Morrie Rath
1909–1920 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics
565G
.254AVG
.342OBP
.285SLG
More career statistics
521H
4HR
92RBI
82SB
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 | 565 | 567 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 11 | 72 |
| Batting · Hits | 521 | 522 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 70 | 113 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,405 | 2,407 |
| Batting · Runs | 291 | 292 |
| Batting · RBI | 92 | 90 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 82 | 84 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 565 | 2,405 | 2,048 | 291 | 521 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 92 | 258 | 70 | 82 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 583 | .254 | .342 | .285 | .627 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1919-08-19 to 1919-09-06
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1919-05-15 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1920-05-16 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1920-09-20 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 290 | 1177 | 249 | 1 | 33 | 128 | 58 | .248 | .320 | .282 |
| Away | 277 | 1230 | 273 | 3 | 57 | 130 | 55 | .261 | .328 | .288 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 230 | 55 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 11 | .301 | .409 | .322 |
| May | 100 | 430 | 77 | 1 | 14 | 59 | 30 | .214 | .316 | .245 |
| June | 111 | 451 | 98 | 1 | 13 | 43 | 23 | .255 | .313 | .271 |
| July | 121 | 498 | 109 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 14 | .255 | .311 | .283 |
| August | 91 | 385 | 78 | 0 | 15 | 38 | 20 | .236 | .301 | .266 |
| September | 82 | 367 | 87 | 2 | 21 | 30 | 12 | .270 | .319 | .317 |
| October | 11 | 46 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .439 | .457 | .537 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 46 | 176 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 13 | .211 | .307 | .245 |
| st-louis-browns | 44 | 186 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 4 | .243 | .355 | .264 |
| detroit-tigers | 43 | 201 | 49 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 9 | .297 | .363 | .321 |
| cleveland-guardians | 41 | 155 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 10 | .180 | .290 | .188 |
| boston-red-sox | 40 | 153 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | .291 | .366 | .323 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 40 | 165 | 39 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 11 | .275 | .364 | .303 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 40 | 184 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 11 | .264 | .364 | .277 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 40 | 170 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .252 | .282 | .272 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 7 | 26 | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | .269 | – | – |
| 1910 | Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics | 44 | 92 | 17 | – | 1 | 2 | .185 | – | – |
| 1912 |  Chicago White Sox | 157 | 592 | 161 | 1 | 21 | 30 | .272 | – | – |
| 1913 | Chicago White Sox | 92 | 295 | 60 | – | 11 | 23 | .203 | – | – |
| 1919 |  Cincinnati Reds | 138 | 537 | 142 | 1 | 26 | 18 | .264 | – | – |
| 1920 | Cincinnati Reds | 129 | 506 | 135 | 2 | 29 | 10 | .267 | – | – |