Otto Hess
1902–1915 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves, Cleveland Guardians
282G
.216AVG
.248OBP
.291SLG
More career statistics
154H
5HR
58RBI
4SB
70–90W–L
1,418.0IP
580K
2.98ERA
165GS
5SV
9Rare 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 | 714 | 716 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 54 | 168 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 763 | 762 |
| Batting · RBI | 58 | 45 |
| Batting · Walks | 27 | 25 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,880 | 5,440 |
| Pitching · p cg | 129 | 127 |
| Pitching · p er | 469 | 306 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,355 | 1,352 |
| Pitching · p hr | 25 | 26 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,254 | 4,244 |
| Pitching · p k | 580 | 598 |
| Pitching · p r | 663 | 671 |
| Pitching · p w | 448 | 451 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 282 | 763 | 714 | 63 | 154 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 58 | 27 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 208 | .216 | .248 | .291 | .539 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,418.0 | 198 | 165 | 129 | 70 | 90 | 5 | 1,355 | 663 | 469 | 25 | 448 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 2.98 | 1.272 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1912-06-03 to 1912-06-28
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1905-05-26 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1905-07-07 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1902-08-26 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 134 | 346 | 72 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 78 | .226 | .249 | .310 |
| Away | 148 | 416 | 82 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 90 | .207 | .224 | .275 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .167 | .186 | .190 |
| May | 42 | 104 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 32 | .177 | .212 | .208 |
| June | 47 | 114 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 24 | .204 | .211 | .306 |
| July | 52 | 144 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 31 | .234 | .243 | .321 |
| August | 48 | 109 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 28 | .208 | .239 | .297 |
| September | 62 | 203 | 39 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 37 | .207 | .236 | .277 |
| October | 14 | 45 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .364 | .356 | .477 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 32 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .209 | .247 | .253 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 29 | 81 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .211 | .247 | .263 |
| new-york-yankees | 25 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24 | .227 | .250 | .303 |
| boston-red-sox | 25 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .100 | .111 | .200 |
| st-louis-browns | 24 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .203 | .216 | .232 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 23 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23 | .167 | .188 | .217 |
| chicago-cubs | 23 | 55 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | .396 | .418 | .491 |
| chicago-white-sox | 18 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .216 | .236 | .294 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 |  Cleveland Guardians | 7 | 14 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .071 | 43 | 13 |
| 1904 | Cleveland Guardians | 35 | 101 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .119 | 151 | 65 |
| 1905 | Cleveland Guardians | 54 | 175 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 2 | .251 | 212 | 115 |
| 1906 | Cleveland Guardians | 54 | 155 | 31 | – | 3 | 1 | .200 | 333 | 173 |
| 1907 | Cleveland Guardians | 19 | 30 | 4 | – | – | 1 | .133 | 93 | 36 |
| 1908 | Cleveland Guardians | 9 | 14 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 7 | 2 |
| 1912 |  Boston Braves | 33 | 93 | 23 | – | 9 | – | .247 | 252 | 80 |
| 1913 | Boston Braves | 35 | 83 | 26 | 2 | 12 | – | .313 | 218 | 84 |
| 1914 | Boston Braves | 31 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 6 | – | .239 | 89 | 25 |
| 1915 | Boston Braves | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .400 | 14 | 5 |