Ted Lewis
1897–1901 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves
184G
.223AVG
.273OBP
.252SLG
More career statistics
123H
0HR
52RBI
4SB
94–64W–L
1,405.0IP
378K
3.53ERA
153GS
4SV
10Rare 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 · Games | 184 | 177 |
| Batting · At bats | 552 | 531 |
| Batting · Doubles | 10 | 9 |
| Batting · Hits | 123 | 121 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 1 | 54 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 607 | 581 |
| Batting · Runs | 66 | 65 |
| Batting · RBI | 52 | 50 |
| Batting · Walks | 38 | 34 |
| Pitching · Games | 183 | 177 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,956 | 5,668 |
| Pitching · p cg | 136 | 132 |
| Pitching · p er | 551 | 545 |
| Pitching · p gs | 153 | 148 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,379 | 1,342 |
| Pitching · p hr | 57 | 55 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,215 | 4,090 |
| Pitching · p k | 378 | 375 |
| Pitching · p r | 753 | 718 |
| Pitching · p w | 511 | 485 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 184 | 607 | 552 | 66 | 123 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | .223 | .273 | .252 | .525 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,405.0 | 183 | 153 | 136 | 94 | 64 | 4 | 1,379 | 753 | 551 | 57 | 511 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 3.53 | 1.345 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1898-08-10 to 1898-09-02
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1898-09-29 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1897-10-02 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1898-05-31 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 91 | 291 | 65 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 32 | .243 | .271 | .276 |
| Away | 86 | 290 | 56 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 22 | .213 | .262 | .236 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 | .273 | .111 |
| May | 30 | 99 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10 | .157 | .202 | .225 |
| June | 32 | 114 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | .257 | .263 | .266 |
| July | 37 | 111 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | .188 | .234 | .188 |
| August | 33 | 112 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | .245 | .277 | .302 |
| September | 32 | 102 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 8 | .286 | .324 | .308 |
| October | 9 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .269 | .375 | .269 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 19 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .211 | .233 | .263 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 17 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | .273 | .340 | .273 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 15 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | .225 | .312 | .250 |
| cincinnati-reds | 15 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | .208 | .200 | .226 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 14 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .292 | .314 | .312 |
| cleveland-spiders | 13 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .303 | .303 | .303 |
| chicago-cubs | 11 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .324 | .361 | .353 |
| louisville-colonels | 10 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .194 | .225 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Boston Braves | 38 | 113 | 28 | – | 8 | 3 | .248 | 290 | 65 |
| 1898 | Boston Braves | 41 | 127 | 37 | – | 18 | – | .291 | 313 | 72 |
| 1899 | Boston Braves | 29 | 96 | 25 | – | 9 | 1 | .260 | 234 | 60 |
| 1900 | Boston Braves | 30 | 74 | 10 | – | 5 | – | .135 | 209 | 66 |
| 1901 |  Boston Red Sox | 39 | 121 | 21 | – | 10 | – | .174 | 316 | 112 |