Ray Boone
Raymond Otis Boone (Ike)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 188 lb.

Born: July 27, 1923 in San Diego, CA
High School: Herbert Hoover (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1948
Final Game: August 11, 1960
Died: October 17, 2004 in San Diego, CA
Relatives: Father of Bob Boone, Grandfather of Aaron Boone and Grandfather of Bret 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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 CLE AL 24 SS 4 9 3 5 1 0 .889 2.00 .967 4.85
1949 CLE AL 25 SS 76 393 162 210 21 58 .947 4.89 .964 4.79
1950 CLE AL 26 SS 102 471 178 267 26 64 .945 4.36 .962 4.74
1951 CLE AL 27 SS 151 769 311 425 33 108 .957 4.87 .961 4.72
1952 CLE AL 28 SS 96 455 177 251 27 55 .941 4.46 .963 4.29
1952 CLE AL 28 3B 2 5 2 2 1 2 .800 2.00 .960 3.00
1952 CLE AL 28 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 5.10
1953 TOT AL 29 SS 34 179 68 102 9 26 .950 5.00 .966 4.52 MVP-8
1953 CLE AL 29 SS 31 166 64 94 8 24 .952 5.10 .966 4.52
1953 DET AL 29 3B 97 336 111 211 14 32 .958 3.32 .957 2.93 MVP-8
1953 DET AL 29 SS 3 13 4 8 1 2 .923 4.00 .969 4.53
1954 DET AL 30 3B 148 148 1272.1 521 170 332 19 22 .964 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.9 -0.8 0 3.55 3.39 .959 3.48 3.07 AS,MVP-26
1954 DET AL 30 SS 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.30 AS,MVP-26
1955 DET AL 31 3B 126 126 1107.1 406 135 252 19 33 .953 2.8 3.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 3 3.15 3.07 .950 3.17 2.73 MVP-16
1956 DET AL 32 3B 130 130 1127.1 411 151 243 17 23 .959 -11.6 -12.3 -10.6 -2.5 -8.1 -1 3.15 3.03 .948 3.22 2.78 AS
1957 DET AL 33 1B 117 117 1035.1 1027 972 45 10 103 .990 -6.2 -7.2 -6.2 -2.8 -3.4 0 8.84 8.69 .992 8.69 8.36
1957 DET AL 33 3B 4 4 35.0 19 5 12 2 0 .895 0.4 13.7 0.4 -0.3 0.7 0 4.37 4.25 .953 3.24 2.78
1958 TOT AL 34 1B 95 92 778.1 807 747 49 11 71 .986 -0.7 -1.1 0.3 0.7 -0.4 -1 9.20 8.38 .991 9.60 8.47
1958 DET AL 34 1B 32 32 254.0 254 236 15 3 26 .988 -1.8 -8.5 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0 8.89 7.84 .991 9.60 8.47
1958 CHW AL 34 1B 63 60 524.1 553 511 34 8 45 .986 1.1 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.0 -1 9.35 8.65 .991 9.60 8.47
1959 TOT MLB 35 1B 47 38 323.0 367 331 29 7 26 .981 0.3 1.1 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 10.03 7.66 .990 9.82 8.26
1959 TOT AL 35 1B 44 35 302.0 347 312 28 7 22 .980 -0.4 -1.6 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 10.13 7.73 .990 9.84 8.27
1959 CHW AL 35 1B 6 5 49.0 44 37 5 2 2 .955 -1.0 -24.5 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0 7.71 7.00 .991 9.84 8.27
1959 KCA AL 35 1B 38 30 253.0 303 275 23 5 20 .983 0.6 2.8 0.6 -0.2 0.8 0 10.60 7.84 .990 9.84 8.27
1959 KCA AL 35 3B 3 1 12.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.6 60.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 6.00 2.67 .950 3.22 2.73
1959 MLN NL 35 1B 3 3 21.0 20 19 1 0 4 1.000 0.7 40.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 8.57 6.67 .990 9.60 8.03
1960 TOT MLB 36 1B 26 23 186.0 214 199 14 1 22 .995 1.7 11.0 1.7 2.1 -0.4 0 10.31 8.19 .991 9.58 8.07
1960 MLN NL 36 1B 4 4 31.0 36 33 3 0 3 1.000 1.2 46.5 1.2 0.8 0.4 0 10.45 9.00 .989 9.58 8.20
1960 BOS AL 36 1B 22 19 155.0 178 166 11 1 19 .994 0.5 3.9 0.5 1.3 -0.8 0 10.28 8.05 .991 9.58 8.04
7 Seasons 3B 510 409 3554.0 1706 576 1058 72 112 .958 -4.8 -1.6 -6.8 1.3 -8.0 2 4.14 3.20 .954 3.30 2.88
7 Seasons SS 464 0 4.0 2276 899 1260 117 311 .949 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4857.75 4.65 .962 4.95 4.63
4 Seasons 1B 285 270 2322.2 2415 2249 137 29 222 .988 -4.9 -2.5 -3.9 0.4 -4.3 -1 9.25 8.37 .991 9.22 8.35
1 Season 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 5.10
