Heinie Mueller
1920–1935 · bats L / throws L · ASC, Boston Braves, New York Giants, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
693G
.282AVG
.342OBP
.389SLG
More career statistics
597H
22HR
272RBI
37SB
3Rare 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 | 2,118 | 2,116 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 18 | 28 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 147 | 149 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,368 | 2,367 |
| Batting · Runs | 296 | 295 |
| Batting · RBI | 272 | 279 |
| Batting · Walks | 168 | 169 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 693 | 2,368 | 2,118 | 296 | 597 | 87 | 37 | 22 | 272 | 168 | 147 | 37 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 824 | .282 | .342 | .389 | .731 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1923-05-07 to 1923-07-09
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1925-09-12 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1923-08-11 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1926-09-09 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 355 | 1163 | 290 | 13 | 157 | 86 | 71 | .281 | .323 | .392 |
| Away | 338 | 1204 | 307 | 9 | 122 | 83 | 78 | .283 | .324 | .387 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 71 | 219 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 16 | .249 | .283 | .358 |
| May | 118 | 359 | 96 | 4 | 42 | 27 | 17 | .297 | .343 | .409 |
| June | 84 | 286 | 74 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 21 | .276 | .297 | .354 |
| July | 107 | 333 | 87 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 19 | .284 | .318 | .382 |
| August | 148 | 536 | 150 | 8 | 79 | 40 | 25 | .314 | .354 | .464 |
| September | 157 | 600 | 133 | 3 | 63 | 55 | 48 | .257 | .313 | .342 |
| October | 8 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .300 | .353 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 109 | 377 | 105 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 15 | .312 | .334 | .426 |
| cincinnati-reds | 99 | 341 | 79 | 2 | 55 | 11 | 17 | .251 | .264 | .352 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 97 | 301 | 73 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 28 | .270 | .312 | .415 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 96 | 339 | 79 | 4 | 42 | 39 | 20 | .272 | .348 | .379 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 90 | 310 | 82 | 1 | 27 | 22 | 28 | .297 | .335 | .373 |
| boston-braves | 78 | 279 | 80 | 4 | 45 | 30 | 14 | .333 | .394 | .454 |
| new-york-giants | 74 | 268 | 67 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 15 | .267 | .299 | .394 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 34 | 124 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 8 | .243 | .306 | .279 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 22 | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | .318 | – | – |
| 1921 | St. Louis Cardinals | 55 | 176 | 62 | 1 | 33 | 2 | .352 | – | – |
| 1922 | St. Louis Cardinals | 61 | 159 | 43 | 3 | 27 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1923 | St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 265 | 91 | 5 | 43 | 4 | .343 | – | – |
| 1924 | St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 296 | 78 | 2 | 39 | 8 | .264 | – | – |
| 1925 | St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 243 | 76 | 1 | 28 | 1 | .313 | – | – |
| 1926 | New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals | 137 | 496 | 127 | 7 | 57 | 15 | .256 | – | – |
| 1927 |  New York Giants | 84 | 190 | 55 | 3 | 20 | 2 | .289 | – | – |
| 1928 |  Boston Braves | 42 | 149 | 34 | – | 19 | 1 | .228 | – | – |
| 1929 | Boston Braves | 46 | 93 | 19 | – | 11 | 2 | .204 | – | – |
| 1935 |  St. Louis Browns | 16 | 27 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .185 | – | – |