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Bob Boyd

Robert Richard Boyd (Rope)

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 1, 1919 in Potts Camp, MS
High School: New Albany HS (New Albany, MS)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1951
Teams (by GP): Orioles/WhiteSox/Braves/Athletics 1951-1961

Final Game: September 24, 1961
Died: September 7, 2004 in Wichita, KS
Buried: Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, KS
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 CHW AL 31 1B 6 3 3 33.0 37 36 1 0 8 1.000 10.09 6.17 .990 9.71 9.67
1953 CHW AL 33 1B 29 29 26 259.1 291 275 16 0 25 1.000 4 19 10.10 10.03 .989 9.72 9.66
1953 CHW AL 33 OF 16 12 7 104.0 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -2 -23 2.25 1.63 .981 2.43 2.41
1953 CHW AL 33 LF 14 10 6 89.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -2 -27 2.22 1.57 .973 2.22 2.21
1953 CHW AL 33 CF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.29 1.00 .980 2.96 3.00
1953 CHW AL 33 RF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.14 2.10
1954 CHW AL 34 LF 13 12 4 85.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1 15 2.21 1.62 .977 2.26 2.24
1954 CHW AL 34 OF 13 12 4 85.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1 15 2.21 1.62 .979 2.40 2.37
1954 CHW AL 34 1B 12 4 3 49.0 54 51 2 1 3 .981 1 17 9.73 4.42 .990 9.61 9.53
1956 BAL AL 36 1B 60 54 48 487.1 498 469 24 5 46 .990 -3 -8 9.10 8.22 .990 9.43 9.35
1956 BAL AL 36 OF 8 2 0 20.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.21 0.63 .980 2.35 2.33
1956 BAL AL 36 RF 5 1 0 11.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 32 2.38 0.60 .973 2.06 2.08
1956 BAL AL 36 LF 3 1 0 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 27 3.00 1.00 .977 2.10 2.10
1957 BAL AL 37 1B 132 117 107 1085.2 1153 1073 70 10 107 .991 1 1 9.48 8.66 .992 9.67 9.70 MVP-16
1957 BAL AL 37 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10 MVP-16
1957 BAL AL 37 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20 MVP-16
1958 BAL AL 38 1B 99 87 82 798.0 815 757 53 5 85 .994 4 5 9.14 8.18 .991 9.60 9.50
1959 BAL AL 39 1B 109 101 77 878.0 988 927 46 15 88 .985 -6 -9 9.97 8.93 .990 9.84 9.77
1960 BAL AL 40 1B 17 3 3 63.0 68 64 4 0 9 1.000 1 15 9.71 4.00 .991 9.59 9.56
1961 TOT MLB 41 1B 11 9 7 76.0 71 64 7 0 7 1.000 -1 -11 8.41 6.45 .990 9.56 9.45
1961 KCA AL 41 1B 8 7 5 55.0 46 44 2 0 4 1.000 -1 -24 7.53 5.75 .990 9.46 9.34
1961 MLN NL 41 1B 3 2 2 21.0 25 20 5 0 3 1.000 0 23 10.71 8.33 .990 9.81 9.73
9 Seasons 1B 475 407 356 3729.1 3975 3716 223 36 378 .991 -1 -0 9.51 8.29 .991 9.66 9.61
4 Seasons OF 38 26 11 212.0 54 51 1 2 0 .963 -0 -3 2.21 1.37 .980 2.41 2.37
4 Seasons LF 31 23 10 185.2 48 45 1 2 0 .958 -1 -5 2.23 1.48 .975 2.23 2.21
2 Seasons RF 6 2 1 19.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 19 1.40 0.50 .973 2.09 2.08
1 Season CF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.29 1.00 .980 2.96 3.00
9 Seasons TOT 513 433 367 3941.1 4029 3767 224 38 378 .991 -1 -0 9.11 7.78 .991 9.27 9.08
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1951 CHW AL 31 1B
1953 CHW AL 33 1B 4 19 4 1 3 0
1953 CHW AL 33 LF -2 -27 -2 0 -2 0
1953 CHW AL 33 CF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 33 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 34 LF 1 15 0 -1 1 1
1954 CHW AL 34 1B 1 17 1 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 36 1B -3 -8 -2 -0 -2 -1
1956 BAL AL 36 RF 0 32 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 36 LF 0 27 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 37 1B 1 1 1 -2 3 0
1957 BAL AL 37 LF -0 -60 -0 0 -0 0
1958 BAL AL 38 1B 4 5 4 -1 4 0
1959 BAL AL 39 1B -6 -9 -6 -2 -4 0
1960 BAL AL 40 1B 1 15 1 0 1 0
1961 KCA AL 41 1B -1 -24 -1 0 -1 0
1961 MLN NL 41 1B 0 23 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1B -1 -0 0 -4 4 -1
4 Seasons LF -1 -5 -2 -1 -1 1
2 Seasons RF 0 19 0 0 0 0
1 Season CF 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons TOT -1 -0 -1 -4 3 -1 1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 CHW AL 31 12 3 12 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
1953 CHW AL 33 55 41 55 45 0 0 29 0 0 0 14 1 1 16 0 10 4
1954 CHW AL 34 29 16 29 25 0 0 12 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 0 2 8
1956 BAL AL 36 70 56 70 61 0 0 60 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 0 12 1
