Pete Dowling
1897–1901 · bats L / throws L · Cleveland Guardians, Louisville Colonels, MLA
117G
.199AVG
.241OBP
.265SLG
More career statistics
70H
1HR
29RBI
2SB
39–64W–L
907.1IP
299K
3.87ERA
102GS
1SV
19Rare 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 | 117 | 118 |
| Batting · At bats | 351 | 354 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 375 | 376 |
| Batting · Walks | 13 | 11 |
| Pitching · Games | 117 | 118 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,988 | 3,880 |
| Pitching · p cg | 92 | 93 |
| Pitching · p er | 390 | 396 |
| Pitching · p gs | 102 | 103 |
| Pitching · p h | 984 | 993 |
| Pitching · p hr | 13 | 15 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,722 | 2,748 |
| Pitching · p k | 299 | 296 |
| Pitching · p r | 574 | 579 |
| Pitching · p w | 339 | 341 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | 375 | 351 | 28 | 70 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 93 | .199 | .241 | .265 | .506 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 907.3 | 117 | 102 | 92 | 39 | 64 | 1 | 984 | 574 | 390 | 13 | 339 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 3.87 | 1.458 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1898-08-07 to 1898-09-03
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Four Batters Hit | 1897-07-17 | 1 in 3,022 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1901-06-30 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1898-05-15 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 59 | 193 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 19 | .220 | .249 | .308 |
| Away | 59 | 183 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 30 | .174 | .180 | .215 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 9 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .308 |
| May | 21 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .164 | .177 | .246 |
| June | 20 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .222 | .227 | .286 |
| July | 25 | 78 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | .192 | .218 | .247 |
| August | 23 | 77 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .174 | .182 | .261 |
| September | 17 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .196 | .222 | .216 |
| October | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .364 | .364 | .455 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 9 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .226 | .267 |
| boston-braves | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .080 | .074 | .080 |
| cincinnati-reds | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .192 | .185 | .192 |
| chicago-white-sox | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .056 | .105 | .167 |
| cleveland-spiders | 7 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .304 | .320 | .478 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 7 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .174 | .174 | .174 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .130 | .130 | .217 |
| baltimore-orioles-1901-02 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .222 | .273 | .222 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Louisville Colonels | 4 | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | .200 | 26 | 3 |
| 1898 | Louisville Colonels | 36 | 107 | 21 | – | 9 | 1 | .196 | 285 | 84 |
| 1899 | Louisville Colonels | 35 | 118 | 27 | – | 9 | 1 | .229 | 298 | 89 |
| 1901 | Cleveland Guardians, MLA | 43 | 119 | 20 | 1 | 11 | – | .168 | 306 | 120 |