John Boccabella
1963–1974 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants
551G
.219AVG
.267OBP
.317SLG
More career statistics
320H
26HR
148RBI
3SB
1Rare feat
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 | 1,462 | 1,463 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,596 | 1,599 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | 1,596 | 1,462 | 117 | 320 | 56 | 5 | 26 | 148 | 96 | 246 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 464 | .219 | .267 | .317 | .584 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1973-08-08 to 1973-08-15
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Two Homers in an Inning | 1973-07-06 | 1 in 3,109 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1966-08-14 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1965-09-12 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 263 | 742 | 134 | 14 | 63 | 47 | 118 | .198 | .244 | .296 |
| Away | 288 | 857 | 186 | 12 | 85 | 49 | 128 | .236 | .274 | .335 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 57 | 167 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 29 | .209 | .240 | .272 |
| May | 98 | 291 | 60 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 43 | .226 | .254 | .323 |
| June | 96 | 296 | 58 | 7 | 28 | 16 | 48 | .215 | .250 | .333 |
| July | 92 | 268 | 53 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 37 | .218 | .272 | .296 |
| August | 86 | 245 | 51 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 35 | .231 | .286 | .335 |
| September | 112 | 303 | 57 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 50 | .207 | .254 | .322 |
| October | 10 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .276 | .276 | .345 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 64 | 191 | 35 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 31 | .196 | .230 | .257 |
| new-york-mets | 57 | 185 | 33 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 21 | .194 | .227 | .294 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 55 | 174 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 33 | .213 | .253 | .287 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 53 | 146 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 18 | .230 | .260 | .267 |
| houston-astros | 52 | 158 | 40 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 31 | .286 | .335 | .514 |
| cincinnati-reds | 48 | 116 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 10 | .240 | .293 | .280 |
| atlanta-braves | 48 | 130 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 18 | .188 | .246 | .295 |
| san-francisco-giants | 46 | 131 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 23 | .208 | .237 | .383 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  Chicago Cubs | 24 | 74 | 14 | 1 | 5 | – | .189 | – | – |
| 1964 | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 24 | 9 | – | 6 | – | .375 | – | – |
| 1965 | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago Cubs | 75 | 206 | 47 | 6 | 25 | – | .228 | – | – |
| 1967 | Chicago Cubs | 25 | 35 | 6 | – | 8 | – | .171 | – | – |
| 1968 | Chicago Cubs | 7 | 14 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .071 | – | – |
| 1969 |  Montreal Expos | 40 | 86 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .105 | – | – |
| 1970 | Montreal Expos | 61 | 145 | 39 | 5 | 17 | – | .269 | – | – |
| 1971 | Montreal Expos | 74 | 177 | 39 | 3 | 15 | – | .220 | – | – |
| 1972 | Montreal Expos | 83 | 207 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .227 | – | – |
| 1973 | Montreal Expos | 118 | 403 | 94 | 7 | 46 | 1 | .233 | – | – |
| 1974 |  San Francisco Giants | 29 | 80 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .138 | – | – |