Joe Delahanty
1907–1909 · bats R / throws R · St. Louis Cardinals
270G
.238AVG
.301OBP
.315SLG
More career statistics
222H
4HR
100RBI
24SB
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 · Hits | 222 | 221 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,043 | 1,042 |
| Batting · RBI | 100 | 105 |
| Batting · Walks | 74 | 72 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 270 | 1,043 | 932 | 68 | 222 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 100 | 74 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 294 | .238 | .301 | .315 | .616 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1908-05-21 to 1908-05-29
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1908-07-19 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1907-09-30 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1908-07-13 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 139 | 526 | 108 | 2 | 47 | 38 | 32 | .229 | .278 | .297 |
| Away | 131 | 516 | 113 | 2 | 58 | 34 | 53 | .245 | .285 | .332 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 101 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | .258 | .277 | .337 |
| May | 41 | 141 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | .272 | .326 | .344 |
| June | 31 | 120 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 10 | .212 | .275 | .279 |
| July | 55 | 236 | 44 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 21 | .208 | .258 | .321 |
| August | 56 | 217 | 47 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 15 | .240 | .272 | .321 |
| September | 50 | 195 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 18 | .241 | .292 | .264 |
| October | 12 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .281 | .281 | .438 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 44 | 169 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 13 | .195 | .237 | .208 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 42 | 161 | 41 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 16 | .289 | .329 | .380 |
| boston-braves | 39 | 156 | 33 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 7 | .226 | .244 | .349 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 38 | 138 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 13 | .192 | .254 | .275 |
| cincinnati-reds | 37 | 142 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 8 | .244 | .275 | .313 |
| new-york-giants | 37 | 154 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 20 | .224 | .305 | .276 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 33 | 122 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | .305 | .336 | .429 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .318 | – | – |
| 1908 | St. Louis Cardinals | 140 | 499 | 126 | 1 | 41 | 11 | .253 | – | – |
| 1909 | St. Louis Cardinals | 123 | 411 | 88 | 2 | 62 | 10 | .214 | – | – |