Herm McFarland
1898–1903 · bats L / throws R · Baltimore Orioles (1901-02), Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees
352G
.266AVG
.362OBP
.388SLG
More career statistics
340H
13HR
167RBI
64SB
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 | 352 | 322 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,278 | 1,167 |
| Batting · Doubles | 61 | 57 |
| Batting · Hits | 340 | 319 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 17 | 19 |
| Batting · Home runs | 13 | 12 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 14 | 107 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,496 | 1,377 |
| Batting · Runs | 204 | 193 |
| Batting · RBI | 167 | 155 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 64 | 60 |
| Batting · Triples | 28 | 27 |
| Batting · Walks | 175 | 168 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 352 | 1,496 | 1,278 | 204 | 340 | 61 | 28 | 13 | 167 | 175 | 14 | 64 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 496 | .266 | .362 | .388 | .750 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1901-07-09 to 1901-07-19
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1902-08-25 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1902-08-14 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1902-08-18 | 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 | 160 | 671 | 160 | 8 | 87 | 90 | 46 | .285 | .373 | .424 |
| Away | 162 | 706 | 159 | 4 | 68 | 78 | 61 | .262 | .336 | .376 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .100 | .167 | .100 |
| May | 47 | 202 | 51 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 18 | .295 | .371 | .410 |
| June | 37 | 152 | 32 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 11 | .246 | .316 | .392 |
| July | 59 | 252 | 56 | 2 | 24 | 29 | 20 | .263 | .337 | .404 |
| August | 80 | 357 | 86 | 1 | 39 | 48 | 32 | .285 | .375 | .381 |
| September | 81 | 343 | 79 | 4 | 40 | 44 | 25 | .273 | .359 | .433 |
| October | 11 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .325 | .383 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 48 | 210 | 40 | 1 | 23 | 35 | 20 | .234 | .357 | .357 |
| detroit-tigers | 47 | 201 | 44 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 20 | .254 | .328 | .353 |
| boston-red-sox | 43 | 174 | 43 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 16 | .281 | .362 | .497 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 39 | 168 | 43 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 11 | .293 | .339 | .401 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 37 | 157 | 32 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 13 | .241 | .331 | .383 |
| st-louis-browns | 25 | 108 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .287 | .343 | .404 |
| chicago-white-sox | 25 | 111 | 27 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | .290 | .360 | .462 |
| MLA | 20 | 90 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 7 | .296 | .367 | .366 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Cincinnati Reds | 19 | 64 | 18 | – | 11 | 3 | .281 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Chicago White Sox | 132 | 472 | 130 | 4 | 59 | 33 | .275 | – | – |
| 1902 | Baltimore Orioles (1901-02), Chicago White Sox | 68 | 269 | 83 | 3 | 40 | 11 | .309 | – | – |
| 1903 |  New York Yankees | 103 | 362 | 88 | 5 | 45 | 13 | .243 | – | – |