Lennie Pearson
1936–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASP, Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, NAS, NNS, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
535G
.294AVG
.352OBP
.467SLG
More career statistics
557H
58HR
369RBI
46SB
0–1W–L
4.1IP
0K
4.15ERA
1GS
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 · Games | 535 | 556 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,894 | 1,968 |
| Batting · Doubles | 105 | 92 |
| Batting · Hits | 557 | 608 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Home runs | 58 | 69 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,084 | 2,159 |
| Batting · Runs | 360 | 385 |
| Batting · RBI | 369 | 287 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 46 | 43 |
| Batting · Triples | 24 | 25 |
| Batting · Walks | 168 | 177 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 24 | 23 |
| Pitching · p er | 2 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 535 | 2,084 | 1,894 | 360 | 557 | 105 | 24 | 58 | 369 | 168 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 884 | .294 | .352 | .467 | .819 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 1.846 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1940-07-07 to 1941-05-25
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1946-08-23 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1943-07-05 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1940-08-01 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 325 | 1246 | 361 | 46 | 179 | 110 | 3 | .320 | .378 | .511 |
| Away | 231 | 913 | 247 | 23 | 108 | 67 | 5 | .294 | .344 | .453 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 |
| May | 123 | 464 | 122 | 17 | 56 | 35 | 3 | .288 | .338 | .479 |
| June | 137 | 538 | 160 | 14 | 75 | 37 | 2 | .323 | .366 | .487 |
| July | 137 | 546 | 142 | 17 | 66 | 58 | 1 | .292 | .366 | .468 |
| August | 121 | 457 | 138 | 15 | 60 | 36 | 2 | .329 | .381 | .512 |
| September | 36 | 147 | 45 | 6 | 30 | 10 | 0 | .331 | .374 | .507 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 138 | 510 | 143 | 15 | 69 | 39 | 2 | .304 | .357 | .459 |
| homestead-grays | 115 | 438 | 122 | 12 | 48 | 28 | 2 | .300 | .342 | .463 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 95 | 380 | 104 | 14 | 45 | 31 | 1 | .301 | .355 | .487 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 73 | 300 | 94 | 10 | 42 | 27 | 2 | .352 | .403 | .577 |
| new-york-cubans | 70 | 266 | 74 | 13 | 48 | 21 | 0 | .302 | .357 | .535 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 14 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .288 | .383 | .346 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 12 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .386 | .386 | .682 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 8 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .296 | .387 | .296 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | NENewark Eagles | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1937 | NENewark Eagles | 30 | 109 | 28 | 2 | 16 | 2 | .257 | – | – |
| 1938 | NENewark Eagles | 37 | 125 | 36 | 2 | 15 | 2 | .288 | – | – |
| 1939 | NENewark Eagles | 42 | 154 | 41 | 3 | 11 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1940 | NENewark Eagles | 42 | 158 | 57 | 7 | 23 | 4 | .361 | – | – |
| 1941 | NENewark Eagles | 29 | 96 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 4 | .271 | 4 | – |
| 1942 | NENewark Eagles | 39 | 131 | 43 | 10 | 28 | 1 | .328 | – | – |
| 1943 | NENewark Eagles | 40 | 130 | 41 | 8 | 17 | 6 | .315 | – | – |
| 1944 | NENewark Eagles | 38 | 133 | 44 | 3 | 22 | – | .331 | – | – |
| 1945 | NENewark Eagles | 24 | 80 | 29 | 4 | 11 | – | .362 | – | – |
| 1946 | NENewark Eagles | 60 | 216 | 70 | 7 | 42 | 15 | .324 | – | – |
| 1947 | NENewark Eagles | 61 | 226 | 62 | 7 | 25 | 5 | .274 | – | – |
| 1948 | NENewark Eagles | 55 | 206 | 60 | 6 | 29 | 2 | .291 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 58 | 204 | 71 | 6 | 38 | 2 | .348 | – | – |