13 Seasons TOT 1260 679 5880.2 6399 3725 2456 218 645 .966 -9.6 -2.0 -10.6 1.8 -12.3 1 9.46 4.91 .937 5.64 4.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1948 CLE AL 24 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1949 CLE AL 25 86 86 86 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0
1950 CLE AL 26 109 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0
1951 CLE AL 27 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 28 103 103 103 0 0 0 1 2 96 0 0 0 0
1953 DET AL 29 101 101 101 0 0 0 0 97 3 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 29 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0
1954 DET AL 30 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 31 135 126 135 135 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1956 DET AL 32 131 130 131 131 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 DET AL 33 129 121 129 129 0 0 117 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1958 CHW AL 34 77 60 77 77 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1958 DET AL 34 39 32 39 39 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1959 KCA AL 35 61 31 61 61 0 0 38 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1959 MLN NL 35 13 3 13 13 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1959 CHW AL 35 9 5 9 9 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1960 BOS AL 36 34 19 34 34 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1960 MLN NL 36 7 4 7 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Seasons 1373 679 1373 1373 0 0 285 1 510 464 0 0 0 0 99 0
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 -- 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%
1957 DET AL 33 4412 63% 78% 24% 218 96% 0 975 92 871 13 74 47 33 10 0 6 10 1 6 3 8 103 2 0 1 93 3 10 4 6 14 93%
1958 CHW AL 34 2265 64% 78% 26% 127 93% 2 517 26 484 8 62 32 22 5 0 1 8 2 5 1 4 45 0 0 0 40 0 5 3 2 13 92%
1958 DET AL 34 1100 65% 78% 25% 48 96% 0 236 11 225 0 23 12 9 3 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 26 1 0 0 26 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1959 KCA AL 35 1098 63% 79% 29% 66 92% 1 265 20 242 4 25 20 15 1 0 2 5 2 2 1 3 20 0 0 0 18 0 2 1 1 7 86%
1959 CHW AL 35 218 69% 78% 22% 12 83% 0 37 2 35 0 3 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1959 MLN NL 35 63 59% 81% 19% 6 100% 0 10 2 8 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 36 748 66% 79% 25% 39 90% 2 165 13 150 1 12 11 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 19 0 0 0 17 1 2 1 1 2 50%
1960 MLN NL 36 134 41% 77% 28% 11 100% 0 31 2 28 1 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 10038 63% 78% 25% 527 94% 5 2236 168 2043 27 208 131 94 22 1 10 29 6 18 5 19 220 3 0 1 201 5 19 9 10 43 91%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1954 DET AL 30 5548 64% 81% 26% 506 91% 9 166 117 15 34 331 267 54 4 18 19 1 14 4 17 23 18 0 18 1 0 1 34 68%
1955 DET AL 31 4859 60% 81% 25% 393 90% 0 133 106 10 17 249 193 53 0 12 19 1 13 5 15 33 28 2 31 2 2 0 15 47%
1956 DET AL 32 5089 63% 76% 22% 385 91% 2 147 115 16 16 232 181 43 2 13 17 0 15 2 16 23 17 2 20 2 2 0 21 67%
1957 DET AL 33 160 66% 76% 23% 20 80% 0 5 4 0 1 12 8 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KCA AL 35 54 81% 80% 22% 7 100% 0 2 2 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 15710 63% 79% 25% 1311 90% 11 453 344 41 68 829 653 154 6 43 57 2 44 11 50 79 63 4 69 5 4 1 70 63%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 DET AL 30 21 67% 71% 14% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 21 67% 71% 14% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 90%

* 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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