Red Kress
1927–1946 · bats R / throws R · ALM, ALS, ASG, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants, PIR, St. Louis Browns
1,392G
.286AVG
.347OBP
.420SLG
More career statistics
1,454H
89HR
799RBI
47SB
9.1IP
6K
12.54ERA
0GS
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 | 1,392 | 1,393 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,087 | 5,095 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 56 | 57 |
| Batting · Doubles | 298 | 299 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,454 | 1,460 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 453 | 457 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,664 | 5,675 |
| Batting · RBI | 799 | 802 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 47 | 46 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 48 | 47 |
| Pitching · p r | 14 | 13 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,392 | 5,664 | 5,087 | 691 | 1,454 | 298 | 58 | 89 | 799 | 474 | 453 | 47 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 2,135 | .286 | .347 | .420 | .767 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12.54 | 2.036 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1931-08-06 to 1931-08-22
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1931-09-02 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1928-04-28 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1929-08-09 | 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 | 682 | 2768 | 694 | 33 | 391 | 231 | 210 | .280 | .334 | .397 |
| Away | 711 | 2907 | 766 | 56 | 411 | 243 | 247 | .293 | .347 | .442 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 117 | 455 | 116 | 7 | 75 | 39 | 43 | .286 | .341 | .414 |
| May | 229 | 915 | 225 | 9 | 116 | 85 | 64 | .278 | .339 | .389 |
| June | 244 | 974 | 263 | 14 | 132 | 94 | 94 | .303 | .367 | .444 |
| July | 313 | 1301 | 315 | 19 | 167 | 113 | 112 | .270 | .329 | .392 |
| August | 258 | 1072 | 288 | 22 | 178 | 79 | 78 | .297 | .342 | .452 |
| September | 221 | 917 | 243 | 17 | 128 | 60 | 63 | .289 | .330 | .431 |
| October | 11 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .286 | .341 | .457 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 204 | 844 | 238 | 14 | 132 | 64 | 73 | .308 | .358 | .465 |
| cleveland-guardians | 199 | 795 | 207 | 8 | 115 | 69 | 57 | .292 | .347 | .396 |
| boston-red-sox | 199 | 802 | 191 | 8 | 97 | 59 | 57 | .264 | .312 | .362 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 193 | 754 | 188 | 21 | 96 | 55 | 60 | .274 | .322 | .437 |
| detroit-tigers | 183 | 776 | 214 | 23 | 135 | 67 | 63 | .308 | .362 | .491 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 170 | 715 | 159 | 1 | 85 | 84 | 59 | .257 | .340 | .341 |
| chicago-white-sox | 161 | 643 | 165 | 9 | 89 | 49 | 64 | .287 | .333 | .426 |
| st-louis-browns | 82 | 340 | 96 | 5 | 53 | 26 | 24 | .309 | .359 | .450 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  St. Louis Browns | 7 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | .304 | – | – |
| 1928 | St. Louis Browns | 150 | 560 | 153 | 3 | 82 | 4 | .273 | – | – |
| 1929 | St. Louis Browns | 147 | 558 | 170 | 9 | 107 | 5 | .305 | – | – |
| 1930 | St. Louis Browns | 154 | 615 | 192 | 16 | 114 | 3 | .312 | – | – |
| 1931 | St. Louis Browns | 150 | 605 | 188 | 16 | 112 | 3 | .311 | – | – |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 149 | 567 | 156 | 11 | 67 | 7 | .275 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Chicago White Sox | 129 | 467 | 116 | 10 | 79 | 4 | .248 | – | – |
| 1934 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 64 | 184 | 43 | 4 | 25 | 3 | .234 | – | – |
| 1935 | ALM, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 85 | 257 | 77 | 2 | 41 | 4 | .300 | 5 | 5 |
| 1936 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 109 | 391 | 112 | 8 | 49 | 5 | .286 | – | – |
| 1938 | St. Louis Browns | 150 | 567 | 171 | 7 | 82 | 5 | .302 | – | – |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 64 | 200 | 52 | 1 | 30 | 3 | .260 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Detroit Tigers | 34 | 100 | 23 | 1 | 11 | – | .230 | – | – |
| 1946 |  New York Giants | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 3 | 1 |