Dave Malarcher

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 7 in · 150 lb

BornOctober 18, 1894 · White Hall, LA, USA

Final gameOctober 2, 1934

Seasons17 (1916–1934)

Indianapolis ABCs 1916–1918; Detroit Stars 1919; Chicago American Giants 1920–1928; Chicago Columbia Giants 1931; Chicago American Giants 1932–1934

Percentile snapshot

1927 season — qualified batters

36.7

383

43.2

308

34.9

41.4

24.9

10.1

8.3

11.8

RBI

11.2

81.1

50.3

86.4

32.5

.250

11.8

OBP

.365

51.5

SLG

.295

5.9

OPS

.661

15.4

wRC+

89.0

27.2

OPS+

79.9

18.9

wOBA

.326

19.5

sWAR

0.9

29.6

of 170 qualified 1927 batters (min 291 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

9.7

86.5

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1916	18	59	51	6	14	1	2	0	10	5	0	1	0	.275	.339	.373	.712	110.9	114.6	.351	0.3
1917	58	226	193	24	45	6	2	0	10	19	0	6	0	.233	.308	.285	.593	95.4	94.2	.302	0.5
1918	39	163	128	28	32	2	2	0	16	22	0	6	0	.250	.364	.297	.661	101.2	94.3	.340	0.7
1919	7	31	27	7	10	2	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	.370	.433	.444	.878	140.8	147.1	.418	0.3
1920	51	226	187	39	53	7	2	0	19	36	0	6	0	.283	.402	.342	.744	127.7	123.3	.377	1.7
1921	72	299	256	40	51	5	2	0	23	32	12	15	3	.199	.298	.234	.532	63.1	51.4	.271	-0.3
1922	33	127	107	9	26	2	1	0	11	14	3	3	2	.243	.347	.280	.627	80.7	70.3	.310	0.1
1923	78	314	270	53	82	14	3	3	41	31	0	14	0	.304	.386	.411	.797	108.8	107.9	.374	1.6
1924	78	338	288	70	80	11	1	0	37	34	2	23	2	.278	.362	.323	.685	94.0	88.5	.336	1.0
1925	86	373	313	57	102	12	0	2	35	45	0	19	0	.326	.411	.383	.794	116.9	114.6	.374	2.2
1926	80	345	284	55	75	8	1	1	27	40	2	9	5	.264	.365	.310	.675	83.1	75.4	.328	0.5
1927	87	383	308	55	77	7	2	1	24	54	0	19	0	.250	.365	.295	.661	89.0	79.9	.326	0.9
1928	33	123	106	11	28	3	0	0	16	9	4	4	1	.264	.328	.292	.620	75.7	70.4	.298	0.1
1931	12	45	36	2	11	0	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	.306	.432	.306	.737	117.3	106.8	.378	0.3
1932	2	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	-33.9	-60.6	.095	-0.1
1933	2	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	-34.5	-62.7	.093	-0.1
1934	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-88.6	-100.0	.000	0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1917	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	10	3	0	6	0	8.0	3.38	1.250	6.75	0.53	24.1	65.5	0.5
1934	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2.0	0.00	1.000	4.50	4.57	101.3	—	0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

738

3,071

2,570

457

686

RBI

281

351

126

.2669

OBP

.3618

436th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.3202

OPS

.6820

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

2.700

WHIP

1.2000

K/9

6.30

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1923-07-28	CAG @ KCM Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	1	3	7
1923-09-17	CAG @ SLS Gameday	4	1	4	2	0	0	0	6
1923-06-26	DTS @ CAG Gameday	4	4	3	0	0	1	4	6
1921-05-24	CAG @ SLS Gameday	6	1	3	1	1	0	3	6
1923-04-30	CAG @ KCM Gameday	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	BB	SO
1934-09-01	CAG @ PHS Gameday	2.0	1	1	1
1920-05-09	CHG @ CAG Gameday	0.0	0	0	0
1920-05-16	DAY @ CAG Gameday	0.0	0	0	0
1920-05-22	DAY @ CAG Gameday	0.0	0	0	0
1920-05-23	KCM @ CAG Gameday	0.0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.