Ray Boone
1945–1960 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, PRK
1,373G
.275AVG
.361OBP
.429SLG
More career statistics
1,260H
151HR
737RBI
21SB
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.
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 | 4,589 | 4,588 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 19 | 22 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,297 | 5,296 |
| Batting · Runs | 645 | 644 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,373 | 5,297 | 4,589 | 645 | 1,260 | 162 | 46 | 151 | 737 | 608 | 463 | 21 | 19 | 27 | 28 | 1,967 | .275 | .361 | .429 | .790 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1956-07-29 to 1956-08-25
36longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1954-09-26 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1956-09-24 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1953-04-18 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 689 | 2586 | 620 | 78 | 349 | 284 | 219 | .276 | .350 | .428 |
| Away | 684 | 2710 | 640 | 73 | 388 | 324 | 244 | .274 | .356 | .430 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 111 | 434 | 95 | 15 | 56 | 73 | 44 | .271 | .387 | .440 |
| May | 237 | 907 | 196 | 22 | 107 | 111 | 77 | .252 | .338 | .377 |
| June | 246 | 934 | 232 | 34 | 133 | 113 | 83 | .287 | .369 | .459 |
| July | 279 | 1129 | 284 | 29 | 160 | 126 | 82 | .289 | .363 | .446 |
| August | 274 | 1063 | 247 | 27 | 148 | 103 | 116 | .263 | .329 | .414 |
| September | 223 | 816 | 202 | 24 | 133 | 79 | 61 | .280 | .344 | .441 |
| October | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .444 | .538 | .444 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 189 | 774 | 203 | 25 | 125 | 97 | 66 | .305 | .388 | .502 |
| new-york-yankees | 188 | 694 | 167 | 13 | 73 | 69 | 54 | .273 | .340 | .381 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 184 | 732 | 185 | 24 | 106 | 83 | 59 | .290 | .366 | .460 |
| chicago-white-sox | 179 | 696 | 174 | 13 | 84 | 64 | 62 | .282 | .342 | .396 |
| cleveland-guardians | 131 | 505 | 93 | 21 | 66 | 66 | 55 | .216 | .315 | .413 |
| detroit-tigers | 108 | 359 | 66 | 6 | 34 | 46 | 40 | .216 | .312 | .315 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 103 | 403 | 102 | 14 | 70 | 50 | 24 | .299 | .377 | .469 |
| baltimore-orioles | 99 | 398 | 92 | 11 | 59 | 45 | 38 | .267 | .344 | .426 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Cleveland Guardians | 6 | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .400 | – | – |
| 1949 | Cleveland Guardians | 86 | 258 | 65 | 4 | 26 | – | .252 | – | – |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians | 109 | 365 | 110 | 7 | 58 | 4 | .301 | – | – |
| 1951 | Cleveland Guardians | 151 | 544 | 127 | 12 | 51 | 5 | .233 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians | 103 | 316 | 83 | 7 | 45 | – | .263 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 135 | 497 | 147 | 26 | 114 | 3 | .296 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Detroit Tigers | 148 | 543 | 160 | 20 | 85 | 4 | .295 | – | – |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 135 | 500 | 142 | 20 | 116 | 1 | .284 | – | – |
| 1956 | Detroit Tigers | 131 | 481 | 148 | 25 | 81 | – | .308 | – | – |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers | 129 | 462 | 126 | 12 | 65 | 1 | .273 | – | – |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 116 | 360 | 87 | 13 | 61 | 1 | .242 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves | 83 | 168 | 44 | 4 | 19 | 2 | .262 | – | – |
| 1960 | Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Braves | 41 | 89 | 19 | 1 | 15 | – | .213 | – | – |