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1935–1947 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, WPS
1,129G
.245AVG
.293OBP
.304SLG
More career statistics
910H
9HR
292RBI
67SB
1Rare feat
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 | 35 | 39 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 194 | 192 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,087 | 4,084 |
| Batting · Runs | 381 | 380 |
| Batting · RBI | 292 | 291 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 67 | 69 |
| Batting · Walks | 246 | 243 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,129 | 4,087 | 3,716 | 381 | 910 | 164 | 15 | 9 | 292 | 246 | 194 | 67 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1,131 | .245 | .293 | .304 | .597 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1937-09-19 to 1938-09-04
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1943-08-12 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1941-05-30 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1945-08-04 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 571 | 2010 | 491 | 4 | 156 | 126 | 89 | .269 | .307 | .336 |
| Away | 558 | 2074 | 419 | 5 | 135 | 117 | 103 | .221 | .258 | .274 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 100 | 396 | 94 | 0 | 31 | 19 | 16 | .256 | .285 | .302 |
| May | 180 | 659 | 139 | 2 | 46 | 32 | 35 | .231 | .259 | .302 |
| June | 179 | 591 | 128 | 2 | 45 | 52 | 30 | .246 | .305 | .303 |
| July | 206 | 740 | 176 | 0 | 58 | 44 | 38 | .258 | .297 | .316 |
| August | 236 | 888 | 197 | 2 | 63 | 55 | 37 | .245 | .284 | .298 |
| September | 219 | 775 | 166 | 3 | 47 | 40 | 34 | .235 | .266 | .302 |
| October | 9 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .294 | .314 | .353 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 144 | 538 | 116 | 1 | 34 | 33 | 24 | .238 | .277 | .306 |
| new-york-yankees | 137 | 483 | 103 | 2 | 27 | 30 | 23 | .235 | .275 | .289 |
| chicago-white-sox | 132 | 462 | 105 | 0 | 35 | 20 | 24 | .242 | .271 | .298 |
| st-louis-browns | 130 | 465 | 117 | 0 | 43 | 20 | 16 | .275 | .295 | .339 |
| detroit-tigers | 125 | 438 | 97 | 0 | 29 | 31 | 19 | .246 | .292 | .294 |
| cleveland-guardians | 122 | 436 | 99 | 1 | 39 | 31 | 19 | .254 | .298 | .326 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 72 | 280 | 63 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 7 | .247 | .271 | .310 |
| boston-red-sox | 60 | 224 | 52 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 13 | .249 | .281 | .321 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 60 | 145 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .207 | – | – |
| 1936 | Philadelphia Athletics | 127 | 471 | 106 | – | 46 | 15 | .225 | – | – |
| 1937 | Philadelphia Athletics | 122 | 438 | 111 | 1 | 30 | 11 | .253 | – | – |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 17 | 48 | 13 | – | 7 | 1 | .271 | – | – |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Athletics | 99 | 248 | 55 | – | 17 | 5 | .222 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Boston Red Sox | 93 | 227 | 51 | 2 | 17 | 10 | .225 | – | – |
| 1942 | Boston Red Sox | 29 | 95 | 26 | – | 9 | 2 | .274 | – | – |
| 1943 | Boston Red Sox | 114 | 449 | 119 | 1 | 21 | 5 | .265 | – | – |
| 1944 | Boston Red Sox | 136 | 472 | 114 | – | 42 | 4 | .242 | – | – |
| 1945 | Boston Red Sox | 125 | 438 | 127 | 1 | 47 | 7 | .290 | – | – |
| 1946 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 112 | 375 | 87 | 1 | 23 | 4 | .232 | – | – |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Phillies | 95 | 310 | 71 | 2 | 22 | 4 | .229 | – | – |