Lou Sleater
1950–1958 · bats L / throws L · Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
145G
.204AVG
.234OBP
.340SLG
More career statistics
21H
4HR
12RBI
0SB
12–18W–L
300.2IP
152K
4.70ERA
21GS
5SV
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 | 103 | 104 |
| Batting · Walks | 4 | 3 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,367 | 1,362 |
| Pitching · p k | 152 | 151 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | 109 | 103 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | .204 | .234 | .340 | .574 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300.7 | 131 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 306 | 181 | 157 | 32 | 172 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 1.590 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1956-05-11 to 1956-07-21
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1951-05-06 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 14 hits allowed | 1951-05-12 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 9 scoreless innings | 1952-05-25 | 1 in 62 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  St. Louis Browns | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 1951 | St. Louis Browns | 25 | 31 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .226 | 81 | 33 |
| 1952 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 19 | 22 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .045 | 65 | 23 |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 21 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | .154 | 25 | 10 |
| 1956 |  Milwaukee Braves | 25 | 10 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .500 | 45 | 32 |
| 1957 |  Detroit Tigers | 41 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 7 | – | .238 | 69 | 43 |
| 1958 | Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | .143 | 12 | 9 |