Joey Gathright
2004–2011 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Rays
452G
.263AVG
.328OBP
.303SLG
More career statistics
309H
1HR
96RBI
81SB
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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 452 | 1,329 | 1,175 | 178 | 309 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 96 | 97 | 212 | 81 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 356 | .263 | .328 | .303 | .631 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 2006-08-09 to 2006-08-20
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 2005-09-30 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 2005-04-09 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 2007-06-14 | 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 | 237 | 673 | 148 | 1 | 46 | 53 | 114 | .251 | .299 | .284 |
| Away | 215 | 656 | 161 | 0 | 50 | 44 | 98 | .275 | .312 | .323 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 |
| April | 66 | 188 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 30 | .259 | .303 | .307 |
| May | 51 | 167 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 22 | .219 | .281 | .247 |
| June | 63 | 208 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 32 | .283 | .332 | .318 |
| July | 74 | 230 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 41 | .215 | .265 | .254 |
| August | 87 | 259 | 71 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 42 | .303 | .320 | .350 |
| September | 104 | 249 | 65 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 41 | .291 | .325 | .336 |
| October | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .304 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| toronto-blue-jays | 45 | 127 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | .241 | .268 | .241 |
| cleveland-guardians | 39 | 102 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | .326 | .343 | .370 |
| baltimore-orioles | 36 | 105 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | .241 | .324 | .241 |
| minnesota-twins | 35 | 113 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 20 | .223 | .248 | .233 |
| chicago-white-sox | 33 | 98 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | .247 | .276 | .270 |
| detroit-tigers | 33 | 117 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 22 | .275 | .325 | .324 |
| boston-red-sox | 32 | 112 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 26 | .255 | .286 | .304 |
| new-york-yankees | 31 | 97 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | .282 | .330 | .318 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |  Tampa Bay Rays | 19 | 52 | 13 | – | 1 | 6 | .250 | – | – |
| 2005 | Tampa Bay Rays | 76 | 203 | 56 | – | 13 | 20 | .276 | – | – |
| 2006 | Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Rays | 134 | 383 | 91 | 1 | 41 | 22 | .238 | – | – |
| 2007 |  Kansas City Royals | 74 | 228 | 70 | – | 19 | 9 | .307 | – | – |
| 2008 | Kansas City Royals | 105 | 279 | 71 | – | 22 | 21 | .254 | – | – |
| 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs | 37 | 30 | 8 | – | – | 2 | .267 | – | – |
| 2011 |  Boston Red Sox | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |