Henry Spearman
1935–1945 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, NAS, New York Black Yankees, Philadelphia Stars, Pittsburgh Crawfords, SAS, WBS
393G
.304AVG
.362OBP
.445SLG
More career statistics
443H
24HR
272RBI
6SB
5.0IP
0K
5.40ERA
1GS
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 · Games | 393 | 320 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,456 | 1,169 |
| Batting · Doubles | 91 | 65 |
| Batting · Hits | 443 | 373 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 6 | 2 |
| Batting · Home runs | 24 | 30 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,606 | 1,283 |
| Batting · Runs | 224 | 187 |
| Batting · RBI | 272 | 149 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 6 | 4 |
| Batting · Triples | 21 | 15 |
| Batting · Walks | 126 | 98 |
| Pitching · Games | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 26 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 3 | 0 |
| Pitching · p gs | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 6 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 15 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 5 | 0 |
| Pitching · p w | 3 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 393 | 1,606 | 1,456 | 224 | 443 | 91 | 21 | 24 | 272 | 126 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 648 | .304 | .362 | .445 | .807 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1.800 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1938-08-02 to 1939-05-12
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Four-Double Game | 1943-08-15 | 1 in 3,923 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1943-08-15 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1937-08-14 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 165 | 673 | 207 | 13 | 72 | 55 | 4 | .339 | .389 | .500 |
| Away | 155 | 610 | 166 | 17 | 77 | 43 | 3 | .297 | .343 | .453 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 57 | 238 | 64 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 0 | .287 | .328 | .453 |
| June | 78 | 303 | 90 | 5 | 31 | 32 | 0 | .337 | .403 | .506 |
| July | 99 | 396 | 120 | 9 | 48 | 29 | 3 | .331 | .376 | .466 |
| August | 65 | 262 | 78 | 9 | 38 | 16 | 4 | .326 | .359 | .515 |
| September | 21 | 84 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .390 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| newark-eagles | 65 | 260 | 92 | 14 | 32 | 16 | 0 | .380 | .415 | .628 |
| homestead-grays | 56 | 237 | 73 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 1 | .335 | .380 | .436 |
| philadelphia-stars | 55 | 220 | 63 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 1 | .313 | .359 | .403 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 48 | 188 | 48 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 2 | .287 | .362 | .479 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 42 | 173 | 47 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .297 | .347 | .456 |
| new-york-cubans | 26 | 98 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .239 | .286 | .386 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 14 | 55 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .333 | .400 | .521 |
| CUS | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .167 | .455 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | .182 | – | – |
| 1936 |  Homestead Grays | 32 | 119 | 44 | 3 | 13 | – | .370 | – | – |
| 1937 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 33 | 129 | 43 | 6 | 15 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays, New York Black Yankees, WBS | 28 | 112 | 39 | 2 | 13 | – | .348 | – | – |
| 1939 | Homestead Grays | 28 | 106 | 30 | 2 | 7 | – | .283 | – | – |
| 1940 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 26 | 89 | 25 | 3 | 12 | – | .281 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 33 | 124 | 40 | 4 | 14 | 2 | .323 | – | – |
| 1942 | Baltimore Elite Giants, Philadelphia Stars | 42 | 149 | 48 | 5 | 28 | – | .322 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Philadelphia Stars | 44 | 166 | 55 | 1 | 20 | 1 | .331 | – | – |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Stars | 37 | 112 | 35 | 3 | 23 | – | .312 | – | – |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Stars | 13 | 52 | 12 | – | 4 | 1 | .231 | – | – |