Wally Gilbert
1928–1932 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds
591G
.269AVG
.322OBP
.341SLG
More career statistics
624H
7HR
214RBI
21SB
2Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 131 | 133 |
| Batting · Runs | 301 | 304 |
| Batting · RBI | 214 | 213 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 591 | 2,558 | 2,317 | 301 | 624 | 112 | 17 | 7 | 214 | 162 | 131 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 791 | .269 | .322 | .341 | .663 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1930-05-24 to 1930-06-05
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1931-05-30 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1931-05-30 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1930-04-23 | 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 | 299 | 1260 | 303 | 1 | 94 | 89 | 55 | .269 | .311 | .333 |
| Away | 292 | 1298 | 321 | 6 | 119 | 73 | 78 | .270 | .304 | .349 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 213 | 48 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 13 | .261 | .319 | .310 |
| May | 108 | 474 | 116 | 2 | 42 | 42 | 21 | .276 | .333 | .348 |
| June | 102 | 468 | 119 | 1 | 39 | 23 | 21 | .277 | .303 | .345 |
| July | 113 | 496 | 120 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 25 | .263 | .282 | .360 |
| August | 110 | 447 | 107 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 26 | .260 | .291 | .321 |
| September | 108 | 452 | 111 | 1 | 40 | 32 | 27 | .270 | .316 | .343 |
| October | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .625 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 87 | 374 | 96 | 0 | 23 | 28 | 23 | .284 | .332 | .343 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 86 | 375 | 100 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 17 | .287 | .317 | .379 |
| new-york-giants | 85 | 368 | 79 | 3 | 30 | 28 | 23 | .245 | .291 | .313 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 83 | 359 | 87 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 25 | .263 | .279 | .317 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 82 | 375 | 99 | 1 | 41 | 30 | 10 | .297 | .344 | .384 |
| boston-braves | 82 | 356 | 80 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 16 | .245 | .287 | .298 |
| cincinnati-reds | 70 | 299 | 73 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 16 | .272 | .311 | .369 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 16 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .200 | .231 | .260 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 39 | 153 | 31 | – | 3 | 2 | .203 | – | – |
| 1929 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 143 | 569 | 173 | 3 | 57 | 7 | .304 | – | – |
| 1930 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 150 | 623 | 183 | 3 | 68 | 7 | .294 | – | – |
| 1931 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 145 | 552 | 147 | – | 45 | 3 | .266 | – | – |
| 1932 |  Cincinnati Reds | 114 | 420 | 90 | 1 | 40 | 2 | .214 | – | – |