Ted Savage
1962–1971 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
642G
.233AVG
.334OBP
.361SLG
More career statistics
321H
34HR
163RBI
49SB
3Rare 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 · Plate appearances | 1,613 | 1,614 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 642 | 1,613 | 1,375 | 202 | 321 | 51 | 11 | 34 | 163 | 200 | 272 | 49 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 496 | .233 | .334 | .361 | .695 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1962-05-06 to 1962-05-15
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1962-07-08 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1970-09-15 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1962-09-03 | 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 | 330 | 796 | 161 | 20 | 99 | 109 | 117 | .243 | .339 | .403 |
| Away | 312 | 818 | 160 | 14 | 64 | 91 | 155 | .225 | .307 | .322 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 50 | 102 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 17 | .239 | .304 | .326 |
| May | 115 | 312 | 60 | 5 | 35 | 37 | 52 | .226 | .311 | .355 |
| June | 128 | 307 | 67 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 63 | .254 | .339 | .402 |
| July | 112 | 312 | 66 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 53 | .244 | .321 | .374 |
| August | 130 | 324 | 50 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 45 | .184 | .299 | .298 |
| September | 103 | 241 | 52 | 4 | 26 | 34 | 39 | .261 | .357 | .392 |
| October | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .308 | .375 | .462 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| houston-astros | 56 | 141 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 28 | .183 | .291 | .275 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 56 | 153 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | .185 | .248 | .252 |
| new-york-mets | 53 | 112 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 20 | .150 | .214 | .310 |
| cincinnati-reds | 52 | 124 | 31 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 20 | .301 | .379 | .437 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 49 | 108 | 30 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 21 | .316 | .380 | .505 |
| san-francisco-giants | 49 | 128 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 21 | .211 | .297 | .275 |
| chicago-cubs | 41 | 89 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 17 | .244 | .292 | .341 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 40 | 121 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | .296 | .388 | .459 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 127 | 335 | 89 | 7 | 39 | 16 | .266 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 149 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 4 | .195 | – | – |
| 1965 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .159 | – | – |
| 1966 | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 29 | 5 | – | 3 | 4 | .172 | – | – |
| 1967 | Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 233 | 50 | 5 | 33 | 7 | .215 | – | – |
| 1968 | Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers | 64 | 134 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .209 | – | – |
| 1969 |  Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 110 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 3 | .227 | – | – |
| 1970 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 114 | 276 | 77 | 12 | 50 | 10 | .279 | – | – |
| 1971 | Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers | 33 | 46 | 8 | – | 2 | 3 | .174 | – | – |