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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
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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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
1951 31 CHW AL 12 21 18 3 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 3 .167 .286 .278 .563 54 5 0 0 0 /3
1953 33 CHW AL 55 182 165 20 49 6 2 3 23 1 4 13 11 .297 .352 .412 .764 103 68 3 1 3 3O
1954 34 CHW AL 29 61 56 10 10 3 0 0 5 2 0 4 3 .179 .233 .232 .465 27 13 3 0 1 0 73
1956 36 BAL AL 70 262 225 28 70 8 3 2 11 0 5 30 14 .311 .395 .400 .795 118 90 6 1 6 0 2 3/97
1957 37 BAL AL 141 552 485 73 154 16 8 4 34 2 4 55 31 .318 .388 .408 .796 125 198 4 2 8 2 3 *3/7 MVP-16
1958 38 BAL AL 125 432 401 58 124 21 5 7 36 1 1 25 24 .309 .350 .439 .789 122 176 5 2 1 3 1 3
1959 39 BAL AL 128 461 415 42 110 20 2 3 41 3 1 29 14 .265 .312 .345 .656 83 143 12 1 12 4 1 *3
1960 40 BAL AL 71 88 82 9 26 5 2 0 9 0 0 6 5 .317 .364 .427 .790 115 35 4 0 0 0 1 3
1961 41 TOT 62 93 89 10 21 2 0 0 12 0 2 2 9 .236 .247 .258 .506 37 23 2 0 0 2 0 3
1961 41 KCA AL 26 50 48 7 11 2 0 0 9 0 2 1 2 .229 .240 .271 .511 36 13 1 0 0 1 0 /3
1961 41 MLN NL 36 43 41 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .244 .256 .244 .500 38 10 1 0 0 1 0 /3
9 Seasons 693 2152 1936 253 567 81 23 19 175 9 17 167 114 .293 .349 .388 .737 105 751 39 7 31 11 8
162 Game Avg. 162 503 453 59 133 19 5 4 41 2 4 39 27 .293 .349 .388 .737 105 176 9 2 7
BAL (5 yrs) 535 1795 1608 210 484 70 20 16 131 6 11 145 88 .301 .359 .399 .758 112 642 31 6 27 9 8
CHW (3 yrs) 96 264 239 33 62 9 3 3 32 3 4 20 17 .259 .319 .360 .679 82 86 6 1 4 0
MLN (1 yr) 36 43 41 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .244 .256 .244 .500 38 10 1 0 0 1 0
KCA (1 yr) 26 50 48 7 11 2 0 0 9 0 2 1 2 .229 .240 .271 .511 36 13 1 0 0 1 0
AL (9 yrs) 657 2109 1895 250 557 81 23 19 172 9 17 166 107 .294 .351 .391 .742 106 741 38 7 31 10 8
NL (1 yr) 36 43 41 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .244 .256 .244 .500 38 10 1 0 0 1 0
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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 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 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 (1221st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1957 AL--.318--4th

On-Base% s c a p y
1957 AL--.388--7th

Triples s c a p y
1957 AL--8--4th

Singles s c a p y
1957 AL--126--4th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1957 AL--125--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1957 AL--18--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1957 AL--1.8--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1957 AL--.653--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 AL--12--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL--5--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1957 AL--15.645--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 NL--born 1919-10-01--1st
1961 AL--born 1919-10-01--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1735), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1495), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1629), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Estel Crabtree (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Jose Morales (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Red Ruffing (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

May 25, 1954: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 27, 1955: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1955 rule 5 draft.

January 24, 1961: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Jim Archer, Wayne Causey, Clint Courtney and Al Pilarcik to the Kansas City Athletics for Whitey Herzog and Russ Snyder. Clint Courtney returned to original team on April 14, 1961.

June 10, 1961: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Kansas City Athletics.

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

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