Billy Rogell
1925–1940 · bats B / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers
1,484G
.267AVG
.351OBP
.370SLG
More career statistics
1,375H
42HR
609RBI
82SB
3Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 62 | 65 |
| Batting · Doubles | 256 | 255 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 21 | 20 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 416 | 421 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,919 | 5,920 |
| Batting · Runs | 755 | 758 |
| Batting · RBI | 609 | 614 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 82 | 85 |
| Batting · Walks | 649 | 651 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,484 | 5,919 | 5,149 | 755 | 1,375 | 256 | 75 | 42 | 609 | 649 | 416 | 82 | 62 | 21 | 0 | 1,907 | .267 | .351 | .370 | .721 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1935-06-25 to 1935-07-11
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1938-08-18 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1935-06-24 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1934-05-23 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 773 | 3016 | 698 | 15 | 305 | 363 | 201 | .270 | .352 | .365 |
| Away | 711 | 2904 | 677 | 27 | 309 | 288 | 220 | .264 | .332 | .375 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 131 | 547 | 105 | 3 | 50 | 50 | 49 | .217 | .283 | .313 |
| May | 251 | 995 | 217 | 10 | 88 | 117 | 70 | .254 | .336 | .359 |
| June | 248 | 1007 | 239 | 10 | 129 | 105 | 54 | .269 | .342 | .385 |
| July | 297 | 1156 | 259 | 5 | 132 | 121 | 96 | .256 | .329 | .353 |
| August | 284 | 1131 | 298 | 11 | 120 | 148 | 73 | .310 | .394 | .429 |
| September | 267 | 1060 | 251 | 2 | 92 | 107 | 78 | .270 | .338 | .350 |
| October | 6 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .524 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 219 | 896 | 201 | 4 | 90 | 97 | 70 | .257 | .333 | .341 |
| st-louis-browns | 215 | 882 | 223 | 9 | 98 | 111 | 68 | .297 | .379 | .436 |
| new-york-yankees | 209 | 822 | 175 | 10 | 71 | 85 | 73 | .242 | .316 | .338 |
| chicago-white-sox | 209 | 853 | 198 | 3 | 89 | 108 | 46 | .273 | .359 | .361 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 206 | 828 | 193 | 6 | 99 | 81 | 63 | .264 | .331 | .352 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 196 | 804 | 191 | 6 | 85 | 76 | 51 | .267 | .332 | .390 |
| boston-red-sox | 163 | 669 | 161 | 3 | 68 | 86 | 33 | .282 | .369 | .387 |
| detroit-tigers | 33 | 103 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | .278 | .291 | .411 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 |  Boston Red Sox | 58 | 169 | 33 | – | 16 | – | .195 | – | – |
| 1927 | Boston Red Sox | 83 | 207 | 55 | 2 | 31 | 3 | .266 | – | – |
| 1928 | Boston Red Sox | 102 | 296 | 69 | – | 29 | 2 | .233 | – | – |
| 1930 |  Detroit Tigers | 54 | 144 | 24 | – | 10 | 1 | .167 | – | – |
| 1931 | Detroit Tigers | 48 | 185 | 56 | 2 | 24 | 8 | .303 | – | – |
| 1932 | Detroit Tigers | 144 | 554 | 150 | 9 | 60 | 16 | .271 | – | – |
| 1933 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 587 | 173 | – | 57 | 6 | .295 | – | – |
| 1934 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 592 | 175 | 3 | 99 | 13 | .296 | – | – |
| 1935 | Detroit Tigers | 150 | 560 | 154 | 6 | 74 | 3 | .275 | – | – |
| 1936 | Detroit Tigers | 146 | 585 | 160 | 6 | 68 | 14 | .274 | – | – |
| 1937 | Detroit Tigers | 146 | 536 | 148 | 8 | 64 | 5 | .276 | – | – |
| 1938 | Detroit Tigers | 136 | 501 | 130 | 3 | 55 | 10 | .259 | – | – |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers | 74 | 174 | 40 | 2 | 23 | 3 | .230 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Chicago Cubs | 34 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .136 | – | – |