Gordon Slade
1930–1935 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, PIR, St. Louis Cardinals
437G
.257AVG
.307OBP
.335SLG
More career statistics
353H
8HR
123RBI
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 · Doubles | 60 | 61 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 116 | 117 |
| Batting · RBI | 123 | 124 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 437 | 1,504 | 1,372 | 147 | 353 | 60 | 11 | 8 | 123 | 84 | 116 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 459 | .257 | .307 | .335 | .642 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1934-08-10 to 1934-08-21
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1931-05-30 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1935-07-02 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1934-07-01 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 206 | 694 | 180 | 1 | 59 | 41 | 49 | .286 | .318 | .366 |
| Away | 231 | 810 | 173 | 7 | 65 | 43 | 68 | .233 | .267 | .310 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 76 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | .246 | .289 | .290 |
| May | 41 | 126 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | .259 | .333 | .333 |
| June | 79 | 254 | 65 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 17 | .281 | .307 | .364 |
| July | 121 | 440 | 110 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 39 | .273 | .305 | .355 |
| August | 117 | 411 | 92 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 29 | .243 | .265 | .348 |
| September | 54 | 197 | 41 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 15 | .225 | .264 | .247 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 73 | 262 | 60 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 14 | .250 | .282 | .354 |
| new-york-giants | 65 | 211 | 48 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 15 | .253 | .294 | .300 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 61 | 210 | 45 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 21 | .228 | .276 | .274 |
| chicago-cubs | 59 | 201 | 44 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 26 | .247 | .284 | .281 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 57 | 201 | 50 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | .267 | .294 | .353 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 54 | 199 | 49 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 17 | .269 | .291 | .346 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 38 | 145 | 43 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | .331 | .352 | .500 |
| cincinnati-reds | 30 | 75 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | .206 | .240 | .294 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 25 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | .216 | – | – |
| 1931 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 85 | 272 | 65 | 1 | 31 | 2 | .239 | – | – |
| 1932 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 79 | 250 | 60 | 1 | 21 | 3 | .240 | – | – |
| 1933 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 62 | 7 | – | 3 | 1 | .113 | – | – |
| 1934 |  Cincinnati Reds | 138 | 555 | 158 | 4 | 53 | 6 | .285 | – | – |
| 1935 | Cincinnati Reds | 71 | 196 | 55 | 1 | 14 | – | .281 | – | – |