Buddy Rosar
1939–1951 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
988G
.261AVG
.330OBP
.334SLG
More career statistics
836H
18HR
367RBI
17SB
2Rare 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 · At bats | 3,198 | 3,199 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 161 | 162 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,571 | 3,572 |
| Batting · RBI | 367 | 366 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 988 | 3,571 | 3,198 | 335 | 836 | 147 | 15 | 18 | 367 | 315 | 161 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1,067 | .261 | .330 | .334 | .664 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1947-05-27 to 1947-06-10
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1940-07-19 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1940-09-18 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1941-04-20 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 483 | 1716 | 408 | 10 | 184 | 145 | 74 | .264 | .322 | .332 |
| Away | 505 | 1856 | 428 | 8 | 182 | 170 | 88 | .258 | .322 | .335 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 57 | 196 | 50 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 11 | .291 | .362 | .453 |
| May | 165 | 589 | 138 | 2 | 44 | 50 | 21 | .261 | .319 | .314 |
| June | 162 | 602 | 130 | 1 | 57 | 65 | 28 | .249 | .324 | .302 |
| July | 207 | 777 | 186 | 5 | 94 | 68 | 36 | .267 | .327 | .355 |
| August | 208 | 754 | 185 | 3 | 79 | 55 | 29 | .270 | .318 | .323 |
| September | 186 | 641 | 140 | 2 | 60 | 55 | 37 | .241 | .304 | .316 |
| October | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .583 | .615 | 1.083 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 147 | 535 | 124 | 5 | 45 | 56 | 18 | .263 | .336 | .335 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 135 | 485 | 106 | 0 | 52 | 34 | 18 | .240 | .289 | .297 |
| chicago-white-sox | 134 | 494 | 106 | 3 | 56 | 44 | 22 | .240 | .304 | .315 |
| st-louis-browns | 133 | 499 | 115 | 2 | 54 | 51 | 27 | .260 | .333 | .330 |
| detroit-tigers | 132 | 475 | 96 | 1 | 32 | 45 | 33 | .231 | .297 | .280 |
| cleveland-guardians | 113 | 382 | 88 | 4 | 36 | 38 | 19 | .257 | .330 | .377 |
| new-york-yankees | 108 | 396 | 105 | 3 | 45 | 30 | 13 | .290 | .341 | .359 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 86 | 306 | 96 | 0 | 46 | 17 | 12 | .338 | .369 | .415 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  New York Yankees | 43 | 105 | 29 | – | 12 | 4 | .276 | – | – |
| 1940 | New York Yankees | 73 | 228 | 68 | 4 | 35 | 7 | .298 | – | – |
| 1941 | New York Yankees | 67 | 209 | 60 | 1 | 36 | – | .287 | – | – |
| 1942 | New York Yankees | 69 | 209 | 48 | 2 | 34 | 1 | .230 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Cleveland Guardians | 115 | 382 | 108 | 1 | 41 | – | .283 | – | – |
| 1944 | Cleveland Guardians | 99 | 331 | 87 | – | 30 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1945 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 92 | 300 | 63 | 1 | 26 | 2 | .210 | – | – |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Athletics | 121 | 424 | 120 | 2 | 47 | 1 | .283 | – | – |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Athletics | 102 | 360 | 93 | 1 | 33 | 1 | .258 | – | – |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Athletics | 90 | 302 | 77 | 4 | 41 | – | .255 | – | – |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Athletics | 32 | 95 | 19 | – | 6 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Boston Red Sox | 27 | 84 | 25 | 1 | 12 | – | .298 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 58 | 170 | 39 | 1 | 13 | – | .229 | – | – |