Ray Pepper
1932–1936 · bats R / throws R · St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
339G
.281AVG
.321OBP
.387SLG
More career statistics
285H
14HR
170RBI
2SB
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 · Caught stealing | 8 | 10 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 136 | 137 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,082 | 1,083 |
| Batting · RBI | 170 | 172 |
| Batting · Walks | 59 | 60 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 339 | 1,082 | 1,015 | 109 | 285 | 46 | 10 | 14 | 170 | 59 | 136 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 393 | .281 | .321 | .387 | .708 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1934-05-22 to 1934-06-05
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1934-05-29 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1934-06-05 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1934-05-23 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 170 | 531 | 149 | 7 | 84 | 35 | 66 | .303 | .347 | .402 |
| Away | 169 | 552 | 136 | 7 | 88 | 25 | 71 | .260 | .292 | .373 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 88 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | .289 | .318 | .398 |
| May | 79 | 279 | 83 | 9 | 49 | 16 | 38 | .317 | .355 | .489 |
| June | 56 | 165 | 39 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 22 | .257 | .309 | .336 |
| July | 65 | 207 | 54 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 26 | .276 | .304 | .378 |
| August | 60 | 171 | 41 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 18 | .255 | .292 | .360 |
| September | 47 | 173 | 44 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 24 | .273 | .312 | .304 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 49 | 176 | 45 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 22 | .265 | .278 | .335 |
| new-york-yankees | 49 | 151 | 40 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 23 | .292 | .358 | .431 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 46 | 150 | 42 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 14 | .304 | .360 | .384 |
| cleveland-guardians | 45 | 131 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 27 | .231 | .267 | .289 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 44 | 143 | 37 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 12 | .278 | .329 | .406 |
| chicago-white-sox | 43 | 146 | 41 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 8 | .299 | .322 | .438 |
| detroit-tigers | 39 | 115 | 36 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 17 | .319 | .330 | .460 |
| chicago-cubs | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .267 | .312 | .467 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 21 | 57 | 14 | – | 7 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1933 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1934 |  St. Louis Browns | 148 | 564 | 168 | 7 | 101 | 1 | .298 | – | – |
| 1935 | St. Louis Browns | 92 | 261 | 66 | 4 | 38 | – | .253 | – | – |
| 1936 | St. Louis Browns | 75 | 124 | 35 | 2 | 24 | – | .282 | – | – |