Daryl Boston
Daryl Lamont Boston
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 203 lb.

Born: January 4, 1963 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Woodward (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1984
Final Game: August 11, 1994
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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 Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 CHW AL 21 OF 34 19 201.0 67 59 2 6 1 .910 2.4 14.3 1.4 1.2 0.1 1 2.73 1.79 .984 2.51 2.17
1984 CHW AL 21 CF 30 15 166.0 59 53 1 5 0 .915 1.6 11.6 1.6 1.2 0.3 0 2.93 1.80 .986 3.01 2.62
1984 CHW AL 21 RF 5 4 35.0 9 7 1 1 1 .889 0.8 27.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1 2.06 1.60 .978 2.24 1.88
1984 CHW AL 21 DH 1
1985 CHW AL 22 OF 93 60 596.1 188 179 7 2 1 .989 3.3 6.6 2.3 2.2 0.1 1 2.81 2.00 .982 2.44 2.10
1985 CHW AL 22 CF 90 60 591.1 187 180 5 2 1 .989 3.2 6.5 2.2 2.2 0.0 1 2.82 2.06 .988 2.91 2.56
1985 CHW AL 22 RF 4 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.80 0.25 1.000 2.16 1.82
1985 CHW AL 22 DH 2
1986 CHW AL 23 CF 53 52 457.2 160 152 3 5 1 .969 5.7 14.9 6.7 -0.9 7.6 -1 3.05 2.92 .986 2.83 2.47
1986 CHW AL 23 OF 53 52 457.2 160 152 3 5 1 .969 5.7 14.9 6.7 -0.9 7.6 -1 3.05 2.92 .980 2.39 2.06
1986 CHW AL 23 DH 1
1987 CHW AL 24 OF 92 81 752.1 212 207 3 2 3 .991 4.1 6.5 4.1 7.4 -3.3 0 2.51 2.28 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 CHW AL 24 LF 51 42 396.1 97 93 2 2 1 .979 -0.9 -2.7 -1.9 2.6 -4.5 1 2.16 1.86 .974 2.11 1.73
1987 CHW AL 24 CF 45 39 356.0 110 109 1 0 1 1.000 5.0 16.9 6.0 4.8 1.2 -1 2.78 2.44 .985 2.70 2.34
1987 CHW AL 24 DH 5
1988 CHW AL 25 OF 85 71 651.2 204 190 4 10 2 .951 0.0 0.0 3.0 -0.2 3.2 -3 2.68 2.28 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 CHW AL 25 LF 44 32 329.2 86 78 3 5 2 .942 -2.5 -9.1 -1.5 -0.7 -0.8 -1 2.21 1.84 .978 2.26 1.85
1988 CHW AL 25 CF 43 39 321.0 120 114 1 5 0 .958 2.6 9.7 4.6 0.5 4.1 -2 3.22 2.67 .985 2.91 2.52
1988 CHW AL 25 DH 5
1988 CHW AL 25 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1989 CHW AL 26 OF 75 53 499.2 140 134 2 4 0 .971 -2.0 -4.8 -1.0 -1.1 0.1 -1 2.45 1.81 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 CHW AL 26 LF 57 42 384.2 114 108 2 4 0 .965 -2.1 -6.6 -2.1 -1.0 -1.1 0 2.57 1.93 .977 2.16 1.83
1989 CHW AL 26 RF 21 10 104.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.2 0.9 -0.3 1.2 -1 2.34 1.29 .978 2.33 1.90
1989 CHW AL 26 DH 9
1989 CHW AL 26 CF 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 21.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.45 1.50 1.000 2.78 2.45
1990 TOT MLB 27 OF 110 90 806.1 209 203 3 3 1 .986 -8.3 -12.4 -4.3 -5.1 0.8 -4 2.30 1.87 .981 2.39 2.01
1990 CHW AL 27 DH 3
1990 CHW AL 27 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 2.00
1990 CHW AL 27 RF 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 1.80
1990 NYM NL 27 OF 109 90 805.1 209 203 3 3 1 .986 -8.3 -12.4 -4.3 -5.1 0.8 -4 2.30 1.89 .981 2.39 2.01
1990 NYM NL 27 CF 108 89 796.1 205 199 3 3 1 .985 -8.8 -13.3 -4.8 -5.6 0.8 -4 2.28 1.87 .984 2.74 2.35
1990 NYM NL 27 LF 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 4.00 4.00 .975 2.20 1.70
1991 NYM NL 28 OF 115 57 585.0 161 156 2 3 1 .981 -5.7 -11.7 -4.7 -2.3 -2.4 -1 2.43 1.37 .983 2.28 1.88
1991 NYM NL 28 CF 74 46 425.2 122 119 1 2 0 .984 -1.5 -4.2 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 -1 2.54 1.62 .985 2.59 2.12
1991 NYM NL 28 RF 37 6 106.1 22 20 1 1 1 .955 -3.3 -37.2 -3.3 -2.3 -1.0 0 1.78 0.57 .982 2.06 1.65
1991 NYM NL 28 LF 9 5 53.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -20.4 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0 2.89 1.89 .982 2.17 1.67
