Tommy Butts
1938–1953 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ATN, Baltimore Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, NAS, Philadelphia Stars
485G
.272AVG
.339OBP
.340SLG
More career statistics
499H
4HR
203RBI
38SB
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 | 485 | 487 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,833 | 1,792 |
| Batting · Hits | 499 | 502 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 20 | 11 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,079 | 2,024 |
| Batting · Runs | 319 | 327 |
| Batting · RBI | 203 | 156 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 38 | 36 |
| Batting · Walks | 165 | 150 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 485 | 2,079 | 1,833 | 319 | 499 | 58 | 27 | 4 | 203 | 165 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 623 | .272 | .339 | .340 | .679 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1947-06-22 to 1947-07-12
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1946-09-10 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1940-07-20 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1948-07-25 | 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 | 316 | 1303 | 332 | 1 | 115 | 99 | 7 | .289 | .331 | .362 |
| Away | 171 | 721 | 170 | 3 | 41 | 51 | 5 | .264 | .307 | .326 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
| May | 97 | 417 | 97 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 2 | .264 | .307 | .312 |
| June | 109 | 439 | 119 | 1 | 40 | 30 | 2 | .305 | .339 | .379 |
| July | 122 | 511 | 128 | 1 | 33 | 39 | 5 | .282 | .327 | .355 |
| August | 119 | 490 | 108 | 1 | 32 | 44 | 2 | .252 | .310 | .329 |
| September | 39 | 163 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .327 | .331 | .401 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 100 | 432 | 123 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 1 | .314 | .326 | .395 |
| homestead-grays | 88 | 366 | 86 | 1 | 22 | 24 | 4 | .260 | .301 | .329 |
| newark-eagles | 84 | 357 | 78 | 0 | 14 | 43 | 0 | .261 | .339 | .301 |
| new-york-cubans | 74 | 301 | 77 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 2 | .295 | .332 | .383 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 56 | 236 | 64 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 0 | .311 | .356 | .364 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 22 | 93 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .244 | .258 | .302 |
| memphis-red-sox | 15 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .245 | .309 | .347 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 8 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .323 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | ATN | 27 | 86 | 18 | – | 4 | – | .209 | – | – |
| 1939 | ATN, Baltimore Elite Giants | 22 | 68 | 20 | – | 9 | 2 | .294 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 42 | 164 | 54 | 1 | 18 | 2 | .329 | – | – |
| 1941 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 34 | 130 | 26 | – | 7 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1942 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 43 | 153 | 34 | – | 11 | 5 | .222 | – | – |
| 1944 | Baltimore Elite Giants, Philadelphia Stars | 46 | 158 | 42 | – | 13 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1945 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 43 | 152 | 41 | – | 11 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1946 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 61 | 228 | 67 | 1 | 21 | 6 | .294 | – | – |
| 1947 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 61 | 244 | 81 | 1 | 22 | 4 | .332 | – | – |
| 1948 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 58 | 216 | 64 | – | 10 | 9 | .296 | – | – |
| 1949 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 50 | 193 | 55 | 1 | 30 | 7 | .285 | – | – |