Milt Gaston
1924–1934 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
355G
.200AVG
.228OBP
.273SLG
More career statistics
145H
6HR
75RBI
2SB
97–164W–L
2,105.0IP
615K
4.55ERA
269GS
8SV
12Rare 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 | 724 | 723 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 135 | 136 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,271 | 9,279 |
| Pitching · p cg | 127 | 128 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,064 | 1,065 |
| Pitching · p gs | 269 | 268 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,338 | 2,329 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,315 | 6,309 |
| Pitching · p k | 615 | 628 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,277 | 1,276 |
| Pitching · p w | 836 | 847 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 355 | 782 | 724 | 55 | 145 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 75 | 21 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 198 | .200 | .228 | .273 | .501 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,105.0 | 355 | 269 | 127 | 97 | 164 | 8 | 2,338 | 1,277 | 1,064 | 114 | 836 | 615 | 0 | 0 | 4.55 | 1.508 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1927-06-26 to 1927-07-21
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Four Wild Pitches | 1929-09-14 | 1 in 2,630 games | box score ↗ |
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1934-07-01 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1930-06-05 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 185 | 392 | 83 | 4 | 43 | 11 | 57 | .230 | .240 | .324 |
| Away | 170 | 390 | 62 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 79 | .171 | .185 | .224 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .233 | .231 | .350 |
| May | 61 | 143 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 23 | .154 | .154 | .199 |
| June | 64 | 139 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 25 | .163 | .165 | .202 |
| July | 79 | 179 | 45 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 34 | .268 | .274 | .423 |
| August | 63 | 125 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 29 | .191 | .232 | .218 |
| September | 57 | 129 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 19 | .195 | .217 | .246 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 57 | 122 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 25 | .165 | .172 | .270 |
| cleveland-guardians | 56 | 128 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 17 | .241 | .258 | .319 |
| detroit-tigers | 50 | 112 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 17 | .245 | .259 | .306 |
| new-york-yankees | 48 | 104 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 20 | .156 | .192 | .188 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 41 | 93 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | .165 | .183 | .224 |
| chicago-white-sox | 39 | 80 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 16 | .197 | .188 | .316 |
| st-louis-browns | 32 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | .180 | .190 | .197 |
| boston-red-sox | 32 | 80 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | .250 | .237 | .355 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 |  New York Yankees | 29 | 27 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .222 | 86 | 25 |
| 1925 |  St. Louis Browns | 42 | 80 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 1 | .263 | 237 | 85 |
| 1926 | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 78 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .167 | 214 | 44 |
| 1927 | St. Louis Browns | 37 | 96 | 25 | 3 | 16 | – | .260 | 253 | 78 |
| 1928 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 28 | 49 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .143 | 148 | 48 |
| 1929 |  Boston Red Sox | 39 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 5 | – | .192 | 243 | 84 |
| 1930 | Boston Red Sox | 38 | 97 | 20 | – | 9 | – | .206 | 273 | 98 |
| 1931 | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 38 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .158 | 119 | 33 |
| 1932 |  Chicago White Sox | 28 | 60 | 14 | – | 10 | – | .233 | 166 | 45 |
| 1933 | Chicago White Sox | 30 | 52 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 167 | 39 |
| 1934 | Chicago White Sox | 29 | 68 | 10 | – | 7 | – | .147 | 194 | 49 |