Lou Novikoff
1939–1946 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, PIR, TWA, WPS
356G
.282AVG
.325OBP
.384SLG
More career statistics
305H
15HR
138RBI
4SB
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 · Doubles | 45 | 46 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 71 | 72 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,159 | 1,158 |
| Batting · RBI | 138 | 139 |
| Batting · Walks | 64 | 63 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 356 | 1,159 | 1,081 | 107 | 305 | 45 | 10 | 15 | 138 | 64 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 415 | .282 | .325 | .384 | .709 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1943-05-31 to 1943-06-19
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1942-06-19 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1942-07-22 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1941-05-26 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 184 | 612 | 152 | 7 | 66 | 36 | 43 | .268 | .307 | .373 |
| Away | 172 | 546 | 153 | 8 | 73 | 27 | 29 | .298 | .330 | .398 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 92 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | .214 | .250 | .333 |
| May | 69 | 213 | 52 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 8 | .259 | .291 | .363 |
| June | 87 | 291 | 82 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 12 | .308 | .357 | .421 |
| July | 58 | 211 | 62 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 16 | .313 | .341 | .429 |
| August | 62 | 202 | 55 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 16 | .293 | .327 | .372 |
| September | 50 | 142 | 34 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11 | .246 | .268 | .333 |
| October | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 63 | 209 | 58 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 11 | .302 | .344 | .401 |
| cincinnati-reds | 54 | 181 | 43 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 15 | .261 | .304 | .315 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 51 | 163 | 48 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 8 | .318 | .356 | .470 |
| boston-braves | 49 | 157 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 15 | .231 | .280 | .293 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 48 | 158 | 43 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 8 | .289 | .323 | .423 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 45 | 148 | 40 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 8 | .282 | .297 | .458 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 44 | 140 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | .286 | .307 | .331 |
| chicago-cubs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Chicago Cubs | 62 | 203 | 49 | 5 | 24 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago Cubs | 128 | 483 | 145 | 7 | 64 | 3 | .300 | – | – |
| 1943 | Chicago Cubs | 78 | 233 | 65 | – | 29 | – | .279 | – | – |
| 1944 | Chicago Cubs | 71 | 139 | 39 | 3 | 19 | 1 | .281 | – | – |
| 1946 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 17 | 23 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .304 | – | – |