1957 BAL AL 37 141 117 141 132 0 0 132 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 18 1
1958 BAL AL 38 125 87 125 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
1959 BAL AL 39 128 101 128 109 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1960 BAL AL 40 71 3 71 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 3
1961 MLN NL 41 36 2 36 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
1961 KCA AL 41 26 7 26 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
9 Seasons 693 433 693 505 0 0 475 0 0 0 31 1 6 38 0 223 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1951 CHW AL 31 131 58% 89% 26% 7 100% 0 36 1 35 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 5 0 3 1 2 0
1953 CHW AL 33 1065 66% 79% 28% 71 99% 0 274 26 247 1 29 16 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 0 1 24 2 1 1 0 3 100%
1954 CHW AL 34 194 72% 82% 29% 12 100% 0 51 3 49 0 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
1956 BAL AL 36 2065 65% 79% 24% 111 95% 0 467 29 431 8 54 25 15 7 0 1 5 1 4 0 3 45 0 0 0 39 0 5 0 5 10 100%
1957 BAL AL 37 4527 67% 81% 26% 249 95% 1 1076 64 1007 5 110 70 48 15 0 2 9 0 9 0 7 105 3 2 0 91 5 14 3 10 21 95%
1958 BAL AL 38 3328 69% 81% 24% 179 95% 0 754 54 693 6 74 50 29 13 1 3 5 0 5 0 3 85 4 1 0 73 5 10 1 9 12 83%
1959 BAL AL 39 3691 69% 82% 29% 201 93% 1 927 80 834 16 68 44 31 5 1 2 15 4 11 0 10 88 3 0 0 84 4 4 0 4 17 100%
1960 BAL AL 40 294 74% 77% 22% 23 96% 0 62 8 54 0 10 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 3 100%
1961 KCA AL 41 259 69% 81% 22% 12 92% 0 47 6 41 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 MLN NL 41 89 57% 79% 27% 7 100% 0 20 1 19 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 100%
9 Seasons 15643 68% 81% 26% 872 95% 2 3714 272 3410 36 361 219 144 48 2 8 35 6 29 0 23 375 11 3 1 332 16 40 6 33 70 96%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1953 CHW AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 5 1 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 23 15 65.2% 8 0 0.0% 0 411 65% 81% 24% 52 42%
1954 CHW AL 34 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 1 358 62% 79% 30% 42 50%
1956 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 43 81% 65% 21% 8 38%
1957 BAL AL 37 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 8 88% 88% 25% 1 0%
4 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 10 0 11 4 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 5 4 0 35 23 65.7% 12 0 0.0% 1 820 65% 80% 27% 103 45%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1953 CHW AL 33 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 29 66% 90% 31% 1 0%
1956 BAL AL 36 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 44 80% 75% 20% 7 43%
2 Seasons 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 73 74% 81% 25% 8 38%
MLB Averages 42.4% 3.3% 63% 81% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1953 CHW AL 33 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 25 36% 92% 40% 4 25%
1 Season 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 25 36% 92% 40% 4 25%
MLB Averages 44.2% 2.5% 63% 81% 30% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 AL (16, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Putouts† s c a p y
1957 AL  1,073 (1st)
1959 AL  927 (2nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1957 AL  132 (2nd)
1958 AL  99 (4th)
1959 AL  109 (2nd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1957 AL  1,073 (1st)
1958 AL  757 (5th)
1959 AL  927 (2nd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1957 AL  70 (4th)
1959 AL  46 (5th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1957 AL  10 (2nd)
1959 AL  15 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1953 AL  4 (3rd)
1958 AL  4 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1957 AL  9.48 (4th)
1959 AL  9.97 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1957 AL  8.66 (4th)
1959 AL  8.93 (3rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1957 AL  .991 (4th)
1958 AL  .994 (2nd)
1959 AL  .985 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1956 AL  born 1919-10-01 (10th)
1957 AL  born 1919-10-01 (8th)
1958 AL  born 1919-10-01 (7th)
1959 AL  born 1919-10-01 (4th)
1960 AL  born 1919-10-01 (2nd)
1961 AL  born 1919-10-01 (1st)
1961 NL  born 1919-10-01 (1st)

             

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