Bobby Sturgeon
1940–1948 · bats R / throws R · ASF, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, MLS
420G
.257AVG
.277OBP
.318SLG
More career statistics
313H
1HR
80RBI
7SB
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 · Runs | 107 | 106 |
| Batting · RBI | 80 | 83 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 420 | 1,279 | 1,220 | 107 | 313 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 80 | 34 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 388 | .257 | .277 | .318 | .595 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1942-08-16 to 1942-08-25
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1942-08-09 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 3 runs scored | 1941-06-01 | 1 in 98 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 7 total bases | 1946-09-22 | 1 in 93 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 223 | 697 | 189 | 1 | 48 | 26 | 42 | .289 | .308 | .359 |
| Away | 197 | 582 | 124 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 37 | .219 | .227 | .271 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 23 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .260 | .312 |
| May | 42 | 106 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .252 | .264 | .330 |
| June | 82 | 263 | 62 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 17 | .253 | .274 | .335 |
| July | 73 | 166 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | .258 | .265 | .288 |
| August | 111 | 381 | 99 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 27 | .270 | .278 | .319 |
| September | 87 | 308 | 72 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | .249 | .273 | .322 |
| October | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 69 | 214 | 56 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 11 | .273 | .285 | .351 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 64 | 183 | 48 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | .279 | .284 | .343 |
| cincinnati-reds | 61 | 184 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | .180 | .201 | .203 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 61 | 172 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | .293 | .308 | .384 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 59 | 198 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 12 | .255 | .268 | .302 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 53 | 167 | 42 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | .258 | .269 | .331 |
| boston-braves | 47 | 145 | 36 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | .263 | .290 | .314 |
| chicago-cubs | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .267 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  Chicago Cubs | 7 | 21 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .190 | – | – |
| 1941 | Chicago Cubs | 129 | 433 | 106 | – | 25 | 5 | .245 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago Cubs | 63 | 162 | 40 | – | 10 | 2 | .247 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago Cubs | 100 | 294 | 87 | 1 | 21 | – | .296 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago Cubs | 87 | 232 | 59 | – | 21 | – | .254 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Boston Braves | 34 | 78 | 17 | – | 4 | – | .218 | – | – |