Tom Zachary
1918–1936 · bats L / throws L · Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
546G
.226AVG
.268OBP
.289SLG
More career statistics
254H
6HR
112RBI
0SB
186–191W–L
3,126.1IP
720K
3.73ERA
408GS
22SV
4Rare 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 · At bats | 1,122 | 1,119 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 261 | 267 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,232 | 1,231 |
| Batting · RBI | 112 | 111 |
| Batting · Walks | 62 | 64 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 13,467 | 13,547 |
| Pitching · p cg | 186 | 185 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,296 | 1,288 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,580 | 3,585 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 9,379 | 9,399 |
| Pitching · p k | 720 | 719 |
| Pitching · p w | 914 | 917 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 546 | 1,232 | 1,122 | 80 | 254 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 112 | 62 | 261 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 324 | .226 | .268 | .289 | .557 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,126.3 | 533 | 408 | 186 | 186 | 191 | 22 | 3,580 | 1,552 | 1,296 | 119 | 914 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 3.73 | 1.437 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1928-04-18 to 1928-06-09
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1923-08-26 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1935-05-16 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1924-06-07 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 268 | 566 | 112 | 4 | 46 | 32 | 129 | .218 | .254 | .285 |
| Away | 278 | 665 | 142 | 2 | 65 | 32 | 138 | .234 | .262 | .294 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 105 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 18 | .287 | .305 | .426 |
| May | 95 | 207 | 44 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 52 | .243 | .290 | .293 |
| June | 90 | 211 | 43 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 45 | .216 | .242 | .271 |
| July | 104 | 265 | 48 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 64 | .198 | .230 | .231 |
| August | 109 | 230 | 44 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 47 | .213 | .248 | .261 |
| September | 95 | 204 | 46 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 41 | .245 | .265 | .335 |
| October | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 60 | 133 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 30 | .183 | .233 | .325 |
| cleveland-guardians | 58 | 135 | 40 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 26 | .308 | .319 | .369 |
| chicago-white-sox | 56 | 125 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 31 | .191 | .216 | .236 |
| st-louis-browns | 48 | 117 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 25 | .231 | .274 | .288 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 48 | 110 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 21 | .235 | .264 | .306 |
| boston-red-sox | 42 | 105 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 26 | .277 | .314 | .319 |
| new-york-yankees | 40 | 78 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | .254 | .244 | .268 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 32 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | .147 | .220 | .213 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | .500 | 8 | 1 |
| 1919 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 17 | 15 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .333 | 61 | 9 |
| 1920 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 51 | 111 | 29 | – | 11 | – | .261 | 263 | 51 |
| 1921 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 39 | 90 | 23 | – | 9 | – | .256 | 249 | 53 |
| 1922 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 32 | 70 | 21 | 1 | 15 | – | .300 | 184 | 36 |
| 1923 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 35 | 76 | 15 | – | 8 | – | .197 | 214 | 39 |
| 1924 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 33 | 73 | 22 | – | 7 | – | .301 | 202 | 46 |
| 1925 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 38 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 5 | – | .174 | 215 | 59 |
| 1926 |  St. Louis Browns | 34 | 86 | 23 | 1 | 5 | – | .267 | 247 | 54 |
| 1927 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 28 | 64 | 8 | – | 7 | – | .125 | 180 | 26 |
| 1928 | New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 27 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 7 | – | .250 | 148 | 26 |
| 1929 |  New York Yankees | 26 | 41 | 10 | – | 5 | – | .244 | 119 | 35 |
| 1930 | Boston Braves, New York Yankees | 28 | 62 | 15 | 2 | 9 | – | .242 | 168 | 58 |
| 1931 |  Boston Braves | 33 | 84 | 14 | – | 3 | – | .167 | 228 | 64 |
| 1932 | Boston Braves | 33 | 77 | 21 | – | 7 | – | .273 | 212 | 67 |
| 1933 | Boston Braves | 27 | 42 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .119 | 126 | 22 |
| 1934 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves | 29 | 46 | 7 | – | 8 | – | .152 | 125 | 32 |
| 1935 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 25 | 52 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .135 | 158 | 33 |
| 1936 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | 9 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .333 | 20 | 8 |