Ray Powell
1913–1924 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Detroit Tigers
875G
.268AVG
.336OBP
.375SLG
More career statistics
890H
35HR
276RBI
51SB
3Rare 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 | 3,324 | 3,321 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 56 | 90 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 461 | 459 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,728 | 3,726 |
| Batting · RBI | 276 | 279 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 51 | 53 |
| Batting · Triples | 67 | 68 |
| Batting · Walks | 321 | 323 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 875 | 3,728 | 3,324 | 467 | 890 | 117 | 67 | 35 | 276 | 321 | 461 | 51 | 56 | 19 | 0 | 1,246 | .268 | .336 | .375 | .711 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1924-06-18 to 1924-06-30
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Three Triples | 1921-09-27 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1923-05-02 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1918-05-07 | 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 | 432 | 1792 | 409 | 13 | 132 | 173 | 208 | .260 | .325 | .365 |
| Away | 443 | 1934 | 481 | 22 | 147 | 150 | 251 | .275 | .326 | .386 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 269 | 62 | 2 | 30 | 27 | 29 | .261 | .331 | .399 |
| May | 149 | 663 | 155 | 6 | 46 | 66 | 98 | .267 | .333 | .371 |
| June | 154 | 652 | 147 | 2 | 36 | 54 | 82 | .252 | .308 | .340 |
| July | 164 | 728 | 168 | 7 | 53 | 67 | 90 | .262 | .323 | .392 |
| August | 167 | 673 | 181 | 12 | 52 | 53 | 78 | .298 | .348 | .413 |
| September | 167 | 696 | 162 | 5 | 56 | 49 | 76 | .256 | .303 | .344 |
| October | 11 | 45 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | .405 | .489 | .541 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 139 | 618 | 158 | 8 | 61 | 63 | 51 | .292 | .358 | .421 |
| chicago-cubs | 129 | 538 | 123 | 7 | 34 | 47 | 67 | .255 | .316 | .367 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 128 | 571 | 142 | 8 | 52 | 56 | 70 | .281 | .347 | .394 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 124 | 519 | 121 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 66 | .255 | .287 | .365 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 124 | 535 | 126 | 3 | 39 | 49 | 86 | .268 | .327 | .374 |
| new-york-giants | 115 | 477 | 112 | 2 | 27 | 39 | 50 | .262 | .317 | .354 |
| cincinnati-reds | 114 | 468 | 108 | 2 | 30 | 41 | 69 | .257 | .318 | .342 |
| cleveland-guardians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Detroit Tigers | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1917 |  Boston Braves | 88 | 357 | 97 | 4 | 31 | 12 | .272 | – | – |
| 1918 | Boston Braves | 53 | 187 | 40 | – | 16 | 3 | .214 | – | – |
| 1919 | Boston Braves | 123 | 471 | 111 | 2 | 30 | 16 | .236 | – | – |
| 1920 | Boston Braves | 147 | 609 | 137 | 6 | 34 | 10 | .225 | – | – |
| 1921 | Boston Braves | 149 | 623 | 191 | 12 | 73 | 7 | .307 | – | – |
| 1922 | Boston Braves | 142 | 549 | 163 | 6 | 37 | 3 | .297 | – | – |
| 1923 | Boston Braves | 97 | 337 | 102 | 4 | 44 | 1 | .303 | – | – |
| 1924 | Boston Braves | 74 | 188 | 49 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .261 | – | – |