Joe Tinker
1902–1916 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Whales, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
1,809G
.262AVG
.308OBP
.353SLG
More career statistics
1,687H
31HR
782RBI
336SB
12Rare 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 | 6,434 | 6,437 |
| Batting · Doubles | 263 | 265 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,687 | 1,690 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 149 | 509 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,145 | 7,154 |
| Batting · Runs | 774 | 776 |
| Batting · RBI | 782 | 767 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 336 | 340 |
| Batting · Triples | 114 | 115 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,809 | 7,145 | 6,434 | 774 | 1,687 | 263 | 114 | 31 | 782 | 416 | 149 | 336 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2,271 | .262 | .308 | .353 | .661 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1908-09-01 to 1908-09-13
29longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1904-08-09 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1904-09-18 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1902-09-02 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 885 | 3365 | 762 | 16 | 343 | 212 | 248 | .253 | .289 | .337 |
| Away | 924 | 3789 | 928 | 15 | 424 | 204 | 261 | .271 | .299 | .369 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 156 | 645 | 152 | 1 | 67 | 40 | 36 | .265 | .298 | .365 |
| May | 314 | 1245 | 303 | 4 | 138 | 61 | 90 | .266 | .292 | .355 |
| June | 271 | 1066 | 242 | 4 | 120 | 66 | 71 | .254 | .289 | .334 |
| July | 347 | 1387 | 317 | 8 | 139 | 82 | 103 | .251 | .288 | .332 |
| August | 323 | 1270 | 306 | 7 | 130 | 65 | 98 | .269 | .292 | .376 |
| September | 333 | 1279 | 314 | 7 | 140 | 82 | 98 | .274 | .310 | .372 |
| October | 65 | 262 | 56 | 0 | 33 | 20 | 13 | .246 | .290 | .325 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 258 | 1011 | 261 | 12 | 106 | 44 | 74 | .281 | .302 | .388 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 235 | 930 | 209 | 3 | 89 | 58 | 85 | .250 | .287 | .338 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 234 | 898 | 202 | 3 | 88 | 43 | 61 | .244 | .273 | .343 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 233 | 941 | 211 | 3 | 100 | 64 | 46 | .254 | .292 | .357 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 230 | 914 | 209 | 2 | 101 | 47 | 73 | .254 | .280 | .340 |
| boston-braves | 226 | 935 | 230 | 3 | 110 | 57 | 68 | .275 | .307 | .350 |
| cincinnati-reds | 220 | 872 | 216 | 3 | 109 | 48 | 61 | .276 | .303 | .355 |
| kansas-city-packers | 27 | 115 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .304 | .374 | .412 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 |  Chicago Cubs | 133 | 502 | 132 | 2 | 54 | 27 | .263 | – | – |
| 1903 | Chicago Cubs | 124 | 461 | 134 | 2 | 53 | 27 | .291 | – | – |
| 1904 | Chicago Cubs | 141 | 489 | 108 | 3 | 26 | 41 | .221 | – | – |
| 1905 | Chicago Cubs | 149 | 548 | 135 | 2 | 70 | 31 | .246 | – | – |
| 1906 | Chicago Cubs | 148 | 522 | 122 | 1 | 65 | 30 | .234 | – | – |
| 1907 | Chicago Cubs | 117 | 402 | 89 | 1 | 29 | 19 | .221 | – | – |
| 1908 | Chicago Cubs | 157 | 548 | 146 | 6 | 75 | 32 | .266 | – | – |
| 1909 | Chicago Cubs | 143 | 511 | 132 | 4 | 59 | 23 | .258 | – | – |
| 1910 | Chicago Cubs | 135 | 472 | 136 | 3 | 69 | 20 | .288 | – | – |
| 1911 | Chicago Cubs | 145 | 535 | 149 | 4 | 73 | 31 | .279 | – | – |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs | 142 | 549 | 154 | – | 78 | 25 | .281 | – | – |
| 1913 |  Cincinnati Reds | 111 | 382 | 121 | 1 | 59 | 10 | .317 | – | – |
| 1914 |  Chicago Whales | 126 | 438 | 113 | 2 | 47 | 21 | .258 | – | – |
| 1915 | Chicago Whales | 31 | 68 | 18 | – | 9 | 3 | .265 | – | – |
| 1916 | Chicago Cubs | 7 | 10 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .100 | – | – |