John Britton
1940–1949 · bats L / throws R · Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, CI2, Indianapolis Clowns, SAS, SNO
143G
.279AVG
.310OBP
.338SLG
More career statistics
162H
1HR
69RBI
10SB
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 · Games | 143 | 177 |
| Batting · At bats | 580 | 542 |
| Batting · Doubles | 19 | 28 |
| Batting · Hits | 162 | 177 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Home runs | 1 | 5 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 615 | 576 |
| Batting · Runs | 78 | 94 |
| Batting · RBI | 69 | 64 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 10 | 8 |
| Batting · Triples | 6 | 5 |
| Batting · Walks | 23 | 18 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | 615 | 580 | 78 | 162 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 196 | .279 | .310 | .338 | .648 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1945-05-06 to 1946-06-30
14longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1947-08-17 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 86 | 287 | 89 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 1 | .324 | .331 | .422 |
| Away | 91 | 289 | 88 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 2 | .330 | .346 | .427 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .625 | .625 | .625 |
| May | 48 | 138 | 37 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 3 | .282 | .297 | .344 |
| June | 45 | 154 | 53 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .366 | .364 | .510 |
| July | 35 | 131 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .240 | .260 | .306 |
| August | 35 | 119 | 42 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .372 | .387 | .504 |
| September | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .562 | .611 | .562 |
| October | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-monarchs | 38 | 146 | 35 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .259 | .274 | .333 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 34 | 91 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .353 | .352 | .471 |
| chicago-american-giants | 29 | 74 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .347 | .338 | .514 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 16 | 46 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .364 | .391 | .432 |
| memphis-red-sox | 13 | 58 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .393 | .414 | .536 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 11 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .317 |
| new-york-cubans | 6 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .423 | .423 | .423 |
| cincinnati-clowns | 6 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 | .389 | .375 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | SNO | 4 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1942 | CGChicago American Giants | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1943 | CI2 | 32 | 96 | 36 | – | 7 | 2 | .375 | – | – |
| 1944 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 30 | 96 | 36 | – | 9 | 2 | .375 | – | – |
| 1945 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 12 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 8 | – | .410 | – | – |
| 1946 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 15 | 44 | 11 | – | 6 | 2 | .250 | – | – |
| 1947 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 17 | 47 | 20 | 1 | 5 | – | .426 | – | – |
| 1948 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 38 | 129 | 37 | 3 | 22 | 1 | .287 | – | – |
| 1949 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 28 | 84 | 20 | – | 7 | 1 | .238 | – | – |