Luke Boone
1913–1918 · bats R / throws R · New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates
320G
.209AVG
.282OBP
.261SLG
More career statistics
215H
6HR
76RBI
32SB
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 | 320 | 319 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,028 | 1,027 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 35 | 41 |
| Batting · Hits | 215 | 216 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 111 | 114 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,169 | 1,170 |
| Batting · RBI | 76 | 79 |
| Batting · Walks | 91 | 92 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 320 | 1,169 | 1,028 | 102 | 215 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 76 | 91 | 111 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 268 | .209 | .282 | .261 | .543 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1914-07-11 to 1914-07-26
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 5 hits | 1914-08-05 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1914-08-31 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1913-10-04 | 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 | 165 | 595 | 117 | 6 | 42 | 53 | 61 | .228 | .286 | .302 |
| Away | 154 | 575 | 99 | 0 | 37 | 39 | 53 | .193 | .240 | .222 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .273 | .265 | .386 |
| May | 37 | 129 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 3 | .211 | .279 | .294 |
| June | 40 | 128 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 12 | .157 | .234 | .222 |
| July | 81 | 308 | 57 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 32 | .213 | .260 | .261 |
| August | 85 | 340 | 75 | 0 | 23 | 28 | 31 | .250 | .303 | .290 |
| September | 48 | 169 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 24 | .177 | .213 | .222 |
| October | 13 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .100 | .213 | .100 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 50 | 190 | 40 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 16 | .244 | .284 | .299 |
| cleveland-guardians | 46 | 173 | 37 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 14 | .245 | .306 | .291 |
| st-louis-browns | 44 | 162 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 17 | .169 | .222 | .225 |
| boston-red-sox | 40 | 149 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 20 | .176 | .215 | .206 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 39 | 138 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 12 | .204 | .297 | .274 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 38 | 123 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 | .209 | .228 | .278 |
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 134 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 13 | .218 | .284 | .269 |
| chicago-cubs | 8 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .278 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  New York Yankees | 6 | 12 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1914 | New York Yankees | 108 | 371 | 82 | – | 23 | 10 | .221 | – | – |
| 1915 | New York Yankees | 130 | 431 | 89 | 5 | 42 | 14 | .206 | – | – |
| 1916 | New York Yankees | 49 | 126 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 7 | .183 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 87 | 18 | – | 3 | 1 | .207 | – | – |