Bob Boone
Robert Raymond Boone
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 202 lb.

Born: November 19, 1947 in San Diego, CA
High School: Crawford (San Diego, CA)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1972
Final Game: September 27, 1990
Relatives: Father of Aaron Boone, Father of Bret Boone and Son of Ray Boone
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1972 PHI NL 24 C 14 13 118.2 78 66 7 5 1 .936 -1.0 -10.1 -1 5.54 5.21 .987 6.61 5.87 2 4 5 4 44%
1973 PHI NL 25 C 145 141 1258.1 967 868 89 10 16 .990 6.0 5.7 6 6.84 6.60 .987 6.34 5.58 19 54 60 54 47% RoY-3
1974 PHI NL 26 C 146 142 1235.0 924 825 77 22 7 .976 -4.0 -3.9 -4 6.57 6.18 .985 6.12 5.37 10 56 99 49 33%
1975 PHI NL 27 C 92 81 711.0 505 456 44 5 7 .990 7.0 11.8 7 6.33 5.43 .985 6.03 5.24 5 20 34 26 43%
1975 PHI NL 27 3B 3 2 22.0 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 0.2 10.9 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 2.86 2.33 .943 2.99 2.57
1976 PHI NL 28 C 108 98 892.1 597 557 36 4 5 .993 2.0 2.7 2 5.98 5.49 .986 5.96 5.16 5 19 55 21 28% AS
1976 PHI NL 28 1B 4 4 32.0 35 30 3 2 0 .943 -0.2 -7.5 -0.2 0.7 -0.8 0 9.28 8.25 .991 9.96 8.60 AS
1977 PHI NL 29 C 131 118 1047.2 741 653 80 8 9 .989 1.0 1.1 1 6.30 5.60 .985 6.49 5.54 3 37 78 43 36%
1977 PHI NL 29 3B 2 2 13.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -9.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.77 2.00 .950 2.98 2.55
1978 PHI NL 30 C 129 117 1053.1 680 619 55 6 6 .991 7.0 8.0 7 5.76 5.22 .985 6.17 5.11 5 23 69 37 35% AS,MVP-23,GG
1978 PHI NL 30 1B 3 3 24.0 33 31 0 2 1 .939 -0.3 -15.0 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 0 11.62 10.33 .994 9.98 8.33 AS,MVP-23,GG
1978 PHI NL 30 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60 AS,MVP-23,GG
1978 PHI NL 30 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90 AS,MVP-23,GG
1979 PHI NL 31 C 117 110 963.2 599 527 65 7 8 .988 11.0 13.7 11 5.53 5.06 .985 6.13 5.27 2 21 54 42 44% AS,GG
1979 PHI NL 31 3B 2 2 15.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -1.3 -104.0 -1.3 -0.7 -0.6 0 0.60 0.50 .950 2.88 2.50 AS,GG
1980 PHI NL 32 C 138 130 1173.2 847 741 88 18 7 .979 0.0 0.0 0 6.36 6.01 .983 6.09 5.23 5 41 122 61 33%
1981 PHI NL 33 C 75 64 580.1 403 365 32 6 1 .985 -9.0 -18.6 -9 6.16 5.29 .983 5.93 5.07 1 25 76 21 22%
1982 CAL AL 34 C 143 140 1250.1 745 650 87 8 8 .989 20.0 19.2 20 5.30 5.15 .988 5.69 4.90 2 31 46 64 58% MVP-16,GG
1983 CAL AL 35 C 142 134 1212.0 703 606 83 14 12 .980 8.0 7.9 8 5.12 4.85 .986 5.70 4.76 5 44 65 51 44% AS
1984 CAL AL 36 C 137 133 1181.1 743 660 71 12 10 .984 6.0 6.1 6 5.57 5.34 .987 5.96 5.05 4 37 52 40 43%
1985 CAL AL 37 C 147 137 1215.1 751 670 71 10 15 .987 14.0 13.8 14 5.49 5.04 .987 6.05 5.03 6 31 57 45 44%
1986 CAL AL 38 C 144 137 1186.1 907 812 84 11 16 .988 17.0 17.2 17 6.80 6.22 .989 6.62 5.44 8 32 41 43 51% GG
1987 CAL AL 39 C 127 118 1035.0 753 684 56 13 11 .983 10.0 11.6 10 6.43 5.83 .988 6.74 5.49 7 39 43 37 46% GG
1987 CAL AL 39 DH 1 GG
1988 CAL AL 40 C 121 111 928.0 580 506 66 8 9 .986 7.0 9.1 7 5.55 4.73 .989 6.22 5.28 1 39 60 40 40% GG
1989 KCR AL 41 C 129 127 1082.0 823 752 64 7 6 .991 9.0 10.0 9 6.79 6.33 .989 6.24 5.20 3 43 60 43 42% GG
1990 KCR AL 42 C 40 40 335.0 266 243 19 4 0 .985 -4.0 -14.3 -4 7.04 6.55 .991 6.42 5.36 4 17 32 10 24%
19 Seasons C 2225 2091 18459.1 12612 11260 1174 178 154 .986 107.0 7.0 107 6.06 5.59 .987 6.16 5.23 97 613 1108 731 40%
