George Sisler

First Baseman · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1915-1930)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1939
AVG .340
HR 102
RBI 1,175
H 2,812
OPS .847
PIV 29,261
Position
First Baseman
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
5'11" / 170 lb
Born
3/24/1893 in Manchester, OH, USA
Died
3/26/1973 in Richmond Heights, MO, USA
MLB Debut
1915-06-28
Last Game
1930-09-22
Hall of Fame
Inducted 1939 (BBWAA)
Awards
MVP

Full name: George Harold Sisler

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Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
2,055 8,267 1,284 2,812 425 164 102 1,175 375 472 327 .340 .379 .468 .847 29,261

Career AVG .340 vs. league average .275 across their career seasons — +23.7% above league average.

Career OBP .379 vs. league average .338 across their career seasons — +12.3% above league average.

Career SLG .468 vs. league average .378 across their career seasons — +23.7% above league average.

Career OPS .847 vs. league average .716 across their career seasons — +18.3% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1915 SLA AL 81 274 28 78 10 2 3 29 10 7 27 .285 .250 (+14%) .318 (-3%) .332 (+11%) .651 (+4%) 78.7
1916 SLA AL 151 580 83 177 21 11 4 76 34 40 37 .305 .248 (+23%) .314 (+13%) .326 (+22%) .640 (+18%) 1835.8
1917 SLA AL 135 539 60 190 30 9 2 52 37 30 19 .353 .248 (+42%) .312 (+25%) .323 (+40%) .635 (+33%) 3041.3
1918 SLA AL 114 452 69 154 21 9 2 41 45 40 17 .341 .255 (+33%) .318 (+26%) .326 (+35%) .645 (+30%) 2471.3
1919 SLA AL 132 511 96 180 31 15 10 83 28 27 20 .352 .262 (+34%) .322 (+21%) .347 (+52%) .670 (+37%) 3377.2
1920 SLA AL 154 631 137 257 49 18 19 122 42 46 19 .407 .271 (+50%) .331 (+35%) .363 (+74%) .694 (+56%) 6735.8
1921 SLA AL 138 582 125 216 38 18 12 104 35 34 27 .371 .286 (+30%) .344 (+19%) .395 (+42%) .739 (+31%) 3551.2
1922 SLA AL 142 586 134 246 42 18 8 105 51 49 14 .420 .285 (+47%) .345 (+35%) .397 (+49%) .743 (+43%) 5187.9
1924 SLA AL 151 636 94 194 27 10 9 74 19 31 29 .305 .283 (+7%) .345 (-1%) .389 (+8%) .734 (+4%) 324.9
1925 SLA AL 150 649 100 224 21 15 12 105 11 27 24 .345 .288 (+20%) .349 (+6%) .407 (+18%) .756 (+12%) 1535.5
1926 SLA AL 150 613 78 178 21 12 7 71 12 30 30 .290 .279 (+4%) .345 (-6%) .390 (+2%) .735 (-2%) -279.9
1927 SLA AL 149 614 87 201 32 8 5 97 27 24 15 .327 .282 (+16%) .344 (+4%) .392 (+10%) .736 (+7%) 732.0
1928 WS1 AL 20 49 1 12 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 .245 — — — — -229.2
1928 BSN NL 118 491 71 167 26 4 4 68 11 30 15 .340 .280 (+21%) .342 (+11%) .395 (+10%) .737 (+10%) -229.2
1929 BSN NL 154 629 67 205 40 8 2 79 6 33 17 .326 .289 (+13%) .353 (+3%) .415 (+2%) .769 (+2%) 265.2
1930 BSN NL 116 431 54 133 15 7 3 67 7 23 15 .309 .293 (+5%) .354 (-2%) .429 (-8%) .784 (-5%) -386.8
Career · 16 seasons 2,055 8,267 1,284 2,812 425 164 102 1,175 375 472 327 .340 — — — — 28,011

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
5 6 24 12 9 1 3 111.0 91 29 0 52 63 2.35 89.5

Career ERA 2.35 vs. league average 3.58 across their career seasons — 34.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1915 SLA AL 4 4 15 8 6 0 0 70.0 62 22 38 41 2.83 2.90 (+2%) -261.3
1916 SLA AL 1 2 3 3 3 1 0 27.0 18 3 6 12 1.00 2.78 (+64%) 350.9
1918 SLA AL 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 8.0 10 4 4 4 4.50 — 0.0
1920 SLA AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 2 0.00 — 0.0
1925 SLA AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 1 0.00 — 0.0
1926 SLA AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 2 3 0.00 — 0.0
1928 BSN NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.00 — 0.0
Career · 7 seasons 5 6 24 12 9 1 3 111.0 91 29 52 63 2.35 — 90

