Joe Birmingham
1906–1914 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians
774G
.253AVG
.294OBP
.316SLG
More career statistics
667H
7HR
265RBI
108SB
1Rare feat
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 | 774 | 773 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,633 | 2,639 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 66 |
| Batting · Doubles | 89 | 92 |
| Batting · Hits | 667 | 673 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 24 | 25 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 27 | 304 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,860 | 2,883 |
| Batting · Runs | 284 | 282 |
| Batting · RBI | 265 | 246 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 108 | 106 |
| Batting · Triples | 27 | 29 |
| Batting · Walks | 129 | 141 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 774 | 2,860 | 2,633 | 284 | 667 | 89 | 27 | 7 | 265 | 129 | 27 | 108 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 831 | .253 | .294 | .316 | .610 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1911-09-22 to 1911-10-08
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1911-07-20 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1909-04-20 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1907-04-13 | 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 | 395 | 1445 | 366 | 2 | 142 | 73 | 148 | .277 | .304 | .345 |
| Away | 378 | 1438 | 307 | 5 | 104 | 68 | 156 | .233 | .261 | .295 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 72 | 255 | 54 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 28 | .234 | .243 | .299 |
| May | 106 | 393 | 91 | 0 | 34 | 22 | 49 | .249 | .288 | .304 |
| June | 121 | 451 | 95 | 1 | 41 | 24 | 47 | .230 | .264 | .274 |
| July | 167 | 605 | 136 | 1 | 53 | 32 | 59 | .250 | .278 | .295 |
| August | 135 | 525 | 128 | 2 | 42 | 29 | 33 | .269 | .299 | .349 |
| September | 143 | 544 | 141 | 2 | 47 | 25 | 76 | .278 | .305 | .372 |
| October | 29 | 110 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | .269 | .264 | .346 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 132 | 502 | 121 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 46 | .260 | .285 | .325 |
| st-louis-browns | 114 | 426 | 87 | 0 | 27 | 32 | 30 | .230 | .279 | .277 |
| chicago-white-sox | 112 | 407 | 111 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 56 | .294 | .317 | .382 |
| boston-red-sox | 111 | 405 | 97 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 40 | .264 | .281 | .343 |
| new-york-yankees | 108 | 407 | 104 | 1 | 33 | 21 | 40 | .279 | .307 | .349 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 103 | 384 | 90 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 52 | .249 | .263 | .315 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 93 | 352 | 63 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 40 | .199 | .236 | .234 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 |  Cleveland Guardians | 10 | 40 | 11 | – | – | 2 | .275 | – | – |
| 1907 | Cleveland Guardians | 136 | 475 | 113 | 1 | 23 | 22 | .238 | – | – |
| 1908 | Cleveland Guardians | 122 | 412 | 91 | 2 | 40 | 15 | .221 | – | – |
| 1909 | Cleveland Guardians | 100 | 343 | 99 | 1 | 40 | 12 | .289 | – | – |
| 1910 | Cleveland Guardians | 106 | 370 | 85 | – | 31 | 17 | .230 | – | – |
| 1911 | Cleveland Guardians | 125 | 450 | 136 | 2 | 54 | 17 | .302 | – | – |
| 1912 | Cleveland Guardians | 108 | 371 | 94 | 1 | 42 | 14 | .253 | – | – |
| 1913 | Cleveland Guardians | 47 | 131 | 37 | – | 12 | 7 | .282 | – | – |
| 1914 | Cleveland Guardians | 19 | 47 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .149 | – | – |