Ira Flagstead
1917–1930 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,219G
.290AVG
.370OBP
.407SLG
More career statistics
1,202H
40HR
450RBI
71SB
5Rare 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 · At bats | 4,139 | 4,142 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 58 | 73 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 53 | 56 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 288 | 292 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,791 | 4,795 |
| Batting · Runs | 645 | 643 |
| Batting · RBI | 450 | 466 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 71 | 72 |
| Batting · Walks | 467 | 463 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,219 | 4,791 | 4,139 | 645 | 1,202 | 262 | 50 | 40 | 450 | 467 | 288 | 71 | 58 | 53 | 0 | 1,684 | .290 | .370 | .407 | .777 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1925-06-12 to 1925-06-29
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1925-05-08 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1925-05-08 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1925-05-08 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 613 | 2401 | 615 | 11 | 232 | 253 | 147 | .301 | .362 | .416 |
| Away | 606 | 2394 | 587 | 29 | 234 | 210 | 145 | .280 | .333 | .397 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 110 | 450 | 111 | 5 | 42 | 42 | 36 | .281 | .340 | .418 |
| May | 233 | 920 | 219 | 13 | 93 | 97 | 50 | .279 | .343 | .421 |
| June | 228 | 902 | 243 | 11 | 98 | 90 | 50 | .314 | .369 | .445 |
| July | 265 | 1075 | 276 | 8 | 88 | 101 | 57 | .293 | .351 | .402 |
| August | 193 | 746 | 186 | 3 | 73 | 73 | 43 | .292 | .347 | .397 |
| September | 184 | 676 | 159 | 0 | 68 | 59 | 55 | .271 | .322 | .341 |
| October | 6 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .348 | .346 | .565 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 171 | 684 | 163 | 1 | 53 | 71 | 33 | .277 | .342 | .379 |
| cleveland-guardians | 167 | 675 | 178 | 2 | 69 | 69 | 36 | .310 | .366 | .404 |
| new-york-yankees | 166 | 667 | 169 | 6 | 57 | 52 | 46 | .282 | .331 | .381 |
| chicago-white-sox | 163 | 638 | 169 | 7 | 77 | 57 | 48 | .305 | .354 | .422 |
| st-louis-browns | 162 | 643 | 150 | 6 | 70 | 71 | 35 | .278 | .344 | .410 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 152 | 602 | 161 | 15 | 59 | 53 | 34 | .306 | .355 | .475 |
| detroit-tigers | 115 | 494 | 118 | 1 | 35 | 56 | 32 | .280 | .352 | .386 |
| boston-red-sox | 53 | 158 | 41 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 17 | .308 | .342 | .414 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 |  Detroit Tigers | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1919 | Detroit Tigers | 97 | 288 | 95 | 5 | 49 | 6 | .330 | – | – |
| 1920 | Detroit Tigers | 111 | 312 | 73 | 3 | 35 | 3 | .234 | – | – |
| 1921 | Detroit Tigers | 85 | 257 | 79 | – | 35 | 8 | .307 | – | – |
| 1922 | Detroit Tigers | 44 | 92 | 28 | 3 | 8 | – | .304 | – | – |
| 1923 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 110 | 383 | 118 | 8 | 52 | 7 | .308 | – | – |
| 1924 |  Boston Red Sox | 149 | 560 | 172 | 5 | 46 | 11 | .307 | – | – |
| 1925 | Boston Red Sox | 148 | 574 | 161 | 6 | 61 | 5 | .280 | – | – |
| 1926 | Boston Red Sox | 98 | 416 | 124 | 3 | 30 | 4 | .298 | – | – |
| 1927 | Boston Red Sox | 131 | 466 | 133 | 4 | 71 | 12 | .285 | – | – |
| 1928 | Boston Red Sox | 140 | 509 | 148 | 1 | 40 | 12 | .291 | – | – |
| 1929 | Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 58 | 125 | 32 | – | 18 | 3 | .256 | – | – |
| 1930 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 156 | 39 | 2 | 21 | 1 | .250 | – | – |