Pinky Pittenger
1921–1929 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
375G
.263AVG
.294OBP
.306SLG
More career statistics
252H
1HR
83RBI
27SB
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 | 959 | 961 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 12 | 19 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,038 | 1,040 |
| Batting · RBI | 83 | 78 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375 | 1,038 | 959 | 118 | 252 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 83 | 37 | 50 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 293 | .263 | .294 | .306 | .600 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1925-09-03 to 1925-09-08
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1927-09-11 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1925-08-20 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1922-08-29 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 197 | 516 | 117 | 1 | 40 | 19 | 22 | .248 | .264 | .290 |
| Away | 178 | 524 | 135 | 0 | 38 | 18 | 28 | .276 | .292 | .319 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 31 | 76 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .282 | .303 | .296 |
| May | 48 | 93 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | .207 | .247 | .244 |
| June | 55 | 154 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | .243 | .266 | .279 |
| July | 81 | 249 | 62 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 11 | .267 | .281 | .315 |
| August | 72 | 228 | 59 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 10 | .273 | .289 | .319 |
| September | 85 | 230 | 60 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | .279 | .278 | .330 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .111 | .200 | .111 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 32 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .277 | .274 | .308 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 32 | 95 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .233 | .242 | .311 |
| new-york-giants | 32 | 103 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .386 | .398 | .455 |
| boston-braves | 31 | 102 | 31 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .313 | .314 | .414 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 31 | 84 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .316 | .333 | .368 |
| chicago-white-sox | 30 | 97 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .231 | .237 | .253 |
| st-louis-browns | 27 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .175 | .186 | .193 |
| cleveland-guardians | 26 | 88 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | .267 | .318 | .293 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 |  Boston Red Sox | 40 | 92 | 18 | – | 3 | 3 | .196 | – | – |
| 1922 | Boston Red Sox | 66 | 186 | 48 | – | 8 | 2 | .258 | – | – |
| 1923 | Boston Red Sox | 60 | 177 | 38 | – | 12 | 3 | .215 | – | – |
| 1925 |  Chicago Cubs | 59 | 173 | 54 | – | 15 | 5 | .312 | – | – |
| 1927 |  Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 84 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 4 | .274 | – | – |
| 1928 | Cincinnati Reds | 42 | 39 | 9 | – | 4 | 2 | .231 | – | – |
| 1929 | Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 210 | 62 | – | 26 | 8 | .295 | – | – |