Max Surkont
1949–1957 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Braves, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
236G
.176AVG
.244OBP
.227SLG
More career statistics
63H
1HR
28RBI
0SB
61–76W–L
1,194.1IP
571K
4.38ERA
149GS
8SV
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 | 90 | 89 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,207 | 5,199 |
| Pitching · p er | 581 | 584 |
| Pitching · p hr | 134 | 133 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,583 | 3,584 |
| Pitching · p k | 571 | 575 |
| Pitching · p r | 650 | 651 |
| Pitching · p w | 481 | 482 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 236 | 425 | 357 | 28 | 63 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 31 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 | .176 | .244 | .227 | .471 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,194.3 | 236 | 149 | 53 | 61 | 76 | 8 | 1,209 | 650 | 581 | 134 | 481 | 571 | 0 | 0 | 4.38 | 1.415 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1953-05-31 to 1953-06-26
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1953-07-31 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1953-05-25 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1949-07-26 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 115 | 204 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 41 | .166 | .225 | .189 |
| Away | 121 | 221 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 48 | .186 | .217 | .261 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | .176 | .190 | .294 |
| May | 46 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 23 | .125 | .169 | .139 |
| June | 44 | 95 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | .220 | .253 | .280 |
| July | 41 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | .174 | .258 | .217 |
| August | 39 | 79 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | .152 | .190 | .167 |
| September | 40 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | .211 | .266 | .298 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 36 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | .241 | .265 | .293 |
| cincinnati-reds | 27 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | .184 | .207 | .245 |
| new-york-giants | 27 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | .205 | .231 | .295 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 26 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .208 | .276 | .229 |
| chicago-cubs | 25 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .256 | .294 | .349 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 19 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .061 | .125 | .061 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 16 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | .125 | .128 | .219 |
| milwaukee-braves | 16 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | .107 | .182 | .107 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  Chicago White Sox | 44 | 22 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .045 | 96 | 39 |
| 1950 |  Boston Braves | 9 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 5 | – | .435 | 55 | 21 |
| 1951 | Boston Braves | 37 | 73 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .151 | 237 | 110 |
| 1952 | Boston Braves | 31 | 63 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .111 | 215 | 125 |
| 1953 |  Milwaukee Braves | 28 | 56 | 16 | – | 6 | – | .286 | 170 | 84 |
| 1954 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 60 | 10 | – | 5 | – | .167 | 208 | 79 |
| 1955 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 50 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .140 | 166 | 85 |
| 1956 | New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 10 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .100 | 39 | 24 |
| 1957 |  New York Giants | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 8 |