Sloppy Thurston
1923–1934 · bats R / throws R · ASD, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, PIR, St. Louis Browns, WHK, Washington Senators (1901-60)
343G
.270AVG
.299OBP
.383SLG
More career statistics
175H
5HR
79RBI
1SB
89–86W–L
1,542.2IP
306K
4.24ERA
177GS
13SV
4Rare 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 698 | 699 |
| Batting · RBI | 79 | 83 |
| Batting · Walks | 24 | 25 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,698 | 6,695 |
| Pitching · p cg | 95 | 94 |
| Pitching · p er | 727 | 722 |
| Pitching · p gs | 177 | 178 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,859 | 1,860 |
| Pitching · p hr | 93 | 94 |
| Pitching · p k | 306 | 302 |
| Pitching · p r | 837 | 836 |
| Pitching · p w | 369 | 373 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 343 | 698 | 648 | 65 | 175 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 79 | 24 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 248 | .270 | .299 | .383 | .682 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,542.7 | 288 | 177 | 95 | 89 | 86 | 13 | 1,859 | 837 | 727 | 93 | 369 | 306 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 1.444 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1923-06-18 to 1923-07-03
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Six Home Runs Allowed | 1932-08-13 | 1 in 18,629 games | box score ↗ |
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1931-09-17 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1925-05-31 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 171 | 329 | 91 | 3 | 49 | 14 | 40 | .302 | .319 | .415 |
| Away | 172 | 370 | 84 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 51 | .242 | .257 | .354 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 28 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .133 | .163 | .289 |
| May | 56 | 119 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | .196 | .210 | .232 |
| June | 68 | 142 | 45 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 15 | .360 | .373 | .520 |
| July | 74 | 149 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 27 | .236 | .248 | .326 |
| August | 60 | 127 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 13 | .303 | .323 | .454 |
| September | 53 | 107 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 11 | .309 | .318 | .423 |
| October | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 40 | 78 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | .296 | .321 | .408 |
| detroit-tigers | 36 | 74 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | .232 | .257 | .377 |
| st-louis-browns | 33 | 71 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | .254 | .282 | .349 |
| cleveland-guardians | 32 | 58 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .304 | .328 | .411 |
| new-york-yankees | 30 | 75 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | .343 | .360 | .429 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 27 | 55 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | .314 | .364 | .510 |
| boston-braves | 24 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | .128 | .125 | .234 |
| chicago-cubs | 22 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .216 | .225 | .351 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 47 | 79 | 25 | – | 5 | – | .316 | 195 | 54 |
| 1924 |  Chicago White Sox | 51 | 122 | 31 | 1 | 11 | – | .254 | 292 | 37 |
| 1925 | Chicago White Sox | 44 | 84 | 24 | – | 14 | – | .286 | 182 | 35 |
| 1926 | Chicago White Sox | 38 | 61 | 19 | – | 5 | – | .311 | 134 | 35 |
| 1927 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 42 | 92 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 1 | .315 | 205 | 35 |
| 1930 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 36 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 11 | – | .200 | 106 | 26 |
| 1931 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 24 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 8 | – | .217 | 143 | 23 |
| 1932 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 29 | 56 | 17 | – | 5 | – | .304 | 153 | 35 |
| 1933 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 32 | 44 | 7 | – | 7 | – | .159 | 131 | 22 |