Willie Kamm
1923–1935 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians
1,694G
.281AVG
.372OBP
.384SLG
More career statistics
1,643H
29HR
826RBI
126SB
4Rare 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 | 1,694 | 1,693 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,851 | 5,856 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 84 | 87 |
| Batting · Doubles | 348 | 347 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 405 | 412 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,935 | 6,945 |
| Batting · Runs | 802 | 801 |
| Batting · RBI | 826 | 831 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 126 | 121 |
| Batting · Triples | 85 | 86 |
| Batting · Walks | 824 | 828 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,694 | 6,935 | 5,851 | 802 | 1,643 | 348 | 85 | 29 | 826 | 824 | 405 | 126 | 84 | 22 | 0 | 2,248 | .281 | .372 | .384 | .756 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1923-06-17 to 1923-07-03
40longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1931-05-29 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1925-08-01 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1924-07-30 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 859 | 3458 | 808 | 13 | 430 | 414 | 195 | .278 | .353 | .378 |
| Away | 834 | 3487 | 835 | 16 | 401 | 414 | 217 | .283 | .358 | .390 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 166 | 694 | 171 | 4 | 82 | 87 | 39 | .291 | .372 | .401 |
| May | 301 | 1230 | 289 | 6 | 140 | 141 | 67 | .277 | .350 | .381 |
| June | 305 | 1229 | 289 | 7 | 166 | 151 | 65 | .282 | .358 | .394 |
| July | 344 | 1418 | 334 | 7 | 174 | 163 | 97 | .280 | .350 | .386 |
| August | 280 | 1159 | 282 | 2 | 122 | 136 | 60 | .286 | .361 | .382 |
| September | 281 | 1151 | 263 | 3 | 134 | 144 | 79 | .273 | .354 | .366 |
| October | 16 | 64 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | .273 | .328 | .382 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 248 | 999 | 211 | 6 | 100 | 113 | 82 | .247 | .324 | .360 |
| st-louis-browns | 244 | 1006 | 243 | 3 | 132 | 130 | 53 | .293 | .371 | .394 |
| detroit-tigers | 242 | 1021 | 230 | 7 | 119 | 142 | 47 | .273 | .364 | .393 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 239 | 949 | 227 | 1 | 96 | 102 | 65 | .278 | .347 | .383 |
| boston-red-sox | 238 | 975 | 258 | 2 | 141 | 110 | 51 | .315 | .377 | .419 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 235 | 957 | 212 | 7 | 114 | 109 | 56 | .260 | .335 | .355 |
| cleveland-guardians | 176 | 750 | 192 | 3 | 86 | 85 | 40 | .303 | .369 | .411 |
| chicago-white-sox | 71 | 288 | 70 | 0 | 43 | 37 | 18 | .288 | .372 | .317 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 |  Chicago White Sox | 149 | 544 | 159 | 6 | 84 | 18 | .292 | – | – |
| 1924 | Chicago White Sox | 148 | 535 | 134 | 6 | 94 | 8 | .250 | – | – |
| 1925 | Chicago White Sox | 152 | 509 | 142 | 6 | 84 | 10 | .279 | – | – |
| 1926 | Chicago White Sox | 143 | 480 | 141 | – | 64 | 11 | .294 | – | – |
| 1927 | Chicago White Sox | 148 | 540 | 146 | – | 59 | 8 | .270 | – | – |
| 1928 | Chicago White Sox | 155 | 551 | 170 | 1 | 87 | 18 | .309 | – | – |
| 1929 | Chicago White Sox | 147 | 523 | 140 | 3 | 61 | 9 | .268 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox | 111 | 330 | 89 | 3 | 49 | 5 | .270 | – | – |
| 1931 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 132 | 469 | 136 | – | 76 | 14 | .290 | – | – |
| 1932 |  Cleveland Guardians | 148 | 524 | 150 | 3 | 83 | 6 | .286 | – | – |
| 1933 | Cleveland Guardians | 133 | 447 | 126 | 1 | 47 | 7 | .282 | – | – |
| 1934 | Cleveland Guardians | 121 | 386 | 104 | – | 42 | 7 | .269 | – | – |
| 1935 | Cleveland Guardians | 6 | 18 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .333 | – | – |