Monte Cross
1897–1907 · bats R / throws R · Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
1,682G
.234AVG
.316OBP
.314SLG
More career statistics
1,364H
31HR
621RBI
328SB
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 · Games | 1,682 | 1,422 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,821 | 4,907 |
| Batting · Doubles | 232 | 208 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,364 | 1,133 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 82 | 73 |
| Batting · Home runs | 31 | 20 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 100 | 499 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,714 | 5,666 |
| Batting · Runs | 718 | 567 |
| Batting · RBI | 621 | 491 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 328 | 237 |
| Batting · Triples | 68 | 44 |
| Batting · Walks | 616 | 521 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,682 | 6,714 | 5,821 | 718 | 1,364 | 232 | 68 | 31 | 621 | 616 | 100 | 328 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 1,825 | .234 | .316 | .314 | .630 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1899-07-29 to 1899-08-11
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1902-04-28 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1906-08-13 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1903-06-20 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 731 | 2873 | 603 | 9 | 268 | 297 | 254 | .246 | .313 | .326 |
| Away | 691 | 2793 | 530 | 11 | 223 | 224 | 245 | .216 | .270 | .281 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 103 | 429 | 99 | 4 | 59 | 61 | 22 | .285 | .373 | .395 |
| May | 239 | 983 | 186 | 3 | 89 | 79 | 99 | .215 | .270 | .286 |
| June | 240 | 951 | 197 | 1 | 67 | 82 | 95 | .236 | .293 | .306 |
| July | 257 | 1003 | 200 | 6 | 84 | 87 | 92 | .228 | .286 | .305 |
| August | 258 | 1025 | 210 | 3 | 95 | 88 | 80 | .237 | .291 | .313 |
| September | 263 | 1044 | 197 | 2 | 84 | 99 | 96 | .219 | .284 | .274 |
| October | 62 | 231 | 44 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 15 | .220 | .299 | .295 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 116 | 457 | 93 | 3 | 31 | 40 | 53 | .240 | .291 | .326 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 107 | 430 | 84 | 2 | 41 | 29 | 35 | .225 | .263 | .302 |
| cleveland-guardians | 100 | 405 | 63 | 0 | 21 | 34 | 33 | .179 | .240 | .242 |
| detroit-tigers | 100 | 393 | 84 | 0 | 29 | 38 | 27 | .246 | .310 | .319 |
| st-louis-browns | 98 | 358 | 69 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 30 | .220 | .257 | .290 |
| chicago-white-sox | 98 | 368 | 71 | 1 | 38 | 32 | 35 | .221 | .280 | .287 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 80 | 319 | 59 | 2 | 31 | 28 | 39 | .210 | .273 | .270 |
| chicago-cubs | 80 | 321 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 36 | .178 | .231 | .240 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 132 | 464 | 133 | 4 | 57 | 37 | .287 | – | – |
| 1898 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 149 | 525 | 135 | 1 | 50 | 20 | .257 | – | – |
| 1899 | Philadelphia Phillies | 154 | 556 | 143 | 3 | 65 | 25 | .257 | – | – |
| 1900 | Philadelphia Phillies | 131 | 468 | 94 | 3 | 62 | 18 | .201 | – | – |
| 1901 | Philadelphia Phillies | 139 | 481 | 95 | 1 | 44 | 24 | .198 | – | – |
| 1902 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 137 | 498 | 115 | 3 | 59 | 17 | .231 | – | – |
| 1903 | Philadelphia Athletics | 137 | 470 | 116 | 3 | 45 | 31 | .247 | – | – |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics | 153 | 503 | 95 | 1 | 38 | 19 | .189 | – | – |
| 1905 | Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 249 | 67 | – | 15 | 8 | .269 | – | – |
| 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics | 134 | 445 | 89 | 1 | 38 | 22 | .200 | – | – |
| 1907 | Philadelphia Athletics | 77 | 248 | 51 | – | 18 | 16 | .206 | – | – |