Babe Borton Stats

Babe Borton was born on Tuesday, August 14, 1888, in Marion, Illinois. Borton was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 2, 1912, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Babe Borton baseball stats page.

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Babe Borton
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   William Baker Borton
Nickname:   Babe
Born On:   08-14-1888
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Marion, Illinois
Zodiac:   Leo
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-29-1954
Place of Death Data Died In:   Berkeley, California
Cemetery:   Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   178
First Game:   09-02-1912 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-30-1916
Draft:   Not Applicable
Babe Borton

Babe Borton Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
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Babe Borton Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1912 White Sox 31 105 15 39 3 1 0 0 17 8 - - 5 - 0 - .371 .416 .419
1913 White Sox 28 80 9 22 5 0 0 0 13 23 - 5 2 - 1 - .275 .442 .338
1913 Yankees 33 108 8 14 2 0 0 0 11 18 - 19 4 - 1 - .130 .260 .148
1915 Terriers 159 549 97 157 20 14 3 0 83 92 - 64 20 - 7 - .286 .395 .390
1916 Browns 66 98 10 22 1 2 1 0 12 19 - 13 2 - 0 - .224 .350 .306
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
4 Years 317 940 139 254 31 17 4 0 136 160 - 101 33 - 9 - .270 .381 .352
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Babe Borton Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1912 White Sox 1B 30 - - 329 11.0 328 312 16 1 14 n/a n/a n/a .997 0.00 -
1913 White Sox 1B 26 - - 316 12.2 313 301 12 3 19 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 -
1913 Yankees 1B 33 - - 371 11.2 363 331 32 8 16 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00 -
1915 Terriers 1B 159 - - 1,641 10.3 1,629 1,571 58 12 91 n/a n/a n/a .993 0.00 -
1916 Browns 1B 22 - - 215 9.8 213 205 8 2 7 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1B Totals 270 0 0 2,872 10.6 2,846 2,720 126 26 147 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 --
4 Years 270 - - 2,872 10.6 2,846 2,720 126 26 147 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 --
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Babe Borton Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1912 White Sox 1 7 .125 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 6.2 - - -
1913 White Sox 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 16.0 6.2 - - -
1913 Yankees 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 5.7 9.8 - - -
1915 Terriers 17 - - - - n/a 183.0 8.6 6.6 - - -
1916 Browns 1 - - - - n/a 98.0 7.5 8.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
4 Years 21 7 .750 - - n/a 235.0 9.3 6.9 - - -
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Babe Borton Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1912 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 New York Yankees n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 St. Louis Terriers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -


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