Walt French
1923–1929 · bats L / throws R · Philadelphia Athletics
397G
.303AVG
.336OBP
.379SLG
More career statistics
297H
2HR
109RBI
13SB
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 | 981 | 980 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 7 | 10 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 6 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 62 | 63 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,071 | 1,074 |
| Batting · RBI | 109 | 110 |
| Batting · Walks | 44 | 46 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 397 | 1,071 | 981 | 142 | 297 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 109 | 44 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 372 | .303 | .336 | .379 | .715 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1926-08-23 to 1926-09-03
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1927-09-12 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1926-04-16 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1927-07-26 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 213 | 602 | 180 | 1 | 70 | 27 | 26 | .325 | .344 | .412 |
| Away | 184 | 472 | 117 | 1 | 40 | 19 | 37 | .275 | .288 | .338 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 22 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .224 | .232 | .286 |
| May | 58 | 113 | 31 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .298 | .327 | .433 |
| June | 59 | 138 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | .278 | .312 | .341 |
| July | 73 | 202 | 72 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 9 | .387 | .376 | .495 |
| August | 87 | 275 | 84 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 15 | .339 | .356 | .411 |
| September | 91 | 273 | 57 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 25 | .225 | .245 | .269 |
| October | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .529 | .571 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 64 | 187 | 52 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 11 | .294 | .299 | .362 |
| new-york-yankees | 62 | 149 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 11 | .264 | .289 | .357 |
| st-louis-browns | 61 | 167 | 52 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | .349 | .353 | .423 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 61 | 163 | 43 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | .299 | .319 | .375 |
| detroit-tigers | 57 | 148 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 7 | .326 | .351 | .444 |
| cleveland-guardians | 51 | 141 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | .282 | .298 | .336 |
| boston-red-sox | 41 | 119 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | .308 | .328 | .356 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 16 | 39 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1925 | Philadelphia Athletics | 67 | 100 | 37 | – | 14 | 1 | .370 | – | – |
| 1926 | Philadelphia Athletics | 112 | 397 | 121 | 1 | 36 | 2 | .305 | – | – |
| 1927 | Philadelphia Athletics | 109 | 326 | 99 | – | 41 | 9 | .304 | – | – |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Athletics | 48 | 73 | 19 | – | 7 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | 45 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 10 | – | .267 | – | – |