Joe Pepitone
1962–1973 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, New York Yankees
1,397G
.258AVG
.301OBP
.432SLG
More career statistics
1,315H
219HR
721RBI
41SB
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 · Plate appearances | 5,476 | 5,475 |
| Batting · RBI | 721 | 722 |
| Batting · Walks | 302 | 301 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,397 | 5,476 | 5,097 | 606 | 1,315 | 158 | 35 | 219 | 721 | 302 | 526 | 41 | 32 | 28 | 35 | 2,200 | .258 | .301 | .432 | .733 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1971-06-03 to 1971-06-20
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Two Homers in an Inning | 1962-05-23 | 1 in 3,109 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1964-08-29 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1970-06-29 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 685 | 2653 | 649 | 116 | 380 | 155 | 251 | .264 | .303 | .453 |
| Away | 712 | 2822 | 666 | 103 | 342 | 146 | 275 | .252 | .288 | .412 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 149 | 580 | 134 | 20 | 62 | 34 | 45 | .248 | .290 | .419 |
| May | 256 | 1012 | 254 | 44 | 145 | 52 | 99 | .267 | .302 | .461 |
| June | 257 | 1012 | 253 | 42 | 142 | 62 | 73 | .273 | .311 | .446 |
| July | 264 | 1023 | 252 | 47 | 146 | 57 | 100 | .264 | .302 | .460 |
| August | 249 | 1011 | 234 | 31 | 125 | 46 | 117 | .246 | .277 | .386 |
| September | 213 | 802 | 177 | 33 | 97 | 49 | 87 | .240 | .282 | .402 |
| October | 9 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .324 | .343 | .529 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 125 | 498 | 124 | 25 | 73 | 25 | 70 | .264 | .299 | .467 |
| baltimore-orioles | 121 | 470 | 112 | 16 | 52 | 23 | 50 | .255 | .287 | .407 |
| cleveland-guardians | 118 | 468 | 145 | 18 | 69 | 28 | 43 | .331 | .370 | .514 |
| boston-red-sox | 118 | 457 | 101 | 18 | 55 | 21 | 44 | .235 | .267 | .417 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 113 | 432 | 104 | 18 | 77 | 30 | 38 | .265 | .310 | .454 |
| minnesota-twins | 113 | 424 | 85 | 19 | 58 | 25 | 51 | .217 | .259 | .384 |
| chicago-white-sox | 105 | 408 | 76 | 11 | 38 | 19 | 32 | .197 | .233 | .286 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 85 | 354 | 90 | 18 | 53 | 16 | 30 | .272 | .299 | .498 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  New York Yankees | 63 | 138 | 33 | 7 | 17 | 1 | .239 | – | – |
| 1963 | New York Yankees | 157 | 580 | 157 | 27 | 89 | 3 | .271 | – | – |
| 1964 | New York Yankees | 160 | 613 | 154 | 28 | 100 | 2 | .251 | – | – |
| 1965 | New York Yankees | 143 | 531 | 131 | 18 | 63 | 4 | .247 | – | – |
| 1966 | New York Yankees | 152 | 585 | 149 | 31 | 83 | 4 | .255 | – | – |
| 1967 | New York Yankees | 133 | 501 | 126 | 13 | 64 | 1 | .251 | – | – |
| 1968 | New York Yankees | 108 | 380 | 93 | 15 | 56 | 8 | .245 | – | – |
| 1969 | New York Yankees | 135 | 513 | 124 | 27 | 70 | 8 | .242 | – | – |
| 1970 | Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros | 131 | 492 | 127 | 26 | 79 | 5 | .258 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Chicago Cubs | 115 | 427 | 131 | 16 | 61 | 1 | .307 | – | – |
| 1972 | Chicago Cubs | 66 | 214 | 56 | 8 | 21 | 1 | .262 | – | – |
| 1973 | Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs | 34 | 123 | 34 | 3 | 19 | 3 | .276 | – | – |