Ray Scarborough
1942–1953 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60)
318G
.186AVG
.217OBP
.219SLG
More career statistics
85H
1HR
35RBI
0SB
80–85W–L
1,428.2IP
564K
4.13ERA
168GS
14SV
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 | 456 | 454 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 81 | 80 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 505 | 503 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,297 | 6,296 |
| Pitching · p er | 656 | 657 |
| Pitching · p hr | 89 | 87 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,286 | 4,285 |
| Pitching · p r | 755 | 754 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 318 | 505 | 456 | 32 | 85 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | .186 | .217 | .219 | .436 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,428.7 | 318 | 168 | 59 | 80 | 85 | 14 | 1,487 | 755 | 656 | 89 | 611 | 564 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 | 1.469 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1949-07-04 to 1949-08-06
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1950-06-16 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1947-07-29 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1950-06-02 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 154 | 234 | 40 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 39 | .193 | .218 | .217 |
| Away | 164 | 269 | 45 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 41 | .182 | .193 | .223 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 19 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .269 | .323 | .308 |
| May | 47 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | .167 | .164 | .250 |
| June | 71 | 84 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 15 | .230 | .262 | .243 |
| July | 68 | 101 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | .189 | .198 | .222 |
| August | 59 | 113 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | .165 | .177 | .194 |
| September | 53 | 103 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | .173 | .194 | .194 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 50 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 | .211 | .213 | .239 |
| cleveland-guardians | 47 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .089 | .109 | .107 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 47 | 78 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | .243 | .244 | .329 |
| chicago-white-sox | 44 | 77 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | .262 | .286 | .292 |
| detroit-tigers | 42 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | .186 | .227 | .220 |
| boston-red-sox | 34 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .158 | .185 | .158 |
| new-york-yankees | 33 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | .094 | .111 | .113 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .261 | .250 | .304 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 17 | 21 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .190 | 63 | 16 |
| 1943 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 24 | 24 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .333 | 86 | 44 |
| 1946 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 32 | 49 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 155 | 46 |
| 1947 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 33 | 50 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .120 | 160 | 63 |
| 1948 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 31 | 64 | 14 | – | 9 | – | .219 | 185 | 76 |
| 1949 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 34 | 66 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .197 | 199 | 81 |
| 1950 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 35 | 66 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .152 | 207 | 94 |
| 1951 |  Boston Red Sox | 37 | 68 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .191 | 184 | 70 |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees | 37 | 32 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .281 | 110 | 42 |
| 1953 | Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees | 38 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | .071 | 75 | 32 |