Lew Ritter
1902–1908 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers
466G
.219AVG
.271OBP
.268SLG
More career statistics
315H
1HR
120RBI
55SB
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 · At bats | 1,437 | 1,434 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,579 | 1,577 |
| Batting · RBI | 120 | 101 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 55 | 56 |
| Batting · Walks | 96 | 93 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 466 | 1,579 | 1,437 | 129 | 315 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 120 | 96 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 385 | .219 | .271 | .268 | .539 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1905-10-03 to 1906-05-08
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1904-07-02 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1903-09-26 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1904-07-04 | 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 | 234 | 772 | 165 | 1 | 56 | 49 | 77 | .237 | .277 | .300 |
| Away | 232 | 805 | 150 | 0 | 45 | 44 | 83 | .204 | .241 | .239 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 96 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | .149 | .219 | .195 |
| May | 74 | 237 | 57 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 27 | .265 | .304 | .335 |
| June | 65 | 227 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 25 | .211 | .269 | .255 |
| July | 100 | 353 | 61 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 36 | .197 | .246 | .246 |
| August | 79 | 261 | 57 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 23 | .238 | .268 | .293 |
| September | 98 | 333 | 62 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 38 | .198 | .222 | .227 |
| October | 20 | 70 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .328 | .329 | .403 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 76 | 264 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 22 | .277 | .303 | .366 |
| new-york-giants | 70 | 234 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 22 | .187 | .239 | .238 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 68 | 216 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 21 | .174 | .218 | .204 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 66 | 226 | 49 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 32 | .246 | .283 | .276 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 65 | 224 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 15 | .185 | .228 | .215 |
| boston-braves | 61 | 208 | 52 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 20 | .281 | .322 | .341 |
| chicago-cubs | 60 | 205 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 28 | .182 | .210 | .229 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 56 | 12 | – | 2 | 2 | .214 | – | – |
| 1903 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 78 | 259 | 61 | – | 27 | 9 | .236 | – | – |
| 1904 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 72 | 213 | 53 | – | 17 | 17 | .249 | – | – |
| 1905 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 92 | 311 | 68 | 1 | 26 | 16 | .219 | – | – |
| 1906 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 77 | 226 | 47 | – | 13 | 7 | .208 | – | – |
| 1907 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 93 | 270 | 55 | – | 13 | 5 | .204 | – | – |
| 1908 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 38 | 99 | 19 | – | 3 | – | .192 | – | – |