Bob Seeds
1930–1940 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Giants, New York Yankees
615G
.277AVG
.336OBP
.382SLG
More career statistics
537H
28HR
233RBI
14SB
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 | 1,937 | 1,938 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 15 | 19 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 190 | 189 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,137 | 2,140 |
| Batting · RBI | 233 | 231 |
| Batting · Walks | 160 | 162 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 615 | 2,137 | 1,937 | 268 | 537 | 77 | 21 | 28 | 233 | 160 | 190 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 740 | .277 | .336 | .382 | .718 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1932-08-25 to 1932-09-08
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1939-07-26 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1930-06-05 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1932-07-12 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 320 | 1042 | 259 | 14 | 116 | 75 | 85 | .274 | .321 | .384 |
| Away | 295 | 1098 | 278 | 14 | 115 | 87 | 104 | .280 | .332 | .380 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 31 | 105 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | .234 | .286 | .298 |
| May | 88 | 300 | 74 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 28 | .263 | .300 | .370 |
| June | 106 | 369 | 92 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 31 | .276 | .320 | .363 |
| July | 143 | 501 | 120 | 6 | 55 | 36 | 48 | .264 | .311 | .390 |
| August | 131 | 445 | 118 | 7 | 43 | 33 | 42 | .293 | .339 | .404 |
| September | 114 | 411 | 107 | 7 | 45 | 43 | 32 | .294 | .365 | .385 |
| October | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .444 | .444 | .778 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 72 | 232 | 61 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 20 | .281 | .310 | .350 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 65 | 232 | 53 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 20 | .254 | .319 | .359 |
| new-york-yankees | 59 | 208 | 56 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 20 | .303 | .356 | .405 |
| detroit-tigers | 58 | 187 | 41 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 9 | .246 | .310 | .311 |
| st-louis-browns | 53 | 182 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 12 | .293 | .341 | .384 |
| chicago-white-sox | 43 | 155 | 37 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 10 | .255 | .284 | .372 |
| boston-red-sox | 43 | 168 | 43 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | .276 | .304 | .346 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 34 | 119 | 31 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 13 | .279 | .328 | .414 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Cleveland Guardians | 85 | 277 | 79 | 3 | 32 | 1 | .285 | – | – |
| 1931 | Cleveland Guardians | 48 | 134 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .306 | – | – |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 118 | 439 | 126 | 2 | 43 | 5 | .287 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Boston Red Sox | 82 | 230 | 56 | – | 24 | 1 | .243 | – | – |
| 1934 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 69 | 192 | 47 | – | 20 | 2 | .245 | – | – |
| 1936 |  New York Yankees | 13 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 3 | .262 | – | – |
| 1938 |  New York Giants | 81 | 296 | 86 | 9 | 52 | – | .291 | – | – |
| 1939 | New York Giants | 63 | 173 | 46 | 5 | 26 | 1 | .266 | – | – |
| 1940 | New York Giants | 56 | 155 | 45 | 4 | 16 | – | .290 | – | – |