Jim Delsing
1948–1960 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
822G
.255AVG
.339OBP
.366SLG
More career statistics
627H
40HR
286RBI
15SB
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 · Caught stealing | 23 | 25 |
| Batting · Doubles | 112 | 111 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 251 | 250 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,802 | 2,803 |
| Batting · Walks | 299 | 300 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 822 | 2,802 | 2,461 | 322 | 627 | 112 | 21 | 40 | 286 | 299 | 251 | 15 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 901 | .255 | .339 | .366 | .705 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1952-08-13 to 1952-08-24
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1953-06-02 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1951-08-18 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1953-04-17 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 423 | 1410 | 326 | 25 | 151 | 163 | 143 | .267 | .347 | .387 |
| Away | 399 | 1393 | 301 | 15 | 135 | 137 | 107 | .243 | .314 | .344 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 71 | 234 | 55 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 26 | .275 | .359 | .425 |
| May | 143 | 493 | 107 | 9 | 50 | 57 | 54 | .250 | .333 | .395 |
| June | 133 | 464 | 105 | 6 | 57 | 57 | 40 | .264 | .349 | .369 |
| July | 163 | 561 | 127 | 6 | 56 | 48 | 47 | .251 | .312 | .356 |
| August | 170 | 594 | 126 | 5 | 41 | 61 | 47 | .240 | .315 | .319 |
| September | 137 | 440 | 104 | 8 | 50 | 47 | 35 | .269 | .343 | .382 |
| October | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .188 | .235 | .188 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 126 | 453 | 106 | 8 | 49 | 44 | 37 | .263 | .331 | .367 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 114 | 397 | 100 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 24 | .281 | .348 | .430 |
| new-york-yankees | 112 | 383 | 83 | 7 | 37 | 49 | 42 | .259 | .345 | .377 |
| boston-red-sox | 112 | 359 | 62 | 2 | 34 | 48 | 33 | .203 | .306 | .255 |
| chicago-white-sox | 100 | 324 | 63 | 2 | 24 | 36 | 35 | .222 | .306 | .310 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 87 | 324 | 82 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 19 | .280 | .336 | .416 |
| detroit-tigers | 56 | 171 | 36 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 18 | .242 | .327 | .362 |
| baltimore-orioles | 45 | 156 | 37 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 14 | .262 | .321 | .376 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Chicago White Sox | 20 | 63 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .190 | – | – |
| 1949 |  New York Yankees | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | .350 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns | 81 | 219 | 59 | – | 17 | 1 | .269 | – | – |
| 1951 |  St. Louis Browns | 131 | 449 | 112 | 8 | 45 | 2 | .249 | – | – |
| 1952 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 126 | 411 | 107 | 4 | 49 | 4 | .260 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Detroit Tigers | 138 | 479 | 138 | 11 | 62 | 1 | .288 | – | – |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 122 | 371 | 92 | 6 | 38 | 4 | .248 | – | – |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 114 | 356 | 85 | 10 | 60 | 2 | .239 | – | – |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 65 | 53 | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | .094 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Kansas City Athletics | 16 | 40 | 10 | – | 5 | – | .250 | – | – |