Irish Meusel
1914–1929 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, PIR, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,290G
.310AVG
.348OBP
.464SLG
More career statistics
1,521H
106HR
819RBI
113SB
2Rare 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 | 4,900 | 4,899 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 53 | 95 |
| Batting · Doubles | 250 | 252 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,309 | 5,310 |
| Batting · Runs | 701 | 702 |
| Batting · RBI | 819 | 826 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 113 | 114 |
| Batting · Walks | 269 | 270 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,290 | 5,309 | 4,900 | 701 | 1,521 | 250 | 93 | 106 | 819 | 269 | 199 | 113 | 53 | 17 | 0 | 2,275 | .310 | .348 | .464 | .812 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1920-08-11 to 1920-08-30
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1925-09-02 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1922-08-18 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1918-07-17 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 651 | 2577 | 760 | 56 | 410 | 134 | 89 | .319 | .347 | .477 |
| Away | 639 | 2733 | 761 | 50 | 416 | 136 | 110 | .302 | .328 | .453 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 107 | 419 | 98 | 11 | 73 | 31 | 17 | .263 | .308 | .460 |
| May | 218 | 854 | 254 | 15 | 125 | 38 | 35 | .317 | .342 | .469 |
| June | 245 | 1019 | 289 | 18 | 157 | 53 | 40 | .307 | .336 | .462 |
| July | 270 | 1139 | 330 | 26 | 166 | 65 | 39 | .316 | .347 | .463 |
| August | 269 | 1128 | 312 | 21 | 173 | 53 | 38 | .300 | .324 | .443 |
| September | 174 | 726 | 232 | 15 | 129 | 30 | 27 | .343 | .361 | .509 |
| October | 7 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .240 | .292 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 190 | 772 | 229 | 13 | 115 | 31 | 15 | .315 | .337 | .461 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 188 | 765 | 211 | 15 | 115 | 39 | 32 | .301 | .327 | .448 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 187 | 790 | 233 | 17 | 124 | 33 | 48 | .316 | .337 | .467 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 185 | 757 | 204 | 14 | 112 | 40 | 32 | .293 | .322 | .440 |
| chicago-cubs | 184 | 775 | 228 | 21 | 127 | 42 | 30 | .322 | .348 | .491 |
| boston-braves | 182 | 722 | 189 | 8 | 99 | 35 | 16 | .286 | .310 | .419 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 101 | 439 | 145 | 16 | 104 | 34 | 15 | .363 | .408 | .596 |
| new-york-giants | 72 | 288 | 82 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 11 | .307 | .340 | .427 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 124 | 472 | 132 | 4 | 62 | 18 | .280 | – | – |
| 1919 | Philadelphia Phillies | 135 | 520 | 159 | 5 | 58 | 25 | .306 | – | – |
| 1920 | Philadelphia Phillies | 138 | 518 | 160 | 14 | 73 | 18 | .309 | – | – |
| 1921 | New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies | 147 | 586 | 201 | 14 | 85 | 13 | .343 | – | – |
| 1922 |  New York Giants | 154 | 617 | 204 | 16 | 133 | 11 | .331 | – | – |
| 1923 | New York Giants | 146 | 596 | 177 | 19 | 130 | 8 | .297 | – | – |
| 1924 | New York Giants | 139 | 549 | 170 | 6 | 102 | 11 | .310 | – | – |
| 1925 | New York Giants | 135 | 516 | 169 | 21 | 111 | 5 | .328 | – | – |
| 1926 | New York Giants | 129 | 449 | 131 | 6 | 64 | 5 | .292 | – | – |
| 1927 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 42 | 74 | 18 | 1 | 8 | – | .243 | – | – |