Jay Kirke
1910–1918 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants
320G
.301AVG
.328OBP
.385SLG
More career statistics
346H
7HR
148RBI
21SB
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 | 1,148 | 1,152 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 16 | 28 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 112 | 120 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,226 | 1,229 |
| Batting · Runs | 122 | 123 |
| Batting · RBI | 148 | 156 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 21 | 24 |
| Batting · Walks | 35 | 36 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 320 | 1,226 | 1,148 | 122 | 346 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 148 | 35 | 112 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 442 | .301 | .328 | .385 | .713 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1915-09-09 to 1915-09-20
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1911-09-26 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1912-10-05 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1912-05-08 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 155 | 573 | 166 | 3 | 93 | 18 | 51 | .306 | .321 | .384 |
| Away | 165 | 656 | 180 | 4 | 63 | 18 | 69 | .295 | .302 | .384 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 12 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .219 | .235 | .250 |
| May | 28 | 89 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 11 | .296 | .315 | .309 |
| June | 21 | 86 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 10 | .318 | .326 | .435 |
| July | 74 | 292 | 90 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 28 | .321 | .322 | .396 |
| August | 82 | 318 | 74 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 25 | .252 | .274 | .333 |
| September | 81 | 314 | 95 | 1 | 44 | 6 | 31 | .321 | .322 | .429 |
| October | 22 | 96 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | .345 | .375 | .429 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 32 | 129 | 39 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 7 | .328 | .349 | .445 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 29 | 115 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | .303 | .322 | .358 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 28 | 120 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | .349 | .350 | .406 |
| boston-red-sox | 27 | 106 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 12 | .228 | .255 | .297 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 27 | 100 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | .286 | .300 | .316 |
| chicago-cubs | 26 | 99 | 32 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | .344 | .343 | .462 |
| cincinnati-reds | 25 | 101 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 10 | .245 | .248 | .357 |
| new-york-giants | 22 | 80 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 11 | .304 | .300 | .342 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 |  Detroit Tigers | 8 | 25 | 5 | – | 3 | 1 | .200 | – | – |
| 1911 |  Boston Braves | 20 | 89 | 32 | – | 14 | 4 | .360 | – | – |
| 1912 | Boston Braves | 103 | 362 | 115 | 4 | 63 | 7 | .318 | – | – |
| 1913 | Boston Braves | 18 | 38 | 9 | – | 3 | 1 | .237 | – | – |
| 1914 |  Cleveland Guardians | 67 | 242 | 66 | 1 | 28 | 6 | .273 | – | – |
| 1915 | Cleveland Guardians | 87 | 340 | 105 | 2 | 43 | 5 | .309 | – | – |
| 1918 |  New York Giants | 17 | 56 | 14 | – | 2 | – | .250 | – | – |