Tom Needham
1904–1914 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants
530G
.209AVG
.274OBP
.272SLG
More career statistics
311H
8HR
117RBI
20SB
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 | 530 | 529 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,491 | 1,495 |
| Batting · Doubles | 50 | 49 |
| Batting · Hits | 311 | 312 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 26 | 25 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 49 | 171 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,651 | 1,660 |
| Batting · RBI | 117 | 109 |
| Batting · Triples | 10 | 11 |
| Batting · Walks | 109 | 113 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 530 | 1,651 | 1,491 | 113 | 311 | 50 | 10 | 8 | 117 | 109 | 49 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 405 | .209 | .274 | .272 | .546 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1905-04-23 to 1905-05-02
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1906-09-05 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1910-05-05 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1904-10-08 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 256 | 754 | 137 | 4 | 49 | 51 | 73 | .203 | .249 | .267 |
| Away | 273 | 906 | 175 | 4 | 60 | 62 | 98 | .213 | .262 | .277 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 41 | 134 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 13 | .218 | .246 | .277 |
| May | 91 | 306 | 48 | 3 | 20 | 29 | 24 | .180 | .252 | .251 |
| June | 94 | 304 | 57 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 26 | .207 | .257 | .265 |
| July | 80 | 238 | 53 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 33 | .250 | .294 | .344 |
| August | 89 | 281 | 50 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 23 | .192 | .228 | .230 |
| September | 107 | 322 | 63 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 44 | .216 | .261 | .284 |
| October | 27 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | .217 | .253 | .261 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 87 | 275 | 52 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 36 | .205 | .247 | .283 |
| cincinnati-reds | 85 | 287 | 54 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 32 | .207 | .254 | .280 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 76 | 244 | 53 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 22 | .244 | .283 | .290 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 76 | 233 | 44 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 13 | .213 | .266 | .261 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 69 | 204 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 16 | .213 | .270 | .264 |
| new-york-giants | 61 | 188 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | .201 | .250 | .264 |
| chicago-cubs | 45 | 162 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | .178 | .222 | .267 |
| boston-braves | 30 | 67 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | .172 | .224 | .224 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |  Boston Braves | 84 | 269 | 70 | 4 | 14 | 3 | .260 | – | – |
| 1905 | Boston Braves | 83 | 271 | 59 | 2 | 16 | 3 | .218 | – | – |
| 1906 | Boston Braves | 84 | 284 | 53 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .187 | – | – |
| 1907 | Boston Braves | 86 | 260 | 51 | 1 | 17 | 4 | .196 | – | – |
| 1908 |  New York Giants | 56 | 92 | 20 | – | 11 | – | .217 | – | – |
| 1909 |  Chicago Cubs | 13 | 28 | 4 | – | – | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1910 | Chicago Cubs | 33 | 77 | 15 | – | 10 | 1 | .195 | – | – |
| 1911 | Chicago Cubs | 26 | 64 | 12 | – | 6 | 2 | .188 | – | – |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs | 34 | 90 | 16 | – | 12 | 3 | .178 | – | – |
| 1913 | Chicago Cubs | 21 | 43 | 10 | – | 11 | – | .233 | – | – |
| 1914 | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 17 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | .118 | – | – |