Willard Marshall
1942–1955 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, NLS, New York Giants
1,247G
.274AVG
.347OBP
.423SLG
More career statistics
1,160H
130HR
604RBI
14SB
1Rare feat
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 · Caught stealing | 4 | 22 |
| Batting · Doubles | 163 | 162 |
| Batting · RBI | 604 | 608 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 14 | 13 |
| Batting · Walks | 458 | 457 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,247 | 4,735 | 4,233 | 583 | 1,160 | 163 | 39 | 130 | 604 | 458 | 219 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1,791 | .274 | .347 | .423 | .770 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1953-07-28 to 1953-08-08
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1947-07-18 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1948-09-06 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1942-05-15 | 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 | 610 | 2259 | 545 | 87 | 308 | 241 | 106 | .273 | .348 | .452 |
| Away | 637 | 2476 | 615 | 43 | 300 | 216 | 113 | .275 | .336 | .397 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 111 | 432 | 99 | 11 | 64 | 43 | 16 | .258 | .329 | .393 |
| May | 218 | 832 | 193 | 23 | 121 | 100 | 43 | .268 | .352 | .417 |
| June | 221 | 800 | 202 | 28 | 97 | 76 | 27 | .282 | .347 | .458 |
| July | 236 | 937 | 247 | 35 | 146 | 83 | 51 | .291 | .352 | .482 |
| August | 248 | 945 | 224 | 20 | 106 | 90 | 40 | .265 | .332 | .393 |
| September | 210 | 778 | 193 | 13 | 74 | 64 | 42 | .272 | .330 | .377 |
| October | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 185 | 724 | 176 | 22 | 109 | 64 | 48 | .272 | .331 | .438 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 175 | 671 | 170 | 15 | 86 | 65 | 19 | .281 | .350 | .421 |
| chicago-cubs | 172 | 667 | 158 | 20 | 94 | 55 | 22 | .262 | .319 | .401 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 167 | 672 | 157 | 16 | 77 | 54 | 37 | .256 | .314 | .382 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 158 | 617 | 157 | 12 | 74 | 61 | 27 | .284 | .353 | .438 |
| cincinnati-reds | 126 | 490 | 133 | 22 | 69 | 58 | 15 | .312 | .390 | .528 |
| boston-braves | 109 | 447 | 119 | 14 | 54 | 46 | 28 | .302 | .369 | .454 |
| new-york-giants | 72 | 272 | 57 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 9 | .234 | .309 | .365 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  New York Giants | 116 | 401 | 103 | 11 | 60 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1946 | New York Giants | 131 | 510 | 144 | 13 | 48 | 3 | .282 | – | – |
| 1947 | New York Giants | 155 | 587 | 171 | 36 | 107 | 2 | .291 | – | – |
| 1948 | New York Giants | 143 | 537 | 146 | 14 | 86 | 2 | .272 | – | – |
| 1949 | New York Giants | 141 | 499 | 153 | 12 | 72 | 4 | .307 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Boston Braves | 106 | 298 | 70 | 5 | 40 | 1 | .235 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Braves | 136 | 469 | 132 | 11 | 62 | – | .281 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds | 128 | 463 | 121 | 10 | 58 | – | .261 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Cincinnati Reds | 122 | 357 | 95 | 17 | 62 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Chicago White Sox | 47 | 71 | 18 | 1 | 7 | – | .254 | – | – |
| 1955 | Chicago White Sox | 22 | 41 | 7 | – | 6 | – | .171 | – | – |