Bobby Doerr
1937–1951 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox
1,865G
.288AVG
.362OBP
.461SLG
More career statistics
2,042H
223HR
1,247RBI
54SB
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 · Caught stealing | 64 | 66 |
| Batting · Doubles | 381 | 382 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 608 | 610 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,247 | 1,242 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 54 | 55 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,865 | 8,028 | 7,093 | 1,094 | 2,042 | 381 | 89 | 223 | 1,247 | 809 | 608 | 54 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 3,270 | .288 | .362 | .461 | .823 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1943-07-28 to 1943-08-17
43longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1950-06-08 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1944-05-17 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1950-06-08 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 954 | 4080 | 1120 | 145 | 739 | 465 | 284 | .315 | .388 | .533 |
| Away | 911 | 3948 | 922 | 78 | 503 | 344 | 326 | .261 | .321 | .389 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 140 | 617 | 158 | 19 | 112 | 59 | 44 | .288 | .352 | .483 |
| May | 338 | 1479 | 342 | 28 | 195 | 153 | 134 | .261 | .335 | .392 |
| June | 315 | 1347 | 355 | 44 | 219 | 141 | 95 | .299 | .368 | .495 |
| July | 390 | 1709 | 466 | 63 | 294 | 162 | 127 | .307 | .367 | .519 |
| August | 385 | 1666 | 406 | 48 | 253 | 196 | 115 | .283 | .361 | .446 |
| September | 284 | 1156 | 304 | 20 | 162 | 92 | 87 | .291 | .343 | .440 |
| October | 13 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | .229 | .315 | .354 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 277 | 1188 | 303 | 23 | 167 | 125 | 101 | .288 | .360 | .448 |
| new-york-yankees | 269 | 1114 | 257 | 26 | 149 | 105 | 97 | .260 | .325 | .401 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 266 | 1149 | 289 | 35 | 194 | 123 | 76 | .286 | .359 | .460 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 265 | 1137 | 298 | 33 | 186 | 113 | 90 | .298 | .361 | .487 |
| chicago-white-sox | 264 | 1144 | 314 | 34 | 166 | 101 | 75 | .307 | .363 | .486 |
| detroit-tigers | 263 | 1141 | 283 | 26 | 162 | 115 | 83 | .280 | .349 | .434 |
| st-louis-browns | 261 | 1155 | 298 | 46 | 218 | 127 | 88 | .296 | .368 | .511 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Boston Red Sox | 55 | 147 | 33 | 2 | 14 | 2 | .224 | – | – |
| 1938 | Boston Red Sox | 145 | 509 | 147 | 5 | 79 | 5 | .289 | – | – |
| 1939 | Boston Red Sox | 127 | 525 | 167 | 12 | 73 | 1 | .318 | – | – |
| 1940 | Boston Red Sox | 151 | 595 | 173 | 22 | 105 | 11 | .291 | – | – |
| 1941 | Boston Red Sox | 132 | 500 | 141 | 16 | 91 | 1 | .282 | – | – |
| 1942 | Boston Red Sox | 144 | 545 | 158 | 15 | 102 | 4 | .290 | – | – |
| 1943 | Boston Red Sox | 155 | 604 | 163 | 16 | 75 | 8 | .270 | – | – |
| 1944 | Boston Red Sox | 125 | 468 | 152 | 15 | 81 | 5 | .325 | – | – |
| 1946 | Boston Red Sox | 151 | 583 | 158 | 18 | 117 | 5 | .271 | – | – |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox | 146 | 561 | 145 | 17 | 95 | 3 | .258 | – | – |
| 1948 | Boston Red Sox | 140 | 527 | 150 | 27 | 110 | 3 | .285 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 139 | 541 | 167 | 18 | 108 | 2 | .309 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 149 | 586 | 172 | 27 | 119 | 3 | .294 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 106 | 402 | 116 | 13 | 73 | 2 | .289 | – | – |