Socks Seybold
1899–1908 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics
999G
.294AVG
.353OBP
.424SLG
More career statistics
1,085H
51HR
556RBI
66SB
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 · Games | 999 | 997 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,685 | 3,687 |
| Batting · Doubles | 218 | 216 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,085 | 1,086 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 40 | 41 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,114 | 4,108 |
| Batting · RBI | 556 | 542 |
| Batting · Triples | 54 | 55 |
| Batting · Walks | 293 | 285 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 999 | 4,114 | 3,685 | 478 | 1,085 | 218 | 54 | 51 | 556 | 293 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1,564 | .294 | .353 | .424 | .777 |
Streaks
26longest hitting streak · 1901-07-19 to 1901-08-13
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1906-06-29 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1901-09-05 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1902-09-05 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 485 | 1967 | 553 | 25 | 286 | 147 | 109 | .317 | .356 | .458 |
| Away | 512 | 2141 | 533 | 26 | 256 | 138 | 120 | .275 | .313 | .395 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 286 | 85 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 18 | .321 | .339 | .472 |
| May | 155 | 648 | 189 | 10 | 104 | 50 | 40 | .329 | .369 | .486 |
| June | 132 | 545 | 139 | 8 | 70 | 40 | 32 | .292 | .328 | .426 |
| July | 191 | 788 | 213 | 8 | 99 | 55 | 42 | .299 | .340 | .414 |
| August | 208 | 863 | 226 | 16 | 111 | 53 | 40 | .287 | .323 | .412 |
| September | 215 | 874 | 209 | 6 | 103 | 63 | 55 | .266 | .311 | .387 |
| October | 27 | 104 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 2 | .284 | .356 | .398 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 154 | 636 | 158 | 4 | 68 | 41 | 40 | .273 | .313 | .396 |
| chicago-white-sox | 144 | 595 | 144 | 5 | 76 | 38 | 43 | .267 | .306 | .374 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 139 | 581 | 188 | 11 | 88 | 43 | 24 | .365 | .398 | .528 |
| cleveland-guardians | 135 | 564 | 160 | 11 | 91 | 35 | 26 | .311 | .346 | .450 |
| detroit-tigers | 129 | 537 | 131 | 7 | 59 | 44 | 33 | .277 | .326 | .393 |
| st-louis-browns | 124 | 492 | 125 | 9 | 59 | 34 | 21 | .286 | .323 | .428 |
| new-york-yankees | 97 | 390 | 96 | 2 | 59 | 26 | 29 | .274 | .313 | .393 |
| baltimore-orioles-1901-02 | 39 | 162 | 50 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 6 | .362 | .414 | .522 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 |  Cincinnati Reds | 22 | 85 | 19 | – | 8 | 2 | .224 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 114 | 448 | 150 | 8 | 90 | 15 | .335 | – | – |
| 1902 | Philadelphia Athletics | 137 | 523 | 165 | 16 | 98 | 6 | .315 | – | – |
| 1903 | Philadelphia Athletics | 137 | 522 | 156 | 8 | 84 | 5 | .299 | – | – |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics | 143 | 512 | 149 | 3 | 64 | 12 | .291 | – | – |
| 1905 | Philadelphia Athletics | 133 | 486 | 135 | 6 | 48 | 5 | .278 | – | – |
| 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics | 114 | 414 | 130 | 5 | 55 | 9 | .314 | – | – |
| 1907 | Philadelphia Athletics | 147 | 565 | 153 | 5 | 90 | 10 | .271 | – | – |
| 1908 | Philadelphia Athletics | 50 | 132 | 29 | – | 5 | 2 | .220 | – | – |