Joe Gallagher
1939–1942 · bats R / throws R · ASD, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
165G
.273AVG
.314OBP
.446SLG
More career statistics
133H
16HR
73RBI
4SB
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 · At bats | 487 | 486 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 76 | 77 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 525 | 526 |
| Batting · Walks | 26 | 27 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165 | 525 | 487 | 73 | 133 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 73 | 26 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 217 | .273 | .314 | .446 | .760 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1939-06-14 to 1939-06-24
13longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1939-09-20 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1940-07-13 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 81 | 248 | 59 | 9 | 36 | 10 | 38 | .254 | .278 | .440 |
| Away | 84 | 278 | 74 | 7 | 37 | 17 | 39 | .291 | .327 | .453 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 63 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .217 | .254 | .300 |
| May | 24 | 63 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .291 | .317 | .545 |
| June | 29 | 101 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 13 | .344 | .366 | .441 |
| July | 36 | 113 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 18 | .215 | .230 | .383 |
| August | 20 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | .270 | .282 | .568 |
| September | 41 | 147 | 39 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 17 | .291 | .340 | .493 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 21 | 90 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | .313 | .344 | .482 |
| cleveland-guardians | 21 | 74 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 12 | .217 | .230 | .362 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 17 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 | .228 | .246 | .298 |
| detroit-tigers | 13 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | .289 | .396 | .578 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 13 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 5 | .348 | .392 | .652 |
| chicago-cubs | 13 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .312 | .333 | .562 |
| new-york-yankees | 12 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | .186 | .217 | .349 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .476 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns | 85 | 306 | 85 | 11 | 49 | 1 | .278 | – | – |
| 1940 | Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns | 80 | 180 | 48 | 5 | 24 | 3 | .267 | – | – |