Sheriff Blake
1920–1937 · bats B / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
310G
.211AVG
.233OBP
.224SLG
More career statistics
118H
0HR
30RBI
0SB
87–102W–L
1,620.0IP
621K
4.13ERA
195GS
8SV
7Rare 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 · At bats | 558 | 557 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 91 | 89 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 602 | 601 |
| Batting · RBI | 30 | 29 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,150 | 7,159 |
| Pitching · p er | 744 | 751 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,766 | 1,765 |
| Pitching · p hr | 68 | 66 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,860 | 4,861 |
| Pitching · p k | 621 | 628 |
| Pitching · p r | 876 | 877 |
| Pitching · p w | 740 | 742 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 310 | 602 | 558 | 46 | 118 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 125 | .211 | .233 | .224 | .457 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,620.0 | 304 | 195 | 81 | 87 | 102 | 8 | 1,766 | 876 | 744 | 68 | 740 | 621 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 | 1.547 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1927-05-03 to 1927-05-28
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1930-08-21 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1926-06-27 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1926-06-09 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 153 | 295 | 61 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 45 | .229 | .231 | .241 |
| Away | 157 | 306 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 44 | .196 | .209 | .210 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .222 | .231 | .222 |
| May | 49 | 89 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .202 | .225 | .202 |
| June | 50 | 89 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | .154 | .157 | .179 |
| July | 63 | 118 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | .220 | .229 | .239 |
| August | 59 | 126 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 23 | .256 | .270 | .265 |
| September | 54 | 105 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 16 | .196 | .190 | .216 |
| October | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 48 | 99 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | .256 | .242 | .300 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 48 | 100 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 23 | .231 | .260 | .253 |
| cincinnati-reds | 43 | 90 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .211 | .200 |
| new-york-giants | 42 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .211 | .218 | .211 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 41 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .190 | .206 | .190 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 35 | 78 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | .192 | .205 | .192 |
| boston-braves | 33 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .214 | .205 | .229 |
| chicago-cubs | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 13 | 7 |
| 1924 |  Chicago Cubs | 29 | 31 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .290 | 106 | 42 |
| 1925 | Chicago Cubs | 36 | 79 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .152 | 231 | 94 |
| 1926 | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 65 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .215 | 197 | 96 |
| 1927 | Chicago Cubs | 32 | 83 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .193 | 224 | 62 |
| 1928 | Chicago Cubs | 35 | 87 | 19 | – | 5 | – | .218 | 240 | 84 |
| 1929 | Chicago Cubs | 38 | 81 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .173 | 218 | 70 |
| 1930 | Chicago Cubs | 36 | 66 | 15 | – | 2 | – | .227 | 186 | 80 |
| 1931 | Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies | 30 | 41 | 14 | – | 2 | – | .341 | 121 | 61 |
| 1937 | St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 20 | 4 | – | – | – | .200 | 80 | 32 |