Herb Souell
1940–1950 · bats B / throws R · ASP, ASW, Kansas City Monarchs, KCR, SAS
375G
.289AVG
.341OBP
.363SLG
More career statistics
427H
6HR
160RBI
57SB
1Rare feat
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 | 375 | 373 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,476 | 1,358 |
| Batting · Doubles | 45 | 41 |
| Batting · Hits | 427 | 415 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 11 | 14 |
| Batting · Home runs | 6 | 10 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,603 | 1,469 |
| Batting · Runs | 257 | 254 |
| Batting · RBI | 160 | 139 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 57 | 54 |
| Batting · Walks | 106 | 91 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375 | 1,603 | 1,476 | 257 | 427 | 45 | 23 | 6 | 160 | 106 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 536 | .289 | .341 | .363 | .704 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1940-06-30 to 1940-08-14
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1948-05-27 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1948-09-01 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1943-05-30 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 264 | 1068 | 295 | 6 | 103 | 78 | 2 | .302 | .349 | .384 |
| Away | 109 | 401 | 120 | 4 | 36 | 13 | 4 | .314 | .332 | .411 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .556 | .600 | 1.000 |
| May | 96 | 375 | 104 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 0 | .300 | .331 | .383 |
| June | 93 | 355 | 110 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 2 | .337 | .383 | .417 |
| July | 93 | 362 | 102 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 3 | .301 | .334 | .401 |
| August | 66 | 274 | 72 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 1 | .288 | .332 | .356 |
| September | 23 | 93 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .253 | .301 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-american-giants | 83 | 315 | 80 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 3 | .277 | .308 | .363 |
| memphis-red-sox | 70 | 275 | 74 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 0 | .294 | .342 | .365 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 56 | 214 | 63 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | .315 | .346 | .415 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 55 | 212 | 76 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 0 | .382 | .415 | .508 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 41 | 164 | 41 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 0 | .272 | .323 | .358 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 14 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .246 | .267 | .281 |
| cincinnati-clowns | 11 | 47 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .405 | .468 | .500 |
| HOE | 7 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .414 | .419 | .552 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 32 | 105 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 7 | .314 | – | – |
| 1941 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 3 | 9 | 3 | – | – | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1942 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 26 | 89 | 28 | – | 12 | 3 | .315 | – | – |
| 1943 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 36 | 131 | 33 | – | 8 | 4 | .252 | – | – |
| 1944 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 42 | 153 | 46 | – | 8 | 4 | .301 | – | – |
| 1945 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 33 | 117 | 38 | 1 | 14 | 3 | .325 | – | – |
| 1946 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 38 | 134 | 41 | – | 12 | 6 | .306 | – | – |
| 1947 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 48 | 189 | 70 | 2 | 20 | 14 | .370 | – | – |
| 1948 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 52 | 186 | 57 | 4 | 24 | 9 | .306 | – | – |
| 1949 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 63 | 245 | 66 | 2 | 28 | 4 | .269 | – | – |