Boze Berger
1932–1939 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians
343G
.236AVG
.296OBP
.329SLG
More career statistics
270H
13HR
97RBI
12SB
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 | 1,144 | 1,145 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,266 | 1,267 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 343 | 1,266 | 1,144 | 146 | 270 | 51 | 8 | 13 | 97 | 94 | 226 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 376 | .236 | .296 | .329 | .625 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1935-06-15 to 1935-07-01
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1935-08-01 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1937-09-02 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1938-06-08 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 183 | 682 | 144 | 7 | 46 | 47 | 120 | .233 | .280 | .322 |
| Away | 160 | 585 | 126 | 6 | 51 | 47 | 106 | .239 | .296 | .336 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 118 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 20 | .194 | .271 | .243 |
| May | 56 | 214 | 51 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 36 | .263 | .313 | .402 |
| June | 68 | 265 | 56 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 34 | .241 | .302 | .349 |
| July | 70 | 272 | 58 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 47 | .237 | .279 | .314 |
| August | 73 | 264 | 58 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 54 | .239 | .288 | .305 |
| September | 42 | 117 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 29 | .232 | .265 | .348 |
| October | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .062 | .118 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 60 | 215 | 34 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 43 | .168 | .209 | .233 |
| new-york-yankees | 51 | 176 | 45 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 32 | .281 | .335 | .381 |
| st-louis-browns | 50 | 193 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 37 | .182 | .244 | .241 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 47 | 178 | 38 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 33 | .241 | .298 | .342 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 47 | 197 | 45 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 31 | .256 | .305 | .381 |
| boston-red-sox | 42 | 151 | 36 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 20 | .273 | .325 | .447 |
| chicago-white-sox | 25 | 84 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | .256 | .274 | .305 |
| cleveland-guardians | 21 | 73 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | .308 | .384 | .338 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1935 | Cleveland Guardians | 124 | 462 | 119 | 5 | 43 | 7 | .258 | – | – |
| 1936 | Cleveland Guardians | 28 | 52 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .173 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Chicago White Sox | 52 | 130 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 1 | .238 | – | – |
| 1938 | Chicago White Sox | 118 | 470 | 102 | 3 | 36 | 4 | .217 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Boston Red Sox | 20 | 30 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .300 | – | – |