Ken Chase
1936–1943 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, New York Giants, Washington Senators (1901-60)
190G
.165AVG
.190OBP
.203SLG
More career statistics
69H
1HR
27RBI
0SB
53–84W–L
1,165.0IP
582K
4.27ERA
160GS
1SV
7Rare 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 97 | 99 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 449 | 447 |
| Batting · RBI | 27 | 28 |
| Batting · Walks | 12 | 10 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,283 | 5,288 |
| Pitching · p er | 553 | 548 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,188 | 1,189 |
| Pitching · p hr | 55 | 53 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,495 | 3,496 |
| Pitching · p k | 582 | 579 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | 449 | 419 | 28 | 69 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | .165 | .190 | .203 | .393 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,165.0 | 188 | 160 | 62 | 53 | 84 | 1 | 1,188 | 647 | 553 | 55 | 694 | 582 | 0 | 0 | 4.27 | 1.615 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1943-07-05 to 1943-07-27
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1941-06-21 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1940-04-27 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1940-07-01 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 97 | 211 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 42 | .160 | .166 | .190 |
| Away | 93 | 236 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 57 | .169 | .186 | .215 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .300 | .261 | .400 |
| May | 33 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | .034 | .063 | .051 |
| June | 28 | 76 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 21 | .229 | .237 | .271 |
| July | 37 | 84 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 19 | .235 | .250 | .321 |
| August | 42 | 99 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | .124 | .121 | .124 |
| September | 34 | 99 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 21 | .157 | .182 | .191 |
| October | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 38 | 112 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | .173 | .196 | .212 |
| new-york-yankees | 34 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | .136 | .129 | .167 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 22 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | .167 | .188 | .217 |
| chicago-white-sox | 22 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .151 | .164 | .189 |
| st-louis-browns | 20 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | .119 | .114 | .190 |
| detroit-tigers | 19 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .250 | .278 | .281 |
| boston-red-sox | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | 2 | 1 |
| 1937 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 14 | 29 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .034 | 76 | 41 |
| 1938 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 32 | 48 | 10 | – | 6 | – | .208 | 150 | 64 |
| 1939 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 32 | 89 | 15 | – | 7 | – | .169 | 232 | 118 |
| 1940 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 35 | 92 | 15 | 1 | 9 | – | .163 | 261 | 128 |
| 1941 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 33 | 74 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .149 | 206 | 98 |
| 1942 |  Boston Red Sox | 13 | 33 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .182 | 80 | 34 |
| 1943 | Boston Red Sox, New York Giants | 30 | 53 | 10 | – | – | – | .189 | 156 | 95 |