Nick Etten
1938–1947 · bats L / throws L · ALS, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
937G
.277AVG
.371OBP
.423SLG
More career statistics
921H
89HR
526RBI
22SB
4Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 13 | 26 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 199 | 198 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 22 | 24 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 937 | 3,840 | 3,320 | 426 | 921 | 167 | 25 | 89 | 526 | 480 | 199 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1,405 | .277 | .371 | .423 | .794 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1944-09-16 to 1944-09-27
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1942-09-19 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1941-08-23 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1945-06-05 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 459 | 1861 | 431 | 49 | 249 | 239 | 99 | .270 | .360 | .423 |
| Away | 478 | 1979 | 490 | 40 | 277 | 241 | 99 | .285 | .369 | .423 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 89 | 367 | 102 | 11 | 54 | 39 | 22 | .320 | .384 | .502 |
| May | 185 | 775 | 178 | 17 | 90 | 106 | 46 | .268 | .366 | .406 |
| June | 156 | 639 | 143 | 11 | 93 | 73 | 29 | .255 | .338 | .373 |
| July | 163 | 656 | 163 | 15 | 91 | 81 | 27 | .287 | .372 | .422 |
| August | 166 | 693 | 158 | 16 | 86 | 98 | 41 | .270 | .369 | .423 |
| September | 173 | 690 | 170 | 19 | 109 | 81 | 31 | .281 | .364 | .450 |
| October | 5 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .389 | .450 | .389 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 93 | 386 | 98 | 14 | 56 | 41 | 28 | .286 | .360 | .452 |
| st-louis-browns | 92 | 373 | 82 | 8 | 59 | 37 | 18 | .246 | .319 | .377 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 91 | 386 | 90 | 8 | 63 | 44 | 23 | .267 | .347 | .409 |
| boston-red-sox | 90 | 380 | 94 | 7 | 66 | 60 | 15 | .298 | .405 | .457 |
| chicago-white-sox | 87 | 369 | 81 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 14 | .266 | .374 | .420 |
| detroit-tigers | 87 | 349 | 89 | 9 | 49 | 49 | 16 | .301 | .395 | .473 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 83 | 355 | 81 | 9 | 54 | 35 | 20 | .257 | .327 | .410 |
| boston-braves | 47 | 188 | 44 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 5 | .277 | .383 | .365 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 22 | 81 | 21 | – | 11 | 1 | .259 | – | – |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 155 | 39 | 3 | 29 | – | .252 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 151 | 540 | 168 | 14 | 78 | 10 | .311 | – | – |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Phillies | 139 | 459 | 121 | 8 | 41 | 3 | .264 | – | – |
| 1943 |  New York Yankees | 154 | 583 | 158 | 14 | 108 | 4 | .271 | – | – |
| 1944 | New York Yankees | 154 | 573 | 168 | 22 | 91 | 4 | .293 | – | – |
| 1945 | New York Yankees | 152 | 565 | 161 | 18 | 111 | 2 | .285 | – | – |
| 1946 | New York Yankees | 108 | 323 | 75 | 9 | 49 | – | .232 | – | – |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Phillies | 14 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 8 | – | .244 | – | – |