Bobby Avila
1949–1959 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Braves
1,300G
.281AVG
.359OBP
.388SLG
More career statistics
1,296H
80HR
467RBI
78SB
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 · Caught stealing | 52 | 50 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,343 | 5,344 |
| Batting · RBI | 467 | 466 |
| Batting · Walks | 561 | 562 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,300 | 5,343 | 4,620 | 725 | 1,296 | 185 | 35 | 80 | 467 | 561 | 399 | 78 | 52 | 14 | 14 | 1,791 | .281 | .359 | .388 | .747 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1957-07-19 to 1957-08-05
34longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1951-06-20 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1951-06-20 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1950-07-09 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 666 | 2700 | 632 | 49 | 242 | 306 | 188 | .274 | .347 | .382 |
| Away | 634 | 2644 | 664 | 31 | 224 | 256 | 211 | .287 | .348 | .394 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 109 | 450 | 110 | 7 | 37 | 56 | 40 | .289 | .369 | .396 |
| May | 229 | 927 | 233 | 10 | 60 | 101 | 82 | .290 | .360 | .389 |
| June | 219 | 864 | 195 | 19 | 83 | 91 | 56 | .262 | .331 | .385 |
| July | 248 | 1038 | 247 | 8 | 100 | 121 | 66 | .277 | .355 | .365 |
| August | 285 | 1201 | 306 | 22 | 100 | 117 | 87 | .292 | .352 | .399 |
| September | 209 | 859 | 204 | 14 | 86 | 74 | 68 | .271 | .324 | .396 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 183 | 743 | 175 | 10 | 66 | 73 | 52 | .271 | .334 | .389 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 182 | 751 | 200 | 12 | 67 | 92 | 53 | .313 | .389 | .425 |
| boston-red-sox | 181 | 748 | 177 | 14 | 67 | 69 | 50 | .268 | .329 | .370 |
| new-york-yankees | 176 | 726 | 165 | 12 | 66 | 81 | 56 | .267 | .339 | .378 |
| detroit-tigers | 169 | 700 | 167 | 7 | 46 | 71 | 52 | .278 | .340 | .387 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 101 | 408 | 118 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 28 | .319 | .360 | .438 |
| baltimore-orioles | 89 | 390 | 106 | 7 | 36 | 34 | 26 | .308 | .359 | .419 |
| st-louis-browns | 80 | 343 | 82 | 2 | 25 | 47 | 17 | .285 | .376 | .347 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  Cleveland Guardians | 31 | 14 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .214 | – | – |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians | 80 | 201 | 60 | 1 | 20 | 5 | .299 | – | – |
| 1951 | Cleveland Guardians | 141 | 542 | 165 | 10 | 58 | 14 | .304 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians | 150 | 597 | 179 | 7 | 45 | 12 | .300 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians | 141 | 559 | 160 | 8 | 55 | 10 | .286 | – | – |
| 1954 | Cleveland Guardians | 143 | 555 | 189 | 15 | 67 | 9 | .341 | – | – |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians | 141 | 537 | 146 | 13 | 61 | 1 | .272 | – | – |
| 1956 | Cleveland Guardians | 138 | 513 | 115 | 10 | 54 | 17 | .224 | – | – |
| 1957 | Cleveland Guardians | 129 | 463 | 124 | 5 | 48 | 2 | .268 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians | 113 | 375 | 95 | 5 | 30 | 5 | .253 | – | – |
| 1959 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Braves | 93 | 264 | 60 | 6 | 25 | 3 | .227 | – | – |