Hank Leiber
1933–1942 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, NLS, New York Giants
813G
.288AVG
.356OBP
.462SLG
More career statistics
808H
101HR
518RBI
5SB
0–1W–L
9.0IP
5K
6.00ERA
1GS
4Rare 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 · Doubles | 137 | 138 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 319 | 320 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,140 | 3,141 |
| Batting · Runs | 410 | 412 |
| Batting · RBI | 518 | 516 |
| Batting · Walks | 274 | 275 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 42 | 41 |
| Pitching · p k | 5 | 3 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 813 | 3,140 | 2,805 | 410 | 808 | 137 | 24 | 101 | 518 | 274 | 319 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1,296 | .288 | .356 | .462 | .818 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1.556 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1938-07-15 to 1938-07-26
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Two Homers in an Inning | 1935-08-24 | 1 in 3,109 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1935-08-18 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1939-07-04 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 394 | 1520 | 387 | 63 | 279 | 139 | 152 | .287 | .346 | .481 |
| Away | 419 | 1621 | 421 | 38 | 237 | 136 | 168 | .289 | .344 | .445 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 85 | 334 | 92 | 8 | 57 | 27 | 38 | .308 | .356 | .448 |
| May | 151 | 622 | 149 | 18 | 103 | 64 | 71 | .273 | .342 | .428 |
| June | 132 | 491 | 113 | 16 | 75 | 40 | 68 | .256 | .312 | .430 |
| July | 140 | 521 | 137 | 23 | 97 | 41 | 47 | .292 | .342 | .510 |
| August | 165 | 620 | 153 | 19 | 80 | 61 | 46 | .278 | .345 | .464 |
| September | 137 | 540 | 156 | 17 | 100 | 42 | 50 | .320 | .367 | .487 |
| October | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .615 | .615 | .692 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 122 | 468 | 125 | 16 | 81 | 48 | 52 | .307 | .370 | .499 |
| cincinnati-reds | 119 | 483 | 107 | 9 | 61 | 31 | 51 | .242 | .286 | .364 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 115 | 467 | 127 | 17 | 78 | 32 | 70 | .299 | .340 | .485 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 113 | 448 | 114 | 11 | 70 | 32 | 36 | .277 | .326 | .453 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 113 | 431 | 125 | 14 | 73 | 36 | 33 | .321 | .374 | .483 |
| boston-braves | 112 | 404 | 92 | 15 | 76 | 41 | 34 | .261 | .329 | .436 |
| chicago-cubs | 73 | 270 | 66 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 24 | .280 | .363 | .432 |
| new-york-giants | 46 | 170 | 52 | 12 | 43 | 23 | 20 | .366 | .441 | .683 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |  New York Giants | 6 | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1934 | New York Giants | 63 | 187 | 45 | 2 | 25 | 1 | .241 | – | – |
| 1935 | New York Giants | 154 | 613 | 203 | 22 | 105 | – | .331 | – | – |
| 1936 | New York Giants | 101 | 337 | 94 | 9 | 67 | 1 | .279 | – | – |
| 1937 | New York Giants | 51 | 184 | 54 | 4 | 32 | 1 | .293 | – | – |
| 1938 | New York Giants | 98 | 360 | 97 | 12 | 64 | – | .269 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Chicago Cubs | 112 | 365 | 113 | 24 | 88 | 1 | .310 | – | – |
| 1940 | Chicago Cubs | 117 | 440 | 133 | 17 | 87 | 1 | .302 | – | – |
| 1941 | Chicago Cubs | 53 | 162 | 35 | 7 | 25 | – | .216 | – | – |
| 1942 | New York Giants | 58 | 147 | 32 | 4 | 23 | – | .218 | 9 | 3 |