Matt Carlisle
1935–1948 · bats R / throws R · Homestead Grays, Indianapolis Clowns, Memphis Red Sox, MTG, NNL, NNS, New York Cubans
456G
.282AVG
.348OBP
.393SLG
More career statistics
426H
12HR
220RBI
48SB
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 · Games | 456 | 326 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,513 | 1,121 |
| Batting · Doubles | 60 | 38 |
| Batting · Hits | 426 | 304 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 7 | 4 |
| Batting · Home runs | 12 | 11 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,719 | 1,235 |
| Batting · Runs | 271 | 190 |
| Batting · RBI | 220 | 85 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 48 | 30 |
| Batting · Triples | 36 | 26 |
| Batting · Walks | 148 | 90 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456 | 1,719 | 1,513 | 271 | 426 | 60 | 36 | 12 | 220 | 148 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 594 | .282 | .348 | .393 | .741 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1935-06-29 to 1935-08-10
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1938-08-21 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1935-06-15 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1941-09-01 | 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 | 157 | 571 | 162 | 6 | 49 | 45 | 6 | .316 | .363 | .449 |
| Away | 169 | 664 | 142 | 5 | 36 | 45 | 6 | .233 | .282 | .323 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .174 | .208 | .174 |
| May | 85 | 323 | 78 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 3 | .266 | .313 | .420 |
| June | 73 | 273 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 3 | .287 | .341 | .373 |
| July | 72 | 287 | 67 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 1 | .257 | .314 | .352 |
| August | 70 | 252 | 68 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 5 | .296 | .337 | .409 |
| September | 21 | 76 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .243 | .263 | .329 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 79 | 299 | 75 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 4 | .260 | .274 | .340 |
| newark-eagles | 58 | 219 | 46 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 1 | .240 | .311 | .292 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 44 | 149 | 33 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .252 | .322 | .389 |
| new-york-cubans | 38 | 133 | 39 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .315 | .338 | .444 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 36 | 147 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .252 | .313 | .351 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 21 | 77 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .312 | .377 | .453 |
| WEG | 14 | 54 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .327 | .352 | .404 |
| BRN | 12 | 53 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .438 | .472 | .771 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Homestead Grays | 49 | 184 | 63 | 2 | 12 | 4 | .342 | – | – |
| 1936 | Homestead Grays | 43 | 158 | 43 | – | 7 | 2 | .272 | – | – |
| 1937 | Homestead Grays | 48 | 186 | 49 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .263 | – | – |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays | 41 | 166 | 37 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .223 | – | – |
| 1940 | Homestead Grays | 42 | 142 | 41 | 3 | 16 | 6 | .289 | – | – |
| 1941 | Homestead Grays | 44 | 133 | 35 | 2 | 19 | 10 | .263 | – | – |
| 1942 | Homestead Grays | 27 | 74 | 19 | – | 6 | 4 | .257 | – | – |
| 1943 | Homestead Grays | 10 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | – | .345 | – | – |
| 1944 | Homestead Grays | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1946 | Homestead Grays | 17 | 40 | 7 | – | 3 | 1 | .175 | – | – |
| 1948 | NCNew York Cubans | 4 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |