Skeeter Webb
St. Louis Cardinals 1932; Cleveland Indians 1938–1939; Chicago White Sox 1940–1944; Detroit Tigers 1945–1947; Philadelphia Athletics 1948
Percentile snapshot
1944 season — qualified batters
of 111 qualified 1944 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 1938 | 20 | 66 | 58 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .364 | .310 | .674 | 78.3 | 73.0 | .327 | 0.1 |
| 1939 | 81 | 292 | 269 | 28 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .264 | .305 | .346 | .651 | 69.0 | 70.6 | .301 | 0.2 |
| 1940 | 84 | 369 | 334 | 33 | 79 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 3 | 6 | .237 | .299 | .290 | .590 | 54.0 | 54.4 | .278 | -0.8 |
| 1941 | 29 | 88 | 84 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .190 | .227 | .214 | .442 | 12.3 | 18.8 | .211 | -0.6 |
| 1942 | 32 | 101 | 94 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .170 | .204 | .213 | .417 | 9.8 | 19.1 | .201 | -0.7 |
| 1943 | 58 | 223 | 213 | 15 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 4 | .235 | .256 | .277 | .533 | 45.7 | 56.1 | .254 | -0.6 |
| 1944 | 139 | 540 | 513 | 44 | 108 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 3 | .211 | .242 | .271 | .513 | 38.0 | 46.9 | .244 | -1.5 |
| 1945 | 118 | 449 | 407 | 43 | 81 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 7 | .199 | .254 | .238 | .492 | 32.0 | 40.4 | .244 | -1.5 |
| 1946 | 64 | 181 | 169 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .219 | .258 | .237 | .495 | 25.3 | 36.1 | .239 | -0.9 |
| 1947 | 50 | 89 | 79 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .203 | .267 | .241 | .508 | 34.9 | 40.8 | .250 | -0.3 |
| 1948 | 23 | 55 | 54 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .148 | .185 | .333 | -30.4 | -11.5 | .154 | -0.6 |
Career totals
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 | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940-07-28 | NYY @ CWS Gameday | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1946-08-31 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1944-09-01 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1943-08-01 | CWS @ ATH Gameday | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1939-05-08 | MIN @ CLE Gameday | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932-04-12 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932-04-13 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932-04-14 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932-04-15 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932-04-17 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 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.