Max Macon
1938–1947 · bats L / throws L · Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals
226G
.265AVG
.288OBP
.333SLG
More career statistics
133H
3HR
46RBI
9SB
17–19W–L
297.1IP
90K
4.27ERA
29GS
3SV
1Rare feat
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 · Strikeouts | 32 | 34 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,314 | 1,305 |
| Pitching · p k | 90 | 91 |
| Pitching · p w | 128 | 129 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | 524 | 502 | 54 | 133 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | .265 | .288 | .333 | .621 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 297.3 | 81 | 29 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 307 | 172 | 141 | 20 | 128 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 4.27 | 1.463 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1944-05-06 to 1944-05-13
7longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1944-05-14 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 111 | 257 | 54 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 19 | .220 | .253 | .318 |
| Away | 115 | 267 | 79 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 15 | .307 | .315 | .346 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
| May | 46 | 150 | 40 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 12 | .270 | .273 | .338 |
| June | 41 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .164 | .174 | .179 |
| July | 44 | 96 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | .245 | .260 | .394 |
| August | 48 | 108 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | .347 | .380 | .406 |
| September | 38 | 93 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | .274 | .312 | .310 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 34 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .215 | .232 | .292 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 32 | 73 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | .294 | .301 | .324 |
| cincinnati-reds | 31 | 67 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .284 | .284 | .328 |
| chicago-cubs | 30 | 75 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .297 | .307 | .419 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 29 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .262 | .297 | .262 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 27 | 91 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .321 | .363 | .417 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 26 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | .200 | .224 | .308 |
| boston-braves | 17 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 46 | 36 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .306 | 129 | 39 |
| 1940 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | 2 | 1 |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 26 | 43 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 | .279 | 84 | 28 |
| 1943 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 45 | 55 | 9 | – | 6 | 1 | .164 | 77 | 21 |
| 1944 |  Boston Braves | 106 | 366 | 100 | 3 | 36 | 7 | .273 | 3 | 1 |
| 1947 | Boston Braves | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 2 | 1 |