Johnny Callison
1958–1973 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, NLS, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies
1,886G
.264AVG
.331OBP
.441SLG
More career statistics
1,757H
226HR
840RBI
74SB
6Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 51 | 52 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,886 | 7,437 | 6,652 | 926 | 1,757 | 321 | 89 | 226 | 840 | 650 | 1,064 | 74 | 51 | 41 | 43 | 2,934 | .264 | .331 | .441 | .772 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1970-08-12 to 1970-08-26
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1963-06-27 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1964-09-27 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1961-08-27 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 950 | 3683 | 896 | 110 | 423 | 335 | 518 | .274 | .334 | .464 |
| Away | 936 | 3754 | 861 | 116 | 417 | 315 | 546 | .255 | .313 | .419 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 212 | 847 | 191 | 22 | 102 | 72 | 118 | .253 | .311 | .401 |
| May | 354 | 1406 | 327 | 37 | 146 | 141 | 190 | .263 | .333 | .435 |
| June | 315 | 1228 | 286 | 33 | 124 | 90 | 180 | .257 | .306 | .425 |
| July | 330 | 1277 | 306 | 41 | 146 | 117 | 191 | .269 | .331 | .449 |
| August | 345 | 1403 | 355 | 54 | 170 | 121 | 186 | .282 | .339 | .490 |
| September | 316 | 1226 | 281 | 38 | 148 | 104 | 191 | .255 | .314 | .431 |
| October | 14 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | .250 | .320 | .364 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 200 | 763 | 182 | 18 | 79 | 62 | 122 | .267 | .320 | .431 |
| cincinnati-reds | 186 | 797 | 196 | 26 | 85 | 88 | 110 | .282 | .356 | .499 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 183 | 715 | 179 | 24 | 80 | 66 | 100 | .282 | .343 | .454 |
| san-francisco-giants | 183 | 747 | 168 | 22 | 77 | 60 | 106 | .247 | .305 | .417 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 176 | 691 | 169 | 19 | 61 | 63 | 100 | .273 | .336 | .428 |
| chicago-cubs | 165 | 665 | 164 | 22 | 83 | 56 | 76 | .276 | .331 | .480 |
| new-york-mets | 157 | 636 | 159 | 23 | 84 | 48 | 93 | .277 | .325 | .477 |
| houston-astros | 148 | 630 | 147 | 19 | 70 | 49 | 110 | .257 | .311 | .448 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Chicago White Sox | 18 | 64 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .297 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 49 | 104 | 18 | 3 | 12 | – | .173 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 99 | 288 | 75 | 9 | 30 | – | .260 | – | – |
| 1961 | Philadelphia Phillies | 138 | 455 | 121 | 9 | 47 | 10 | .266 | – | – |
| 1962 | Philadelphia Phillies | 157 | 603 | 181 | 23 | 83 | 10 | .300 | – | – |
| 1963 | Philadelphia Phillies | 157 | 626 | 178 | 26 | 78 | 8 | .284 | – | – |
| 1964 | Philadelphia Phillies | 162 | 654 | 179 | 31 | 104 | 6 | .274 | – | – |
| 1965 | Philadelphia Phillies | 160 | 619 | 162 | 32 | 101 | 6 | .262 | – | – |
| 1966 | Philadelphia Phillies | 155 | 612 | 169 | 11 | 55 | 8 | .276 | – | – |
| 1967 | Philadelphia Phillies | 149 | 556 | 145 | 14 | 64 | 6 | .261 | – | – |
| 1968 | Philadelphia Phillies | 121 | 398 | 97 | 14 | 40 | 4 | .244 | – | – |
| 1969 | Philadelphia Phillies | 134 | 495 | 131 | 16 | 64 | 2 | .265 | – | – |
| 1970 |  Chicago Cubs | 147 | 477 | 126 | 19 | 68 | 7 | .264 | – | – |
| 1971 | Chicago Cubs | 103 | 290 | 61 | 8 | 38 | 2 | .210 | – | – |
| 1972 |  New York Yankees | 92 | 275 | 71 | 9 | 34 | 3 | .258 | – | – |
| 1973 | New York Yankees | 45 | 136 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .176 | – | – |