1992 NYM NL 29 OF 95 65 630.1 139 133 5 1 1 .993 -6.6 -12.6 -6.6 -3.2 -3.4 0 1.97 1.45 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 NYM NL 29 LF 66 51 472.2 101 95 5 1 1 .990 -3.2 -8.1 -3.2 -2.0 -1.2 0 1.90 1.52 .979 2.16 1.65
1992 NYM NL 29 CF 16 8 92.1 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -3.2 -41.6 -3.2 0.4 -3.6 0 2.24 1.44 .987 2.80 2.44
1992 NYM NL 29 RF 14 6 65.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -3.7 -0.2 -1.6 1.4 0 2.07 1.07 .980 2.08 1.66
1993 COL NL 30 OF 79 69 579.0 131 124 5 2 1 .985 -8.7 -18.0 -5.7 -2.6 -3.1 -3 2.01 1.63 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 COL NL 30 LF 41 39 318.2 68 65 1 2 0 .971 0.4 1.5 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 1 1.86 1.61 .975 2.11 1.69
1993 COL NL 30 CF 30 22 196.1 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 -7.4 -45.2 -4.4 -2.4 -2.0 -3 2.15 1.57 .985 2.75 2.37
1993 COL NL 30 RF 9 8 64.0 13 11 2 0 1 1.000 -1.7 -31.9 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 -1 1.83 1.44 .977 2.17 1.78
1994 NYY AL 31 OF 16 7 68.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -3.3 -58.2 -4.3 -0.6 -3.7 1 2.12 1.00 .981 2.37 2.09
1994 NYY AL 31 DH 9
1994 NYY AL 31 CF 7 7 56.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 -3.4 -72.9 -4.4 -0.9 -3.5 1 2.25 2.00 .986 2.76 2.44
1994 NYY AL 31 LF 7 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 12.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 0.90 0.14 1.000 2.16 1.80
1994 NYY AL 31 RF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.90
11 Seasons OF 847 624 5827.1 1627 1552 37 38 12 .977 -19.1 -3.9 -9.1 -5.2 -4.0 -10 2.45 1.88 .981 2.38 2.03
11 Seasons CF 498 378 3469.2 1050 1010 18 22 4 .979 -6.0 -2.1 4.0 -0.2 4.1 -10 2.67 2.06 .986 2.79 2.40
8 Seasons LF 276 212 1974.0 488 461 13 14 4 .971 -8.6 -5.2 -9.6 -1.1 -8.5 1 2.16 1.72 .977 2.16 1.74
9 Seasons RF 94 34 383.2 88 82 4 2 3 .977 -4.5 -14.1 -3.5 -3.9 0.4 -1 2.02 0.91 .980 2.17 1.75
8 Seasons DH 35
11 Seasons TOT 847 624 5827.1 1627 1552 37 38 12 .977 -19.1 -3.9 -9.1 -5.2 -4.0 -10 2.45 1.88 .957 2.38 2.03
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1984 CHW AL 21 35 19 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 5 34 0 2 5
1985 CHW AL 22 95 60 95 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 4 93 0 5 9
1986 CHW AL 23 56 52 56 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 53 0 1 3
1987 CHW AL 24 103 82 103 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 45 0 92 1 10 8
1988 CHW AL 25 105 71 105 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 43 1 85 0 17 11
1989 CHW AL 26 101 54 101 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 2 21 75 1 22 15
1990 NYM NL 27 115 90 115 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 108 0 109 0 17 4
1990 CHW AL 27 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
1991 NYM NL 28 137 57 137 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 74 37 115 0 30 10
1992 NYM NL 29 130 65 130 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 16 14 95 0 50 4
1993 COL NL 30 124 69 124 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 30 9 78 0 52 0
1994 NYY AL 31 52 15 52 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 2 16 8 31 3
11 Seasons 1058 634 1058 846 0 0 0 0 0 0 276 498 94 846 10 238 76
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 -- CF*

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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%
1984 CHW AL 21 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 7 4 57.1% 2 1 14.3% 0 708 56% 78% 27% 59 92%
1985 CHW AL 22 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 3 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 21 13 0 34 18 52.9% 16 0 0.0% 5 2609 62% 73% 25% 197 93%
1986 CHW AL 23 5 0 5 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 24 15 0 19 2 1 4 1 0 5 0 0 14 11 0 66 29 43.9% 36 1 1.5% 2 1994 60% 75% 27% 277 56%
