Ed Walsh
1904–1917 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox
463G
.194AVG
.231OBP
.255SLG
More career statistics
210H
3HR
68RBI
14SB
195–126W–L
2,964.1IP
1,736K
1.82ERA
315GS
35SV
9Rare 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 | 463 | 462 |
| Batting · Doubles | 38 | 41 |
| Batting · Hits | 210 | 209 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 14 | 283 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,168 | 1,167 |
| Batting · Runs | 92 | 94 |
| Batting · RBI | 68 | 69 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 14 | 15 |
| Pitching · Games | 430 | 431 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 11,417 | 10,773 |
| Pitching · p er | 598 | 497 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,346 | 2,344 |
| Pitching · p hr | 23 | 24 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,893 | 8,888 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,736 | 1,752 |
| Pitching · p r | 873 | 885 |
| Pitching · p w | 617 | 625 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 463 | 1,168 | 1,085 | 92 | 210 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 46 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 277 | .194 | .231 | .255 | .486 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,964.3 | 430 | 315 | 250 | 195 | 126 | 35 | 2,346 | 873 | 598 | 23 | 617 | 1,736 | 0 | 0 | 1.82 | 1.000 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1908-07-21 to 1908-07-28
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 16 scoreless innings | 1910-08-04 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1908-10-02 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1911-08-27 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 228 | 563 | 103 | 1 | 33 | 25 | 134 | .198 | .227 | .261 |
| Away | 234 | 604 | 106 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 149 | .188 | .210 | .254 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 86 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | .284 | .302 | .420 |
| May | 68 | 183 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 31 | .206 | .246 | .281 |
| June | 91 | 223 | 45 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 58 | .212 | .247 | .264 |
| July | 78 | 207 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 48 | .153 | .174 | .240 |
| August | 93 | 222 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 74 | .176 | .207 | .206 |
| September | 83 | 209 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 59 | .175 | .182 | .230 |
| October | 15 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .219 | .243 | .281 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 79 | 200 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 43 | .200 | .235 | .276 |
| cleveland-guardians | 72 | 177 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 38 | .230 | .237 | .303 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 67 | 189 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 66 | .145 | .169 | .212 |
| boston-red-sox | 66 | 178 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 45 | .205 | .253 | .267 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 63 | 139 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 36 | .158 | .180 | .188 |
| st-louis-browns | 59 | 157 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 26 | .208 | .223 | .295 |
| detroit-tigers | 52 | 121 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 27 | .202 | .223 | .248 |
| chicago-cubs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |  Chicago White Sox | 18 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .220 | 111 | 53 |
| 1905 | Chicago White Sox | 28 | 58 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .155 | 137 | 71 |
| 1906 | Chicago White Sox | 42 | 99 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .141 | 278 | 172 |
| 1907 | Chicago White Sox | 57 | 154 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .162 | 419 | 214 |
| 1908 | Chicago White Sox | 66 | 158 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 2 | .171 | 464 | 271 |
| 1909 | Chicago White Sox | 32 | 83 | 18 | – | 11 | 4 | .217 | 230 | 128 |
| 1910 | Chicago White Sox | 52 | 138 | 30 | – | 6 | 5 | .217 | 370 | 260 |
| 1911 | Chicago White Sox | 64 | 154 | 34 | – | 10 | 1 | .221 | 368 | 256 |
| 1912 | Chicago White Sox | 64 | 137 | 32 | – | 12 | – | .234 | 392 | 259 |
| 1913 | Chicago White Sox | 17 | 32 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .156 | 97 | 34 |
| 1914 | Chicago White Sox | 11 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | .062 | 45 | 15 |
| 1915 | Chicago White Sox | 5 | 11 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .364 | 27 | 12 |
| 1916 | Chicago White Sox | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| 1917 |  Boston Braves | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 18 | 4 |