Vic Saier
1911–1919 · bats L / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates
865G
.263AVG
.351OBP
.409SLG
More career statistics
775H
55HR
395RBI
121SB
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 | 2,948 | 2,949 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 26 | 95 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 22 | 21 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 369 | 370 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,431 | 3,434 |
| Batting · Runs | 455 | 454 |
| Batting · RBI | 395 | 400 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 121 | 125 |
| Batting · Walks | 378 | 383 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 865 | 3,431 | 2,948 | 455 | 775 | 143 | 61 | 55 | 395 | 378 | 369 | 121 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 1,205 | .263 | .351 | .409 | .760 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1915-06-09 to 1915-06-25
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1914-08-07 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1912-06-08 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1916-09-04 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 449 | 1745 | 407 | 36 | 225 | 190 | 165 | .272 | .342 | .437 |
| Away | 416 | 1689 | 368 | 19 | 175 | 193 | 205 | .253 | .332 | .379 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 245 | 61 | 4 | 41 | 28 | 25 | .293 | .363 | .510 |
| May | 131 | 522 | 109 | 8 | 44 | 70 | 49 | .250 | .343 | .406 |
| June | 146 | 586 | 130 | 11 | 63 | 64 | 60 | .257 | .331 | .394 |
| July | 175 | 697 | 168 | 14 | 97 | 87 | 75 | .284 | .366 | .439 |
| August | 162 | 637 | 140 | 9 | 77 | 67 | 74 | .253 | .325 | .400 |
| September | 166 | 657 | 150 | 9 | 74 | 57 | 75 | .260 | .315 | .382 |
| October | 22 | 90 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | .221 | .300 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 130 | 522 | 125 | 9 | 63 | 60 | 60 | .281 | .354 | .431 |
| boston-braves | 130 | 532 | 119 | 5 | 66 | 50 | 60 | .253 | .318 | .382 |
| cincinnati-reds | 128 | 511 | 118 | 11 | 69 | 54 | 48 | .269 | .337 | .451 |
| new-york-giants | 127 | 485 | 112 | 10 | 45 | 52 | 53 | .267 | .338 | .429 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 121 | 480 | 117 | 9 | 62 | 51 | 48 | .282 | .350 | .431 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 120 | 477 | 99 | 6 | 50 | 60 | 44 | .246 | .333 | .373 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 101 | 400 | 78 | 5 | 44 | 54 | 57 | .234 | .330 | .348 |
| chicago-cubs | 8 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .292 | .333 | .417 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Chicago Cubs | 86 | 260 | 67 | 1 | 34 | 11 | .258 | – | – |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs | 122 | 451 | 130 | 2 | 59 | 11 | .288 | – | – |
| 1913 | Chicago Cubs | 149 | 519 | 150 | 14 | 94 | 29 | .289 | – | – |
| 1914 | Chicago Cubs | 153 | 538 | 129 | 18 | 75 | 19 | .240 | – | – |
| 1915 | Chicago Cubs | 144 | 496 | 131 | 11 | 70 | 30 | .264 | – | – |
| 1916 | Chicago Cubs | 147 | 498 | 126 | 7 | 46 | 20 | .253 | – | – |
| 1917 | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 21 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .238 | – | – |
| 1919 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 58 | 166 | 37 | 2 | 20 | 5 | .223 | – | – |