Jesse Houston
1936–1941 · bats ? / throws R · Chicago American Giants, CI1, Homestead Grays
76G
.228AVG
.279OBP
.275SLG
More career statistics
38H
0HR
9RBI
0SB
22–12W–L
300.0IP
179K
3.27ERA
37GS
2SV
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 · Games | 76 | 104 |
| Batting · Doubles | 4 | 3 |
| Batting · Hits | 38 | 43 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 184 | 185 |
| Batting · Runs | 22 | 28 |
| Batting · RBI | 9 | 11 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Walks | 12 | 13 |
| Pitching · Games | 50 | 76 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,284 | 1,292 |
| Pitching · p cg | 24 | 37 |
| Pitching · p er | 109 | 94 |
| Pitching · p gs | 37 | 58 |
| Pitching · p h | 294 | 333 |
| Pitching · p hr | 11 | 13 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 900 | 1,249 |
| Pitching · p k | 179 | 151 |
| Pitching · p r | 146 | 184 |
| Pitching · p w | 95 | 71 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 184 | 167 | 22 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | .228 | .279 | .275 | .554 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300.0 | 50 | 37 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 294 | 146 | 109 | 11 | 95 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 1.297 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1937-08-26 to 1937-08-29
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1939-07-28 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1939-05-21 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1937-07-19 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | CI1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | .400 | 9 | 7 |
| 1937 | CI1 | 30 | 56 | 17 | – | 5 | – | .304 | 171 | 74 |
| 1938 | CGChicago American Giants | 30 | 50 | 11 | – | 3 | 1 | .220 | 92 | 20 |
| 1939 | CGChicago American Giants | 29 | 40 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .250 | 86 | 33 |
| 1941 |  Homestead Grays | 10 | 16 | 3 | – | – | – | .188 | 56 | 17 |