Frenchy Bordagaray
1934–1945 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, CDA, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals
931G
.283AVG
.331OBP
.366SLG
More career statistics
745H
14HR
270RBI
66SB
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 | 2,632 | 2,633 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 39 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 186 | 189 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,869 | 2,871 |
| Batting · Runs | 409 | 410 |
| Batting · RBI | 270 | 271 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 66 | 67 |
| Batting · Walks | 173 | 174 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 931 | 2,869 | 2,632 | 409 | 745 | 120 | 28 | 14 | 270 | 173 | 186 | 66 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 963 | .283 | .331 | .366 | .697 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1943-08-06 to 1943-08-24
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1935-08-11 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1936-09-27 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1935-06-26 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 461 | 1319 | 353 | 4 | 122 | 83 | 79 | .293 | .331 | .387 |
| Away | 470 | 1552 | 392 | 10 | 149 | 91 | 110 | .275 | .311 | .348 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 76 | 222 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 19 | .275 | .311 | .345 |
| May | 167 | 493 | 132 | 3 | 35 | 30 | 39 | .291 | .329 | .384 |
| June | 162 | 492 | 121 | 5 | 42 | 39 | 40 | .272 | .325 | .371 |
| July | 172 | 523 | 127 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 26 | .260 | .285 | .335 |
| August | 180 | 576 | 159 | 3 | 61 | 33 | 37 | .302 | .333 | .384 |
| September | 168 | 548 | 149 | 3 | 60 | 34 | 26 | .295 | .334 | .370 |
| October | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .133 | .235 | .133 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 133 | 406 | 102 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 22 | .271 | .303 | .346 |
| chicago-cubs | 131 | 394 | 90 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 44 | .245 | .264 | .310 |
| boston-braves | 121 | 327 | 85 | 2 | 34 | 30 | 13 | .297 | .352 | .399 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 119 | 404 | 102 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 15 | .271 | .304 | .353 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 115 | 387 | 110 | 2 | 51 | 29 | 25 | .315 | .359 | .418 |
| cincinnati-reds | 113 | 361 | 96 | 1 | 45 | 23 | 30 | .290 | .330 | .375 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 102 | 333 | 92 | 1 | 27 | 22 | 17 | .302 | .342 | .400 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 32 | 87 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | .259 | .299 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  Chicago White Sox | 29 | 87 | 28 | – | 2 | 1 | .322 | – | – |
| 1935 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 121 | 422 | 119 | 1 | 39 | 18 | .282 | – | – |
| 1936 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 125 | 372 | 117 | 4 | 31 | 12 | .315 | – | – |
| 1937 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 96 | 300 | 88 | 1 | 37 | 12 | .293 | – | – |
| 1938 | St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 157 | 44 | – | 21 | 2 | .280 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Cincinnati Reds | 63 | 122 | 24 | – | 12 | 3 | .197 | – | – |
| 1941 |  New York Yankees | 36 | 73 | 19 | – | 4 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 48 | 58 | 14 | – | 5 | 2 | .241 | – | – |
| 1943 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 89 | 268 | 81 | – | 20 | 6 | .302 | – | – |
| 1944 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 130 | 501 | 141 | 6 | 51 | 3 | .281 | – | – |
| 1945 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 113 | 273 | 70 | 2 | 49 | 7 | .256 | – | – |