Lou Boudreau
1938–1952 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians
1,646G
.295AVG
.380OBP
.415SLG
More career statistics
1,779H
68HR
789RBI
51SB
8Rare 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.
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 | 309 | 310 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,023 | 7,025 |
| Batting · RBI | 789 | 788 |
| Batting · Walks | 796 | 797 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,646 | 7,023 | 6,029 | 861 | 1,779 | 385 | 66 | 68 | 789 | 796 | 309 | 51 | 50 | 34 | 0 | 2,500 | .295 | .380 | .415 | .795 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1947-06-08 to 1947-07-03
37longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Five Extra-Base Hits | 1946-07-14 | 1 in 13,977 games | box score ↗ |
| 79 | Four-Double Game | 1946-07-14 | 1 in 3,923 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1948-04-26 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 812 | 3351 | 815 | 18 | 342 | 410 | 148 | .287 | .366 | .387 |
| Away | 834 | 3674 | 964 | 50 | 446 | 387 | 162 | .302 | .368 | .439 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 115 | 494 | 129 | 7 | 51 | 40 | 13 | .293 | .342 | .445 |
| May | 302 | 1338 | 322 | 11 | 134 | 153 | 56 | .283 | .355 | .384 |
| June | 291 | 1243 | 321 | 19 | 125 | 148 | 55 | .300 | .377 | .432 |
| July | 333 | 1401 | 345 | 15 | 181 | 179 | 60 | .295 | .374 | .429 |
| August | 327 | 1374 | 363 | 9 | 179 | 140 | 55 | .303 | .366 | .417 |
| September | 265 | 1120 | 280 | 5 | 108 | 129 | 69 | .290 | .365 | .386 |
| October | 13 | 55 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .413 | .491 | .674 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 246 | 1034 | 259 | 10 | 140 | 113 | 50 | .295 | .360 | .402 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 243 | 1045 | 284 | 19 | 134 | 118 | 30 | .316 | .385 | .476 |
| detroit-tigers | 236 | 1000 | 238 | 5 | 83 | 128 | 46 | .282 | .366 | .385 |
| new-york-yankees | 231 | 968 | 217 | 9 | 105 | 96 | 51 | .257 | .323 | .366 |
| boston-red-sox | 230 | 1012 | 266 | 15 | 103 | 148 | 49 | .317 | .409 | .459 |
| chicago-white-sox | 228 | 976 | 272 | 5 | 108 | 88 | 30 | .315 | .369 | .424 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 217 | 948 | 238 | 3 | 111 | 100 | 52 | .289 | .357 | .391 |
| cleveland-guardians | 15 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .143 | .262 | .371 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1939 | Cleveland Guardians | 53 | 225 | 58 | – | 20 | 2 | .258 | – | – |
| 1940 | Cleveland Guardians | 155 | 627 | 185 | 9 | 101 | 6 | .295 | – | – |
| 1941 | Cleveland Guardians | 148 | 579 | 149 | 10 | 55 | 9 | .257 | – | – |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 147 | 506 | 143 | 2 | 58 | 7 | .283 | – | – |
| 1943 | Cleveland Guardians | 152 | 539 | 154 | 3 | 66 | 4 | .286 | – | – |
| 1944 | Cleveland Guardians | 150 | 584 | 191 | 3 | 67 | 11 | .327 | – | – |
| 1945 | Cleveland Guardians | 97 | 345 | 106 | 3 | 48 | – | .307 | – | – |
| 1946 | Cleveland Guardians | 140 | 515 | 151 | 6 | 61 | 6 | .293 | – | – |
| 1947 | Cleveland Guardians | 150 | 538 | 165 | 4 | 67 | 1 | .307 | – | – |
| 1948 | Cleveland Guardians | 152 | 560 | 199 | 18 | 107 | 3 | .355 | – | – |
| 1949 | Cleveland Guardians | 134 | 475 | 135 | 4 | 60 | – | .284 | – | – |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians | 81 | 260 | 70 | 1 | 29 | 1 | .269 | – | – |
| 1951 |  Boston Red Sox | 82 | 273 | 73 | 5 | 47 | 1 | .267 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox | 4 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | .000 | – | – |