Buzz Boyle
1929–1942 · bats L / throws L · ASD, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, SHV
366G
.290AVG
.347OBP
.395SLG
More career statistics
389H
12HR
125RBI
24SB
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 | 1,343 | 1,342 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 125 | 126 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,474 | 1,473 |
| Batting · RBI | 125 | 124 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 24 | 25 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 366 | 1,474 | 1,343 | 185 | 389 | 58 | 24 | 12 | 125 | 116 | 125 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 531 | .290 | .347 | .395 | .742 |
Streaks
24longest hitting streak · 1934-05-01 to 1934-06-03
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1934-06-05 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1935-08-18 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1935-06-25 | 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 | 177 | 719 | 193 | 5 | 66 | 63 | 53 | .298 | .356 | .400 |
| Away | 189 | 754 | 196 | 7 | 58 | 53 | 73 | .282 | .330 | .392 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 18 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | .167 | .281 | .333 |
| May | 46 | 202 | 56 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 14 | .308 | .366 | .440 |
| June | 66 | 253 | 71 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 22 | .316 | .383 | .462 |
| July | 69 | 287 | 69 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 23 | .258 | .307 | .345 |
| August | 76 | 306 | 88 | 2 | 32 | 22 | 27 | .314 | .359 | .393 |
| September | 87 | 346 | 93 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 35 | .288 | .324 | .384 |
| October | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .273 | .400 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 58 | 239 | 72 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 15 | .324 | .360 | .500 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 56 | 197 | 51 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 15 | .283 | .330 | .394 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 55 | 222 | 56 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 20 | .276 | .329 | .365 |
| chicago-cubs | 52 | 230 | 61 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 20 | .300 | .374 | .379 |
| new-york-giants | 47 | 199 | 55 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 18 | .301 | .352 | .361 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 47 | 171 | 45 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 21 | .296 | .368 | .441 |
| boston-braves | 47 | 204 | 46 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 14 | .243 | .289 | .312 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .300 | .273 | .600 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Boston Braves | 17 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .263 | – | – |
| 1930 | Boston Braves | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 93 | 338 | 101 | – | 31 | 8 | .299 | – | – |
| 1934 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 128 | 471 | 144 | 7 | 48 | 8 | .306 | – | – |
| 1935 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 127 | 475 | 129 | 4 | 43 | 7 | .272 | – | – |