Homer Summa
1920–1930 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates
840G
.302AVG
.346OBP
.398SLG
More career statistics
905H
18HR
361RBI
44SB
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 · At bats | 3,001 | 2,997 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 35 | 41 |
| Batting · Doubles | 166 | 167 |
| Batting · Hits | 905 | 904 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 36 | 35 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 88 | 91 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,318 | 3,313 |
| Batting · Runs | 413 | 412 |
| Batting · RBI | 361 | 367 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 44 | 43 |
| Batting · Walks | 166 | 165 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 840 | 3,318 | 3,001 | 413 | 905 | 166 | 34 | 18 | 361 | 166 | 88 | 44 | 35 | 36 | 0 | 1,193 | .302 | .346 | .398 | .744 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1927-06-16 to 1927-07-11
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1927-07-18 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1923-08-07 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1926-05-07 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 421 | 1649 | 477 | 7 | 169 | 84 | 44 | .318 | .340 | .425 |
| Away | 419 | 1664 | 427 | 11 | 198 | 81 | 47 | .286 | .305 | .371 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 78 | 331 | 98 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 7 | .330 | .347 | .448 |
| May | 139 | 564 | 129 | 1 | 44 | 28 | 21 | .255 | .278 | .318 |
| June | 123 | 449 | 122 | 4 | 59 | 24 | 12 | .297 | .325 | .387 |
| July | 164 | 688 | 207 | 3 | 70 | 29 | 16 | .328 | .343 | .441 |
| August | 173 | 704 | 189 | 3 | 77 | 34 | 22 | .295 | .317 | .384 |
| September | 149 | 513 | 135 | 3 | 62 | 28 | 11 | .296 | .318 | .399 |
| October | 14 | 64 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .429 | .453 | .607 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 127 | 504 | 138 | 2 | 52 | 26 | 9 | .306 | .325 | .401 |
| new-york-yankees | 122 | 478 | 134 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 12 | .311 | .331 | .406 |
| chicago-white-sox | 121 | 469 | 129 | 1 | 57 | 23 | 12 | .304 | .324 | .372 |
| detroit-tigers | 119 | 481 | 133 | 2 | 55 | 29 | 14 | .306 | .337 | .425 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 118 | 475 | 126 | 1 | 53 | 23 | 13 | .292 | .314 | .382 |
| st-louis-browns | 111 | 442 | 123 | 7 | 61 | 20 | 12 | .307 | .324 | .425 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 107 | 423 | 110 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 18 | .282 | .298 | .367 |
| cleveland-guardians | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .364 | .417 | .545 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 22 | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | .318 | – | – |
| 1922 |  Cleveland Guardians | 12 | 46 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .348 | – | – |
| 1923 | Cleveland Guardians | 137 | 526 | 172 | 3 | 70 | 9 | .327 | – | – |
| 1924 | Cleveland Guardians | 111 | 390 | 113 | 2 | 41 | 4 | .290 | – | – |
| 1925 | Cleveland Guardians | 75 | 224 | 74 | – | 25 | 3 | .330 | – | – |
| 1926 | Cleveland Guardians | 154 | 580 | 179 | 4 | 79 | 14 | .309 | – | – |
| 1927 | Cleveland Guardians | 145 | 574 | 164 | 4 | 74 | 6 | .286 | – | – |
| 1928 | Cleveland Guardians | 134 | 500 | 142 | 3 | 57 | 4 | .284 | – | – |
| 1929 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 81 | 22 | – | 10 | 1 | .272 | – | – |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | 25 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 5 | – | .278 | – | – |