Jimmy Callahan
1897–1913 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs
923G
.273AVG
.311OBP
.352SLG
More career statistics
901H
11HR
394RBI
186SB
99–73W–L
1,603.0IP
445K
3.39ERA
177GS
2SV
25Rare 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 | 923 | 914 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,295 | 3,276 |
| Batting · Doubles | 135 | 136 |
| Batting · Hits | 901 | 896 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 20 | 18 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 9 | 270 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,610 | 3,588 |
| Batting · Runs | 442 | 439 |
| Batting · RBI | 394 | 388 |
| Batting · Walks | 159 | 161 |
| Pitching · Games | 195 | 186 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,854 | 6,588 |
| Pitching · p cg | 169 | 168 |
| Pitching · p er | 603 | 593 |
| Pitching · p gs | 177 | 175 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,748 | 1,685 |
| Pitching · p hr | 33 | 29 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,809 | 4,708 |
| Pitching · p k | 445 | 435 |
| Pitching · p r | 918 | 866 |
| Pitching · p w | 437 | 420 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 923 | 3,610 | 3,295 | 442 | 901 | 135 | 46 | 11 | 394 | 159 | 9 | 186 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1,161 | .273 | .311 | .352 | .663 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,603.0 | 195 | 177 | 169 | 99 | 73 | 2 | 1,748 | 918 | 603 | 33 | 437 | 445 | 0 | 0 | 3.39 | 1.363 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1904-07-13 to 1904-08-01
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1905-09-16 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1902-09-20 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1904-04-25 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 443 | 1697 | 427 | 6 | 190 | 77 | 129 | .275 | .297 | .356 |
| Away | 471 | 1891 | 469 | 5 | 198 | 84 | 141 | .272 | .292 | .351 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 230 | 57 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 10 | .284 | .291 | .323 |
| May | 128 | 503 | 140 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 33 | .300 | .302 | .385 |
| June | 149 | 620 | 160 | 3 | 65 | 25 | 44 | .281 | .298 | .356 |
| July | 175 | 703 | 189 | 1 | 90 | 40 | 51 | .296 | .326 | .383 |
| August | 201 | 764 | 172 | 3 | 81 | 42 | 66 | .248 | .280 | .318 |
| September | 166 | 637 | 151 | 2 | 67 | 27 | 50 | .257 | .279 | .353 |
| October | 32 | 131 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 16 | .229 | .244 | .305 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 103 | 395 | 94 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 30 | .257 | .281 | .306 |
| cleveland-guardians | 101 | 385 | 94 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 33 | .265 | .286 | .321 |
| detroit-tigers | 99 | 393 | 100 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 30 | .285 | .303 | .359 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 98 | 408 | 103 | 2 | 47 | 26 | 39 | .279 | .316 | .379 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 96 | 373 | 94 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 25 | .279 | .300 | .347 |
| new-york-yankees | 90 | 367 | 86 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 30 | .259 | .286 | .334 |
| st-louis-browns | 87 | 334 | 92 | 0 | 46 | 16 | 17 | .307 | .323 | .410 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 25 | 107 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | .284 | .271 | .304 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Chicago Cubs | 94 | 360 | 105 | 3 | 47 | 13 | .292 | 189 | 52 |
| 1898 | Chicago Cubs | 43 | 165 | 43 | – | 22 | 3 | .261 | 274 | 73 |
| 1899 | Chicago Cubs | 47 | 149 | 39 | – | 18 | 8 | .262 | 294 | 77 |
| 1900 | Chicago Cubs | 32 | 116 | 27 | – | 9 | 5 | .233 | 285 | 77 |
| 1901 |  Chicago White Sox | 45 | 118 | 39 | 1 | 19 | 10 | .331 | 215 | 71 |
| 1902 | Chicago White Sox | 70 | 218 | 51 | – | 13 | 4 | .234 | 282 | 73 |
| 1903 | Chicago White Sox | 118 | 439 | 128 | 2 | 56 | 24 | .292 | 28 | 12 |
| 1904 | Chicago White Sox | 132 | 482 | 126 | – | 54 | 29 | .261 | – | – |
| 1905 | Chicago White Sox | 96 | 347 | 94 | 1 | 39 | 26 | .271 | – | – |
| 1911 | Chicago White Sox | 120 | 465 | 131 | 3 | 59 | 45 | .282 | – | – |
| 1912 | Chicago White Sox | 111 | 408 | 111 | 1 | 51 | 19 | .272 | – | – |
| 1913 | Chicago White Sox | 6 | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .222 | – | – |