Cloyd Boyer

Cloyd Victor Boyer (Junior)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: September 1, 1927 in Alba, MO
High School: Alba HS (Alba, MO)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1949
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Athletics 1949-1955

Final Game: September 24, 1955
Relatives: Brother of Clete Boyer and Brother of Ken Boyer
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Standard Batting

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
1945	17	STL-min	D,B	34	83	83		16	6	0	1						.193	.193	.301	.494		25							JOH,LBG · APPY,PIED
1946	18	STL-min	D	7	14	14		4	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571		4							CGE · KOML
1947	19	STL-min	C	39	92	92		19	3	2	0						.207	.207	.283	.489		26							DUL · NORL
1948	20	STL-min	AA	30	85	85		20	4	0	1						.235	.235	.318	.553		27							HSN · TL
1949	21	STL-min	AAA	31	73	64	7	11	2	1	0	6	0		5	17	.172	.232	.234	.466		15		0	4				ROC · IL
1949	21	STL	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1950	22	STL	NL	36	38	33	3	6	2	0	0	1	0		2	8	.182	.229	.242	.471	22	8	2	0	3			1
1951	23	STL-min	AAA	5	10	10		5									.500	.500											CLB · AA
1951	23	STL	NL	19	21	20	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.200	.200	.250	.450	20	5	0	0	1			1
1952	24	STL	NL	24	40	38	2	8	2	1	0	5	0	0	2	8	.211	.250	.316	.566	56	12	2	0	0			1

1953	25	STL-min	AA	28	17	17	4	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.235	.235	.353	.588		6		0	0				HSN · TL
1954	26	STL-min	AAA	26	22	19	2	4	1	0	0	3	0		0	7	.211	.211	.263	.474		5	0	0	3	0			CLB,ROC · AA,IL
1955	27	KCA	AL	30	33	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.069	.129	.069	.198	-45	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1956	28	SAC	Opn	36	77	73	9	18	7	0	2	14	0		4	15	.247	.286	.425	.710		31	2	0	0	0			SAC · PCL
1957	29	CHW-min	AAA,Opn	47	58	49	6	12	3	1	1	11	0		5	11	.245	.309	.408	.717		20	0	0	3	1	0		INA,SAC · AA,PCL
1958	30	CHW-min	AAA	39	68	59	11	10	1	0	0	6	0		4	14	.169	.222	.186	.409		11		0	5	0	0		INA · AA
1959	31	CHW-min	AAA	39	78	64	8	13	1	0	0	5	0		3	19	.203	.268	.219	.486		14		3	7	1	0		INA · AA
1960	32	PHI-min	AAA	34	77	73	5	17	1	0	1	9	0		4	10	.233	.273	.288	.560		21							INA · AA
1961	33	CIN-min	AAA	31	20	20	4	5	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.250	.250	.300	.550		6							INA · AA
5 Yrs				113	132	120	12	20	5	1	0	8	0	0	6	36	.167	.206	.225	.431	16	27	4	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	189	172	17	29	7	1	0	11	0		9	52	.167	.206	.225	.431	16	39	6	0	7

STL (4 yrs)				83	99	91	10	18	5	1	0	8	0	0	4	25	.198	.232	.275	.506	35	25	4	0	4
KCA (1 yr)				30	33	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.069	.129	.069	.198	-45	2	0	0	1	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				83	99	91	10	18	5	1	0	8	0	0	4	25	.198	.232	.275	.506	35	25	4	0	4
AL (1 yr)				30	33	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.069	.129	.069	.198	-45	2	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1949	21	STL	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1950	22	STL	NL	36	38	-4	0	-0	0	4	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1951	23	STL	NL	19	21	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1952	24	STL	NL	24	40	-2	-0	-0	0	4	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1

1955	27	KCA	AL	30	33	-6	0	0	0	3	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
5 Seasons				113	132	-16	0	-0	0	14	-2	-0.2	4	3	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	3	$

STL (4 yrs)				83	99	-9	0	-1	0	11	1	0.1	3	5	0.2	.502	.500	0.2	-0.0	5	$
KCA (1 yr)				30	33	-6	0	0	0	3	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1950	22	STL	NL	38	32	2	1.7	111	.240	.182	.274	.229	.352	.242	.425	.471	.777	22	.130	-3.9	-0.4	.345	.121	.061
1951	23	STL	NL	21	17	1	1.6	103	.364	.200	.268	.200	.342	.250	.405	.450	.747	20	.128	-2.3	-0.2	.313	.050	.050
1952	24	STL	NL	40	32	3	2.5	97	.267	.211	.262	.250	.334	.316	.389	.566	.724	56	.285	-2.4	-0.2	.438	.158	.105

