Jimmy Outlaw
1937–1949 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers
651G
.268AVG
.333OBP
.334SLG
More career statistics
529H
6HR
184RBI
24SB
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 | 1,974 | 1,973 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 21 | 28 |
| Batting · Hits | 529 | 528 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 176 | 177 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,191 | 2,188 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 24 | 23 |
| Batting · Walks | 188 | 186 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 651 | 2,191 | 1,974 | 257 | 529 | 79 | 17 | 6 | 184 | 188 | 176 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 660 | .268 | .333 | .334 | .667 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1944-06-03 to 1944-06-14
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1945-09-12 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1944-05-28 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1945-08-09 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 327 | 1042 | 253 | 3 | 79 | 98 | 78 | .271 | .337 | .340 |
| Away | 324 | 1146 | 275 | 3 | 105 | 88 | 99 | .265 | .317 | .328 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 46 | 154 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 13 | .293 | .351 | .400 |
| May | 120 | 404 | 97 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 42 | .262 | .309 | .349 |
| June | 116 | 404 | 99 | 0 | 31 | 32 | 29 | .270 | .324 | .328 |
| July | 114 | 371 | 88 | 1 | 28 | 33 | 21 | .263 | .326 | .323 |
| August | 106 | 325 | 71 | 0 | 30 | 28 | 35 | .241 | .305 | .286 |
| September | 142 | 505 | 125 | 1 | 44 | 50 | 35 | .279 | .347 | .346 |
| October | 7 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .360 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 87 | 301 | 64 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 15 | .235 | .302 | .268 |
| cleveland-guardians | 83 | 299 | 71 | 1 | 26 | 29 | 29 | .268 | .334 | .358 |
| new-york-yankees | 82 | 284 | 78 | 1 | 35 | 30 | 22 | .311 | .380 | .390 |
| boston-red-sox | 80 | 296 | 62 | 2 | 17 | 33 | 24 | .239 | .321 | .313 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 70 | 244 | 62 | 1 | 29 | 22 | 20 | .282 | .344 | .332 |
| st-louis-browns | 70 | 240 | 57 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 7 | .268 | .325 | .333 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 61 | 211 | 54 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 15 | .277 | .313 | .374 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 22 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .246 | .265 | .277 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Cincinnati Reds | 49 | 165 | 45 | – | 11 | 2 | .273 | – | – |
| 1938 | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1939 |  Boston Braves | 65 | 133 | 35 | – | 5 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Detroit Tigers | 20 | 66 | 18 | 1 | 6 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 139 | 535 | 145 | 3 | 57 | 6 | .271 | – | – |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers | 132 | 446 | 121 | – | 34 | 6 | .271 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 93 | 299 | 78 | 2 | 31 | 5 | .261 | – | – |
| 1947 | Detroit Tigers | 70 | 127 | 29 | – | 15 | 3 | .228 | – | – |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 74 | 198 | 56 | – | 25 | – | .283 | – | – |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |