Babe Borton
1912–1916 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Terriers
317G
.270AVG
.381OBP
.352SLG
More career statistics
254H
4HR
136RBI
21SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 940 | 938 |
| Batting · Hits | 254 | 255 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 101 | 88 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,142 | 1,146 |
| Batting · Triples | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · Walks | 160 | 164 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 317 | 1,142 | 940 | 139 | 254 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 136 | 160 | 101 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 331 | .270 | .381 | .352 | .733 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1915-04-25 to 1915-05-16
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1915-09-11 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1912-10-04 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1915-05-29 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 179 | 634 | 135 | 4 | 73 | 88 | 48 | .262 | .352 | .357 |
| Away | 138 | 512 | 120 | 0 | 63 | 76 | 40 | .284 | .383 | .355 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 140 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 5 | .286 | .407 | .410 |
| May | 42 | 136 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 8 | .316 | .397 | .385 |
| June | 70 | 269 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 34 | 29 | .204 | .297 | .257 |
| July | 45 | 166 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 30 | 16 | .217 | .349 | .333 |
| August | 44 | 164 | 40 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 8 | .299 | .396 | .328 |
| September | 71 | 245 | 65 | 1 | 34 | 25 | 18 | .311 | .367 | .431 |
| October | 6 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .500 | .577 | .611 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 29 | 99 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 11 | .222 | .354 | .272 |
| detroit-tigers | 26 | 93 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 3 | .347 | .452 | .417 |
| cleveland-guardians | 24 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 8 | .278 | .412 | .296 |
| chicago-whales | 23 | 96 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 9 | .244 | .333 | .295 |
| pittsburgh-rebels | 23 | 97 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 7 | .289 | .371 | .398 |
| NEW | 23 | 100 | 28 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 1 | .350 | .410 | .512 |
| brooklyn-tip-tops | 23 | 95 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 4 | .306 | .442 | .431 |
| buffalo-blues | 23 | 100 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 7 | .329 | .410 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Chicago White Sox | 31 | 104 | 39 | – | 15 | 1 | .375 | – | – |
| 1913 | Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees | 61 | 187 | 37 | – | 24 | 2 | .198 | – | – |
| 1915 |  St. Louis Terriers | 159 | 549 | 157 | 3 | 84 | 17 | .286 | – | – |
| 1916 |  St. Louis Browns | 66 | 98 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .224 | – | – |