Jake Gettman
1897–1899 · bats B / throws L · Washington Senators (1897-99)
197G
.278AVG
.322OBP
.361SLG
More career statistics
215H
8HR
78RBI
44SB
3Rare 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 | 197 | 198 |
| Batting · At bats | 772 | 773 |
| Batting · Doubles | 24 | 25 |
| Batting · Hits | 215 | 216 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 9 | 10 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 833 | 830 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 44 | 43 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197 | 833 | 772 | 108 | 215 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 78 | 40 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 279 | .278 | .322 | .361 | .683 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1898-05-02 to 1898-05-11
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1898-06-06 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1897-09-11 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1898-06-06 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 104 | 425 | 127 | 7 | 56 | 19 | 43 | .319 | .344 | .445 |
| Away | 94 | 405 | 89 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 34 | .237 | .272 | .277 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 66 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | .306 | .333 | .484 |
| May | 36 | 159 | 40 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | .272 | .302 | .340 |
| June | 28 | 125 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 14 | .265 | .296 | .350 |
| July | 27 | 111 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | .274 | .297 | .321 |
| August | 35 | 148 | 41 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 7 | .301 | .338 | .353 |
| September | 43 | 170 | 45 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 18 | .285 | .306 | .405 |
| October | 12 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .234 | .275 | .298 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 22 | 92 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | .341 | .370 | .388 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 21 | 93 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | .318 | .344 | .459 |
| cincinnati-reds | 19 | 79 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | .306 | .354 | .403 |
| new-york-giants | 19 | 80 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | .197 | .263 | .197 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 18 | 71 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .304 | .324 | .449 |
| louisville-colonels | 18 | 77 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | .197 | .234 | .268 |
| chicago-cubs | 17 | 70 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .250 | .271 | .309 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 17 | 79 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | .271 | .291 | .329 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 36 | 143 | 45 | 3 | 29 | 8 | .315 | – | – |
| 1898 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 142 | 567 | 158 | 5 | 47 | 32 | .279 | – | – |
| 1899 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 20 | 63 | 13 | – | 2 | 3 | .206 | – | – |