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George Sisler

George Sisler

1915–1930 · Bats L · Throws L · 5'11", 170 lb · b. 1893 Manchester, OH

Career 2,055 G · 2,812 H · 102 HR · 1,175 RBI · .340 AVG · 5–6 · 2.35 ERA · 63 SO · 111.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

22

13 best in baseball 9 league only

113 Top-5 finishes

11 Title seasons

8 Categories led

1922 Best season

Spanning 1917–1928, peaking at 6 titles in 1922.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons ×6 .400 Seasons ×2

Team records #1 Orioles career AVG #1 Orioles career SB #1 Orioles 1922 AVG #1 Orioles 1920 H #1 Orioles 1920 OPS #2 Orioles 1920 R #3 Orioles career H #3 Orioles career R #3 Orioles 1922 SB #5 Orioles career RBI

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

129th League titles 22
109th Best in baseball 13
35th Top-5 finishes 113

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

9th First Base Assists 1,529
15th First Base Putouts 18,837
20th Batting Average .340
29th First Base Double Plays 1,468
30th Triples 164
30th First Base Range Factor 10.33
52nd Hits 2,812
91st Stolen Bases 375
111th Total Bases 3,871
127th First Base Fielding Percentage .987
139th Runs 1,284
154th Doubles 425
178th Runs Batted In 1,175
190th On-Base Percentage .379
203rd On-Base Plus Slug. .847
302nd Slugging Percentage .468

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
First Base Assists	7	1st	2 yrs (1919–1920)	1919 120 1920 140 1922 125 1924 112 1925 131 1927 131 1928 NL 86 1917 #2 1918 #2 1921 #2 1929 #2 1930 #2
Stolen Bases	4	1st	2 yrs (1921–1922)	1922 51 1918 AL 45 1921 AL 35 1927 AL 27 1919 #2 1920 #2
First Base Double Plays	3	1st	2 yrs (1926–1927)	1926 141 1917 AL 97 1927 AL 138 1916 #3 1920 #3 1922 #2 1924 #2 1925 #3 1929 #2
Triples	2	1st	2 yrs (1921–1922)	1921 18 1922 AL 18 1919 #2 1920 #2 1925 #3
Hits	2	1st	—	1920 257 1922 AL 246 1917 #2 1918 #3 1921 #3 1927 #3
Batting Average	2	1st	—	1920 .407 1922 .420 1917 #2 1918 #3 1919 #3
Total Bases	1	1st	—	1920 399 1919 #3 1922 #2
Runs	1	1st	—	1922 AL 134 1919 #2 1920 #2
First Base Range Factor	—	#2	—	1916 #3 1918 #2 1928 #2
First Base Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1918 #3 1921 #3 1928 #3
First Base Putouts	—	#3	—	1916 #3 1918 #3 1919 #3 1920 #3 1927 #3
Doubles	—	#2	—	1920 #2 1922 #3
Slugging Percentage	—	#2	—	1919 #2 1920 #2
On-Base Percentage	—	#2	—	1920 #3 1922 #2
On-Base Plus Slug.	—	#2	—	1918 #3 1920 #2 1922 #3
Runs Batted In	—	#2	—	1920 #2
Home Runs	—	#2	—	1919 #2 1920 #2

Title Seasons

11 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1928	1	1B A 86
1927	3	SB 27 1B A 131 1B DP 138
1926	1	1B DP 141
1925	1	1B A 131
1924	1	1B A 112
1922	6	AVG .420 H 246 R 134 SB 51 3B 18 1B A 125
1921	2	SB 35 3B 18
1920	4	AVG .407 H 257 TB 399 1B A 140
1919	1	1B A 120
1918	1	SB 45
1917	1	1B DP 97

