453 | 454 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,266 | 3,268 |
| Batting · Runs | 305 | 304 |
| Batting · RBI | 284 | 286 |
| Batting · Walks | 361 | 362 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 971 | 3,266 | 2,824 | 305 | 633 | 84 | 27 | 36 | 284 | 361 | 453 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 879 | .224 | .313 | .311 | .624 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1953-08-23 to 1953-09-05
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1951-05-15 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1951-07-15 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1953-06-25 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 488 | 1609 | 307 | 22 | 155 | 187 | 231 | .222 | .307 | .316 |
| Away | 483 | 1659 | 326 | 14 | 131 | 175 | 223 | .226 | .302 | .307 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 70 | 268 | 53 | 5 | 34 | 40 | 39 | .241 | .347 | .400 |
| May | 167 | 560 | 110 | 5 | 55 | 54 | 85 | .222 | .293 | .307 |
| June | 210 | 638 | 122 | 11 | 37 | 72 | 93 | .222 | .304 | .317 |
| July | 214 | 769 | 156 | 9 | 84 | 82 | 107 | .234 | .309 | .340 |
| August | 163 | 543 | 103 | 5 | 45 | 56 | 67 | .217 | .293 | .280 |
| September | 147 | 490 | 89 | 1 | 31 | 58 | 63 | .212 | .300 | .251 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 112 | 368 | 72 | 4 | 36 | 46 | 51 | .238 | .321 | .334 |
| new-york-yankees | 108 | 342 | 68 | 3 | 33 | 27 | 54 | .221 | .278 | .289 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 108 | 337 | 67 | 5 | 31 | 37 | 33 | .226 | .309 | .321 |
| chicago-white-sox | 107 | 372 | 85 | 3 | 28 | 46 | 52 | .266 | .352 | .351 |
| detroit-tigers | 97 | 348 | 69 | 4 | 25 | 46 | 53 | .236 | .330 | .329 |
| baltimore-orioles | 85 | 260 | 44 | 1 | 25 | 29 | 29 | .199 | .281 | .231 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 61 | 209 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 26 | .242 | .316 | .324 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 37 | 130 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | .158 | .215 | .225 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 23 | 27 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .111 | – | – |
| 1951 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 138 | 454 | 98 | 9 | 47 | 4 | .216 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates | 107 | 320 | 60 | 6 | 31 | 4 | .188 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Cleveland Guardians | 123 | 419 | 119 | 5 | 47 | – | .284 | – | – |
| 1954 | Cleveland Guardians | 112 | 361 | 77 | 6 | 37 | 2 | .213 | – | – |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians | 130 | 388 | 81 | 2 | 35 | 1 | .209 | – | – |
| 1956 | Cleveland Guardians | 85 | 171 | 36 | 3 | 17 | – | .211 | – | – |
| 1957 | Cleveland Guardians | 89 | 201 | 47 | 1 | 19 | – | .234 | – | – |
| 1959 | Cleveland Guardians | 132 | 442 | 105 | 3 | 48 | 1 | .238 | – | – |
| 1960 | Cleveland Guardians | 32 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | .167 | – | – |