Red Lucas
1923–1938 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates
908G
.281AVG
.340OBP
.347SLG
More career statistics
404H
3HR
190RBI
2SB
157–135W–L
2,542.0IP
602K
3.72ERA
302GS
7SV
5Rare 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 | 1,439 | 1,438 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 4 |
| Batting · Doubles | 61 | 62 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 133 | 135 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,608 | 1,606 |
| Batting · RBI | 190 | 191 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Walks | 124 | 123 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 10,651 | 10,649 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,051 | 1,047 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,626 | 7,621 |
| Pitching · p k | 602 | 599 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,203 | 1,204 |
| Pitching · p w | 455 | 456 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 908 | 1,608 | 1,439 | 155 | 404 | 61 | 13 | 3 | 190 | 124 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 500 | .281 | .340 | .347 | .687 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,542.0 | 396 | 302 | 204 | 157 | 135 | 7 | 2,736 | 1,203 | 1,051 | 136 | 455 | 602 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 1.255 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1935-08-12 to 1935-09-08
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 15 scoreless innings | 1933-07-16 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1927-07-22 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1937-07-02 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 471 | 849 | 220 | 1 | 98 | 65 | 62 | .293 | .336 | .356 |
| Away | 437 | 757 | 184 | 2 | 93 | 58 | 73 | .268 | .320 | .340 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 80 | 159 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 18 | .230 | .296 | .302 |
| May | 184 | 343 | 96 | 1 | 44 | 31 | 19 | .317 | .370 | .413 |
| June | 153 | 249 | 58 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 23 | .259 | .325 | .326 |
| July | 179 | 308 | 80 | 1 | 47 | 17 | 27 | .287 | .315 | .337 |
| August | 178 | 311 | 78 | 0 | 31 | 15 | 26 | .273 | .299 | .336 |
| September | 128 | 229 | 58 | 1 | 29 | 21 | 21 | .289 | .345 | .343 |
| October | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 143 | 254 | 56 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 24 | .249 | .307 | .324 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 134 | 230 | 61 | 1 | 35 | 26 | 8 | .308 | .378 | .359 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 134 | 223 | 54 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 28 | .269 | .318 | .328 |
| new-york-giants | 134 | 244 | 64 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 20 | .290 | .320 | .353 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 125 | 196 | 51 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 23 | .285 | .337 | .363 |
| boston-braves | 112 | 210 | 53 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 11 | .276 | .300 | .339 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 92 | 178 | 50 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 13 | .318 | .354 | .408 |
| cincinnati-reds | 34 | 71 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | .231 | .296 | .292 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 3 | |
| 1924 | 33 | 33 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .333 | 83 | 30 | |
| 1925 | 6 | 20 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .150 | – | – | |
| 1926 | 66 | 76 | 23 | – | 14 | 1 | .303 | 154 | 34 | |
| 1927 | 80 | 150 | 47 | – | 28 | – | .313 | 239 | 51 | |
| 1928 | 39 | 73 | 23 | – | 7 | – | .315 | 167 | 35 | |
| 1929 | 76 | 140 | 41 | – | 13 | 1 | .293 | 270 | 72 | |
| 1930 | 81 | 112 | 38 | 2 | 19 | – | .339 | 211 | 53 | |
| 1931 | 97 | 153 | 43 | – | 17 | – | .281 | 237 | 57 | |
| 1932 | 76 | 149 | 43 | – | 19 | – | .289 | 269 | 63 | |
| 1933 | 75 | 122 | 35 | 1 | 15 | – | .287 | 219 | 40 | |
| 1934 | 68 | 105 | 23 | – | 8 | 1 | .219 | 172 | 44 | |
| 1935 | 47 | 66 | 21 | – | 10 | – | .318 | 125 | 29 | |
| 1936 | 69 | 109 | 26 | – | 15 | – | .239 | 175 | 53 | |
| 1937 | 59 | 82 | 22 | – | 17 | – | .268 | 125 | 16 | |
| 1938 | 33 | 46 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .109 | 84 | 19 |