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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1972 24 PHI NL 16 57 51 4 14 1 0 1 4 1 0 5 7 .275 .333 .353 .686 94 18 2 0 0 1 2 2
1973 25 PHI NL 145 575 521 42 136 20 2 10 61 3 4 41 36 .261 .311 .365 .675 86 190 7 0 5 8 8 *2 RoY-3
1974 26 PHI NL 146 541 488 41 118 24 3 3 52 3 1 35 29 .242 .295 .322 .617 70 157 16 4 9 5 9 *2
1975 27 PHI NL 97 329 289 28 71 14 2 2 20 1 3 32 14 .246 .322 .329 .651 79 95 8 1 6 1 6 2/5
1976 28 PHI NL 121 418 361 40 98 18 2 4 54 2 5 45 44 .271 .348 .366 .713 100 132 10 1 4 7 14 2/3 AS
1977 29 PHI NL 132 495 440 55 125 26 4 11 66 5 5 42 54 .284 .343 .436 .780 104 192 8 2 3 8 5 *2/5
1978 30 PHI NL 132 495 435 48 123 18 4 12 62 2 5 46 37 .283 .347 .425 .772 115 185 13 1 5 8 10 *2/37 AS,MVP-23,GG
1979 31 PHI NL 119 454 398 38 114 21 3 9 58 1 4 49 33 .286 .367 .422 .789 113 168 9 2 4 1 9 *2/5 AS,GG
1980 32 PHI NL 141 535 480 34 110 23 1 9 55 3 4 48 41 .229 .299 .338 .637 75 162 9 1 4 2 12 *2
1981 33 PHI NL 76 253 227 19 48 7 0 4 24 2 2 22 16 .211 .279 .295 .574 61 67 6 0 2 2 2 *2
1982 34 CAL AL 143 539 472 42 121 17 0 7 58 0 2 39 34 .256 .310 .337 .647 78 159 9 0 23 5 2 *2 MVP-16,GG
1983 35 CAL AL 142 509 468 46 120 18 0 9 52 4 3 24 42 .256 .289 .353 .641 77 165 19 0 10 7 1 *2 AS
1984 36 CAL AL 139 486 450 33 91 16 1 3 32 3 3 25 45 .202 .242 .262 .504 40 118 11 0 6 5 1 *2
1985 37 CAL AL 150 520 460 37 114 17 0 5 55 1 2 37 35 .248 .306 .317 .623 72 146 12 3 16 4 2 *2
1986 38 CAL AL 144 503 442 48 98 12 2 7 49 1 0 43 30 .222 .287 .305 .593 63 135 15 0 12 6 1 *2 GG
1987 39 CAL AL 128 442 389 42 94 18 0 3 33 0 2 35 36 .242 .304 .311 .615 66 121 10 1 14 3 0 *2/D GG
1988 40 CAL AL 122 392 352 38 104 17 0 5 39 2 2 29 26 .295 .352 .386 .739 110 136 9 2 9 0 2 *2 GG
1989 41 KCR AL 131 469 405 33 111 13 2 1 43 3 2 49 37 .274 .351 .323 .675 92 131 16 2 8 5 4 *2 GG
1990 42 KCR AL 40 136 117 11 28 3 0 0 9 1 1 17 12 .239 .336 .265 .601 72 31 2 0 2 0 0 2
19 Seasons 2264 8148 7245 679 1838 303 26 105 826 38 50 663 608 .254 .315 .346 .661 82 2508 191 20 142 78 90
162 Game Avg. 162 583 518 49 132 22 2 8 59 3 4 47 44 .254 .315 .346 .661 82 179 14 1 10 6 6
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHI (10 yrs) 1125 4152 3690 349 957 172 21 65 456 23 33 365 311 .259 .325 .370 .695 90 1366 88 12 42 43 77
CAL (7 yrs) 968 3391 3033 286 742 115 3 39 318 11 14 232 248 .245 .297 .323 .620 71 980 85 6 90 30 9
KCR (2 yrs) 171 605 522 44 139 16 2 1 52 4 3 66 49 .266 .348 .310 .658 88 162 18 2 10 5 4
NL (10 yrs) 1125 4152 3690 349 957 172 21 65 456 23 33 365 311 .259 .325 .370 .695 90 1366 88 12 42 43 77
AL (9 yrs) 1139 3996 3555 330 881 131 5 40 370 15 17 298 297 .248 .305 .321 .626 74 1142 103 8 100 35 13

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 28 PHI NL NLCS CIN L 3 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 2 0 0 1 0 0
1977 29 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 4 10 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 4 0 0 0 0 0
1978 30 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 3 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 2 1 0 0 0 0
1980 32 PHI NL NLCS HOU W 5 20 18 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .222 .263 .222 .485 4 0 0 1 0 0
1980 32 PHI NL WS KCR W 6 22 17 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 .412 .500 .529 1.029 9 0 0 0 1 0
1981 33 PHI NL NLDS MON L 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 34 CAL AL ALCS MIL L 5 19 16 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .250 .235 .438 .673 7 0 0 2 1 0
1986 38 CAL AL ALCS BOS L 7 25 22 4 10 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .455 .500 .591 1.091 13 0 1 1 0 0
7 Seasons (8 Series) 36 121 106 12 33 2 0 2 13 0 1 7 8 .311 .353 .387 .740 41 1 1 5 2 0
1 NLDS 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 12 44 38 7 14 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 5 .368 .390 .526 .917 20 0 1 3 1 0
4 NLCS 15 50 46 2 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .261 .292 .261 .553 12 1 0 2 0 0
1 WS 6 22 17 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 .412 .500 .529 1.029 9 0 0 0 1 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1976 *
1978 *
1979 (C)
1983 *

Gold Gloves
1978-NL-C
1979-NL-C
1982-AL-C
1986-AL-C
1987-AL-C
1988-AL-C
1989-AL-C
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1978-NL-23-0%
1982-AL-16-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Games Played s c a p y
Career--2264--109th

At Bats s c a p y
Career--7245--216th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career--8148--229th

Singles s c a p y
Career--1404--243rd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1982 AL--23--2nd
1985 AL--16--2nd
1986 AL--12--6th
1987 AL--14--3rd
Career--142--193rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 NL--8--6th
1977 NL--8--5th
1978 NL--8--9th
Career--78--91st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 NL--14--3rd
1980 NL--12--10th
Career--90--141st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Career--191--105th

AB per SO s c a p y
1973 NL--14.5--9th
1974 NL--16.8--7th
1980 NL--11.7--9th
1982 AL--13.9--5th
1985 AL--13.1--9th
1986 AL--14.7--4th

Outs Made s c a p y
Career--5868--153rd

Oldest s c a p y
1988 AL--born 1947-11-19--7th
1989 AL--born 1947-11-19--3rd
1990 AL--born 1947-11-19--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 102 (146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1043), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1969.

December 6, 1981: Purchased by the California Angels from the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

May 1, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 24, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

November 30, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985California Angels$883,000
1986California Angels$853,479
1987California Angels$883,000
1988California Angels$883,000
1989Kansas City Royals$883,001
1990Kansas City Royals$1,900,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,285,480
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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