Skeeter Webb
1932–1948 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals
700G
.219AVG
.263OBP
.268SLG
More career statistics
498H
3HR
166RBI
33SB
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 | 27 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 215 | 217 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,453 | 2,456 |
| Batting · Runs | 216 | 215 |
| Batting · RBI | 166 | 168 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 | 2,453 | 2,274 | 216 | 498 | 73 | 15 | 3 | 166 | 132 | 215 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 610 | .219 | .263 | .268 | .531 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1940-07-13 to 1940-07-24
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 5 hits | 1940-07-28 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1940-07-20 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1947-07-17 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 346 | 1185 | 233 | 1 | 76 | 65 | 97 | .212 | .251 | .262 |
| Away | 354 | 1271 | 265 | 2 | 92 | 67 | 120 | .226 | .261 | .274 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 129 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | .202 | .279 | .237 |
| May | 84 | 254 | 39 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 27 | .166 | .197 | .209 |
| June | 107 | 345 | 70 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 25 | .215 | .241 | .258 |
| July | 156 | 547 | 122 | 2 | 37 | 31 | 49 | .241 | .280 | .300 |
| August | 173 | 636 | 136 | 0 | 56 | 39 | 58 | .232 | .275 | .280 |
| September | 143 | 534 | 104 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 41 | .210 | .242 | .262 |
| October | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .364 | .364 | .364 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 105 | 385 | 84 | 0 | 28 | 19 | 41 | .234 | .268 | .267 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 103 | 352 | 78 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 25 | .238 | .261 | .284 |
| boston-red-sox | 98 | 333 | 63 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 29 | .201 | .246 | .236 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 98 | 348 | 72 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 27 | .224 | .253 | .283 |
| new-york-yankees | 97 | 346 | 65 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 34 | .203 | .249 | .272 |
| cleveland-guardians | 83 | 283 | 62 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 25 | .237 | .276 | .309 |
| detroit-tigers | 63 | 235 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 25 | .199 | .247 | .231 |
| chicago-white-sox | 52 | 174 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 11 | .200 | .247 | .245 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1938 |  Cleveland Guardians | 20 | 58 | 16 | – | 2 | 1 | .276 | – | – |
| 1939 | Cleveland Guardians | 81 | 269 | 71 | 2 | 27 | 1 | .264 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Chicago White Sox | 84 | 334 | 79 | 1 | 30 | 3 | .237 | – | – |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox | 29 | 84 | 16 | – | 6 | 1 | .190 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago White Sox | 32 | 94 | 16 | – | 4 | 1 | .170 | – | – |
| 1943 | Chicago White Sox | 58 | 213 | 50 | – | 22 | 5 | .235 | – | – |
| 1944 | Chicago White Sox | 139 | 513 | 108 | – | 30 | 7 | .211 | – | – |
| 1945 |  Detroit Tigers | 118 | 407 | 81 | – | 21 | 8 | .199 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 65 | 169 | 37 | – | 17 | 3 | .219 | – | – |
| 1947 | Detroit Tigers | 50 | 79 | 16 | – | 6 | 3 | .203 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 23 | 54 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .148 | – | – |