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home10354079706144963654.355
Away10194191577135739541.324

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home1778.0601641451.85
Away733.0311211183.27

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1930-09-22 BSNCHCL 100000000
1930-09-21 BSNCHCL 100000000
1930-09-17 BSNCINL 100000000
1930-09-03 BSNNY1L 101100010
1930-09-01 BSNBROL 000000000
1930-09-01 BSNBROW 411000000
1930-08-31 BSNNY1W 523101400
1930-08-30 BSNPHIL 502000200
1930-08-29 BSNPHIW 602000002
1930-08-28 BSNPHIW 502000400

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1928-07-03 BSNPHI — 1.0000100
1926-09-26 SLANYY SV 2.0000230
1925-10-04 SLADET — 2.0100110
1920-10-03 SLACHW SV 1.0000020
1918-09-01 SLADET SV 1.0100000
1918-08-27 SLANYY — 7.0964440
1916-09-24 SLAPHA L 9.0622130
1916-09-17 SLAMIN W 9.0600260
1916-06-22 SLACHW L 9.0621330
1915-09-27 SLABOS — 6.0744440

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 1971 0 18837 1529 269 1468
2B 2 0 2 5 2 0
3B 2 0 2 4 0 0
OF 37 0 65 3 3 2
P 24 0 8 32 0 2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1915 SLA 1B 36 0 357 18 4 20
1915 SLA OF 29 0 51 2 3 0
1915 SLA P 15 0 5 18 0 1
1916 SLA 1B 141 0 1510 83 24 85
1916 SLA 3B 2 0 2 4 0 0
1916 SLA OF 3 0 6 1 0 2
1916 SLA P 3 0 3 9 0 0
1917 SLA 1B 133 0 1384 101 22 97
1917 SLA 2B 2 0 2 5 2 0
1918 SLA 1B 114 0 1244 95 13 64
1918 SLA P 2 0 0 2 0 1
1919 SLA 1B 131 0 1249 120 13 62
1920 SLA 1B 154 0 1477 140 16 87
1920 SLA P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1921 SLA 1B 138 0 1267 108 10 86
1922 SLA 1B 141 0 1293 125 17 116
1924 SLA 1B 151 0 1326 112 23 115
1925 SLA 1B 150 0 1343 131 26 120
1925 SLA P 1 0 0 2 0 0
1926 SLA 1B 149 0 1467 87 21 141
1926 SLA P 1 0 0 1 0 0
1927 SLA 1B 149 0 1374 131 24 138
1928 WS1 1B 5 0 45 0 0 3
1928 WS1 OF 5 0 8 0 0 0
1928 BSN 1B 118 0 1188 86 15 100
1928 BSN P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1929 BSN 1B 154 0 1398 111 28 131
1930 BSN 1B 107 0 915 81 13 103

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 24
First Base 1972
Second Base 3
Third Base 2
Left Field 11
Center Field 10
Right Field 16

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1925 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1922 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1922 Most Valuable Player
1921 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1920 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1919 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1918 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1917 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1916 Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 1913, 1914, 1915

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1922 Most Valuable Player AL 1st 59.0 64 0

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Career Spans

George Sisler (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Frankie Frisch HOF
    .316 avg, 105 HR
  2. 95
    Nap Lajoie HOF
    .338 avg, 82 HR
  3. 88
    Pie Traynor HOF
    .320 avg, 58 HR
  4. 85
    Rod Carew HOF
    .328 avg, 92 HR
  5. 82
    Roger Connor HOF
    .316 avg, 138 HR
  6. 79
    Ed McKean
    .302 avg, 67 HR

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Frequently Asked Questions about George Sisler

What years did George Sisler play?
George Sisler played in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1930.
Was George Sisler a pitcher?
Both. George Sisler pitched in 24 games, going 5-6 with a 2.35 ERA, but spent most of his career as a First Baseman.
How many home runs did George Sisler hit?
George Sisler hit 102 career home runs with 2812 hits.
Is George Sisler in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. George Sisler was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.