Beauty McGowan
1922–1937 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
375G
.262AVG
.347OBP
.351SLG
More career statistics
316H
6HR
108RBI
17SB
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 · Strikeouts | 122 | 125 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,425 | 1,427 |
| Batting · Runs | 175 | 174 |
| Batting · Walks | 154 | 156 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375 | 1,425 | 1,208 | 175 | 316 | 58 | 16 | 6 | 108 | 154 | 122 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 424 | .262 | .347 | .351 | .698 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1923-07-30 to 1923-08-15
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1929-04-21 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1923-08-09 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1923-05-18 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 181 | 641 | 150 | 3 | 48 | 70 | 52 | .276 | .343 | .388 |
| Away | 194 | 786 | 166 | 3 | 60 | 86 | 73 | .250 | .321 | .321 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 10 | .257 | .349 | .343 |
| May | 62 | 241 | 50 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 27 | .240 | .295 | .341 |
| June | 46 | 171 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 13 | .230 | .310 | .277 |
| July | 61 | 217 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 12 | .266 | .327 | .337 |
| August | 85 | 366 | 89 | 2 | 27 | 47 | 33 | .298 | .372 | .395 |
| September | 87 | 332 | 75 | 2 | 26 | 33 | 30 | .263 | .325 | .375 |
| October | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .071 | .235 | .071 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 61 | 242 | 49 | 1 | 18 | 24 | 15 | .239 | .302 | .322 |
| detroit-tigers | 56 | 210 | 53 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 19 | .301 | .367 | .386 |
| new-york-yankees | 54 | 195 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 25 | .246 | .328 | .311 |
| cleveland-guardians | 54 | 216 | 44 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 15 | .251 | .333 | .349 |
| chicago-white-sox | 47 | 195 | 44 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 16 | .267 | .344 | .345 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 46 | 182 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 14 | .279 | .341 | .364 |
| st-louis-browns | 26 | 87 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .272 | .299 | .420 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 22 | 87 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | .260 | .333 | .397 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 99 | 300 | 69 | 1 | 20 | 6 | .230 | – | – |
| 1923 | Philadelphia Athletics | 95 | 287 | 73 | 1 | 19 | 4 | .254 | – | – |
| 1928 |  St. Louis Browns | 47 | 168 | 61 | 2 | 19 | 2 | .363 | – | – |
| 1929 | St. Louis Browns | 125 | 441 | 112 | 2 | 50 | 5 | .254 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Boston Braves | 9 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | – | – |