Joe Adcock

1950–1966 · bats R / throws R · California Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), Milwaukee Braves, NLS

1,959G

.277AVG

.337OBP

.485SLG

More career statistics

1,832H

336HR

1,122RBI

20SB

6Rare 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	25	32
Batting · Strikeouts	1,059	1,062
Batting · Plate appearances	7,304	7,303
Batting · RBI	1,122	1,123
Batting · Stolen bases	20	21
Batting · Walks	594	593

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,959	7,304	6,606	823	1,832	295	35	336	1,122	594	1,059	20	25	17	35	3,205	.277	.337	.485	.822

Streaks

20longest hitting streak · 1959-07-23 to 1959-08-13

23longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
89	Five Extra-Base Hits	1954-07-31	1 in 13,977 games	box score ↗
89	Four-Homer Game	1954-07-31	1 in 11,770 games	box score ↗
70	Three Double Plays Grounded Into	1955-07-20	1 in 1,620 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	965	3516	881	137	516	288	500	.277	.332	.457
Away	994	3787	951	199	607	305	562	.277	.332	.511

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	179	686	173	27	95	60	87	.283	.340	.477
May	343	1244	307	55	191	91	183	.270	.320	.484
June	327	1145	285	55	182	95	191	.274	.332	.489
July	414	1587	419	90	290	117	223	.289	.338	.521
August	381	1436	355	60	208	125	199	.277	.334	.472
September	307	1170	281	49	155	102	175	.267	.327	.458
October	8	35	12	0	2	3	4	.375	.429	.375

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
chicago-cubs	226	867	236	45	158	66	112	.299	.348	.533
pittsburgh-pirates	214	817	218	27	112	53	118	.291	.332	.460
st-louis-cardinals	214	838	224	42	133	72	106	.299	.353	.521
philadelphia-phillies	214	826	207	36	125	61	113	.276	.324	.498
cincinnati-reds	171	667	183	31	103	43	94	.299	.339	.521
new-york-giants	136	504	122	20	74	42	46	.268	.325	.448
brooklyn-dodgers	127	500	123	33	80	36	69	.268	.318	.538
los-angeles-dodgers	86	334	64	14	48	28	80	.213	.275	.369

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1950	Cincinnati Reds	102	372	109	8	55	2	.293	–	–
1951	Cincinnati Reds	113	395	96	10	47	2	.243	–	–
1952	Cincinnati Reds	117	378	105	13	53	1	.278	–	–
1953	Milwaukee Braves	157	590	168	18	80	3	.285	–	–
1954	Milwaukee Braves	133	500	154	23	87	1	.308	–	–
1955	Milwaukee Braves	84	288	76	15	45	–	.264	–	–
1956	Milwaukee Braves	137	454	132	38	103	1	.291	–	–
1957	Milwaukee Braves	65	209	60	12	38	–	.287	–	–
1958	Milwaukee Braves	105	320	88	19	54	–	.275	–	–
1959	Milwaukee Braves	115	404	118	25	76	–	.292	–	–
1960	Milwaukee Braves	138	514	153	25	91	2	.298	–	–
1961	Milwaukee Braves	152	562	160	35	108	2	.285	–	–
1962	Milwaukee Braves	121	391	97	29	78	2	.248	–	–
1963	Cleveland Guardians	97	283	71	13	49	1	.251	–	–
1964	Los Angeles Angels (1961-64)	118	366	98	21	64	–	.268	–	–
1965	California Angels	122	349	84	14	47	2	.241	–	–
1966	California Angels	83	231	63	18	48	2	.273	–	–