2 Seasons 1B 7 7 56.0 68 61 3 4 1 .941 -0.5 -10.7 -0.5 1.1 -1.5 0 10.29 9.14 .993 9.96 8.49
3 Seasons 3B 7 6 50.0 13 4 8 1 0 .923 -1.2 -28.8 -1.2 -0.9 -0.3 0 2.16 1.71 .946 2.95 2.54
1 Season DH 1
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
19 Seasons TOT 2240 2104 18566.1 12693 11325 1185 183 155 .986 105.3 6.8 -1.7 0.2 -1.8 0 107 6.06 5.58 .972 6.16 5.23 97 613 1108 731 40%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 PHI NL 24 16 13 16 16 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1973 PHI NL 25 145 141 145 145 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 PHI NL 26 146 142 146 146 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 PHI NL 27 97 83 97 95 0 92 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1976 PHI NL 28 121 102 121 112 0 108 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1977 PHI NL 29 132 121 132 132 0 130 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 PHI NL 30 132 120 132 130 0 129 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
1979 PHI NL 31 119 112 119 119 0 117 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 PHI NL 32 141 130 141 138 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1981 PHI NL 33 76 64 76 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1982 CAL AL 34 143 140 143 143 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 35 142 134 142 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL AL 36 139 133 139 138 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985 CAL AL 37 150 137 150 147 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 CAL AL 38 144 137 144 144 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 CAL AL 39 128 118 128 127 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 CAL AL 40 122 111 122 121 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 KCR AL 41 131 127 131 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1990 KCR AL 42 40 40 40 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 2264 2105 2264 2239 0 2225 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 50 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1972 PHI NL 24 503 3.34 3.87 5 80% 0 0 66 3 0 1 62 7 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0%
1973 PHI NL 25 5617 3.86 4.33 64 98% 0 0 868 41 9 24 794 89 24 1 1 6 10 0 2 8 0 16 1 5 7 14 100%
1974 PHI NL 26 5571 3.96 4.42 62 95% 0 1 825 32 8 27 758 79 24 1 0 3 22 1 2 19 1 7 0 2 3 14 100%
1975 PHI NL 27 3126 4.08 4.54 38 97% 2 0 460 21 5 9 424 45 9 6 0 2 5 0 3 2 0 7 1 0 3 8 88%
1976 PHI NL 28 3822 3.29 3.65 36 97% 0 0 553 29 2 13 509 38 5 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 4 100%
1977 PHI NL 29 4624 3.93 4.32 51 100% 3 0 647 27 3 30 586 77 16 5 0 6 8 0 2 6 0 9 1 2 3 8 100%
1978 PHI NL 30 4486 3.48 3.82 49 94% 0 0 619 27 4 22 566 55 17 1 1 3 6 0 2 4 1 4 0 1 1 8 88%
1979 PHI NL 31 4183 3.96 4.22 45 91% 0 0 533 28 1 20 484 61 10 2 0 5 6 0 1 5 1 9 0 0 1 3 67%
1980 PHI NL 32 5178 3.33 3.75 50 92% 0 0 749 25 0 20 704 81 18 0 0 8 18 1 2 15 1 6 0 0 3 11 82%
1981 PHI NL 33 2631 4.08 4.48 27 100% 0 0 370 20 0 12 338 27 5 1 1 3 6 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1982 CAL AL 34 5409 3.81 4.12 59 95% 0 1 652 41 2 21 588 86 12 1 0 5 8 1 3 4 2 10 0 1 3 4 100%
1983 CAL AL 35 5430 4.41 4.80 48 94% 0 0 609 21 6 29 553 82 18 1 1 7 14 1 7 6 1 11 0 2 5 6 100%
1984 CAL AL 36 5154 3.79 4.12 38 92% 0 1 662 16 2 25 617 69 11 3 0 3 11 1 4 6 3 11 0 0 0 9 78%
1985 CAL AL 37 5268 3.96 4.40 40 95% 0 0 676 24 4 24 624 69 9 1 1 7 10 0 4 6 2 16 0 3 5 3 100%
1986 CAL AL 38 5063 3.80 4.18 40 90% 0 1 813 20 5 17 771 79 13 1 0 8 11 0 3 8 1 15 1 1 3 11 73%
1987 CAL AL 39 4515 4.32 4.83 36 92% 1 0 686 19 6 12 649 55 11 0 2 6 13 1 5 7 0 10 0 0 2 7 86%
1988 CAL AL 40 4173 4.28 4.70 29 90% 2 2 511 12 5 8 486 60 12 1 0 3 8 0 3 5 0 9 0 0 2 9 78%
1989 KCR AL 41 4684 3.54 3.98 40 95% 0 1 753 28 7 17 701 63 10 1 0 11 7 0 0 7 0 6 0 2 5 12 83%
1990 KCR AL 42 1515 3.57 4.27 15 80% 0 0 243 9 1 5 227 19 3 0 0 6 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 33%
19 Seasons 80952 3.86 4.26 772 94% 8 7 11295 443 70 336 10441 1141 228 26 8 94 176 7 48 121 14 154 4 19 46 139 87%
MLB Averages 3.79 4.26 95% 90%
PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1972 PHI NL 24 2 4 163 5 4 3 44% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 5 1.24 1.12
1973 PHI NL 25 19 54 2040 60 54 46 47% 54 45 6 6 0 3 7 3 181 69 1.24 1.27
1974 PHI NL 26 10 56 1970 99 49 44 33% 89 42 10 5 0 2 6 3 216 60 1.19 1.13
1975 PHI NL 27 5 20 1124 34 26 24 43% 32 23 2 3 0 0 4 1 80 31 1.03 1.11
1976 PHI NL 28 5 19 1376 55 21 20 28% 52 16 3 4 0 1 4 0 101 29 1.10 1.57
1977 PHI NL 29 3 37 1639 78 43 41 36% 67 34 11 5 0 4 5 0 150 50 1.32 1.58
1978 PHI NL 30 5 23 1500 69 37 30 35% 60 29 9 4 0 4 4 2 106 44 1.21 1.13
1979 PHI NL 31 2 21 1445 54 42 39 44% 53 37 1 5 0 0 4 0 90 54 1.17 1.43
1980 PHI NL 32 4 41 1726 122 61 50 33% 113 54 9 6 0 1 5 3 208 71 1.26 1.22
1981 PHI NL 33 1 25 914 76 21 15 22% 68 21 7 0 1 0 1 0 123 25 1.15 1.28
1982 CAL AL 34 5 31 1939 46 64 59 58% 43 61 2 3 1 0 7 1 105 69 1.21 1.26
1983 CAL AL 35 6 44 2054 65 51 48 44% 58 42 6 5 1 4 8 3 144 59 1.42 1.25
1984 CAL AL 36 3 37 1874 52 40 39 43% 46 38 6 2 0 0 4 0 116 50 1.25 1.18
1985 CAL AL 37 7 31 1910 57 45 39 44% 55 42 2 3 0 0 4 0 112 51 1.25 1.18
1986 CAL AL 38 8 32 1810 41 43 41 51% 41 41 0 1 0 1 6 0 100 51 1.05 1.32
1987 CAL AL 39 7 39 1586 43 37 29 46% 40 33 2 3 1 1 2 0 115 45 1.30 1.20
1988 CAL AL 40 1 39 1509 60 40 35 40% 56 37 4 3 0 0 3 0 121 45 1.14 1.34
1989 KCR AL 41 3 43 1628 60 43 34 42% 56 35 3 3 1 5 1 0 145 54 1.43 1.34
1990 KCR AL 42 4 17 587 32 10 10 24% 29 8 2 1 1 1 0 0 65 10 1.41 1.48
19 Seasons 100 613 28794 1108 731 646 40% 1017 642 85 62 6 27 76 16 2292 872 1.23 1.28
MLB Averages 34% 1.29 1.27
PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 PHI NL 27 99 51% 69% 17% 7 100% 0 3 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PHI NL 29 60 67% 77% 25% 5 80% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 31 59 69% 85% 36% 4 25% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
3 Seasons 218 60% 75% 24% 16 75% 0 4 4 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 89% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1976 PHI NL 28 138 70% 78% 22% 12 67% 0 31 3 28 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PHI NL 29 38 63% 76% 29% 5 100% 0 8 3 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PHI NL 30 102 51% 85% 32% 10 80% 0 33 3 30 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
3 Seasons 278 62% 80% 27% 27 78% 0 72 9 63 0 9 4 2 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 PHI NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 67% 67% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 67% 67% 0
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.7% 58% 78% 29% 51%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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