 Tesreau held his opponents to a .224 batting average in his career, which was lower than Walter Johnson (.227), Christy Mathewson (.245) and Pete Alexander (.250) even though each pitched considerably longer than Tesreau.He was also a better than average hitting pitcher, posting a .216 batting average (124-for-574) with 40 runs, 2 home runs and 46 RBI.In six World Series games, he hit .300 (3-for-10) with 2 RBI.