Topsy Hartsel
1898–1911 · bats L / throws L · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Louisville Colonels, Philadelphia Athletics
1,358G
.276AVG
.384OBP
.370SLG
More career statistics
1,336H
31HR
341RBI
247SB
10Rare 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 · Games | 1,358 | 1,359 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,848 | 4,852 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,336 | 1,339 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 12 | 19 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,793 | 5,847 |
| Batting · Runs | 826 | 828 |
| Batting · RBI | 341 | 330 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 247 | 248 |
| Batting · Walks | 837 | 880 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,358 | 5,793 | 4,848 | 826 | 1,336 | 182 | 92 | 31 | 341 | 837 | 0 | 247 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1,795 | .276 | .384 | .370 | .754 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1902-07-11 to 1902-08-01
33longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1902-08-29 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1901-09-21 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1910-05-06 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 687 | 2909 | 706 | 19 | 185 | 428 | 235 | .292 | .390 | .398 |
| Away | 672 | 2938 | 633 | 12 | 145 | 452 | 222 | .260 | .369 | .343 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 116 | 505 | 97 | 4 | 45 | 83 | 44 | .239 | .356 | .357 |
| May | 232 | 997 | 218 | 2 | 43 | 159 | 92 | .268 | .378 | .348 |
| June | 235 | 1021 | 233 | 4 | 66 | 138 | 82 | .269 | .363 | .365 |
| July | 231 | 987 | 235 | 9 | 60 | 147 | 64 | .284 | .387 | .393 |
| August | 245 | 1054 | 255 | 3 | 46 | 176 | 61 | .294 | .409 | .378 |
| September | 246 | 1057 | 249 | 8 | 59 | 146 | 104 | .281 | .374 | .379 |
| October | 54 | 226 | 52 | 1 | 11 | 31 | 10 | .281 | .367 | .351 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 171 | 748 | 174 | 2 | 43 | 110 | 59 | .278 | .380 | .361 |
| boston-red-sox | 170 | 741 | 151 | 6 | 40 | 94 | 80 | .240 | .331 | .338 |
| chicago-white-sox | 166 | 689 | 151 | 5 | 39 | 95 | 56 | .258 | .357 | .335 |
| st-louis-browns | 163 | 702 | 160 | 2 | 29 | 130 | 37 | .286 | .413 | .363 |
| detroit-tigers | 162 | 719 | 163 | 0 | 24 | 120 | 46 | .279 | .394 | .361 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 150 | 642 | 139 | 3 | 43 | 104 | 36 | .262 | .379 | .372 |
| new-york-yankees | 147 | 627 | 137 | 2 | 28 | 101 | 64 | .271 | .380 | .362 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 34 | 145 | 44 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 11 | .346 | .421 | .520 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Louisville Colonels | 22 | 71 | 23 | – | 9 | 2 | .324 | – | – |
| 1899 | Louisville Colonels | 31 | 75 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .240 | – | – |
| 1900 |  Cincinnati Reds | 18 | 64 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | .328 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Chicago Cubs | 140 | 556 | 187 | 7 | 54 | 41 | .336 | – | – |
| 1902 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 137 | 547 | 154 | 5 | 59 | 47 | .282 | – | – |
| 1903 | Philadelphia Athletics | 98 | 373 | 116 | 5 | 26 | 13 | .311 | – | – |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics | 147 | 535 | 135 | 2 | 25 | 19 | .252 | – | – |
| 1905 | Philadelphia Athletics | 150 | 538 | 147 | – | 25 | 37 | .273 | – | – |
| 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics | 144 | 533 | 138 | 1 | 26 | 31 | .259 | – | – |
| 1907 | Philadelphia Athletics | 143 | 506 | 144 | 3 | 31 | 19 | .285 | – | – |
| 1908 | Philadelphia Athletics | 129 | 459 | 112 | 4 | 26 | 16 | .244 | – | – |
| 1909 | Philadelphia Athletics | 84 | 272 | 72 | 1 | 17 | 4 | .265 | – | – |
| 1910 | Philadelphia Athletics | 90 | 285 | 63 | – | 20 | 11 | .221 | – | – |
| 1911 | Philadelphia Athletics | 26 | 38 | 9 | – | – | – | .237 | – | – |