Walter Blair
1907–1915 · bats R / throws R · Buffalo Blues, New York Yankees
443G
.217AVG
.272OBP
.275SLG
More career statistics
272H
3HR
106RBI
18SB
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 | 1,255 | 1,257 |
| Batting · Hits | 272 | 271 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 10 | 12 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 96 | 163 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,380 | 1,386 |
| Batting · RBI | 106 | 107 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 18 | 17 |
| Batting · Walks | 86 | 88 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 443 | 1,380 | 1,255 | 80 | 272 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 106 | 86 | 96 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 345 | .217 | .272 | .275 | .547 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1911-09-04 to 1911-09-11
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 8 total bases | 1915-07-02 | 1 in 167 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1914-09-07 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1908-06-02 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 216 | 639 | 120 | 1 | 52 | 45 | 75 | .209 | .258 | .277 |
| Away | 227 | 747 | 151 | 2 | 55 | 43 | 88 | .221 | .260 | .271 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 35 | 103 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | .239 | .272 | .337 |
| May | 68 | 212 | 48 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 29 | .247 | .288 | .294 |
| June | 91 | 289 | 51 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 32 | .195 | .239 | .256 |
| July | 82 | 240 | 48 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 21 | .224 | .287 | .294 |
| August | 63 | 195 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 21 | .202 | .256 | .266 |
| September | 83 | 270 | 53 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 38 | .211 | .237 | .255 |
| October | 21 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | .197 | .234 | .225 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-terrapins | 38 | 116 | 29 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 16 | .261 | .284 | .378 |
| st-louis-browns | 36 | 100 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | .255 | .280 | .266 |
| boston-red-sox | 34 | 108 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | .121 | .167 | .172 |
| st-louis-terriers | 34 | 111 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 9 | .270 | .315 | .400 |
| detroit-tigers | 32 | 94 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 17 | .159 | .181 | .193 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 32 | 105 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 10 | .215 | .219 | .333 |
| chicago-whales | 32 | 99 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | .220 | .273 | .275 |
| kansas-city-packers | 32 | 95 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | .239 | .263 | .261 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  New York Yankees | 7 | 22 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .182 | – | – |
| 1908 | New York Yankees | 77 | 216 | 40 | 1 | 12 | 3 | .185 | – | – |
| 1909 | New York Yankees | 42 | 110 | 23 | – | 10 | 2 | .209 | – | – |
| 1910 | New York Yankees | 6 | 22 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .227 | – | – |
| 1911 | New York Yankees | 85 | 222 | 43 | – | 26 | 2 | .194 | – | – |
| 1914 | BBBuffalo Blues | 128 | 377 | 91 | – | 34 | 6 | .241 | – | – |
| 1915 | BBBuffalo Blues | 98 | 288 | 65 | 2 | 22 | 4 | .226 | – | – |