Henry Milton
1935–1940 · bats L / throws R · ASW, Chicago American Giants, IN4, Kansas City Monarchs, NAL
196G
.281AVG
.355OBP
.392SLG
More career statistics
208H
8HR
86RBI
79SB
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 · Games | 196 | 178 |
| Batting · At bats | 739 | 642 |
| Batting · Doubles | 28 | 31 |
| Batting · Hits | 208 | 204 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 8 | 7 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 838 | 728 |
| Batting · Runs | 175 | 172 |
| Batting · RBI | 86 | 57 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 79 | 66 |
| Batting · Triples | 15 | 18 |
| Batting · Walks | 76 | 71 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196 | 838 | 739 | 175 | 208 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 86 | 76 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 290 | .281 | .355 | .392 | .747 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1938-07-31 to 1938-09-14
29longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1937-08-24 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 110 | 470 | 136 | 5 | 39 | 47 | 0 | .332 | .389 | .468 |
| Away | 68 | 258 | 68 | 3 | 18 | 24 | 0 | .293 | .357 | .444 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .364 | .500 | .636 |
| May | 37 | 155 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 0 | .250 | .329 | .360 |
| June | 39 | 154 | 37 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 0 | .282 | .357 | .466 |
| July | 53 | 201 | 64 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 0 | .364 | .413 | .551 |
| August | 29 | 126 | 41 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | .360 | .405 | .447 |
| September | 17 | 78 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .324 | .359 | .405 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-american-giants | 57 | 235 | 67 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 0 | .316 | .366 | .472 |
| memphis-red-sox | 33 | 147 | 43 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .323 | .367 | .466 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 16 | 62 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .389 | .468 | .630 |
| CI1 | 12 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .174 | .240 | .196 |
| SSA | 12 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .364 | .444 | .523 |
| CV9 | 9 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .281 | .385 | .281 |
| ATN | 8 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .207 | .265 | .517 |
| DT2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .625 | .667 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 4 | 15 | 5 | – | – | 1 | .333 | – | – |
| 1936 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 3 | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1937 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 55 | 183 | 52 | 2 | 20 | 26 | .284 | – | – |
| 1938 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 44 | 168 | 66 | 3 | 23 | 21 | .393 | – | – |
| 1939 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 40 | 154 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 10 | .286 | – | – |
| 1940 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 32 | 110 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .300 | – | – |