Swede Risberg
1917–1920 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox
476G
.243AVG
.311OBP
.332SLG
More career statistics
394H
6HR
175RBI
52SB
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 | 10 | 46 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 180 | 184 |
| Batting · RBI | 175 | 174 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 52 | 56 |
| Batting · Walks | 148 | 147 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 476 | 1,837 | 1,619 | 196 | 394 | 72 | 27 | 6 | 175 | 148 | 180 | 52 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 538 | .243 | .311 | .332 | .643 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1918-05-02 to 1918-05-11
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1920-09-18 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1920-06-30 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1918-06-02 | 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 | 245 | 934 | 191 | 3 | 79 | 85 | 84 | .236 | .296 | .321 |
| Away | 231 | 903 | 203 | 3 | 95 | 62 | 100 | .250 | .293 | .344 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 146 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | .181 | .212 | .268 |
| May | 90 | 340 | 73 | 0 | 34 | 31 | 28 | .247 | .306 | .307 |
| June | 90 | 356 | 79 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 38 | .245 | .275 | .385 |
| July | 103 | 388 | 92 | 1 | 42 | 33 | 38 | .266 | .322 | .344 |
| August | 88 | 343 | 65 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 35 | .223 | .294 | .301 |
| September | 68 | 261 | 62 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 29 | .266 | .314 | .352 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 71 | 290 | 68 | 2 | 44 | 15 | 32 | .266 | .286 | .410 |
| cleveland-guardians | 71 | 274 | 60 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 22 | .246 | .277 | .336 |
| new-york-yankees | 68 | 262 | 57 | 1 | 28 | 20 | 31 | .241 | .294 | .321 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 68 | 252 | 60 | 1 | 22 | 26 | 29 | .274 | .341 | .370 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 68 | 252 | 46 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 33 | .204 | .262 | .258 |
| st-louis-browns | 66 | 270 | 56 | 1 | 26 | 31 | 16 | .248 | .322 | .319 |
| boston-red-sox | 64 | 237 | 47 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 21 | .222 | .278 | .302 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 |  Chicago White Sox | 149 | 474 | 96 | 1 | 42 | 17 | .203 | – | – |
| 1918 | Chicago White Sox | 82 | 273 | 70 | 1 | 28 | 7 | .256 | – | – |
| 1919 | Chicago White Sox | 119 | 413 | 106 | 2 | 38 | 20 | .257 | – | – |
| 1920 | Chicago White Sox | 126 | 459 | 122 | 2 | 66 | 12 | .266 | – | – |