Lou Stringer
1941–1950 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, PIR
409G
.242AVG
.313OBP
.348SLG
More career statistics
290H
19HR
122RBI
7SB
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 · Caught stealing | 0 | 9 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 192 | 194 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,346 | 1,347 |
| Batting · Runs | 148 | 147 |
| Batting · RBI | 122 | 124 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 7 | 9 |
| Batting · Walks | 121 | 122 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 409 | 1,346 | 1,196 | 148 | 290 | 49 | 10 | 19 | 122 | 121 | 192 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 416 | .242 | .313 | .348 | .661 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1942-07-12 to 1942-07-25
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1941-05-12 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1942-08-09 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 8 total bases | 1949-09-16 | 1 in 167 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 198 | 673 | 144 | 6 | 54 | 61 | 95 | .243 | .305 | .340 |
| Away | 211 | 674 | 146 | 13 | 70 | 61 | 99 | .242 | .307 | .356 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 100 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 15 | .253 | .290 | .418 |
| May | 82 | 288 | 57 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 41 | .221 | .285 | .310 |
| June | 90 | 289 | 61 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 43 | .238 | .298 | .320 |
| July | 65 | 208 | 41 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 27 | .229 | .298 | .352 |
| August | 75 | 245 | 55 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 39 | .248 | .318 | .347 |
| September | 60 | 217 | 53 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 29 | .279 | .346 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 54 | 196 | 51 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 18 | .280 | .321 | .396 |
| boston-braves | 53 | 204 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 22 | .256 | .343 | .381 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 51 | 192 | 42 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 29 | .244 | .286 | .302 |
| new-york-giants | 51 | 193 | 36 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 30 | .209 | .275 | .314 |
| cincinnati-reds | 49 | 191 | 36 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 33 | .207 | .262 | .287 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 46 | 147 | 35 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 25 | .267 | .320 | .397 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 42 | 149 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 20 | .234 | .342 | .344 |
| detroit-tigers | 14 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .125 | .192 | .292 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Chicago Cubs | 145 | 512 | 126 | 5 | 53 | 4 | .246 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago Cubs | 121 | 406 | 96 | 9 | 42 | 4 | .236 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago Cubs | 80 | 209 | 51 | 3 | 20 | – | .244 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Boston Red Sox | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | .091 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 35 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 6 | – | .268 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 17 | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | .294 | – | – |