Willie Kirkland
1958–1966 · bats L / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, San Francisco Giants, Washington Senators (1961-71)
1,149G
.240AVG
.304OBP
.422SLG
More career statistics
837H
148HR
509RBI
52SB
3Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 19 | 20 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 648 | 652 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,149 | 3,882 | 3,494 | 443 | 837 | 134 | 29 | 148 | 509 | 323 | 648 | 52 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 1,473 | .240 | .304 | .422 | .726 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1960-05-21 to 1960-06-03
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1961-07-09 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1962-05-20 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1961-08-30 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 567 | 1830 | 386 | 66 | 216 | 168 | 289 | .238 | .303 | .409 |
| Away | 582 | 2052 | 451 | 82 | 293 | 155 | 363 | .241 | .295 | .432 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 101 | 322 | 59 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 53 | .208 | .295 | .338 |
| May | 209 | 664 | 143 | 23 | 86 | 65 | 98 | .243 | .313 | .421 |
| June | 218 | 781 | 195 | 40 | 132 | 67 | 126 | .281 | .335 | .510 |
| July | 223 | 777 | 157 | 34 | 97 | 59 | 130 | .224 | .278 | .405 |
| August | 220 | 770 | 158 | 25 | 91 | 55 | 155 | .223 | .277 | .399 |
| September | 172 | 544 | 120 | 19 | 72 | 40 | 86 | .242 | .294 | .409 |
| October | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .217 | .250 | .261 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 93 | 353 | 80 | 16 | 54 | 30 | 65 | .252 | .312 | .442 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 86 | 275 | 58 | 16 | 49 | 30 | 40 | .244 | .320 | .487 |
| detroit-tigers | 85 | 236 | 45 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 36 | .223 | .318 | .401 |
| new-york-yankees | 85 | 264 | 49 | 8 | 36 | 21 | 53 | .206 | .265 | .340 |
| chicago-white-sox | 80 | 228 | 49 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 37 | .230 | .259 | .399 |
| minnesota-twins | 80 | 234 | 41 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 48 | .186 | .218 | .281 |
| baltimore-orioles | 74 | 233 | 51 | 11 | 33 | 18 | 37 | .241 | .296 | .448 |
| chicago-cubs | 60 | 227 | 48 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 31 | .242 | .330 | .429 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  San Francisco Giants | 122 | 418 | 108 | 14 | 56 | 3 | .258 | – | – |
| 1959 | San Francisco Giants | 126 | 463 | 126 | 22 | 68 | 5 | .272 | – | – |
| 1960 | San Francisco Giants | 146 | 515 | 130 | 21 | 65 | 12 | .252 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Cleveland Guardians | 146 | 525 | 136 | 27 | 95 | 7 | .259 | – | – |
| 1962 | Cleveland Guardians | 137 | 419 | 84 | 21 | 72 | 9 | .200 | – | – |
| 1963 | Cleveland Guardians | 127 | 427 | 98 | 15 | 47 | 8 | .230 | – | – |
| 1964 | Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 98 | 252 | 52 | 8 | 35 | 3 | .206 | – | – |
| 1965 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 123 | 312 | 72 | 14 | 54 | 3 | .231 | – | – |
| 1966 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 124 | 163 | 31 | 6 | 17 | 2 | .190 | – | – |