Harry Blake
1897–1899 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals
526G
.252AVG
.336OBP
.324SLG
More career statistics
473H
8HR
253RBI
55SB
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 | 526 | 265 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,877 | 883 |
| Batting · Doubles | 67 | 30 |
| Batting · Hits | 473 | 215 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 7 | 5 |
| Batting · Home runs | 8 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 85 | 47 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,178 | 1,039 |
| Batting · Runs | 299 | 132 |
| Batting · RBI | 253 | 116 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 55 | 33 |
| Batting · Triples | 22 | 12 |
| Batting · Walks | 230 | 122 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526 | 2,178 | 1,877 | 299 | 473 | 67 | 22 | 8 | 253 | 230 | 85 | 55 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 608 | .252 | .336 | .324 | .660 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1898-07-12 to 1898-07-19
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1899-05-10 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1898-08-29 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1898-06-09 | 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 | 132 | 506 | 103 | 3 | 62 | 76 | 24 | .249 | .354 | .317 |
| Away | 133 | 533 | 112 | 0 | 54 | 46 | 23 | .238 | .296 | .313 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 23 | 95 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | .280 | .316 | .354 |
| May | 69 | 286 | 61 | 1 | 44 | 40 | 12 | .255 | .353 | .318 |
| June | 46 | 180 | 33 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 5 | .213 | .283 | .277 |
| July | 43 | 176 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 9 | .250 | .330 | .303 |
| August | 38 | 136 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 7 | .165 | .294 | .202 |
| September | 37 | 131 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 5 | .333 | .382 | .509 |
| October | 9 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .125 | .200 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 29 | 116 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 3 | .190 | .276 | .200 |
| new-york-giants | 29 | 108 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 7 | .186 | .324 | .302 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 28 | 113 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | .245 | .319 | .316 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 27 | 115 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 6 | .207 | .339 | .239 |
| louisville-colonels | 24 | 90 | 29 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 1 | .362 | .411 | .500 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 24 | 95 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | .224 | .253 | .294 |
| cincinnati-reds | 23 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .254 | .313 | .310 |
| chicago-cubs | 22 | 87 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 | .227 | .310 | .280 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | CSCleveland Spiders | 32 | 117 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 5 | .248 | – | – |
| 1898 | CSCleveland Spiders | 136 | 473 | 116 | – | 58 | 12 | .245 | – | – |
| 1899 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 293 | 70 | 2 | 43 | 16 | .239 | – | – |