Ray Demmitt
1909–1921 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, STA
498G
.257AVG
.334OBP
.349SLG
More career statistics
419H
8HR
165RBI
42SB
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 | 1,631 | 1,630 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 20 | 52 |
| Batting · Hits | 419 | 420 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 120 | 163 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,870 | 1,876 |
| Batting · Runs | 205 | 204 |
| Batting · RBI | 165 | 175 |
| Batting · Walks | 172 | 176 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 498 | 1,870 | 1,631 | 205 | 419 | 61 | 33 | 8 | 165 | 172 | 120 | 42 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 570 | .257 | .334 | .349 | .683 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1918-06-28 to 1918-07-09
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1918-04-21 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1914-07-22 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1909-07-29 | 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 | 233 | 838 | 179 | 6 | 83 | 82 | 63 | .247 | .311 | .349 |
| Away | 265 | 1038 | 241 | 2 | 92 | 94 | 100 | .266 | .323 | .351 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 102 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 13 | .256 | .353 | .341 |
| May | 76 | 240 | 57 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 28 | .264 | .308 | .324 |
| June | 100 | 388 | 80 | 3 | 34 | 36 | 28 | .241 | .299 | .349 |
| July | 100 | 401 | 99 | 3 | 42 | 41 | 31 | .288 | .349 | .419 |
| August | 93 | 355 | 71 | 1 | 28 | 32 | 27 | .230 | .290 | .301 |
| September | 84 | 363 | 83 | 1 | 36 | 34 | 34 | .258 | .322 | .335 |
| October | 7 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .360 | .370 | .480 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 80 | 304 | 71 | 1 | 27 | 42 | 17 | .281 | .372 | .372 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 73 | 282 | 64 | 1 | 27 | 35 | 28 | .271 | .351 | .356 |
| boston-red-sox | 70 | 247 | 61 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 15 | .277 | .328 | .382 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 68 | 268 | 53 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 24 | .230 | .302 | .348 |
| cleveland-guardians | 64 | 244 | 53 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 26 | .244 | .279 | .313 |
| new-york-yankees | 57 | 204 | 43 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 21 | .232 | .270 | .303 |
| st-louis-browns | 44 | 161 | 37 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 15 | .259 | .298 | .378 |
| chicago-white-sox | 42 | 166 | 38 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 17 | .260 | .307 | .349 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  New York Yankees | 123 | 427 | 106 | 4 | 33 | 15 | .248 | – | – |
| 1910 |  St. Louis Browns | 10 | 23 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .174 | – | – |
| 1914 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 147 | 514 | 133 | 2 | 48 | 12 | .259 | – | – |
| 1915 |  Chicago White Sox | 9 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1917 | St. Louis Browns | 14 | 53 | 15 | – | 8 | 1 | .283 | – | – |
| 1918 | St. Louis Browns | 116 | 405 | 114 | 1 | 62 | 11 | .281 | – | – |
| 1919 | St. Louis Browns | 79 | 202 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 3 | .238 | – | – |