Ben Paschal
1915–1929 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees
365G
.309AVG
.369OBP
.488SLG
More career statistics
243H
24HR
138RBI
24SB
2Rare feats
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 | 787 | 788 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 18 | 17 |
| Batting · Hits | 243 | 244 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 93 | 94 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 884 | 888 |
| Batting · RBI | 138 | 140 |
| Batting · Walks | 72 | 74 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 365 | 884 | 787 | 143 | 243 | 47 | 11 | 24 | 138 | 72 | 93 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 384 | .309 | .369 | .488 | .857 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1925-08-25 to 1925-09-06
16longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1927-06-13 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1927-06-13 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 175 | 405 | 109 | 13 | 69 | 30 | 45 | .299 | .343 | .492 |
| Away | 190 | 483 | 135 | 11 | 71 | 44 | 49 | .318 | .371 | .486 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .382 | .436 | .588 |
| May | 54 | 105 | 30 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 14 | .319 | .381 | .521 |
| June | 59 | 134 | 34 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | .291 | .343 | .453 |
| July | 66 | 206 | 61 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 16 | .333 | .369 | .552 |
| August | 69 | 158 | 43 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 25 | .295 | .323 | .445 |
| September | 95 | 235 | 62 | 7 | 45 | 25 | 25 | .305 | .370 | .468 |
| October | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .182 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 66 | 148 | 37 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | .276 | .324 | .381 |
| cleveland-guardians | 58 | 160 | 45 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 13 | .319 | .381 | .560 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 56 | 122 | 35 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 13 | .315 | .369 | .486 |
| detroit-tigers | 55 | 112 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 18 | .268 | .321 | .361 |
| st-louis-browns | 48 | 146 | 52 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 14 | .397 | .425 | .611 |
| boston-red-sox | 41 | 101 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 10 | .282 | .337 | .553 |
| chicago-white-sox | 41 | 99 | 25 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 14 | .281 | .323 | .438 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 |  Cleveland Guardians | 9 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | – | – |
| 1920 |  Boston Red Sox | 9 | 28 | 10 | – | 6 | 1 | .357 | – | – |
| 1924 |  New York Yankees | 4 | 12 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1925 | New York Yankees | 89 | 247 | 89 | 12 | 55 | 14 | .360 | – | – |
| 1926 | New York Yankees | 96 | 258 | 75 | 7 | 33 | 7 | .291 | – | – |
| 1927 | New York Yankees | 50 | 82 | 26 | 2 | 16 | – | .317 | – | – |
| 1928 | New York Yankees | 65 | 80 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 1 | .312 | – | – |
| 1929 | New York Yankees | 43 | 72 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .208 | – | – |