Jesse Douglas
1938–1950 · bats L / throws R · ASW, BFA, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Kansas City Monarchs, KCR
110G
.291AVG
.343OBP
.363SLG
More career statistics
120H
1HR
46RBI
14SB
1Rare feat
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 | 110 | 119 |
| Batting · At bats | 413 | 395 |
| Batting · Doubles | 13 | 19 |
| Batting · Hits | 120 | 135 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 452 | 445 |
| Batting · Runs | 62 | 64 |
| Batting · RBI | 46 | 28 |
| Batting · Triples | 7 | 6 |
| Batting · Walks | 30 | 41 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | 452 | 413 | 62 | 120 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 46 | 30 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 150 | .291 | .343 | .363 | .706 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1944-07-16 to 1945-06-03
38longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1945-08-26 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 63 | 240 | 75 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 1 | .342 | .383 | .411 |
| Away | 56 | 205 | 60 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 0 | .341 | .410 | .449 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 29 | 109 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .327 | .376 | .408 |
| June | 36 | 132 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .241 | .303 | .284 |
| July | 32 | 121 | 44 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 0 | .415 | .488 | .547 |
| August | 18 | 69 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .381 | .406 | .492 |
| September | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .583 | .571 | .583 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| memphis-red-sox | 28 | 111 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .309 | .360 | .392 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 27 | 113 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | .309 | .407 | .381 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 11 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .318 | .391 | .455 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 11 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .316 | .378 | .395 |
| cincinnati-clowns | 8 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .529 | .556 | .559 |
| chicago-american-giants | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .267 | .231 |
| SNO | 5 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .353 | .500 |
| LCB | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .538 | .571 | .769 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 20 | 72 | 20 | – | 2 | 5 | .278 | – | – |
| 1941 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 19 | 65 | 21 | – | 2 | 1 | .323 | – | – |
| 1944 | Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants | 29 | 97 | 34 | – | 8 | 5 | .351 | – | – |
| 1945 | CGChicago American Giants | 30 | 99 | 39 | – | 6 | 3 | .394 | – | – |
| 1949 | CGChicago American Giants | 21 | 62 | 21 | 1 | 10 | – | .339 | – | – |