Ozzie Virgil
1956–1969 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants
324G
.231AVG
.263OBP
.331SLG
More career statistics
174H
14HR
73RBI
6SB
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 · Strikeouts | 91 | 90 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 798 | 797 |
| Batting · Walks | 34 | 33 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324 | 798 | 753 | 75 | 174 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 73 | 34 | 91 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 249 | .231 | .263 | .331 | .594 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1958-06-06 to 1958-06-13
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1958-06-17 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1958-07-13 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 7 total bases | 1960-08-06 | 1 in 93 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 167 | 381 | 75 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 41 | .209 | .247 | .318 |
| Away | 157 | 416 | 99 | 7 | 39 | 14 | 49 | .251 | .272 | .342 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .325 | .372 | .450 |
| May | 38 | 83 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | .227 | .277 | .360 |
| June | 74 | 233 | 56 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 21 | .250 | .275 | .339 |
| July | 84 | 215 | 45 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 30 | .220 | .247 | .307 |
| August | 61 | 148 | 29 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | .213 | .243 | .301 |
| September | 46 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .176 | .318 |
| October | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .429 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 33 | 76 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 | .271 | .303 | .429 |
| boston-red-sox | 28 | 91 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | .205 | .231 | .352 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 27 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | .164 | .209 | .213 |
| chicago-cubs | 23 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .265 | .342 | .353 |
| new-york-yankees | 23 | 82 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | .178 | .232 | .260 |
| milwaukee-braves | 22 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .176 | .192 | .216 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 18 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .255 | .269 | .412 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 17 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .324 | .324 | .412 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |  New York Giants | 3 | 12 | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | .417 | – | – |
| 1957 | New York Giants | 96 | 226 | 53 | 4 | 24 | 2 | .235 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Detroit Tigers | 49 | 193 | 47 | 3 | 19 | 1 | .244 | – | – |
| 1960 | Detroit Tigers | 62 | 132 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .227 | – | – |
| 1961 | Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics | 31 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | .137 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Baltimore Orioles | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1965 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 5 | – | .265 | – | – |
| 1966 |  San Francisco Giants | 42 | 89 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .213 | – | – |
| 1969 | San Francisco Giants | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |