Jimmy Archer
1904–1918 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates
851G
.249AVG
.288OBP
.333SLG
More career statistics
660H
16HR
296RBI
36SB
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 | 851 | 850 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,646 | 2,645 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 6 | 31 |
| Batting · Doubles | 106 | 109 |
| Batting · Hits | 660 | 661 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 241 | 284 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,882 | 2,876 |
| Batting · Runs | 246 | 244 |
| Batting · RBI | 296 | 307 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 36 | 38 |
| Batting · Walks | 124 | 122 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851 | 2,882 | 2,646 | 246 | 660 | 106 | 34 | 16 | 296 | 124 | 241 | 36 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 882 | .249 | .288 | .333 | .621 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1915-08-08 to 1915-08-21
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1909-07-16 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1915-07-31 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1912-05-07 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 430 | 1402 | 336 | 8 | 164 | 58 | 132 | .261 | .281 | .353 |
| Away | 420 | 1474 | 325 | 8 | 143 | 64 | 152 | .239 | .264 | .318 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 71 | 262 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 18 | .200 | .225 | .267 |
| May | 134 | 460 | 116 | 1 | 53 | 10 | 38 | .269 | .274 | .357 |
| June | 124 | 421 | 94 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 46 | .249 | .278 | .336 |
| July | 140 | 458 | 103 | 3 | 55 | 24 | 48 | .248 | .277 | .340 |
| August | 189 | 622 | 152 | 6 | 76 | 24 | 68 | .263 | .283 | .352 |
| September | 168 | 579 | 132 | 2 | 50 | 23 | 58 | .245 | .268 | .325 |
| October | 24 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | .242 | .311 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 129 | 428 | 104 | 1 | 49 | 21 | 53 | .270 | .292 | .330 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 121 | 420 | 105 | 4 | 54 | 14 | 36 | .268 | .283 | .367 |
| new-york-giants | 120 | 420 | 96 | 3 | 48 | 11 | 54 | .242 | .255 | .327 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 119 | 394 | 95 | 6 | 38 | 17 | 44 | .262 | .284 | .384 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 116 | 399 | 90 | 1 | 46 | 11 | 31 | .239 | .253 | .311 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 116 | 396 | 93 | 1 | 40 | 29 | 24 | .269 | .308 | .384 |
| cincinnati-reds | 102 | 347 | 68 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 35 | .212 | .236 | .268 |
| chicago-cubs | 8 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .217 | .217 | .217 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 20 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .150 | – | – |
| 1907 |  Detroit Tigers | 19 | 43 | 5 | – | – | – | .116 | – | – |
| 1909 |  Chicago Cubs | 82 | 261 | 60 | 1 | 31 | 5 | .230 | – | – |
| 1910 | Chicago Cubs | 98 | 312 | 81 | 2 | 45 | 6 | .260 | – | – |
| 1911 | Chicago Cubs | 116 | 387 | 99 | 4 | 44 | 7 | .256 | – | – |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs | 121 | 384 | 109 | 5 | 60 | 7 | .284 | – | – |
| 1913 | Chicago Cubs | 110 | 368 | 98 | 2 | 45 | 4 | .266 | – | – |
| 1914 | Chicago Cubs | 79 | 248 | 64 | – | 19 | 1 | .258 | – | – |
| 1915 | Chicago Cubs | 97 | 309 | 75 | 1 | 27 | 5 | .243 | – | – |
| 1916 | Chicago Cubs | 77 | 205 | 45 | 1 | 29 | 3 | .220 | – | – |
| 1917 | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1918 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 106 | 22 | – | 6 | – | .208 | – | – |