Lefty Boone
1940–1946 · bats ? / throws L · CCB, Cleveland Buckeyes, Homestead Grays, HSL, JAX, Memphis Red Sox, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans
37G
.109AVG
.155OBP
.127SLG
More career statistics
6H
0HR
5RBI
1SB
7–14W–L
144.0IP
148K
5.94ERA
29GS
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 · Games | 37 | 36 |
| Batting · At bats | 55 | 36 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 61 | 39 |
| Batting · Runs | 3 | 2 |
| Batting · RBI | 5 | 2 |
| Batting · Walks | 3 | 1 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 671 | 461 |
| Pitching · p er | 95 | 17 |
| Pitching · p gs | 29 | 25 |
| Pitching · p h | 146 | 118 |
| Pitching · p hr | 4 | 2 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 432 | 383 |
| Pitching · p k | 148 | 119 |
| Pitching · p r | 119 | 96 |
| Pitching · p w | 89 | 73 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 61 | 55 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .109 | .155 | .127 | .282 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144.0 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 146 | 119 | 95 | 4 | 89 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 5.94 | 1.632 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1944-05-07 to 1944-06-28
2longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1941-08-11 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | .333 | 10 | 3 |
| 1941 | SNO | 6 | 10 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 35 | 48 |
| 1942 | CCB, JAX, New York Black Yankees | 11 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | 38 | 25 |
| 1943 | HSL, New York Cubans | 8 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .182 | 32 | 37 |
| 1944 | Cleveland Buckeyes, Philadelphia Stars | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | .500 | 11 | 6 |
| 1946 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |