Tony Kubek
1957–1965 · bats L / throws R · ALS, New York Yankees
1,092G
.266AVG
.303OBP
.364SLG
More career statistics
1,109H
57HR
373RBI
29SB
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 | 23 | 25 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 441 | 443 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,494 | 4,493 |
| Batting · RBI | 373 | 372 |
| Batting · Walks | 217 | 216 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,092 | 4,494 | 4,167 | 522 | 1,109 | 178 | 30 | 57 | 373 | 217 | 441 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 26 | 1,518 | .266 | .303 | .364 | .667 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1961-05-21 to 1961-06-09
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 5 hits | 1962-09-09 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1957-07-03 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1962-09-18 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 539 | 2124 | 537 | 33 | 191 | 114 | 202 | .273 | .306 | .381 |
| Away | 553 | 2369 | 572 | 24 | 181 | 102 | 241 | .260 | .285 | .349 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 271 | 56 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 30 | .223 | .266 | .331 |
| May | 183 | 779 | 194 | 9 | 77 | 45 | 73 | .272 | .307 | .386 |
| June | 192 | 777 | 190 | 12 | 60 | 27 | 74 | .261 | .279 | .365 |
| July | 204 | 866 | 240 | 8 | 82 | 40 | 90 | .298 | .323 | .384 |
| August | 242 | 990 | 236 | 6 | 65 | 54 | 90 | .258 | .293 | .332 |
| September | 197 | 795 | 187 | 16 | 60 | 33 | 83 | .251 | .277 | .367 |
| October | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .462 | .467 | .692 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-athletics | 156 | 659 | 168 | 11 | 62 | 31 | 48 | .274 | .302 | .378 |
| boston-red-sox | 140 | 590 | 162 | 12 | 59 | 30 | 56 | .297 | .325 | .447 |
| baltimore-orioles | 132 | 517 | 119 | 7 | 40 | 22 | 49 | .251 | .273 | .350 |
| cleveland-guardians | 131 | 544 | 156 | 6 | 48 | 30 | 51 | .309 | .342 | .414 |
| chicago-white-sox | 129 | 507 | 128 | 4 | 51 | 21 | 43 | .276 | .294 | .354 |
| detroit-tigers | 128 | 525 | 121 | 7 | 40 | 20 | 68 | .243 | .269 | .338 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 83 | 359 | 97 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 32 | .290 | .312 | .349 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 66 | 276 | 67 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 22 | .257 | .290 | .375 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  New York Yankees | 127 | 431 | 128 | 3 | 39 | 6 | .297 | – | – |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | 138 | 559 | 148 | 2 | 48 | 5 | .265 | – | – |
| 1959 | New York Yankees | 132 | 512 | 143 | 6 | 51 | 3 | .279 | – | – |
| 1960 | New York Yankees | 147 | 568 | 155 | 14 | 62 | 3 | .273 | – | – |
| 1961 | New York Yankees | 153 | 617 | 170 | 8 | 46 | 1 | .276 | – | – |
| 1962 | New York Yankees | 45 | 169 | 53 | 4 | 17 | 2 | .314 | – | – |
| 1963 | New York Yankees | 135 | 557 | 143 | 7 | 44 | 4 | .257 | – | – |
| 1964 | New York Yankees | 106 | 415 | 95 | 8 | 31 | 4 | .229 | – | – |
| 1965 | New York Yankees | 109 | 339 | 74 | 5 | 34 | 1 | .218 | – | – |