Jimmie DeShong
1932–1939 · bats R / throws R · New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901-60)
176G
.198AVG
.279OBP
.232SLG
More career statistics
58H
0HR
25RBI
1SB
47–44W–L
872.2IP
273K
5.08ERA
100GS
9SV
5Rare 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 · RBI | 25 | 26 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,944 | 3,937 |
| Pitching · p er | 493 | 496 |
| Pitching · p hr | 59 | 60 |
| Pitching · p k | 273 | 275 |
| Pitching · p r | 560 | 559 |
| Pitching · p w | 432 | 431 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | 345 | 293 | 35 | 58 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | .198 | .279 | .232 | .511 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 872.7 | 175 | 100 | 44 | 47 | 44 | 9 | 968 | 560 | 493 | 59 | 432 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 5.08 | 1.604 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1938-04-27 to 1938-05-19
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1939-06-10 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1934-08-11 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1937-08-29 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 82 | 146 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 17 | .244 | .267 | .309 |
| Away | 94 | 199 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 24 | .165 | .256 | .176 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 14 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .222 | .286 | .333 |
| May | 30 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | .208 | .293 | .208 |
| June | 30 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | .155 | .194 | .224 |
| July | 34 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | .152 | .213 | .152 |
| August | 39 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | .235 | .295 | .314 |
| September | 28 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | .265 | .333 | .265 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 29 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .189 | .244 | .189 |
| cleveland-guardians | 27 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .182 | .188 | .182 |
| st-louis-browns | 26 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | .087 | .190 | .174 |
| boston-red-sox | 25 | 63 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | .306 | .381 | .388 |
| detroit-tigers | 24 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | .262 | .319 | .262 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 19 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | .091 | .146 | .091 |
| new-york-yankees | 14 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .348 | .433 | .435 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .100 | .125 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 10 | 5 |
| 1934 |  New York Yankees | 31 | 42 | 8 | – | – | – | .190 | 133 | 41 |
| 1935 | New York Yankees | 29 | 14 | 1 | – | – | – | .071 | 69 | 30 |
| 1936 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 35 | 79 | 15 | – | 9 | 1 | .190 | 223 | 59 |
| 1937 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 37 | 94 | 19 | – | 9 | – | .202 | 264 | 86 |
| 1938 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 31 | 46 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .261 | 131 | 42 |
| 1939 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 7 | 15 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 40 | 12 |