Steve Mesner
1937–1945 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, WHK, WPS
451G
.252AVG
.308OBP
.306SLG
More career statistics
397H
2HR
167RBI
11SB
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 | 1,574 | 1,575 |
| Batting · Hits | 397 | 398 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,742 | 1,741 |
| Batting · RBI | 167 | 168 |
| Batting · Walks | 121 | 119 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | 1,742 | 1,574 | 153 | 397 | 67 | 6 | 2 | 167 | 121 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 482 | .252 | .308 | .306 | .614 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1943-05-31 to 1943-06-18
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1945-04-22 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1944-09-27 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1945-04-21 | 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 | 228 | 853 | 189 | 0 | 78 | 65 | 23 | .248 | .298 | .295 |
| Away | 223 | 888 | 209 | 2 | 90 | 54 | 46 | .257 | .296 | .317 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .333 | .289 |
| May | 80 | 288 | 71 | 0 | 45 | 22 | 15 | .275 | .323 | .345 |
| June | 90 | 345 | 74 | 1 | 25 | 21 | 15 | .234 | .275 | .282 |
| July | 89 | 359 | 84 | 0 | 31 | 27 | 9 | .259 | .309 | .309 |
| August | 75 | 300 | 68 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 10 | .246 | .283 | .283 |
| September | 95 | 371 | 84 | 1 | 34 | 21 | 18 | .248 | .283 | .310 |
| October | 5 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .412 | .429 | .529 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 71 | 276 | 75 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 16 | .295 | .326 | .378 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 66 | 248 | 69 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 6 | .312 | .339 | .380 |
| boston-braves | 65 | 260 | 59 | 1 | 28 | 22 | 6 | .258 | .312 | .310 |
| chicago-cubs | 65 | 250 | 49 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 11 | .210 | .252 | .227 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 64 | 257 | 52 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 7 | .220 | .265 | .280 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 57 | 212 | 47 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 12 | .245 | .302 | .292 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 56 | 217 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 8 | .226 | .286 | .279 |
| cincinnati-reds | 7 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .238 | .200 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Chicago Cubs | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1939 | Chicago Cubs | 17 | 43 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .279 | – | – |
| 1941 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 69 | 10 | – | 10 | – | .145 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Cincinnati Reds | 137 | 505 | 137 | – | 53 | 6 | .271 | – | – |
| 1944 | Cincinnati Reds | 121 | 414 | 101 | 1 | 47 | 1 | .244 | – | – |
| 1945 | Cincinnati Reds | 150 | 540 | 137 | 1 | 52 | 4 | .254 | – | – |