Joe Sugden
1897–1912 · bats B / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Spiders, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
836G
.255AVG
.319OBP
.303SLG
More career statistics
696H
3HR
283RBI
48SB
1.0IP
0K
0.00ERA
0GS
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 | 836 | 641 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,726 | 2,044 |
| Batting · Doubles | 72 | 46 |
| Batting · Hits | 696 | 489 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 33 | 22 |
| Batting · Home runs | 3 | 0 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 34 | 78 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,074 | 2,290 |
| Batting · Runs | 303 | 190 |
| Batting · RBI | 283 | 175 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 48 | 35 |
| Batting · Triples | 25 | 12 |
| Batting · Walks | 220 | 156 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 836 | 3,074 | 2,726 | 303 | 696 | 72 | 25 | 3 | 283 | 220 | 34 | 48 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 827 | .255 | .319 | .303 | .622 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1899-09-21 to 1901-05-16
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1904-04-17 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1902-05-12 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1899-07-27 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 300 | 1054 | 240 | 0 | 89 | 77 | 24 | .255 | .301 | .289 |
| Away | 341 | 1236 | 249 | 0 | 86 | 79 | 54 | .226 | .265 | .260 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 35 | 136 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .206 | .256 |
| May | 122 | 431 | 85 | 0 | 40 | 28 | 18 | .221 | .262 | .255 |
| June | 120 | 431 | 92 | 0 | 29 | 32 | 13 | .244 | .288 | .268 |
| July | 102 | 382 | 79 | 0 | 27 | 30 | 17 | .234 | .285 | .272 |
| August | 125 | 444 | 105 | 0 | 33 | 35 | 13 | .264 | .315 | .307 |
| September | 112 | 388 | 82 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 12 | .237 | .281 | .266 |
| October | 25 | 78 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .276 | .282 | .289 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 61 | 224 | 55 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 8 | .284 | .317 | .314 |
| boston-red-sox | 59 | 196 | 46 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 3 | .261 | .301 | .312 |
| detroit-tigers | 55 | 204 | 39 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 6 | .215 | .279 | .260 |
| chicago-white-sox | 54 | 184 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 8 | .178 | .223 | .204 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 53 | 194 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 13 | .207 | .247 | .229 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 47 | 168 | 39 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 2 | .277 | .321 | .312 |
| new-york-yankees | 38 | 123 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | .180 | .236 | .180 |
| louisville-colonels | 29 | 113 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .267 | .310 | .317 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 288 | 64 | – | 38 | 9 | .222 | – | – |
| 1898 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 89 | 291 | 73 | – | 34 | 5 | .251 | – | – |
| 1899 | CSCleveland Spiders | 76 | 250 | 69 | – | 14 | 2 | .276 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Chicago White Sox | 48 | 154 | 42 | – | 19 | 4 | .273 | – | – |
| 1902 |  St. Louis Browns | 68 | 200 | 50 | – | 15 | 2 | .250 | 1 | – |
| 1903 | St. Louis Browns | 79 | 242 | 51 | – | 22 | 4 | .211 | – | – |
| 1904 | St. Louis Browns | 105 | 348 | 93 | – | 30 | 6 | .267 | – | – |
| 1905 | St. Louis Browns | 91 | 267 | 46 | – | 3 | 3 | .172 | – | – |
| 1912 |  Detroit Tigers | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |