Rufus Lewis
1946–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASP, ASW, HOE, Newark Eagles
43G
.180AVG
.248OBP
.290SLG
More career statistics
18H
2HR
9RBI
0SB
20–14W–L
279.2IP
190K
2.99ERA
35GS
2SV
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 · Games | 43 | 70 |
| Batting · At bats | 100 | 133 |
| Batting · Doubles | 3 | 5 |
| Batting · Hits | 18 | 26 |
| Batting · Home runs | 2 | 4 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 112 | 144 |
| Batting · Runs | 16 | 19 |
| Batting · RBI | 9 | 12 |
| Batting · Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 9 | 7 |
| Pitching · Games | 43 | 70 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,159 | 1,471 |
| Pitching · p cg | 23 | 43 |
| Pitching · p er | 93 | 63 |
| Pitching · p gs | 35 | 58 |
| Pitching · p h | 248 | 413 |
| Pitching · p hr | 12 | 17 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 839 | 1,410 |
| Pitching · p k | 190 | 128 |
| Pitching · p r | 125 | 212 |
| Pitching · p w | 82 | 92 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 112 | 100 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .180 | .248 | .290 | .538 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 279.7 | 43 | 35 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 248 | 125 | 93 | 12 | 82 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 2.99 | 1.180 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1946-06-09 to 1946-06-30
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1949-05-19 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1947-08-24 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1946-09-01 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | NENewark Eagles | 16 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 6 | – | .222 | 105 | 13 |
| 1947 | NENewark Eagles | 20 | 48 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .146 | 135 | 65 |
| 1948 | NENewark Eagles | 14 | 30 | 4 | – | – | – | .133 | 92 | 30 |
| 1949 | HOE | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | – | .368 | 137 | 20 |