Oil Can Boyd
Dennis Ray Boyd
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: October 6, 1959 in Meridian, MS
School: Jackson State University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1982
Final Game: October 1, 1991
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 BOS AL 22 P 3 1 8.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.33 1.000 1.84 0.73
1983 BOS AL 23 P 15 13 98.2 16 5 10 1 1 .938 1.37 1.00 .956 1.80 0.73
1984 BOS AL 24 P 29 26 197.2 53 20 31 2 3 .962 2.32 1.76 .958 1.79 0.70
1985 BOS AL 25 P 35 35 272.1 84 42 41 1 2 .988 2.74 2.37 .951 1.86 0.70
1986 BOS AL 26 P 30 30 214.1 53 24 27 2 4 .962 2.14 1.70 .957 1.83 0.68
1987 BOS AL 27 P 7 7 36.2 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 3.68 2.14 .953 1.84 0.67
1988 BOS AL 28 P 23 23 129.2 25 8 15 2 0 .920 1.60 1.00 .964 1.78 0.67
1989 BOS AL 29 P 10 10 59.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 2.59 1.70 .959 1.88 0.66
1990 MON NL 30 P 31 31 190.2 34 7 24 3 1 .912 1.46 1.00 .959 1.80 0.58
1991 TOT MLB 31 P 31 31 182.1 28 11 17 0 1 1.000 1.38 0.90 .954 1.84 0.59
1991 MON NL 31 P 19 19 120.1 18 7 11 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.95 .956 1.86 0.59
1991 TEX AL 31 P 12 12 62.0 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.83 .950 1.80 0.58
10 Seasons P 214 207 1389.2 326 128 187 11 13 .966 2.04 1.47 .956 1.82 0.66
10 Seasons TOT 214 207 1389.2 326 128 187 11 13 .966 2.04 1.47 .922 1.82 0.66

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
1982 BOS AL 22 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 BOS AL 23 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 BOS AL 24 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 BOS AL 25 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BOS AL 26 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 BOS AL 27 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BOS AL 28 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BOS AL 29 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MON NL 30 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MON NL 31 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TEX AL 31 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 214 50 50 214 214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1982 BOS AL 22 38 89% 29% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 BOS AL 23 431 84% 28% 11 100% 0 5 1 3 10 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1984 BOS AL 24 863 78% 24% 33 97% 1 21 1 17 30 24 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 67%
1985 BOS AL 25 1171 81% 27% 42 98% 0 42 0 36 40 31 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 6 83%
1986 BOS AL 26 920 81% 31% 28 96% 1 24 0 21 28 19 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 2 4 0 5 80%
1987 BOS AL 27 173 86% 29% 12 92% 0 4 1 2 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1988 BOS AL 28 586 81% 27% 18 94% 0 8 2 5 15 12 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1989 BOS AL 29 260 83% 30% 12 83% 1 7 0 6 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0%
1990 MON NL 30 812 79% 27% 29 86% 0 7 0 6 24 21 2 3 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 8 75%
1991 MON NL 31 528 77% 27% 11 100% 0 7 0 7 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1991 TEX AL 31 286 83% 33% 6 100% 0 4 0 4 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 6068 80% 28% 203 95% 3 129 5 107 185 143 17 11 1 5 5 6 12 7 10 2 37 81%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 92% 88%

* 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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