Rip Radcliff
1934–1943 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
1,081G
.311AVG
.362OBP
.417SLG
More career statistics
1,267H
42HR
533RBI
40SB
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 · Caught stealing | 30 | 29 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,267 | 1,266 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 141 | 143 |
| Batting · Runs | 598 | 599 |
| Batting · RBI | 533 | 532 |
| Batting · Walks | 310 | 309 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,081 | 4,436 | 4,074 | 598 | 1,267 | 205 | 50 | 42 | 533 | 310 | 141 | 40 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1,698 | .311 | .362 | .417 | .779 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1937-07-31 to 1937-08-18
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1936-07-18 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1936-06-02 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1936-07-18 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 532 | 2172 | 629 | 24 | 277 | 158 | 67 | .317 | .362 | .433 |
| Away | 549 | 2264 | 637 | 18 | 255 | 151 | 76 | .305 | .348 | .401 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 67 | 276 | 69 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 7 | .277 | .330 | .361 |
| May | 168 | 669 | 201 | 13 | 96 | 49 | 19 | .328 | .374 | .485 |
| June | 185 | 765 | 228 | 8 | 83 | 63 | 23 | .330 | .380 | .449 |
| July | 207 | 890 | 268 | 8 | 114 | 56 | 28 | .325 | .364 | .424 |
| August | 239 | 1004 | 280 | 6 | 107 | 63 | 33 | .300 | .342 | .388 |
| September | 208 | 809 | 213 | 3 | 86 | 55 | 33 | .286 | .331 | .374 |
| October | 7 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .318 | .348 | .455 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 162 | 664 | 180 | 6 | 77 | 51 | 30 | .296 | .348 | .420 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 160 | 677 | 195 | 4 | 81 | 49 | 19 | .313 | .360 | .396 |
| new-york-yankees | 151 | 614 | 191 | 12 | 78 | 40 | 14 | .340 | .376 | .476 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 150 | 618 | 174 | 2 | 58 | 47 | 21 | .309 | .358 | .400 |
| boston-red-sox | 143 | 540 | 156 | 4 | 75 | 35 | 19 | .313 | .354 | .408 |
| st-louis-browns | 131 | 546 | 154 | 8 | 69 | 36 | 13 | .307 | .348 | .420 |
| detroit-tigers | 129 | 558 | 149 | 4 | 66 | 36 | 20 | .288 | .332 | .377 |
| chicago-white-sox | 55 | 219 | 67 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 7 | .333 | .374 | .463 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  Chicago White Sox | 14 | 56 | 15 | – | 5 | 1 | .268 | – | – |
| 1935 | Chicago White Sox | 146 | 623 | 178 | 10 | 67 | 4 | .286 | – | – |
| 1936 | Chicago White Sox | 138 | 618 | 207 | 8 | 81 | 6 | .335 | – | – |
| 1937 | Chicago White Sox | 144 | 584 | 190 | 4 | 79 | 6 | .325 | – | – |
| 1938 | Chicago White Sox | 129 | 503 | 166 | 5 | 81 | 5 | .330 | – | – |
| 1939 | Chicago White Sox | 113 | 397 | 104 | 2 | 54 | 6 | .262 | – | – |
| 1940 |  St. Louis Browns | 150 | 584 | 200 | 7 | 81 | 6 | .342 | – | – |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 115 | 450 | 140 | 5 | 54 | 5 | .311 | – | – |
| 1942 |  Detroit Tigers | 62 | 144 | 36 | 1 | 20 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1943 | Detroit Tigers | 70 | 115 | 30 | – | 10 | 1 | .261 | – | – |