Jo-Jo White
1932–1944 · bats L / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
879G
.256AVG
.353OBP
.328SLG
More career statistics
678H
8HR
229RBI
92SB
2Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 48 | 50 |
| Batting · Doubles | 83 | 84 |
| Batting · Runs | 456 | 455 |
| Batting · RBI | 229 | 235 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 879 | 3,086 | 2,652 | 456 | 678 | 83 | 42 | 8 | 229 | 386 | 276 | 92 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 869 | .256 | .353 | .328 | .681 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1937-09-10 to 1937-09-24
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1935-04-18 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1944-04-28 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1944-08-26 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 459 | 1568 | 357 | 2 | 118 | 200 | 128 | .266 | .355 | .333 |
| Away | 420 | 1518 | 321 | 6 | 117 | 186 | 148 | .245 | .334 | .323 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 62 | 233 | 49 | 2 | 20 | 47 | 20 | .266 | .412 | .380 |
| May | 171 | 562 | 116 | 1 | 45 | 76 | 56 | .243 | .342 | .314 |
| June | 162 | 540 | 114 | 1 | 36 | 54 | 51 | .239 | .311 | .308 |
| July | 142 | 502 | 119 | 2 | 35 | 54 | 35 | .274 | .345 | .341 |
| August | 178 | 616 | 146 | 0 | 57 | 74 | 53 | .273 | .357 | .343 |
| September | 160 | 618 | 133 | 2 | 42 | 81 | 59 | .250 | .346 | .322 |
| October | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .067 | .067 | .067 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 136 | 439 | 101 | 4 | 38 | 48 | 39 | .262 | .339 | .358 |
| chicago-white-sox | 131 | 461 | 105 | 2 | 29 | 51 | 43 | .264 | .338 | .327 |
| cleveland-guardians | 128 | 459 | 106 | 0 | 42 | 54 | 34 | .264 | .349 | .344 |
| st-louis-browns | 120 | 392 | 86 | 0 | 26 | 57 | 31 | .262 | .365 | .338 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 116 | 428 | 89 | 1 | 36 | 55 | 39 | .241 | .336 | .309 |
| boston-red-sox | 111 | 400 | 83 | 0 | 30 | 50 | 44 | .241 | .333 | .304 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 83 | 299 | 67 | 1 | 23 | 49 | 30 | .273 | .388 | .367 |
| detroit-tigers | 29 | 113 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 9 | .219 | .292 | .229 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Detroit Tigers | 80 | 208 | 54 | 2 | 23 | 6 | .260 | – | – |
| 1933 | Detroit Tigers | 91 | 234 | 59 | 2 | 35 | 5 | .252 | – | – |
| 1934 | Detroit Tigers | 115 | 384 | 120 | – | 43 | 28 | .312 | – | – |
| 1935 | Detroit Tigers | 114 | 412 | 99 | 2 | 33 | 19 | .240 | – | – |
| 1936 | Detroit Tigers | 58 | 51 | 14 | – | 7 | 2 | .275 | – | – |
| 1937 | Detroit Tigers | 94 | 305 | 75 | – | 21 | 12 | .246 | – | – |
| 1938 | Detroit Tigers | 78 | 206 | 54 | – | 15 | 3 | .262 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 139 | 500 | 124 | 1 | 31 | 12 | .248 | – | – |
| 1944 | Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics | 110 | 352 | 79 | 1 | 27 | 5 | .224 | – | – |