Thurman Tucker
1942–1951 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians
701G
.255AVG
.342OBP
.325SLG
More career statistics
570H
9HR
179RBI
77SB
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 | 47 | 51 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 237 | 238 |
| Batting · Runs | 325 | 326 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 77 | 76 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | 2,542 | 2,231 | 325 | 570 | 79 | 24 | 9 | 179 | 291 | 237 | 77 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 724 | .255 | .342 | .325 | .667 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1946-08-09 to 1946-09-07
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1946-09-21 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1943-07-04 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1943-09-18 | 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 | 357 | 1279 | 277 | 7 | 96 | 144 | 115 | .246 | .329 | .316 |
| Away | 344 | 1263 | 293 | 2 | 83 | 147 | 123 | .265 | .348 | .333 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 149 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 12 | .273 | .362 | .336 |
| May | 129 | 498 | 121 | 0 | 28 | 54 | 44 | .275 | .351 | .341 |
| June | 120 | 439 | 91 | 1 | 35 | 54 | 43 | .241 | .330 | .283 |
| July | 144 | 541 | 117 | 2 | 42 | 61 | 50 | .245 | .329 | .300 |
| August | 129 | 389 | 90 | 3 | 21 | 47 | 42 | .265 | .352 | .362 |
| September | 132 | 511 | 114 | 3 | 44 | 54 | 47 | .251 | .329 | .343 |
| October | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .154 | .267 | .154 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 119 | 446 | 103 | 2 | 36 | 49 | 47 | .261 | .341 | .339 |
| new-york-yankees | 101 | 357 | 71 | 1 | 19 | 47 | 38 | .230 | .331 | .278 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 101 | 385 | 94 | 0 | 32 | 39 | 26 | .274 | .345 | .335 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 99 | 368 | 84 | 0 | 34 | 31 | 34 | .252 | .312 | .321 |
| boston-red-sox | 98 | 366 | 92 | 1 | 13 | 52 | 25 | .296 | .393 | .370 |
| detroit-tigers | 90 | 295 | 63 | 1 | 19 | 31 | 42 | .243 | .319 | .309 |
| cleveland-guardians | 66 | 238 | 47 | 2 | 22 | 33 | 22 | .232 | .336 | .310 |
| chicago-white-sox | 27 | 87 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | .205 | .287 | .308 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Chicago White Sox | 7 | 24 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1943 | Chicago White Sox | 139 | 528 | 124 | 3 | 39 | 28 | .235 | – | – |
| 1944 | Chicago White Sox | 124 | 446 | 128 | 2 | 46 | 13 | .287 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 121 | 438 | 126 | 1 | 36 | 9 | .288 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago White Sox | 89 | 254 | 60 | 1 | 17 | 10 | .236 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Cleveland Guardians | 83 | 242 | 63 | 1 | 19 | 11 | .260 | – | – |
| 1949 | Cleveland Guardians | 80 | 197 | 48 | – | 14 | 4 | .244 | – | – |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians | 57 | 101 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .178 | – | – |
| 1951 | Cleveland Guardians | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |