Jackie Tavener
1921–1929 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
632G
.255AVG
.318OBP
.364SLG
More career statistics
543H
13HR
243RBI
46SB
6Rare 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 · Games | 632 | 630 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 31 | 36 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 231 | 230 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,432 | 2,429 |
| Batting · RBI | 243 | 240 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 46 | 49 |
| Batting · Walks | 186 | 184 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 632 | 2,432 | 2,131 | 254 | 543 | 88 | 53 | 13 | 243 | 186 | 231 | 46 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 776 | .255 | .318 | .364 | .682 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1925-05-26 to 1925-06-02
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Three Triples | 1925-09-12 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 78 | Stealing the Cycle | 1927-07-10 | 1 in 3,787 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1929-09-21 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 304 | 1156 | 276 | 3 | 121 | 95 | 98 | .273 | .321 | .387 |
| Away | 326 | 1273 | 267 | 10 | 119 | 89 | 132 | .238 | .280 | .343 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 65 | 279 | 60 | 1 | 17 | 28 | 26 | .251 | .315 | .356 |
| May | 120 | 466 | 99 | 1 | 43 | 37 | 49 | .239 | .292 | .329 |
| June | 109 | 407 | 98 | 3 | 55 | 28 | 43 | .273 | .310 | .390 |
| July | 112 | 434 | 109 | 4 | 45 | 34 | 30 | .288 | .329 | .441 |
| August | 94 | 343 | 62 | 1 | 31 | 26 | 34 | .209 | .257 | .307 |
| September | 122 | 468 | 109 | 3 | 48 | 29 | 45 | .263 | .295 | .360 |
| October | 8 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .200 | .250 | .267 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 95 | 393 | 89 | 3 | 40 | 41 | 30 | .266 | .331 | .397 |
| st-louis-browns | 94 | 368 | 75 | 2 | 36 | 37 | 33 | .240 | .304 | .329 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 90 | 329 | 60 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 42 | .205 | .249 | .305 |
| boston-red-sox | 88 | 349 | 84 | 0 | 34 | 26 | 14 | .275 | .315 | .359 |
| new-york-yankees | 86 | 335 | 75 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 36 | .252 | .296 | .359 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 81 | 286 | 55 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 47 | .219 | .252 | .291 |
| cleveland-guardians | 79 | 314 | 94 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 23 | .331 | .354 | .511 |
| detroit-tigers | 17 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .212 | .200 | .308 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 |  Detroit Tigers | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1925 | Detroit Tigers | 134 | 453 | 111 | – | 44 | 5 | .245 | – | – |
| 1926 | Detroit Tigers | 156 | 533 | 141 | 1 | 61 | 8 | .265 | – | – |
| 1927 | Detroit Tigers | 115 | 420 | 115 | 5 | 58 | 21 | .274 | – | – |
| 1928 | Detroit Tigers | 132 | 474 | 123 | 5 | 51 | 14 | .259 | – | – |
| 1929 |  Cleveland Guardians | 91 | 247 | 53 | 2 | 26 | 1 | .215 | – | – |