1987 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 10 0 0 5 3 0 3 2 0 9 5 0 37 14 37.8% 23 0 0.0% 1 1559 52% 78% 30% 179 61%
1988 CHW AL 25 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 11 0 19 3 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 8 5 0 55 19 34.5% 36 0 0.0% 1 1433 60% 79% 42% 203 57%
1989 CHW AL 26 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 46 76% 87% 50% 3 100%
1990 NYM NL 27 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 54 31 0 31 3 1 3 1 0 10 0 0 11 4 1 109 39 35.8% 68 2 1.8% 1 3550 57% 75% 36% 424 47%
1991 NYM NL 28 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 7 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 8 1 0 11 7 0 40 16 40.0% 24 0 0.0% 1 1884 56% 76% 38% 175 68%
1992 NYM NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 412 62% 80% 40% 40 58%
1993 COL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 17 2 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 5 3 0 35 8 22.9% 26 0 0.0% 2 926 60% 76% 39% 127 38%
1994 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 0 237 62% 82% 41% 34 41%
11 Seasons 22 0 22 0 3 18 0 6 3 5 127 76 0 113 11 2 24 7 2 45 6 0 87 54 1 396 154 38.9% 236 5 1.3% 13 15358 58% 76% 33% 1718 60%
MLB Averages 41.5% 1.9% 56% 77% 35% 63%

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%
1987 CHW AL 24 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 22 20 0 12 5 1 7 4 0 5 1 0 9 9 0 55 39 70.9% 15 1 1.8% 1 1789 58% 79% 26% 205 46%
1988 CHW AL 25 5 0 5 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 17 15 0 11 2 0 8 4 1 7 1 1 5 5 0 48 27 56.3% 19 2 4.2% 1 1456 60% 81% 41% 180 44%
1989 CHW AL 26 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 20 16 0 20 7 1 10 5 0 8 2 0 8 8 0 66 38 57.6% 27 1 1.5% 1 1709 58% 79% 43% 227 48%
1990 NYM NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 35 77% 80% 40% 6 67%
1991 NYM NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 226 52% 75% 33% 28 61%
1992 NYM NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 10 7 0 7 2 1 6 2 1 5 2 0 7 6 1 35 19 54.3% 13 3 8.6% 2 2032 53% 74% 37% 161 60%
1993 COL NL 30 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 22 17 0 17 8 0 11 7 1 5 0 0 5 5 0 60 37 61.7% 22 1 1.7% 0 1512 52% 76% 40% 163 40%
1994 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 41 61% 76% 37% 4 25%
8 Seasons 14 0 13 1 4 13 0 3 1 7 94 78 0 68 24 3 44 24 3 32 6 1 35 34 1 273 166 60.8% 99 8 2.9% 5 8800 56% 78% 37% 974 48%
MLB Averages 59.6% 2.6% 56% 77% 35% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1984 CHW AL 21 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 6 4 66.7% 1 1 16.7% 0 153 52% 75% 27% 10 70%
1985 CHW AL 22 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 21 48% 76% 33% 1 100%
1988 CHW AL 25 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 4 50% 100% 75% 0
1989 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 14 6 42.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 461 53% 80% 40% 51 53%
1990 CHW AL 27 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 3 100% 100% 33% 0
1991 NYM NL 28 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 449 50% 80% 37% 38 53%
1992 NYM NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 329 50% 77% 43% 23 65%
1993 COL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 2 333 64% 79% 40% 28 43%
1994 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 10 20% 90% 40% 2 50%
9 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 14 7 0 7 1 0 4 2 0 9 2 1 11 7 0 45 19 42.2% 25 1 2.2% 3 1763 53% 79% 39% 153 54%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.7% 56% 77% 35% 58%

* 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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