Ollie Pickering
1897–1908 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Spiders, Cleveland Guardians, Louisville Colonels, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
887G
.272AVG
.334OBP
.332SLG
More career statistics
910H
9HR
287RBI
194SB
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 · Games | 887 | 844 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,349 | 3,186 |
| Batting · Doubles | 96 | 90 |
| Batting · Hits | 910 | 862 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 25 | 27 |
| Batting · Home runs | 9 | 8 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 11 | 233 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,740 | 3,581 |
| Batting · Runs | 500 | 476 |
| Batting · RBI | 287 | 229 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 194 | 180 |
| Batting · Triples | 39 | 35 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 887 | 3,740 | 3,349 | 500 | 910 | 96 | 39 | 9 | 287 | 286 | 11 | 194 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1,111 | .272 | .334 | .332 | .666 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1903-07-20 to 1903-08-01
39longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1903-04-30 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1897-05-22 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1903-05-07 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 430 | 1831 | 442 | 4 | 123 | 140 | 124 | .271 | .318 | .325 |
| Away | 414 | 1750 | 420 | 4 | 106 | 146 | 109 | .270 | .323 | .332 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 66 | 272 | 65 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 16 | .274 | .335 | .338 |
| May | 162 | 722 | 176 | 1 | 53 | 59 | 35 | .273 | .325 | .329 |
| June | 141 | 617 | 146 | 2 | 42 | 48 | 38 | .264 | .314 | .329 |
| July | 150 | 623 | 154 | 2 | 35 | 49 | 36 | .279 | .326 | .348 |
| August | 142 | 600 | 140 | 1 | 38 | 42 | 50 | .260 | .303 | .306 |
| September | 161 | 667 | 163 | 2 | 41 | 57 | 50 | .278 | .330 | .330 |
| October | 22 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .247 | .287 | .288 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 112 | 461 | 116 | 0 | 23 | 36 | 25 | .286 | .330 | .337 |
| chicago-white-sox | 102 | 417 | 88 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 39 | .230 | .266 | .259 |
| boston-red-sox | 98 | 395 | 81 | 2 | 22 | 39 | 35 | .235 | .304 | .314 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 83 | 381 | 107 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 11 | .309 | .349 | .382 |
| new-york-yankees | 82 | 337 | 70 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 26 | .241 | .309 | .303 |
| cleveland-guardians | 78 | 340 | 84 | 2 | 22 | 31 | 18 | .290 | .338 | .352 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 65 | 268 | 62 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 24 | .252 | .306 | .285 |
| st-louis-browns | 64 | 274 | 64 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 8 | .257 | .299 | .309 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Cleveland Spiders, Louisville Colonels | 110 | 430 | 126 | 2 | 43 | 37 | .293 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Cleveland Guardians | 137 | 547 | 169 | – | 40 | 36 | .309 | – | – |
| 1902 | Cleveland Guardians | 69 | 293 | 75 | 3 | 26 | 22 | .256 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 137 | 513 | 144 | 1 | 36 | 40 | .281 | – | – |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics | 124 | 455 | 103 | – | 30 | 17 | .226 | – | – |
| 1907 |  St. Louis Browns | 151 | 576 | 161 | – | 22 | 15 | .280 | – | – |
| 1908 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 116 | 372 | 84 | 2 | 32 | 13 | .226 | – | – |