Bob Boyd
Robert Richard Boyd (Rope and El Ropo)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 1, 1919 in Potts Camp, MS
High School: New Albany (New Albany, MS)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1951
Final Game: September 24, 1961
Died: September 7, 2004 in Wichita, KS
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1951 CHW AL 31 1B 6 37 36 1 0 8 1.000 6.17 .989 8.48
1953 CHW AL 33 1B 29 291 275 16 0 25 1.000 10.03 .989 8.85
1953 CHW AL 33 OF 16 27 26 0 1 0 .963 1.63 .981 2.18 15-0-1
1954 CHW AL 34 LF 13 12 85.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1.1 15.4 0.1 1.1 -1.0 1 2.21 1.62 .977 2.26 1.93
1954 CHW AL 34 OF 13 12 85.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1.1 15.4 0.1 1.1 -1.0 1 2.21 1.62 .977 2.40 2.17
1954 CHW AL 34 1B 12 4 49.0 54 51 2 1 3 .981 0.7 17.1 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 9.73 4.42 .991 9.61 8.00
1956 BAL AL 36 1B 60 54 487.1 498 469 24 5 46 .990 -3.3 -8.1 -2.3 -2.0 -0.4 -1 9.10 8.22 .990 9.43 7.99
1956 BAL AL 36 OF 8 2 20.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 29.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0 2.21 0.63 .980 2.35 2.04
1956 BAL AL 36 RF 5 1 11.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 31.8 0.3 0.0 0.2 0 2.38 0.60 .967 2.06 1.80
1956 BAL AL 36 LF 3 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 .967 2.10 1.70
1957 BAL AL 37 1B 132 117 1085.2 1153 1073 70 10 107 .991 0.6 0.7 0.6 3.0 -2.3 0 9.48 8.66 .992 8.29 7.58 MVP-16
1957 BAL AL 37 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70 MVP-16
1957 BAL AL 37 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00 MVP-16
1958 BAL AL 38 1B 99 87 798.0 815 757 53 5 85 .994 3.6 5.4 3.6 4.4 -0.8 0 9.14 8.18 .991 9.60 8.47
1959 BAL AL 39 1B 109 101 878.0 988 927 46 15 88 .985 -6.3 -8.6 -6.3 -4.3 -2.0 0 9.97 8.93 .990 9.84 8.27
1960 BAL AL 40 1B 17 3 63.0 68 64 4 0 9 1.000 0.8 15.2 0.8 0.7 0.1 0 9.71 4.00 .991 9.59 8.04
1961 TOT MLB 41 1B 11 9 76.0 71 64 7 0 7 1.000 -0.7 -11.1 -0.7 -1.2 0.5 0 8.41 6.45 .989 9.56 8.36
1961 KCA AL 41 1B 8 7 55.0 46 44 2 0 4 1.000 -1.1 -24.0 -1.1 -1.2 0.1 0 7.53 5.75 .989 9.46 8.29
1961 MLN NL 41 1B 3 2 21.0 25 20 5 0 3 1.000 0.4 22.9 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 10.71 8.33 .988 9.81 8.57
9 Seasons 1B 475 375 3437.0 3975 3716 223 36 378 .991 -4.6 -1.6 -3.6 1.1 -4.7 -1 10.31 8.29 .991 9.22 8.11
4 Seasons OF 38 14 108.0 54 51 1 2 0 .963 1.5 16.7 0.5 1.2 -0.8 1 4.33 1.37 .980 2.38 2.14 32-0-6
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 17 13 96.2 25 23 1 1 0 .960 1.2 14.9 0.2 1.2 -1.0 1 2.23 1.41 .976 2.24 1.88
1 Season (incomplete) RF 5 1 11.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 31.8 0.3 0.0 0.2 0 2.38 0.60 .967 2.06 1.80
9 Seasons TOT 513 389 3545.0 4029 3767 224 38 378 .991 -3.1 -1.0 -3.1 2.3 -5.5 1 -1 10.13 7.78 .981 9.01 7.67 32-0-6
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1951 CHW AL 31 12 12 12 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 33 55 55 55 0 0 29 0 0 0 15 0 1 16
1954 CHW AL 34 29 16 29 29 0 0 12 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 2 8
1956 BAL AL 36 70 56 70 70 0 0 60 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 12 1
1957 BAL AL 37 141 117 141 141 0 0 132 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 1
1958 BAL AL 38 125 87 125 125 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
1959 BAL AL 39 128 101 128 128 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1960 BAL AL 40 71 3 71 71 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 3
1961 MLN NL 41 36 2 36 36 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
1961 KCA AL 41 26 7 26 26 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
9 Seasons 693 389 693 693 0 0 475 0 0 0 32 0 6 38 207 13
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%
1954 CHW AL 34 200 70% 80% 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 2119 63% 77% 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 4599 66% 79% 26% 247 95% 1 1067 64 998 5 109 69 47 15 0 2 9 0 9 0 7 104 3 2 0 90 5 14 3 10 21 95%
1958 BAL AL 38 3384 67% 80% 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 3791 67% 80% 28% 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 40 295 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 41 269 66% 78% 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 94 54% 74% 26% 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%
7 Seasons 14751 66% 79% 26% 792 95% 2 3395 245 3119 35 326 201 133 41 2 8 35 6 29 0 23 341 10 3 0 302 14 36 4 31 67 96%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

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%
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% 1 360 62% 79% 30% 42 50%
1956 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 44 80% 64% 20% 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%
3 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 1 412 64% 77% 29% 51 47%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

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%
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 46 76% 72% 20% 7 43%
1 Season 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% 72% 20% 7 43%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

* 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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Name and misspellings: Rope El Robert Bob bobby Richard robert Ropo Boyd

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