Jim Gosger
1963–1974 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Montreal Expos, New York Mets, Athletics, SE1
706G
.226AVG
.309OBP
.331SLG
More career statistics
411H
30HR
177RBI
25SB
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 | 316 | 315 |
| Batting · RBI | 177 | 176 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 706 | 2,066 | 1,815 | 197 | 411 | 67 | 16 | 30 | 177 | 217 | 316 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 600 | .226 | .309 | .331 | .640 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1966-06-01 to 1966-06-10
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1967-08-06 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1965-07-16 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1969-04-16 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 350 | 1025 | 212 | 13 | 83 | 105 | 163 | .235 | .309 | .332 |
| Away | 356 | 1041 | 199 | 17 | 93 | 112 | 152 | .218 | .299 | .329 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 122 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | .141 | .279 | .242 |
| May | 119 | 344 | 64 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 54 | .207 | .265 | .272 |
| June | 117 | 322 | 72 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 45 | .256 | .335 | .377 |
| July | 132 | 406 | 86 | 8 | 37 | 44 | 72 | .241 | .320 | .359 |
| August | 156 | 496 | 96 | 4 | 43 | 51 | 73 | .218 | .296 | .309 |
| September | 128 | 352 | 74 | 6 | 31 | 35 | 49 | .239 | .310 | .366 |
| October | 7 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .250 | .375 | .450 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 65 | 192 | 39 | 5 | 21 | 34 | 34 | .252 | .380 | .394 |
| chicago-white-sox | 56 | 167 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 20 | .182 | .234 | .240 |
| cleveland-guardians | 54 | 174 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 47 | .190 | .264 | .255 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 53 | 166 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 26 | .207 | .271 | .347 |
| california-angels | 51 | 163 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 23 | .199 | .252 | .253 |
| new-york-yankees | 48 | 126 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 14 | .248 | .310 | .451 |
| minnesota-twins | 45 | 145 | 33 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 30 | .258 | .338 | .359 |
| boston-red-sox | 40 | 124 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 21 | .257 | .323 | .431 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  Boston Red Sox | 19 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | .062 | – | – |
| 1965 | Boston Red Sox | 81 | 324 | 83 | 9 | 35 | 3 | .256 | – | – |
| 1966 | Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics | 128 | 398 | 93 | 10 | 43 | 5 | .234 | – | – |
| 1967 |  Kansas City Athletics | 134 | 356 | 86 | 5 | 36 | 5 | .242 | – | – |
| 1968 |  Athletics | 88 | 150 | 27 | – | 5 | 4 | .180 | – | – |
| 1969 | New York Mets, SE1 | 50 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .114 | – | – |
| 1970 |  Montreal Expos | 91 | 274 | 72 | 5 | 37 | 5 | .263 | – | – |
| 1971 | Montreal Expos | 51 | 102 | 16 | – | 8 | 1 | .157 | – | – |
| 1973 |  New York Mets | 38 | 92 | 22 | – | 10 | – | .239 | – | – |
| 1974 | New York Mets | 26 | 33 | 3 | – | – | – | .091 | – | – |