Hank Borowy
1942–1951 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
316G
.173AVG
.213OBP
.233SLG
More career statistics
99H
0HR
48RBI
0SB
108–82W–L
1,717.0IP
690K
3.52ERA
214GS
7SV
7Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 138 | 139 |
| Batting · RBI | 48 | 46 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,265 | 7,284 |
| Pitching · p er | 672 | 673 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,660 | 1,663 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,151 | 5,152 |
| Pitching · p k | 690 | 692 |
| Pitching · p r | 773 | 772 |
| Pitching · p w | 623 | 622 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 316 | 646 | 571 | 43 | 99 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 28 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 133 | .173 | .213 | .233 | .446 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,717.0 | 314 | 214 | 94 | 108 | 82 | 7 | 1,660 | 773 | 672 | 108 | 623 | 690 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 1.330 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1943-07-27 to 1943-08-25
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1948-08-31 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1951-08-18 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1943-08-16 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 161 | 326 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 66 | .158 | .190 | .229 |
| Away | 155 | 320 | 53 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 73 | .190 | .203 | .237 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | .200 | .271 | .240 |
| May | 46 | 93 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 23 | .262 | .237 | .345 |
| June | 51 | 126 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 31 | .174 | .206 | .252 |
| July | 72 | 126 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 25 | .155 | .206 | .236 |
| August | 68 | 134 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 25 | .144 | .164 | .186 |
| September | 56 | 105 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | .143 | .143 | .165 |
| October | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 25 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | .243 | .279 | .378 |
| new-york-giants | 25 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | .184 | .208 | .265 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 25 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | .297 | .317 | .324 |
| boston-red-sox | 24 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | .173 | .193 | .231 |
| st-louis-browns | 24 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .130 | .146 | .130 |
| boston-braves | 24 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .172 | .182 | .207 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 23 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .132 | .130 | .132 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 21 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .069 | .118 | .103 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  New York Yankees | 25 | 70 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .157 | 178 | 86 |
| 1943 | New York Yankees | 29 | 74 | 15 | – | 6 | – | .203 | 217 | 114 |
| 1944 | New York Yankees | 35 | 90 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .133 | 252 | 107 |
| 1945 | Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees | 33 | 91 | 18 | – | 6 | – | .198 | 254 | 82 |
| 1946 |  Chicago Cubs | 33 | 72 | 13 | – | 8 | – | .181 | 201 | 94 |
| 1947 | Chicago Cubs | 41 | 56 | 7 | – | 5 | – | .125 | 183 | 75 |
| 1948 | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 36 | 8 | – | – | – | .222 | 127 | 50 |
| 1949 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 61 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .213 | 193 | 44 |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 | 13 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 63 | 24 |
| 1951 |  Detroit Tigers | 26 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 46 | 16 |