Joe Lillard
1932–1944 · bats R / throws R · Chicago American Giants, CI1, Cincinnati Clowns
63G
.257AVG
.287OBP
.342SLG
More career statistics
48H
2HR
17RBI
1SB
4–3W–L
64.1IP
33K
6.30ERA
9GS
3Rare 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 · Games | 63 | 57 |
| Batting · At bats | 187 | 155 |
| Batting · Doubles | 6 | 5 |
| Batting · Hits | 48 | 42 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 199 | 168 |
| Batting · Runs | 20 | 23 |
| Batting · RBI | 17 | 10 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 8 | 7 |
| Pitching · Games | 15 | 18 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 292 | 232 |
| Pitching · p cg | 3 | 4 |
| Pitching · p er | 45 | 18 |
| Pitching · p gs | 9 | 11 |
| Pitching · p h | 78 | 83 |
| Pitching · p hr | 3 | 4 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 193 | 229 |
| Pitching · p k | 33 | 18 |
| Pitching · p r | 53 | 59 |
| Pitching · p w | 25 | 20 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 199 | 187 | 20 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | .257 | .287 | .342 | .629 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64.3 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 53 | 45 | 3 | 25 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 1.601 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1933-07-05 to 1934-05-12
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Six-Run Game | 1934-07-22 | 1 in 15,974 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1934-07-22 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1937-06-29 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | CGChicago American Giants | 18 | 41 | 18 | 2 | 3 | – | .439 | 42 | 12 |
| 1934 | CGChicago American Giants | 35 | 110 | 21 | – | 6 | – | .191 | 19 | 5 |
| 1937 | Chicago American Giants, CI1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .750 | 7 | 1 |
| 1944 | CCCincinnati Clowns | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – |