Henry Kimbro
1937–1953 · bats L / throws R · ASE, Baltimore Elite Giants, ECG, NAS, NNL, NNS, New York Black Yankees, SAS
584G
.298AVG
.391OBP
.432SLG
More career statistics
679H
32HR
264RBI
76SB
5.0IP
1K
5.40ERA
0GS
2Rare 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 · Games | 584 | 600 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,276 | 2,257 |
| Batting · Doubles | 108 | 91 |
| Batting · Hits | 679 | 714 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 26 | 14 |
| Batting · Home runs | 32 | 35 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,645 | 2,617 |
| Batting · Runs | 504 | 500 |
| Batting · RBI | 264 | 186 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 76 | 75 |
| Batting · Triples | 50 | 41 |
| Batting · Walks | 322 | 331 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 24 | 23 |
| Pitching · p er | 3 | 0 |
| Pitching · p k | 1 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 584 | 2,645 | 2,276 | 504 | 679 | 108 | 50 | 32 | 264 | 322 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 983 | .298 | .391 | .432 | .823 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1.800 |
Streaks
22longest hitting streak · 1946-08-27 to 1947-05-22
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1938-05-15 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1948-06-20 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1944-05-21 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 374 | 1596 | 462 | 20 | 131 | 212 | 1 | .339 | .422 | .473 |
| Away | 226 | 1021 | 252 | 15 | 55 | 119 | 7 | .282 | .363 | .389 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .636 | .571 | .636 |
| May | 138 | 615 | 164 | 8 | 37 | 71 | 1 | .305 | .382 | .413 |
| June | 131 | 541 | 154 | 11 | 39 | 82 | 5 | .341 | .436 | .485 |
| July | 153 | 680 | 184 | 7 | 46 | 86 | 1 | .314 | .397 | .413 |
| August | 124 | 547 | 144 | 6 | 50 | 63 | 1 | .300 | .378 | .446 |
| September | 51 | 220 | 61 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 0 | .319 | .405 | .461 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 152 | 679 | 207 | 7 | 50 | 68 | 1 | .343 | .405 | .452 |
| homestead-grays | 115 | 494 | 110 | 7 | 34 | 70 | 2 | .263 | .364 | .377 |
| newark-eagles | 104 | 461 | 104 | 10 | 36 | 66 | 0 | .265 | .369 | .418 |
| new-york-cubans | 88 | 379 | 114 | 4 | 21 | 53 | 5 | .356 | .441 | .497 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 80 | 352 | 112 | 7 | 31 | 49 | 0 | .376 | .457 | .540 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 14 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .273 | .344 | .273 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 8 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .375 | .464 | .417 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 7 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .120 | .214 | .120 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | WEG | 37 | 152 | 38 | 4 | 11 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1938 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 38 | 153 | 42 | – | 11 | 1 | .275 | – | – |
| 1939 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 29 | 107 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .336 | – | – |
| 1940 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 44 | 164 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 9 | .268 | – | – |
| 1941 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 26 | 98 | 30 | – | 3 | 9 | .306 | 5 | – |
| 1942 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 40 | 155 | 46 | 2 | 14 | 2 | .297 | – | – |
| 1943 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 37 | 145 | 42 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .290 | – | – |
| 1944 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 51 | 182 | 70 | 6 | 20 | 8 | .385 | – | – |
| 1945 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 51 | 207 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .285 | – | – |
| 1946 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 62 | 225 | 81 | 9 | 28 | 8 | .360 | – | – |
| 1947 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 63 | 241 | 86 | 7 | 46 | 14 | .357 | – | – |
| 1948 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 68 | 229 | 70 | – | 12 | 9 | .306 | – | – |
| 1949 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 54 | 199 | 70 | – | 19 | 4 | .352 | – | – |