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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
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 Batting

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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
1948 24 CLE AL 6 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 166 3 0 0 0 /6
1949 25 CLE AL 86 307 258 39 65 4 4 4 26 0 2 38 17 .252 .352 .345 .697 86 89 11 2 9 6
1950 26 CLE AL 109 425 365 53 110 14 6 7 58 4 3 56 27 .301 .397 .430 .827 114 157 10 2 2 6
1951 27 CLE AL 151 603 544 65 127 14 1 12 51 5 3 48 36 .233 .302 .329 .631 74 179 13 5 6 *6
1952 28 CLE AL 103 375 316 57 83 8 2 7 45 0 1 53 33 .263 .372 .367 .739 112 116 11 2 4 6/54
1953 29 TOT AL 135 582 497 94 147 17 8 26 114 3 3 72 68 .296 .390 .519 .909 145 258 9 5 8 56 MVP-8
1953 29 CLE AL 34 139 112 21 27 1 2 4 21 1 2 24 21 .241 .375 .393 .768 109 44 3 0 3 6
1953 29 DET AL 101 443 385 73 120 16 6 22 93 2 1 48 47 .312 .395 .556 .951 155 214 6 5 5 5/6
1954 30 DET AL 148 622 543 76 160 19 7 20 85 4 2 71 53 .295 .376 .466 .842 132 253 18 2 2 4 *5/6 AS,MVP-26
1955 31 DET AL 135 560 500 61 142 22 7 20 116 1 1 50 49 .284 .346 .476 .822 122 238 16 1 2 7 2 *5 MVP-16
1956 32 DET AL 131 568 481 77 148 14 6 25 81 0 0 77 46 .308 .403 .518 .920 141 249 13 3 2 5 8 *5 AS
1957 33 DET AL 129 531 462 48 126 25 3 12 65 1 1 57 47 .273 .353 .418 .771 108 193 16 3 4 5 6 *3/5
1958 34 TOT AL 116 401 360 41 87 16 2 13 61 1 3 32 46 .242 .304 .406 .710 93 146 9 2 3 4 2 3
1958 34 DET AL 39 132 114 16 27 4 1 6 20 0 2 14 13 .237 .323 .447 .770 104 51 3 1 2 1 1 3
1958 34 CHW AL 77 269 246 25 60 12 1 7 41 1 1 18 33 .244 .295 .386 .681 87 95 6 1 1 3 1 3
1959 35 TOT 83 211 168 25 44 6 0 4 19 2 0 38 24 .262 .394 .369 .763 110 62 5 0 3 2 2 3/5
1959 35 TOT AL 70 191 153 22 41 6 0 3 17 2 0 34 22 .268 .397 .366 .763 110 56 4 0 2 2 2 3/5
1959 35 CHW AL 9 30 21 3 5 0 0 1 5 1 0 7 5 .238 .400 .381 .781 117 8 0 0 0 2 0 /3
1959 35 KCA AL 61 161 132 19 36 6 0 2 12 1 0 27 17 .273 .396 .364 .760 109 48 4 0 2 0 2 3/5
1959 35 MLN NL 13 20 15 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 .200 .368 .400 .768 113 6 1 0 1 0 0 /3
1960 36 TOT 41 107 90 9 19 2 0 1 15 0 0 16 16 .211 .327 .267 .594 63 24 2 0 0 1 0 3
1960 36 MLN NL 7 17 12 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 .250 .471 .333 .804 133 4 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1960 36 BOS AL 34 90 78 6 16 1 0 1 11 0 0 11 15 .205 .300 .256 .556 51 20 2 0 0 1 0 3
13 Seasons 1373 5297 4589 645 1260 162 46 151 737 21 19 608 463 .275 .361 .429 .789 114 1967 133 27 45 28 20
162 Game Avg. 162 625 541 76 149 19 5 18 87 2 2 72 55 .275 .361 .429 .789 114 232 16 3 5
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
CLE (6 yrs) 489 1854 1600 235 414 42 15 34 202 10 11 219 135 .259 .352 .368 .719 96 588 48 11 24
DET (6 yrs) 683 2856 2485 351 723 100 30 105 460 8 7 317 255 .291 .372 .482 .854 130 1198 72 15 17 22 17
MLN (2 yrs) 20 37 27 6 6 1 0 1 6 0 0 9 3 .222 .417 .370 .787 122 10 1 0 1 0 0
CHW (2 yrs) 86 299 267 28 65 12 1 8 46 2 1 25 38 .243 .305 .386 .691 90 103 6 1 1 5 1
BOS (1 yr) 34 90 78 6 16 1 0 1 11 0 0 11 15 .205 .300 .256 .556 51 20 2 0 0 1 0
KCA (1 yr) 61 161 132 19 36 6 0 2 12 1 0 27 17 .273 .396 .364 .760 109 48 4 0 2 0 2
AL (13 yrs) 1353 5260 4562 639 1254 161 46 150 731 21 19 599 460 .275 .360 .429 .789 114 1957 132 27 44 28 20
NL (2 yrs) 20 37 27 6 6 1 0 1 6 0 0 9 3 .222 .417 .370 .787 122 10 1 0 1 0 0

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
1948 24 CLE AL WS BSN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 (3B)
1956 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1953-AL-8-18%
1954-AL-26-0%
1955-AL-16-5%
0.23 Career Shares (675th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1953 AL--.390--9th
1956 AL--.403--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1953 AL--.519--4th
1955 AL--.476--8th
1956 AL--.518--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1953 AL--.909--4th
1954 AL--.842--10th
1955 AL--.822--9th
1956 AL--.921--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1951 AL--151--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1953 AL--94--6th

Hits s c a p y
1954 AL--160--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1953 AL--258--8th
1954 AL--253--9th

Triples s c a p y
1953 AL--8--5th
1954 AL--7--10th
1955 AL--7--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--26--5th
1954 AL--20--8th
1956 AL--25--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1953 AL--114--3rd
1954 AL--85--10th
1955 AL--116--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 AL--72--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 AL--68--7th

Singles s c a p y
1954 AL--114--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1953 AL--145--4th
1954 AL--132--10th
1955 AL--122--8th
1956 AL--141--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1953 AL--99--5th
1954 AL--95--10th
1956 AL--103--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--31--3rd
1954 AL--24--9th
1956 AL--30--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1953 AL--3.1--3rd
1954 AL--2.4--9th
1956 AL--2.8--8th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1953 AL--51--10th
1954 AL--46--9th
1955 AL--49--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1953 AL--.705--5th
1954 AL--.667--9th
1956 AL--.708--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL--5--10th
1953 AL--5--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL--7--5th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--8--6th
1957 AL--6--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1954 AL--18--6th
1955 AL--16--10th
1957 AL--16--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1953 AL--19.115--5th
1954 AL--27.150--10th
1956 AL--19.240--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1951 AL--439--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (440), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 45 (547), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 21 (754), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (573), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Charlie Neal (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Lieberthal (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Lieberthal (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Sherm Lollar (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1953: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Al Aber, Steve Gromek and Dick Weik to the Detroit Tigers for Owen Friend, Joe Ginsberg, Art Houtteman and Bill Wight.

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Bob Shaw to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Fischer and Tito Francona.

May 2, 1959: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Harry Simpson.

August 20, 1959: Selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Braves from the Kansas City Athletics.

May 17, 1960: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Boston Red Sox for Ron Jackson.

September 14, 1960: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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