Roy Campanella
1937–1957 · bats R / throws R · ASE, Baltimore Elite Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, ECG, NLS, NNS, Philadelphia Stars, WEG
1,466G
.283AVG
.363OBP
.496SLG
More career statistics
1,428H
260HR
1,015RBI
39SB
1–0W–L
15.1IP
16K
5.28ERA
2GS
8Rare 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 · Games | 1,466 | 1,446 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,054 | 4,903 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 15 | 21 |
| Batting · Doubles | 235 | 224 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,428 | 1,408 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 37 | 35 |
| Batting · Home runs | 260 | 265 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 501 | 505 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,757 | 5,596 |
| Batting · Runs | 788 | 772 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,015 | 960 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 39 | 42 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 18 | 23 |
| Batting · Walks | 609 | 599 |
| Pitching · p er | 9 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,466 | 5,757 | 5,054 | 788 | 1,428 | 235 | 32 | 260 | 1,015 | 609 | 501 | 39 | 15 | 37 | 18 | 2,507 | .283 | .363 | .496 | .859 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5.28 | 1.239 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1945-06-03 to 1945-08-03
43longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1952-08-31 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1944-06-17 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 57 | Triple Play | 1955-06-12 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 725 | 2727 | 737 | 153 | 516 | 301 | 231 | .310 | .381 | .564 |
| Away | 721 | 2869 | 671 | 112 | 444 | 298 | 274 | .266 | .338 | .456 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 112 | 455 | 120 | 28 | 99 | 52 | 45 | .305 | .378 | .578 |
| May | 241 | 953 | 248 | 51 | 164 | 101 | 70 | .297 | .366 | .552 |
| June | 256 | 996 | 256 | 46 | 165 | 105 | 103 | .292 | .362 | .515 |
| July | 293 | 1127 | 258 | 50 | 187 | 118 | 110 | .261 | .334 | .459 |
| August | 307 | 1213 | 323 | 59 | 225 | 129 | 98 | .303 | .373 | .529 |
| September | 230 | 826 | 199 | 31 | 117 | 89 | 78 | .276 | .349 | .456 |
| October | 7 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .190 | .346 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 180 | 711 | 189 | 37 | 130 | 71 | 76 | .300 | .366 | .517 |
| chicago-cubs | 174 | 674 | 166 | 33 | 106 | 65 | 81 | .276 | .343 | .498 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 170 | 695 | 175 | 39 | 154 | 85 | 59 | .291 | .374 | .533 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 170 | 668 | 169 | 24 | 104 | 72 | 56 | .290 | .361 | .485 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 168 | 653 | 161 | 43 | 117 | 69 | 75 | .280 | .352 | .573 |
| cincinnati-reds | 168 | 677 | 140 | 32 | 123 | 76 | 70 | .237 | .319 | .437 |
| boston-braves | 93 | 369 | 94 | 18 | 65 | 41 | 39 | .292 | .366 | .528 |
| milwaukee-braves | 92 | 368 | 67 | 16 | 57 | 53 | 43 | .221 | .326 | .383 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | WEG | 13 | 23 | 4 | – | 4 | – | .174 | – | – |
| 1938 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 8 | 17 | 3 | – | – | – | .176 | – | – |
| 1939 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 18 | 30 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | .200 | – | – |
| 1940 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 24 | 79 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 1 | .266 | – | – |
| 1941 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 24 | 66 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .348 | – | – |
| 1942 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 33 | 110 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 1 | .309 | – | – |
| 1944 | Baltimore Elite Giants, Philadelphia Stars | 56 | 188 | 81 | 6 | 32 | 10 | .431 | – | – |
| 1945 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 55 | 185 | 75 | 7 | 23 | 3 | .405 | 15 | 16 |
| 1948 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 83 | 279 | 72 | 9 | 45 | 3 | .258 | – | – |
| 1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 130 | 436 | 125 | 22 | 82 | 3 | .287 | – | – |
| 1950 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 126 | 437 | 123 | 31 | 89 | 1 | .281 | – | – |
| 1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 143 | 505 | 164 | 33 | 108 | 1 | .325 | – | – |
| 1952 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 128 | 468 | 126 | 22 | 97 | 8 | .269 | – | – |
| 1953 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 144 | 519 | 162 | 41 | 142 | 4 | .312 | – | – |
| 1954 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 111 | 397 | 82 | 19 | 51 | 1 | .207 | – | – |
| 1955 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 123 | 446 | 142 | 32 | 107 | 2 | .318 | – | – |
| 1956 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 124 | 388 | 85 | 20 | 73 | 1 | .219 | – | – |
| 1957 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 103 | 330 | 80 | 13 | 62 | 1 | .242 | – | – |