Jimmy Austin

1909–1929 · bats B / throws R · New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns

1,584G

.246AVG

.326OBP

.314SLG

More career statistics

1,328H

13HR

390RBI

244SB

7Rare 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 · At bats	5,388	5,391
Batting · Caught stealing	43	220
Batting · Doubles	174	173
Batting · Hits	1,328	1,334
Batting · Hit by pitch	44	45
Batting · Strikeouts	363	640
Batting · Plate appearances	6,302	6,316
Batting · Runs	661	662
Batting · RBI	390	396
Batting · Stolen bases	244	248
Batting · Walks	592	597

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,584	6,302	5,388	661	1,328	174	76	13	390	592	363	244	43	44	0	1,693	.246	.326	.314	.640

Streaks

12longest hitting streak · 1911-05-04 to 1911-05-17

19longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
47	First-Inning Ejection	1909-09-17	1 in 187 games	box score ↗
43	Five for Five	1915-08-07	1 in 135 games	box score ↗
40	Three-Steal Game	1913-07-04	1 in 96 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	776	3049	641	8	200	286	309	.247	.304	.312
Away	808	3267	693	5	196	311	331	.248	.307	.318

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	132	518	109	0	17	41	66	.244	.290	.294
May	281	1125	257	4	60	107	106	.267	.324	.348
June	288	1160	224	2	96	123	122	.228	.299	.297
July	312	1258	285	4	80	117	111	.267	.320	.346
August	299	1208	238	2	66	127	120	.233	.302	.290
September	235	905	180	0	55	70	100	.229	.276	.281
October	37	142	41	1	22	12	15	.323	.373	.433

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	244	1026	246	3	78	90	81	.276	.327	.366
cleveland-guardians	229	896	192	0	53	84	87	.255	.308	.319
boston-red-sox	227	888	189	1	56	77	96	.245	.300	.309
chicago-white-sox	224	857	179	0	44	62	114	.239	.281	.303
washington-senators-1901-60	218	854	162	1	48	86	100	.223	.290	.280
philadelphia-athletics	212	855	166	4	55	97	93	.231	.308	.298
new-york-yankees	190	788	169	4	51	89	61	.256	.327	.325
st-louis-browns	40	152	31	0	11	12	8	.246	.283	.278

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1909	New York Yankees	136	439	101	1	39	30	.230	–	–
1910	New York Yankees	133	431	97	2	37	23	.225	–	–
1911	St. Louis Browns	148	544	141	2	47	26	.259	–	–
1912	St. Louis Browns	150	537	135	2	41	29	.251	–	–
1913	St. Louis Browns	142	489	130	2	44	37	.266	–	–
1914	St. Louis Browns	130	465	113	–	29	21	.243	–	–
1915	St. Louis Browns	141	477	127	1	27	18	.266	–	–
1916	St. Louis Browns	130	412	85	1	30	18	.206	–	–
1917	St. Louis Browns	127	454	109	–	21	13	.240	–	–
1918	St. Louis Browns	111	367	97	–	20	19	.264	–	–
1919	St. Louis Browns	106	396	94	1	23	8	.237	–	–
1920	St. Louis Browns	84	280	76	1	33	3	.271	–	–
1921	St. Louis Browns	27	65	19	–	2	2	.292	–	–
1922	St. Louis Browns	15	31	9	–	2	–	.290	–	–
1923	St. Louis Browns	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1925	St. Louis Browns	1	1	–	–	–	–	.000	–	–
1926	St. Louis Browns	1	2	1	–	1	1	.500	–	–
1929	St. Louis Browns	1	1	–	–	–	–	.000	–	–