Rudy York
1934–1948 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
1,603G
.275AVG
.362OBP
.483SLG
More career statistics
1,621H
277HR
1,152RBI
38SB
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 | 26 | 30 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 867 | 872 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,720 | 6,723 |
| Batting · Runs | 876 | 877 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,152 | 1,151 |
| Batting · Walks | 792 | 795 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,603 | 6,720 | 5,891 | 876 | 1,621 | 291 | 52 | 277 | 1,152 | 792 | 867 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 2,847 | .275 | .362 | .483 | .845 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1940-07-21 to 1940-08-04
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Two Grand Slams in a Game | 1946-07-27 | 1 in 16,025 games | box score ↗ |
| 89 | Ten-RBI Game | 1946-07-27 | 1 in 13,155 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1942-05-24 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 792 | 3302 | 882 | 158 | 658 | 390 | 388 | .304 | .385 | .541 |
| Away | 811 | 3421 | 739 | 119 | 493 | 405 | 484 | .247 | .334 | .427 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 122 | 504 | 112 | 16 | 77 | 64 | 60 | .255 | .349 | .426 |
| May | 269 | 1134 | 267 | 44 | 183 | 150 | 160 | .274 | .368 | .462 |
| June | 286 | 1181 | 283 | 45 | 176 | 145 | 158 | .275 | .362 | .477 |
| July | 309 | 1291 | 308 | 43 | 220 | 142 | 157 | .270 | .349 | .454 |
| August | 321 | 1355 | 354 | 83 | 283 | 153 | 171 | .297 | .374 | .575 |
| September | 288 | 1225 | 291 | 44 | 207 | 137 | 161 | .269 | .349 | .462 |
| October | 8 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .207 | .303 | .483 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 237 | 992 | 200 | 29 | 136 | 110 | 160 | .228 | .312 | .385 |
| st-louis-browns | 231 | 967 | 239 | 44 | 177 | 130 | 109 | .288 | .382 | .512 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 228 | 973 | 244 | 48 | 180 | 96 | 111 | .280 | .349 | .509 |
| new-york-yankees | 225 | 925 | 224 | 33 | 152 | 104 | 126 | .275 | .355 | .462 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 222 | 932 | 229 | 34 | 157 | 116 | 111 | .282 | .370 | .485 |
| chicago-white-sox | 215 | 899 | 216 | 42 | 161 | 134 | 117 | .284 | .389 | .518 |
| boston-red-sox | 200 | 848 | 233 | 44 | 164 | 88 | 97 | .309 | .379 | .564 |
| detroit-tigers | 45 | 187 | 36 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 41 | .212 | .283 | .300 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  Detroit Tigers | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1937 | Detroit Tigers | 104 | 375 | 115 | 35 | 101 | 3 | .307 | – | – |
| 1938 | Detroit Tigers | 135 | 463 | 138 | 33 | 126 | 1 | .298 | – | – |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers | 102 | 329 | 101 | 20 | 68 | 4 | .307 | – | – |
| 1940 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 588 | 186 | 33 | 135 | 3 | .316 | – | – |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 590 | 153 | 27 | 111 | 3 | .259 | – | – |
| 1942 | Detroit Tigers | 153 | 577 | 150 | 21 | 90 | 4 | .260 | – | – |
| 1943 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 571 | 155 | 34 | 118 | 5 | .271 | – | – |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 151 | 583 | 161 | 18 | 99 | 5 | .276 | – | – |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 595 | 157 | 18 | 87 | 6 | .264 | – | – |
| 1946 |  Boston Red Sox | 154 | 579 | 160 | 17 | 119 | 3 | .276 | – | – |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox | 150 | 584 | 136 | 21 | 91 | 1 | .233 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 31 | 51 | 8 | – | 6 | – | .157 | – | – |