Johnny Hudson
1936–1945 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants
426G
.242AVG
.296OBP
.314SLG
More career statistics
283H
4HR
96RBI
17SB
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 · Strikeouts | 164 | 163 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,277 | 1,279 |
| Batting · Runs | 138 | 137 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 17 | 16 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 426 | 1,277 | 1,169 | 138 | 283 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 96 | 87 | 164 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 367 | .242 | .296 | .314 | .610 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1938-05-05 to 1938-05-16
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1938-08-25 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1939-04-21 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1939-07-28 | 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 | 208 | 573 | 131 | 2 | 43 | 39 | 67 | .249 | .297 | .326 |
| Away | 218 | 706 | 152 | 2 | 53 | 48 | 96 | .237 | .283 | .304 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 75 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | .229 | .267 | .286 |
| May | 68 | 195 | 47 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 38 | .267 | .328 | .392 |
| June | 77 | 206 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 23 | .210 | .282 | .282 |
| July | 78 | 225 | 59 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 25 | .281 | .311 | .352 |
| August | 87 | 286 | 67 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 30 | .256 | .297 | .317 |
| September | 89 | 281 | 53 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 26 | .205 | .249 | .259 |
| October | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 70 | 228 | 50 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 26 | .236 | .263 | .307 |
| new-york-giants | 65 | 205 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 32 | .223 | .259 | .264 |
| boston-braves | 62 | 199 | 45 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 22 | .253 | .307 | .331 |
| chicago-cubs | 59 | 150 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 23 | .224 | .300 | .299 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 58 | 164 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 21 | .220 | .274 | .293 |
| cincinnati-reds | 53 | 175 | 44 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 19 | .277 | .337 | .346 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 48 | 131 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 17 | .280 | .321 | .398 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 11 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .185 | .240 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 6 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1937 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 13 | 27 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .185 | – | – |
| 1938 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 135 | 498 | 130 | 2 | 37 | 7 | .261 | – | – |
| 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 109 | 343 | 87 | 2 | 32 | 5 | .254 | – | – |
| 1940 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 85 | 179 | 39 | – | 19 | 1 | .218 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Chicago Cubs | 50 | 99 | 20 | – | 6 | 3 | .202 | – | – |
| 1945 |  New York Giants | 28 | 11 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |