Joe Cronin
1926–1945 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1901-60)
2,124G
.301AVG
.390OBP
.468SLG
More career statistics
2,285H
170HR
1,424RBI
87SB
8Rare 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 | 71 | 77 |
| Batting · Doubles | 515 | 517 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 700 | 702 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 8,838 | 8,840 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,232 | 1,234 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,424 | 1,433 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 87 | 88 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,059 | 1,060 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,124 | 8,838 | 7,579 | 1,232 | 2,285 | 515 | 118 | 170 | 1,424 | 1,059 | 700 | 87 | 71 | 34 | 0 | 3,546 | .301 | .390 | .468 | .858 |
Streaks
22longest hitting streak · 1934-06-08 to 1934-07-01
35longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1929-09-02 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1929-09-02 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1938-08-05 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1064 | 4334 | 1174 | 86 | 754 | 545 | 311 | .319 | .397 | .502 |
| Away | 1060 | 4506 | 1111 | 84 | 679 | 515 | 391 | .285 | .361 | .436 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 139 | 596 | 144 | 8 | 86 | 88 | 44 | .291 | .389 | .459 |
| May | 359 | 1516 | 390 | 31 | 254 | 192 | 122 | .301 | .384 | .468 |
| June | 381 | 1574 | 425 | 31 | 298 | 173 | 113 | .310 | .380 | .484 |
| July | 438 | 1815 | 469 | 35 | 289 | 228 | 131 | .306 | .384 | .470 |
| August | 434 | 1821 | 464 | 43 | 298 | 193 | 161 | .292 | .361 | .467 |
| September | 371 | 1512 | 392 | 22 | 208 | 184 | 131 | .303 | .381 | .455 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 305 | 1299 | 351 | 19 | 196 | 142 | 103 | .311 | .380 | .464 |
| chicago-white-sox | 305 | 1254 | 308 | 26 | 186 | 146 | 101 | .288 | .362 | .435 |
| detroit-tigers | 304 | 1282 | 329 | 25 | 216 | 163 | 109 | .300 | .384 | .467 |
| cleveland-guardians | 300 | 1261 | 328 | 13 | 195 | 157 | 105 | .305 | .385 | .438 |
| new-york-yankees | 291 | 1218 | 319 | 30 | 193 | 141 | 105 | .305 | .378 | .489 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 288 | 1231 | 329 | 33 | 213 | 163 | 72 | .315 | .400 | .515 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 157 | 639 | 150 | 20 | 120 | 84 | 51 | .278 | .366 | .492 |
| boston-red-sox | 124 | 540 | 144 | 4 | 100 | 56 | 38 | .305 | .370 | .481 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 83 | 22 | – | 11 | – | .265 | – | – |
| 1927 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 22 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .227 | – | – |
| 1928 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 63 | 227 | 55 | – | 24 | 4 | .242 | – | – |
| 1929 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 145 | 494 | 139 | 8 | 63 | 6 | .281 | – | – |
| 1930 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 154 | 587 | 203 | 13 | 127 | 17 | .346 | – | – |
| 1931 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 156 | 611 | 187 | 12 | 126 | 10 | .306 | – | – |
| 1932 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 143 | 557 | 177 | 6 | 116 | 7 | .318 | – | – |
| 1933 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 152 | 602 | 186 | 5 | 118 | 5 | .309 | – | – |
| 1934 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 127 | 504 | 143 | 7 | 101 | 8 | .284 | – | – |
| 1935 |  Boston Red Sox | 144 | 556 | 164 | 9 | 95 | 3 | .295 | – | – |
| 1936 | Boston Red Sox | 81 | 295 | 83 | 2 | 43 | 1 | .281 | – | – |
| 1937 | Boston Red Sox | 148 | 570 | 175 | 18 | 114 | 5 | .307 | – | – |
| 1938 | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 530 | 172 | 17 | 95 | 7 | .325 | – | – |
| 1939 | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 520 | 160 | 19 | 107 | 6 | .308 | – | – |
| 1940 | Boston Red Sox | 149 | 548 | 156 | 24 | 111 | 7 | .285 | – | – |
| 1941 | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 518 | 161 | 16 | 96 | 1 | .311 | – | – |
| 1942 | Boston Red Sox | 45 | 79 | 24 | 4 | 24 | – | .304 | – | – |
| 1943 | Boston Red Sox | 59 | 77 | 24 | 5 | 29 | – | .312 | – | – |
| 1944 | Boston Red Sox | 76 | 191 | 46 | 5 | 29 | 1 | .241 | – | – |
| 1945 | Boston Red Sox | 3 | 8 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .375 | – | – |