George Van Haltren
1897–1903 · bats L / throws L · New York Giants
1,986G
.317AVG
.386OBP
.418SLG
More career statistics
2,539H
69HR
1,014RBI
583SB
40–31W–L
689.1IP
281K
4.05ERA
68GS
4SV
7Rare 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 · Games | 1,986 | 824 |
| Batting · At bats | 8,021 | 3,316 |
| Batting · Doubles | 285 | 131 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,539 | 1,031 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 38 | 16 |
| Batting · Home runs | 69 | 9 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 305 | 165 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 8,992 | 3,701 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,639 | 618 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,014 | 325 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 583 | 204 |
| Batting · Triples | 161 | 46 |
| Batting · Walks | 868 | 328 |
| Pitching · Games | 93 | 2 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,141 | 12 |
| Pitching · p cg | 65 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 310 | 2 |
| Pitching · p gs | 68 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 809 | 13 |
| Pitching · p hr | 33 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,068 | 27 |
| Pitching · p k | 281 | 3 |
| Pitching · p r | 527 | 10 |
| Pitching · p w | 244 | 9 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,986 | 8,992 | 8,021 | 1,639 | 2,539 | 285 | 161 | 69 | 1,014 | 868 | 305 | 583 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3,353 | .317 | .386 | .418 | .804 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 689.3 | 93 | 68 | 65 | 40 | 31 | 4 | 809 | 527 | 310 | 33 | 244 | 281 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 1.528 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1897-04-22 to 1897-05-15
39longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Five-Steal Game | 1898-07-29 | 1 in 7,214 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1901-06-09 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1901-06-03 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 413 | 1812 | 501 | 7 | 170 | 173 | 81 | .310 | .372 | .380 |
| Away | 411 | 1889 | 530 | 2 | 155 | 155 | 84 | .311 | .363 | .392 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 64 | 299 | 80 | 0 | 33 | 36 | 19 | .309 | .388 | .390 |
| May | 141 | 632 | 156 | 2 | 52 | 54 | 27 | .276 | .332 | .352 |
| June | 133 | 607 | 183 | 1 | 63 | 55 | 25 | .337 | .392 | .422 |
| July | 140 | 654 | 187 | 2 | 56 | 46 | 26 | .311 | .356 | .384 |
| August | 150 | 656 | 171 | 0 | 42 | 60 | 32 | .294 | .352 | .353 |
| September | 159 | 698 | 206 | 3 | 68 | 67 | 28 | .331 | .391 | .410 |
| October | 37 | 155 | 48 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | .333 | .374 | .424 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 97 | 439 | 124 | 1 | 38 | 37 | 28 | .316 | .367 | .380 |
| cincinnati-reds | 97 | 443 | 119 | 0 | 35 | 40 | 19 | .301 | .359 | .376 |
| boston-braves | 97 | 416 | 103 | 2 | 40 | 47 | 25 | .285 | .361 | .354 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 95 | 420 | 116 | 1 | 27 | 45 | 20 | .314 | .383 | .398 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 95 | 415 | 111 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 19 | .282 | .308 | .353 |
| chicago-cubs | 94 | 423 | 124 | 0 | 41 | 32 | 15 | .322 | .369 | .392 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 92 | 423 | 131 | 2 | 43 | 40 | 17 | .347 | .404 | .423 |
| cleveland-spiders | 40 | 184 | 64 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 3 | .408 | .467 | .567 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  New York Giants | 130 | 567 | 186 | 3 | 64 | 46 | .328 | – | – |
| 1898 | New York Giants | 156 | 654 | 204 | 2 | 68 | 36 | .312 | – | – |
| 1899 | New York Giants | 152 | 607 | 183 | 2 | 58 | 33 | .301 | – | – |
| 1900 | New York Giants | 141 | 570 | 180 | 1 | 51 | 45 | .316 | 3 | – |
| 1901 | New York Giants | 135 | 543 | 182 | 1 | 47 | 24 | .335 | 6 | 3 |
| 1902 | New York Giants | 26 | 96 | 24 | – | 7 | 6 | .250 | – | – |
| 1903 | New York Giants | 84 | 279 | 72 | – | 30 | 14 | .258 | – | – |