Happy Townsend
1901–1906 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators (1901-60)
155G
.166AVG
.196OBP
.220SLG
More career statistics
71H
1HR
29RBI
3SB
34–82W–L
1,137.2IP
473K
3.59ERA
125GS
16Rare 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 · At bats | 427 | 431 |
| Batting · Doubles | 14 | 13 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 451 | 456 |
| Batting · RBI | 29 | 28 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,849 | 3,951 |
| Pitching · p er | 454 | 347 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,154 | 1,179 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,413 | 3,432 |
| Pitching · p k | 473 | 489 |
| Pitching · p w | 416 | 413 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155 | 451 | 427 | 26 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 94 | .166 | .196 | .220 | .416 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,137.7 | 153 | 125 | 107 | 34 | 82 | 0 | 1,154 | 640 | 454 | 24 | 416 | 473 | 0 | 0 | 3.59 | 1.380 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1901-10-01 to 1902-05-14
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1901-04-19 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1904-05-21 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1904-07-02 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 76 | 224 | 37 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 34 | .177 | .201 | .244 |
| Away | 79 | 232 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 40 | .153 | .164 | .189 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 10 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .185 | .226 | .259 |
| May | 20 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .115 | .143 | .154 |
| June | 29 | 90 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 12 | .145 | .189 | .181 |
| July | 25 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | .182 | .188 | .197 |
| August | 36 | 105 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 15 | .204 | .200 | .272 |
| September | 30 | 87 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | .157 | .161 | .229 |
| October | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .118 | .167 | .176 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 25 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | .143 | .164 | .175 |
| st-louis-browns | 23 | 63 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .228 | .254 | .316 |
| cleveland-guardians | 20 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .175 | .172 | .175 |
| boston-red-sox | 17 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .140 | .156 | .163 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 16 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | .137 | .196 | .176 |
| detroit-tigers | 15 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .182 | .196 | .273 |
| new-york-yankees | 14 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .179 | .194 |
| baltimore-orioles-1901-02 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .263 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 19 | 62 | 7 | – | 5 | 1 | .113 | 143 | 76 |
| 1902 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 27 | 87 | 23 | – | 10 | 1 | .264 | 220 | 71 |
| 1903 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 20 | 44 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .045 | 126 | 57 |
| 1904 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 38 | 120 | 20 | 1 | 8 | – | .167 | 291 | 143 |
| 1905 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 34 | 88 | 15 | – | 4 | 1 | .170 | 269 | 108 |
| 1906 |  Cleveland Guardians | 17 | 30 | 4 | – | – | – | .133 | 92 | 34 |