King Cole
1909–1915 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates
130G
.173AVG
.202OBP
.217SLG
More career statistics
43H
0HR
16RBI
2SB
54–27W–L
730.2IP
298K
3.12ERA
86GS
2SV
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 · Games | 130 | 131 |
| Batting · At bats | 249 | 248 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 80 | 84 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 271 | 269 |
| Batting · RBI | 16 | 20 |
| Batting · Walks | 7 | 6 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,001 | 3,073 |
| Pitching · p cg | 47 | 48 |
| Pitching · p er | 253 | 250 |
| Pitching · p gs | 86 | 85 |
| Pitching · p h | 657 | 656 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,192 | 2,190 |
| Pitching · p k | 298 | 300 |
| Pitching · p w | 331 | 334 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | 271 | 249 | 17 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 54 | .173 | .202 | .217 | .419 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 730.7 | 129 | 86 | 47 | 54 | 27 | 2 | 657 | 309 | 253 | 13 | 331 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 1.352 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1909-10-06 to 1910-05-08
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1910-10-09 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1910-08-17 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1910-06-15 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 73 | 125 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 35 | .186 | .192 | .229 |
| Away | 58 | 144 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 49 | .162 | .174 | .208 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .364 | .417 | .455 |
| May | 17 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .174 | .192 | .261 |
| June | 21 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | .186 | .208 | .233 |
| July | 27 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | .133 | .118 | .156 |
| August | 30 | 66 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 19 | .213 | .227 | .262 |
| September | 22 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .048 | .048 | .048 |
| October | 8 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | .261 | .250 | .348 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 15 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | .282 | .268 | .410 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 14 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .152 | .167 | .182 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 13 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .267 | .258 | .367 |
| cincinnati-reds | 12 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .200 | .242 | .233 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 11 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .136 | .143 |
| boston-braves | 11 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .138 | .147 | .138 |
| new-york-giants | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| detroit-tigers | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .111 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Chicago Cubs | 1 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .750 | 9 | 1 |
| 1910 | Chicago Cubs | 35 | 92 | 21 | – | 9 | 1 | .228 | 238 | 114 |
| 1911 | Chicago Cubs | 32 | 79 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 | .152 | 221 | 101 |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 20 | 20 | 4 | – | 6 | – | .200 | 69 | 21 |
| 1914 |  New York Yankees | 33 | 40 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .050 | 141 | 43 |
| 1915 | New York Yankees | 10 | 13 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .077 | 51 | 20 |