Red Ames
1903–1919 · bats B / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
533G
.141AVG
.190OBP
.174SLG
More career statistics
143H
3HR
63RBI
5SB
183–167W–L
3,198.0IP
1,702K
2.63ERA
370GS
36SV
10Rare 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 · At bats | 1,014 | 1,016 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 204 | 370 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,122 | 1,124 |
| Batting · Runs | 52 | 53 |
| Batting · Walks | 61 | 60 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 13,080 | 13,228 |
| Pitching · p cg | 209 | 208 |
| Pitching · p er | 934 | 768 |
| Pitching · p gs | 370 | 371 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,896 | 2,893 |
| Pitching · p hr | 42 | 41 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 9,594 | 9,578 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,702 | 1,738 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,313 | 1,312 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,034 | 1,044 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 533 | 1,122 | 1,014 | 52 | 143 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 61 | 204 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | .141 | .190 | .174 | .364 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,198.0 | 533 | 370 | 209 | 183 | 167 | 36 | 2,896 | 1,313 | 934 | 42 | 1,034 | 1,702 | 0 | 0 | 2.63 | 1.229 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1910-05-04 to 1910-06-08
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Four Wild Pitches | 1909-06-24 | 1 in 2,630 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1907-09-02 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1911-05-05 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 265 | 520 | 64 | 1 | 28 | 23 | 178 | .136 | .167 | .163 |
| Away | 268 | 604 | 79 | 2 | 35 | 37 | 192 | .145 | .192 | .182 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 31 | .062 | .151 | .062 |
| May | 81 | 175 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 60 | .154 | .189 | .198 |
| June | 83 | 168 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 49 | .149 | .179 | .182 |
| July | 112 | 211 | 33 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 67 | .170 | .204 | .206 |
| August | 101 | 218 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 63 | .150 | .197 | .198 |
| September | 92 | 221 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 87 | .108 | .145 | .133 |
| October | 17 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | .194 | .211 | .194 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 84 | 173 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 59 | .125 | .145 | .138 |
| chicago-cubs | 79 | 150 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 49 | .158 | .200 | .233 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 76 | 154 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 52 | .128 | .208 | .150 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 73 | 133 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 52 | .115 | .158 | .164 |
| boston-braves | 73 | 182 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 66 | .089 | .121 | .101 |
| cincinnati-reds | 68 | 155 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 52 | .201 | .239 | .216 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 45 | 111 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 | .184 | .216 | .262 |
| new-york-giants | 35 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | .155 | .182 | .155 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 |  New York Giants | 2 | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 14 | 14 |
| 1904 | New York Giants | 16 | 40 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .125 | 114 | 93 |
| 1905 | New York Giants | 34 | 97 | 14 | – | 7 | – | .144 | 262 | 204 |
| 1906 | New York Giants | 31 | 62 | 4 | – | – | – | .065 | 204 | 156 |
| 1907 | New York Giants | 39 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 4 | – | .171 | 231 | 149 |
| 1908 | New York Giants | 18 | 36 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .194 | 113 | 82 |
| 1909 | New York Giants | 34 | 82 | 6 | – | 6 | – | .073 | 244 | 163 |
| 1910 | New York Giants | 33 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 6 | – | .177 | 189 | 94 |
| 1911 | New York Giants | 34 | 64 | 6 | – | 5 | – | .094 | 205 | 123 |
| 1912 | New York Giants | 33 | 58 | 13 | – | 2 | 1 | .224 | 178 | 85 |
| 1913 | Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants | 39 | 72 | 8 | – | 4 | 1 | .111 | 227 | 113 |
| 1914 |  Cincinnati Reds | 47 | 94 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .128 | 299 | 133 |
| 1915 | Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 55 | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | .091 | 181 | 75 |
| 1916 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 68 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .176 | 227 | 99 |
| 1917 | St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 64 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .188 | 209 | 62 |
| 1918 | St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 63 | 10 | – | 4 | 1 | .159 | 206 | 70 |
| 1919 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 26 | 23 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .261 | 86 | 23 |