Billy Goodman
1947–1962 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros
1,623G
.300AVG
.376OBP
.378SLG
More career statistics
1,691H
19HR
591RBI
37SB
6Rare 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 | 5,644 | 5,645 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 30 | 34 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 29 | 30 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,446 | 6,447 |
| Batting · Runs | 807 | 805 |
| Batting · RBI | 591 | 589 |
| Batting · Walks | 669 | 668 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,623 | 6,446 | 5,644 | 807 | 1,691 | 299 | 44 | 19 | 591 | 669 | 329 | 37 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 2,135 | .300 | .376 | .378 | .754 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1952-06-06 to 1952-06-22
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1950-07-22 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1952-06-04 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1955-05-12 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 773 | 3038 | 838 | 7 | 315 | 345 | 137 | .319 | .389 | .414 |
| Away | 850 | 3409 | 853 | 12 | 274 | 323 | 192 | .282 | .345 | .347 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 110 | 398 | 107 | 3 | 39 | 47 | 14 | .308 | .387 | .429 |
| May | 247 | 921 | 209 | 3 | 62 | 99 | 49 | .261 | .334 | .345 |
| June | 282 | 1144 | 322 | 5 | 106 | 110 | 62 | .320 | .378 | .405 |
| July | 345 | 1433 | 380 | 4 | 129 | 147 | 78 | .304 | .368 | .382 |
| August | 340 | 1360 | 351 | 1 | 127 | 139 | 70 | .293 | .360 | .364 |
| September | 294 | 1170 | 318 | 3 | 121 | 122 | 53 | .310 | .376 | .375 |
| October | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .235 | .381 | .235 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 225 | 883 | 242 | 2 | 75 | 80 | 50 | .308 | .365 | .396 |
| new-york-yankees | 224 | 869 | 216 | 6 | 70 | 103 | 54 | .289 | .367 | .364 |
| detroit-tigers | 215 | 896 | 228 | 2 | 76 | 103 | 36 | .295 | .369 | .367 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 213 | 893 | 231 | 3 | 89 | 98 | 44 | .299 | .368 | .371 |
| chicago-white-sox | 168 | 719 | 160 | 1 | 52 | 70 | 39 | .254 | .320 | .315 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 137 | 606 | 182 | 0 | 56 | 59 | 23 | .337 | .398 | .430 |
| st-louis-browns | 119 | 544 | 175 | 3 | 74 | 64 | 22 | .372 | .439 | .479 |
| baltimore-orioles | 102 | 382 | 91 | 0 | 36 | 38 | 26 | .271 | .338 | .330 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Boston Red Sox | 12 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .182 | – | – |
| 1948 | Boston Red Sox | 127 | 445 | 138 | 1 | 66 | 5 | .310 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 122 | 444 | 132 | – | 56 | 2 | .297 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 110 | 424 | 150 | 4 | 68 | 2 | .354 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 141 | 546 | 162 | – | 50 | 7 | .297 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox | 138 | 513 | 157 | 4 | 56 | 8 | .306 | – | – |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 128 | 514 | 161 | 2 | 41 | 1 | .313 | – | – |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 127 | 489 | 148 | 1 | 36 | 3 | .303 | – | – |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 149 | 599 | 176 | – | 51 | 5 | .294 | – | – |
| 1956 | Boston Red Sox | 105 | 399 | 117 | 2 | 38 | – | .293 | – | – |
| 1957 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox | 91 | 279 | 82 | 3 | 32 | – | .294 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Chicago White Sox | 116 | 425 | 127 | – | 40 | 1 | .299 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 104 | 268 | 67 | 1 | 28 | 3 | .250 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 30 | 77 | 18 | – | 6 | – | .234 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox | 41 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 10 | – | .255 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Houston Astros | 82 | 161 | 41 | – | 10 | – | .255 | – | – |