Joe Boley
1927–1932 · bats R / throws R · ALS, ASB, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics
540G
.269AVG
.323OBP
.354SLG
More career statistics
478H
7HR
227RBI
15SB
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 | 1,780 | 1,782 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 8 | 10 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,979 | 1,982 |
| Batting · Triples | 22 | 23 |
| Batting · Walks | 130 | 131 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 540 | 1,979 | 1,780 | 203 | 478 | 88 | 22 | 7 | 227 | 130 | 84 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 631 | .269 | .323 | .354 | .677 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1927-09-17 to 1928-04-11
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1929-05-14 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1930-05-05 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1927-09-22 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 279 | 1014 | 236 | 4 | 115 | 72 | 41 | .260 | .304 | .334 |
| Away | 261 | 968 | 242 | 3 | 112 | 59 | 43 | .277 | .311 | .377 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 55 | 201 | 41 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 13 | .217 | .249 | .275 |
| May | 105 | 380 | 92 | 2 | 44 | 22 | 15 | .266 | .300 | .367 |
| June | 105 | 385 | 95 | 1 | 35 | 21 | 14 | .274 | .301 | .354 |
| July | 92 | 350 | 98 | 2 | 57 | 26 | 15 | .314 | .354 | .417 |
| August | 97 | 350 | 78 | 0 | 44 | 33 | 14 | .257 | .317 | .336 |
| September | 82 | 298 | 70 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 13 | .261 | .302 | .351 |
| October | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .222 | .312 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 94 | 339 | 67 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 23 | .211 | .242 | .268 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 86 | 313 | 70 | 0 | 30 | 24 | 14 | .253 | .300 | .332 |
| detroit-tigers | 77 | 293 | 69 | 0 | 39 | 29 | 15 | .277 | .334 | .390 |
| boston-red-sox | 75 | 284 | 66 | 1 | 31 | 19 | 10 | .257 | .299 | .339 |
| st-louis-browns | 74 | 263 | 67 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 8 | .282 | .300 | .382 |
| cleveland-guardians | 67 | 245 | 73 | 0 | 39 | 17 | 4 | .332 | .367 | .405 |
| chicago-white-sox | 67 | 245 | 66 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 10 | .295 | .331 | .411 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 118 | 372 | 115 | 1 | 53 | 8 | .309 | – | – |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Athletics | 132 | 425 | 112 | – | 47 | 5 | .264 | – | – |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | 91 | 303 | 76 | 2 | 47 | 1 | .251 | – | – |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | 121 | 420 | 116 | 4 | 55 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1931 | Philadelphia Athletics | 67 | 224 | 51 | – | 21 | 1 | .228 | – | – |
| 1932 | Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics | 11 | 38 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .211 | – | – |