Gabby Hartnett

Gabby Hartnett

1922–1941 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'1", 195 lb · b. 1900 Woonsocket, RI

Career 1,990 G · 1,912 H · 236 HR · 1,179 RBI · .297 AVG

Seasons leading his league

26

8 best in baseball 18 league only

71 Top-5 finishes

10 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1934 Best season

Spanning 1925–1938, peaking at 5 titles in 1934.

Team records #6 Cubs career RBI #8 Cubs career HR #8 Cubs 1930 OPS

Led in Catcher Fielding Percentage for 3 straight seasons (1936–1938) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

87th League titles 26
245th Best in baseball 8
149th Top-5 finishes 71

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

Career leaderboards

4th Catcher Double Plays 163
21st Catcher Assists 1,254
54th Catcher Putouts 7,292
91st Catcher Fielding Percentage .984
107th Catcher Range Factor 4.77
155th On-Base Plus Slug. .858
167th Slugging Percentage .489
174th Runs Batted In 1,179
210th Doubles 396
256th Batting Average .297
276th Total Bases 3,144
283rd On-Base Percentage .370
298th Home Runs 236
348th Hits 1,912
383rd Walks 703
474th Triples 64

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Catcher Fielding Percentage	6	1st	3 yrs (1936–1938)	1936 .991 1938 .995 1928 NL .989 1930 NL .989 1934 NL .996 1937 NL .996 1933 #3 1935 #2 1939 #3
Catcher Double Plays	6	1st	2 yrs (1930–1931)	1927 21 1930 11 1931 16 1925 NL 15 1934 NL 11 1935 NL 11 1928 #2 1938 #2
Catcher Assists	6	1st	2 yrs (1927–1928)	1925 114 1927 NL 99 1928 NL 103 1930 NL 68 1934 NL 86 1935 NL 77 1924 #2 1926 #3 1932 #3 1933 #3 1936 #3
Catcher Range Factor	4	1st	—	1925 4.75 1927 NL 4.59 1934 NL 5.36 1936 NL 5.08 1924 #2 1926 #2 1928 #2 1930 #2 1931 #2 1932 #2 1933 #3 1935 #2 1938 #2 1939 #3
Catcher Putouts	4	1st	—	1934 605 1925 NL 409 1927 NL 479 1930 NL 646 1926 #3 1928 #2 1931 #3 1932 #2 1933 #2 1935 #2 1936 #2 1937 #3
Home Runs	—	#2	—	1925 #2

Title Seasons

10 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1938	1	C FPCT .995
1937	1	C FPCT .996
1936	2	C FPCT .991 C RF 5.08
1935	2	C A 77 C DP 11
1934	5	C PO 605 C A 86 C DP 11 C FPCT .996 C RF 5.36
1931	1	C DP 16
1930	4	C PO 646 C A 68 C DP 11 C FPCT .989
1928	2	C A 103 C FPCT .989
1927	4	C PO 479 C A 99 C DP 21 C RF 4.59
1925	4	C PO 409 C A 114 C DP 15 C RF 4.75

Batting

20 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1922	CHN	NL	31	72	4	14	1	1	0	4	6	8	1	.194	.256	.236	.493
1923	CHN	NL	85	231	28	62	12	2	8	39	25	22	4	.268	.347	.442	.789
1924	CHN	NL	111	354	56	106	17	7	16	67	39	37	10	.299	.377	.523	.899
1925	CHN	NL	117	398	61	115	28	3	24	67	36	77	1	.289	.351	.555	.906
1926	CHN	NL	93	284	35	78	25	3	8	41	32	37	0	.275	.352	.468	.821
1927	CHN	NL	127	449	56	132	32	5	10	80	44	42	2	.294	.361	.454	.815
1928	CHN	NL	120	388	61	117	26	9	14	57	65	32	3	.302	.404	.523	.928
1929	CHN	NL	25	22	2	6	2	1	1	9	5	5	1	.273	.407	.591	.998
1930	CHN	NL	141	508	84	172	31	3	37	122	55	62	0	.339	.404	.630	1.034
1931	CHN	NL	116	380	53	107	32	1	8	70	52	48	3	.282	.370	.434	.804
1932	CHN	NL	121	406	52	110	25	3	12	52	51	59	0	.271	.354	.436	.790
1933	CHN	NL	140	490	55	135	21	4	16	88	37	51	1	.276	.326	.433	.759
1934	CHN	NL	130	438	58	131	21	1	22	90	37	46	0	.299	.358	.502	.860
1935	CHN	NL	116	413	67	142	32	6	13	91	41	46	1	.344	.404	.545	.949
1936	CHN	NL	121	424	49	130	25	6	7	64	30	36	0	.307	.361	.443	.804
1937	CHN	NL	110	356	47	126	21	6	12	82	43	19	0	.354	.424	.548	.971
1938	CHN	NL	88	299	40	82	19	1	10	59	48	17	1	.274	.380	.445	.825
1939	CHN	NL	97	306	36	85	18	2	12	59	37	32	0	.278	.358	.467	.825
1940	CHN	NL	37	64	3	17	3	0	1	12	8	7	0	.266	.347	.359	.707
1941	NY1	NL	64	150	20	45	5	0	5	26	12	14	0	.300	.356	.433	.789
Career	—	—	1,990	6,432	867	1,912	396	64	236	1,179	703	697	28	.297	.370	.489	.858

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1922	CHN	NL	C	27	—	—	79	29	2	0	110	.982	4.00
1923	CHN	NL	C	39	—	—	143	24	1	2	168	.994	4.28
			1B	31	—	—	270	15	4	23	289	.986	9.19
1924	CHN	NL	C	105	—	—	369	97	18	12	484	.963	4.44
1925	CHN	NL	C	110	—	—	409	114	23	15	546	.958	4.75
1926	CHN	NL	C	88	—	—	307	86	9	6	402	.978	4.47
1927	CHN	NL	C	126	—	—	479	99	16	21	594	.973	4.59
1928	CHN	NL	C	118	—	—	455	103	6	14	564	.989	4.73
1929	CHN	NL	C	1	—	—	4	0	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
1930	CHN	NL	C	136	—	—	646	68	8	11	722	.989	5.25
1931	CHN	NL	C	105	—	—	444	68	10	16	522	.981	4.88
1932	CHN	NL	C	117	—	—	484	75	10	8	569	.982	4.78
			1B	1	—	—	14	0	0	2	14	1.000	14.00
1933	CHN	NL	C	140	—	—	550	77	7	7	634	.989	4.48
1934	CHN	NL	C	129	—	—	605	86	3	11	694	.996	5.36
1935	CHN	NL	C	110	—	—	477	77	9	11	563	.984	5.04
1936	CHN	NL	C	114	—	—	504	75	5	8	584	.991	5.08
1937	CHN	NL	C	103	—	—	436	65	2	7	503	.996	4.86
1938	CHN	NL	C	83	—	—	358	40	2	8	400	.995	4.80
1939	CHN	NL	C	86	—	—	336	47	3	3	386	.992	4.45
1940	CHN	NL	C	22	—	—	69	9	4	2	82	.951	3.55
			1B	1	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1941	NY1	NL	C	34	—	—	138	15	1	1	154	.994	4.50
Career	—	—	C	1,793	—	—	7,292	1,254	139	163	8,685	.984	4.77
	—	—	1B	33	—	—	285	16	4	25	305	.987	9.12