Batting

led the league 15 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1915	SLA	AL	81	274	28	78	10	2	3	29	7	27	10	.285	.307	.369	.676
1916	SLA	AL	151	580	83	177	21	11	4	76	40	37	34	.305	.355	.400	.755
1917	SLA	AL	135	539	60	190	30	9	2	52	30	19	37	.353	.390	.453	.843
1918	SLA	AL	114	452	69	154	21	9	2	41	40	17	45	.341	.400	.440	.841
1919	SLA	AL	132	511	96	180	31	15	10	83	27	20	28	.352	.390	.530	.921
1920	SLA	AL	154	631	137	257	49	18	19	122	46	19	42	.407	.449	.632	1.082
1921	SLA	AL	138	582	125	216	38	18	12	104	34	27	35	.371	.411	.560	.971
1922	SLA	AL	142	586	134	246	42	18	8	105	49	14	51	.420	.467	.594	1.061
1924	SLA	AL	151	636	94	194	27	10	9	74	31	29	19	.305	.340	.421	.762
1925	SLA	AL	150	649	100	224	21	15	12	105	27	24	11	.345	.371	.479	.851
1926	SLA	AL	150	613	78	178	21	12	7	71	30	30	12	.290	.327	.398	.725
1927	SLA	AL	149	614	87	201	32	8	5	97	24	15	27	.327	.357	.430	.787
1928	BSN +1	NL	138	540	72	179	27	4	4	70	31	17	11	.331	.370	.419	.789
1929	BSN	NL	154	629	67	205	40	8	2	79	33	17	6	.326	.363	.424	.788
1930	BSN	NL	116	431	54	133	15	7	3	67	23	15	7	.309	.346	.397	.743
Career	—	—	2,055	8,267	1,284	2,812	425	164	102	1,175	472	327	375	.340	.379	.468	.847

Pitching

7 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1915	SLA	AL	4	4	2.83	15	8	0	70.0	62	22	0	38	41	1.43
1916	SLA	AL	1	2	1.00	3	3	0	27.0	18	3	0	6	12	0.89
1918	SLA	AL	0	0	4.50	2	1	1	8.0	10	4	0	4	4	1.75
1920	SLA	AL	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
1925	SLA	AL	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1.00
1926	SLA	AL	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	2.0	0	0	0	2	3	1.00
1928	BSN	NL	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	1.00
Career	—	—	5	6	2.35	24	12	3	111.0	91	29	0	52	63	1.29

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1915	SLA	AL	1B	36	—	—	357	18	4	20	379	.989	10.42
			OF	29	—	—	51	2	3	0	56	.946	1.83
			P	15	—	—	5	18	0	1	23	1.000	1.53
1916	SLA	AL	1B	141	—	—	1,510	83	24	85	1,617	.985	11.30
			OF	3	—	—	6	1	0	2	7	1.000	2.33
			P	3	—	—	3	9	0	0	12	1.000	4.00
			3B	2	—	—	2	4	0	0	6	1.000	3.00
1917	SLA	AL	1B	133	—	—	1,384	101	22	97	1,507	.985	11.17
			2B	2	—	—	2	5	2	0	9	.778	3.50
1918	SLA	AL	1B	114	—	—	1,244	95	13	64	1,352	.990	11.75
			P	2	—	—	0	2	0	1	2	1.000	1.00
1919	SLA	AL	1B	131	—	—	1,249	120	13	62	1,382	.991	10.45
1920	SLA	AL	1B	154	—	—	1,477	140	16	87	1,633	.990	10.50
			P	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1921	SLA	AL	1B	138	—	—	1,267	108	10	86	1,385	.993	9.96
1922	SLA	AL	1B	141	—	—	1,293	125	17	116	1,435	.988	10.06
1924	SLA	AL	1B	151	—	—	1,326	112	23	115	1,461	.984	9.52
1925	SLA	AL	1B	150	—	—	1,343	131	26	120	1,500	.983	9.83
			P	1	—	—	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1926	SLA	AL	1B	149	—	—	1,467	87	21	141	1,575	.987	10.43
			P	1	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1927	SLA	AL	1B	149	—	—	1,374	131	24	138	1,529	.984	10.10
1928	BSN	NL	1B	123	—	—	1,233	86	15	103	1,334	.989	10.72
			OF	5	—	—	8	0	0	0	8	1.000	1.60
			P	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1929	BSN	NL	1B	154	—	—	1,398	111	28	131	1,537	.982	9.80
1930	BSN	NL	1B	107	—	—	915	81	13	103	1,009	.987	9.31
Career	—	—	1B	1,971	—	—	18,837	1,529	269	1,468	20,635	.987	10.33
	—	—	OF	37	—	—	65	3	3	2	71	.958	1.84
	—	—	P	24	—	—	8	32	0	2	40	1.000	1.67
	—	—	2B	2	—	—	2	5	2	0	9	.778	3.50
	—	—	3B	2	—	—	2	4	0	0	6	1.000	3.00