Billy Southworth
1913–1929 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Cleveland Guardians, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
1,192G
.297AVG
.359OBP
.415SLG
More career statistics
1,296H
52HR
561RBI
138SB
5Rare 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 | 4,359 | 4,357 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 85 | 121 |
| Batting · Doubles | 173 | 172 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,927 | 4,925 |
| Batting · Runs | 661 | 660 |
| Batting · RBI | 561 | 555 |
| Batting · Triples | 91 | 90 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,192 | 4,927 | 4,359 | 661 | 1,296 | 173 | 91 | 52 | 561 | 402 | 148 | 138 | 85 | 14 | 0 | 1,807 | .297 | .359 | .415 | .774 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1919-05-26 to 1919-06-12
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1921-08-04 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1920-06-01 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1920-06-26 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 598 | 2395 | 621 | 25 | 287 | 219 | 84 | .297 | .351 | .418 |
| Away | 594 | 2530 | 675 | 27 | 268 | 183 | 64 | .298 | .339 | .410 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 93 | 409 | 105 | 2 | 41 | 43 | 7 | .299 | .362 | .365 |
| May | 196 | 841 | 227 | 16 | 110 | 81 | 21 | .314 | .366 | .464 |
| June | 216 | 882 | 234 | 9 | 93 | 73 | 34 | .298 | .348 | .406 |
| July | 274 | 1155 | 296 | 12 | 142 | 102 | 34 | .294 | .345 | .422 |
| August | 238 | 947 | 248 | 9 | 92 | 67 | 28 | .290 | .333 | .395 |
| September | 167 | 658 | 177 | 3 | 74 | 34 | 23 | .294 | .321 | .401 |
| October | 8 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .300 | .333 | .533 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 167 | 740 | 220 | 8 | 93 | 69 | 15 | .336 | .391 | .460 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 163 | 689 | 200 | 7 | 73 | 53 | 27 | .332 | .367 | .463 |
| chicago-cubs | 160 | 656 | 165 | 4 | 73 | 48 | 21 | .282 | .325 | .383 |
| cincinnati-reds | 144 | 590 | 148 | 6 | 72 | 46 | 18 | .285 | .329 | .389 |
| new-york-giants | 140 | 570 | 160 | 7 | 69 | 36 | 17 | .309 | .344 | .419 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 124 | 515 | 135 | 14 | 79 | 46 | 12 | .295 | .351 | .468 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 119 | 494 | 110 | 5 | 42 | 31 | 14 | .246 | .285 | .340 |
| boston-braves | 114 | 458 | 119 | 1 | 47 | 37 | 12 | .299 | .341 | .412 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1915 | Cleveland Guardians | 60 | 177 | 39 | – | 7 | 2 | .220 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 64 | 246 | 84 | 2 | 45 | 18 | .341 | – | – |
| 1919 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 121 | 453 | 127 | 4 | 62 | 24 | .280 | – | – |
| 1920 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 146 | 546 | 155 | 2 | 55 | 23 | .284 | – | – |
| 1921 |  Boston Braves | 141 | 568 | 175 | 7 | 78 | 21 | .308 | – | – |
| 1922 | Boston Braves | 43 | 158 | 51 | 4 | 18 | 4 | .323 | – | – |
| 1923 | Boston Braves | 153 | 611 | 195 | 6 | 75 | 15 | .319 | – | – |
| 1924 |  New York Giants | 94 | 281 | 72 | 3 | 32 | 1 | .256 | – | – |
| 1925 | New York Giants | 123 | 473 | 138 | 6 | 43 | 6 | .292 | – | – |
| 1926 | New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals | 135 | 507 | 162 | 16 | 99 | 14 | .320 | – | – |
| 1927 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 305 | 92 | 2 | 38 | 10 | .302 | – | – |
| 1929 | St. Louis Cardinals | 19 | 32 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .188 | – | – |