Ron Northey
1942–1957 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
1,084G
.276AVG
.352OBP
.450SLG
More career statistics
874H
108HR
513RBI
7SB
2Rare 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 | 0 | 11 |
| Batting · Doubles | 172 | 173 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 297 | 301 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,567 | 3,566 |
| Batting · Runs | 385 | 384 |
| Batting · RBI | 513 | 511 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 7 | 8 |
| Batting · Walks | 361 | 360 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,084 | 3,567 | 3,172 | 385 | 874 | 172 | 28 | 108 | 513 | 361 | 297 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1,426 | .276 | .352 | .450 | .802 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1943-07-25 to 1943-08-07
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1944-09-24 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1944-07-02 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1944-10-01 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 544 | 1717 | 427 | 46 | 246 | 192 | 136 | .283 | .361 | .468 |
| Away | 540 | 1849 | 447 | 62 | 265 | 168 | 165 | .269 | .333 | .434 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 81 | 280 | 60 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 24 | .238 | .311 | .381 |
| May | 172 | 555 | 121 | 17 | 64 | 58 | 47 | .248 | .323 | .414 |
| June | 184 | 618 | 157 | 22 | 99 | 68 | 54 | .288 | .364 | .497 |
| July | 222 | 739 | 185 | 11 | 107 | 57 | 60 | .275 | .327 | .404 |
| August | 202 | 677 | 171 | 25 | 112 | 70 | 61 | .284 | .356 | .465 |
| September | 215 | 666 | 165 | 22 | 91 | 79 | 54 | .284 | .366 | .474 |
| October | 8 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .516 | 1.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 154 | 542 | 120 | 11 | 59 | 54 | 57 | .248 | .321 | .399 |
| new-york-giants | 153 | 571 | 154 | 22 | 85 | 63 | 48 | .306 | .380 | .498 |
| boston-braves | 147 | 544 | 138 | 24 | 94 | 55 | 31 | .284 | .355 | .521 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 134 | 468 | 115 | 13 | 66 | 46 | 26 | .274 | .344 | .443 |
| cincinnati-reds | 121 | 399 | 95 | 8 | 54 | 39 | 28 | .266 | .336 | .409 |
| chicago-cubs | 121 | 421 | 98 | 11 | 60 | 31 | 47 | .255 | .306 | .397 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 90 | 329 | 89 | 10 | 36 | 26 | 42 | .300 | .350 | .461 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 55 | 174 | 37 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 13 | .248 | .345 | .423 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 127 | 402 | 101 | 5 | 30 | 3 | .251 | – | – |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Phillies | 147 | 586 | 163 | 16 | 67 | 2 | .278 | – | – |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Phillies | 152 | 570 | 164 | 22 | 103 | 1 | .288 | – | – |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Phillies | 128 | 438 | 109 | 16 | 62 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 123 | 358 | 103 | 15 | 66 | 1 | .288 | – | – |
| 1948 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 96 | 246 | 79 | 13 | 65 | – | .321 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 90 | 265 | 69 | 7 | 50 | – | .260 | – | – |
| 1950 | Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds | 80 | 191 | 52 | 9 | 29 | – | .272 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Chicago Cubs | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Chicago White Sox | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | – | .357 | – | – |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox | 53 | 48 | 17 | 3 | 23 | – | .354 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 12 | – | .226 | – | – |