Lee King
1916–1922 · bats R / throws R · New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
413G
.247AVG
.299OBP
.366SLG
More career statistics
294H
15HR
144RBI
16SB
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 · At bats | 1,189 | 1,190 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 13 | 24 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,306 | 1,309 |
| Batting · RBI | 144 | 148 |
| Batting · Triples | 18 | 19 |
| Batting · Walks | 82 | 83 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 413 | 1,306 | 1,189 | 134 | 294 | 60 | 18 | 15 | 144 | 82 | 175 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 435 | .247 | .299 | .366 | .665 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1917-06-23 to 1917-06-30
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1922-04-28 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1921-08-16 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1917-07-07 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 209 | 646 | 145 | 10 | 72 | 33 | 89 | .243 | .276 | .383 |
| Away | 204 | 663 | 149 | 5 | 76 | 50 | 86 | .251 | .300 | .352 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 85 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | .224 | .282 | .316 |
| May | 71 | 213 | 47 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 26 | .250 | .310 | .378 |
| June | 66 | 201 | 46 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 27 | .261 | .318 | .364 |
| July | 76 | 272 | 69 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 36 | .279 | .305 | .389 |
| August | 72 | 207 | 47 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 29 | .241 | .266 | .374 |
| September | 92 | 314 | 63 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 53 | .214 | .248 | .347 |
| October | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .357 | .412 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 65 | 225 | 45 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 23 | .213 | .240 | .303 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 65 | 222 | 41 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 35 | .202 | .243 | .276 |
| chicago-cubs | 60 | 191 | 40 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 21 | .252 | .346 | .358 |
| boston-braves | 57 | 176 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 33 | .208 | .244 | .302 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 54 | 152 | 44 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 24 | .312 | .342 | .454 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 45 | 110 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | .330 | .364 | .510 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 36 | 122 | 36 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 18 | .313 | .328 | .591 |
| new-york-giants | 31 | 111 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 13 | .216 | .252 | .284 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 18 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .111 | – | – |
| 1917 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 111 | 382 | 95 | 1 | 36 | 8 | .249 | – | – |
| 1918 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 112 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 3 | .232 | – | – |
| 1919 |  New York Giants | 22 | 20 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .100 | – | – |
| 1920 | New York Giants | 93 | 261 | 72 | 7 | 43 | 3 | .276 | – | – |
| 1921 | New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies | 103 | 310 | 79 | 4 | 39 | 1 | .255 | – | – |
| 1922 | New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies | 40 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .207 | – | – |