Steve Boros
1957–1965 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers
422G
.245AVG
.344OBP
.359SLG
More career statistics
308H
26HR
149RBI
11SB
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 · Walks | 181 | 180 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 422 | 1,473 | 1,255 | 141 | 308 | 50 | 7 | 26 | 149 | 181 | 174 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 450 | .245 | .344 | .359 | .703 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1961-05-07 to 1961-05-13
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1961-09-17 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1962-08-06 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1961-05-14 | 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 | 219 | 728 | 153 | 10 | 72 | 89 | 89 | .248 | .332 | .340 |
| Away | 203 | 745 | 155 | 16 | 77 | 91 | 85 | .243 | .330 | .377 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 31 | 118 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 16 | .268 | .347 | .330 |
| May | 69 | 267 | 58 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 23 | .254 | .322 | .377 |
| June | 85 | 300 | 70 | 3 | 22 | 31 | 26 | .265 | .337 | .337 |
| July | 83 | 273 | 56 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 35 | .229 | .278 | .343 |
| August | 80 | 291 | 62 | 11 | 36 | 40 | 41 | .253 | .351 | .420 |
| September | 73 | 219 | 36 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 33 | .207 | .361 | .322 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .600 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-athletics | 37 | 133 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 12 | .229 | .346 | .330 |
| baltimore-orioles | 33 | 114 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 14 | .253 | .342 | .347 |
| new-york-yankees | 29 | 116 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 13 | .202 | .319 | .277 |
| cleveland-guardians | 27 | 93 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 10 | .263 | .333 | .500 |
| los-angeles-angels-1961-64 | 27 | 104 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 21 | .226 | .327 | .262 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 27 | 103 | 33 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | .375 | .447 | .602 |
| chicago-white-sox | 26 | 100 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 | .259 | .330 | .376 |
| minnesota-twins | 24 | 89 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | .200 | .292 | .440 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  Detroit Tigers | 24 | 41 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .146 | – | – |
| 1958 | Detroit Tigers | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1961 | Detroit Tigers | 116 | 396 | 107 | 5 | 62 | 4 | .270 | – | – |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers | 116 | 356 | 81 | 16 | 47 | 3 | .228 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Chicago Cubs | 41 | 90 | 19 | 3 | 7 | – | .211 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Cincinnati Reds | 117 | 370 | 95 | 2 | 31 | 4 | .257 | – | – |
| 1965 | Cincinnati Reds | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |