Marv Rickert
1942–1950 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates
402G
.247AVG
.302OBP
.352SLG
More career statistics
284H
19HR
145RBI
4SB
2Rare feats
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 | 1,149 | 1,148 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 7 |
| Batting · Hits | 284 | 285 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 161 | 162 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,248 | 1,247 |
| Batting · RBI | 145 | 146 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402 | 1,248 | 1,149 | 139 | 284 | 45 | 9 | 19 | 145 | 88 | 161 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 404 | .247 | .302 | .352 | .654 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1946-09-04 to 1946-09-12
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1946-09-25 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1946-04-25 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1949-08-05 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 195 | 573 | 137 | 9 | 72 | 45 | 60 | .261 | .318 | .376 |
| Away | 207 | 674 | 148 | 10 | 74 | 43 | 102 | .237 | .283 | .333 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | .216 | .328 | .235 |
| May | 59 | 125 | 34 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | .309 | .376 | .427 |
| June | 99 | 346 | 75 | 8 | 45 | 22 | 48 | .234 | .280 | .355 |
| July | 83 | 277 | 66 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 39 | .255 | .303 | .367 |
| August | 64 | 190 | 43 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 32 | .246 | .305 | .377 |
| September | 68 | 234 | 53 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 24 | .242 | .274 | .301 |
| October | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .214 | .385 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 51 | 152 | 42 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | .298 | .342 | .383 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 46 | 155 | 33 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | .237 | .310 | .338 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 44 | 123 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 24 | .139 | .220 | .241 |
| cincinnati-reds | 44 | 127 | 32 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 20 | .274 | .323 | .470 |
| new-york-giants | 41 | 135 | 31 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 14 | .244 | .281 | .331 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 37 | 98 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | .233 | .286 | .289 |
| boston-braves | 30 | 94 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 12 | .261 | .298 | .375 |
| chicago-cubs | 25 | 62 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 14 | .367 | .387 | .517 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Chicago Cubs | 8 | 26 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .269 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago Cubs | 111 | 392 | 103 | 7 | 47 | 3 | .263 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago Cubs | 71 | 137 | 21 | 2 | 15 | – | .153 | – | – |
| 1948 | Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds | 11 | 19 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .211 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Boston Braves | 100 | 276 | 81 | 6 | 49 | 1 | .293 | – | – |
| 1950 | Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates | 101 | 298 | 69 | 4 | 31 | – | .232 | – | – |