MLB / Players

Urbane Pickering

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 180 lb
BornJune 3, 1899 · Hoxie, KS, USA
MLB debutApril 18, 1931
Final gameSeptember 25, 1932
Seasons2 (1931–1932)

Boston Red Sox 1931–1932

Percentile snapshot

1932 season — qualified batters

G
132
60.2
PA
504
53.6
AB
457
54.2
R
47
50
H
119
51.8
2B
28
64.5
3B
5
51.2
HR
2
40.4
RBI
40
50.6
BB
39
66.3
SO
71
3
SB
3
32.5
CS
4
17.5
BA
.260
22.9
OBP
.320
21.7
SLG
.357
27.7
OPS
.677
26.5
wRC+
76.8
16.3
OPS+
76.8
18.7
wOBA
.314
22.9
sWAR
0.3
21.7

of 167 qualified 1932 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.2
65.2

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19311033763414886134952335334.252.318.393.71188.889.9.3280.8
193213250445747119285240397134.260.320.357.67776.876.8.3140.3

Career totals

G
235
PA
880
AB
798
R
95
H
205
2B
41
3B
9
HR
11
RBI
92
BB
72
SO
124
SB
6
BA
.2569
OBP
.3192
SLG
.3722
OPS
.6914

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1932-07-30BOS @ BAL Gameday523201108
1931-05-20BOS @ BAL Gameday322002218
1931-05-18BOS @ CWS Gameday424001207
1931-05-04BOS @ ATH Gameday513001306
1932-07-01NYY @ BOS Gameday513110106

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1931-04-14BOS @ NYY Gameday0.0000000
1931-04-15BOS @ NYY Gameday0.0000000
1931-04-16BOS @ NYY Gameday0.0000000
1931-04-18BOS @ NYY Gameday0.0000000
1931-04-19BOS @ MIN Gameday0.0000000

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.