1955	27	KCA	AL	33	28	0	0.0	103	.111	.069	.266	.129	.346	.069	.397	.198	.743	-45	.000	-6.1	-0.6	.148	.069	.000
5 Yrs				132	109	6	1.5	103	.238	.167	.267	.206	.343	.225	.404	.431	.747	16	.115	-14.7	-1.5	.317	.108	.058
162 Game Avg.				189	156	9	1.5	103	.238	.167	.267	.206	.343	.225	.404	.431	.747	16	.115	-14.7	-1.5	.317	.108	.058

STL (4 yrs)				99	81	6	2.0	104	.273	.198	.268	.232	.342	.275	.406	.506	.748	35	.186	-8.6	-0.9	.377	.121	.077
KCA (1 yr)				33	28	0	0.0	103	.111	.069	.266	.129	.346	.069	.397	.198	.743	-45	.000	-6.1	-0.6	.148	.069	.000

NL (4 yrs)				99	81	6	2.0	104	.273	.198	.268	.232	.342	.275	.406	.506	.748	35	.186	-8.6	-0.9	.377	.121	.077
AL (1 yr)				33	28	0	0.0	103	.111	.069	.266	.129	.346	.069	.397	.198	.743	-45	.000	-6.1	-0.6	.148	.069	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	22	STL	NL	38	0.0%	21.1%	5.3%	5.3%	33%	4.00	4.1		33.0	2.20	66%
1951	23	STL	NL	21	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	4.8%	25%		2.2		10.0	0.50	52%
1952	24	STL	NL	40	0.0%	20.0%	5.0%	7.5%	38%	4.00	4.8		7.6	1.17	75%

1955	27	KCA	AL	33	0.0%	33.3%	6.1%	0.0%	0%	5.50	2.6			0.55	55%
5 Yrs				132	0.0%	27.3%	4.6%	4.6%	30%	6.00	3.3		15.0	1.00	64%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.4%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.07	8.5	43.5	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1949	21	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1950	22	STL	NL	-3.9	-0.4	23	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.77	-0.3	-0.3	-4.0	-0.4	1.06	-2.4	0
1951	23	STL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	19	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.11	-0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0	1.08	-0.5	0
1952	24	STL	NL	-2.4	-0.2	24	0.2	0.4	-0.3	.77	-0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.92	-0.6	0

1955	27	KCA	AL	-6.1	-0.6	33	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.79	-0.5	0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.90	-5.9	0
5 Yrs				-14.7	-1.5	99	-1.0	0.8	-1.8	.84	-1.0	-0.2	-8.5	-0.8	0.98	-9.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	22	STL	NL	0	0	38%	7	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	23	STL	NL	0	0	125%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	60%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1952	24	STL	NL	1	0	20%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

1955	27	KCA	AL	0	1	50%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
5 Yrs				1	1	46%	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	36%	9	8	1	1	0	0	4	0	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1950	22	STL	NL	38	30%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	150%	9	2	22%	8	1	13%	18	1	6%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1951	23	STL	NL	21	12%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	4	0	0%	12	1	8%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1952	24	STL	NL	40	38%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	5	1	20%	16	4	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1955	27	KCA	AL	33	18%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	8	0	0%	7	1	14%	17	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				132	25%	20			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	125%	29	4	14%	24	3	13%	63	6	10%	6	2	33%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			90%			12%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1950	22	40	38	33	3	6	2	0	1		2	8	.182	.229	.242	.471	22	8	2	3
1951	23	59	59	53	8	10	3	0	3	0	2	17	.189	.218	.245	.463	21	13	2	4
1952	24	83	99	91	10	18	5	1	8	0	4	25	.198	.232	.275	.506	35	25	4	4
1953	25	83	99	91	10	18	5	1	8	0	4	25	.198	.232	.275	.506	35	25	4	4
1954	26	83	99	91	10	18	5	1	8	0	4	25	.198	.232	.275	.506	35	25	4	4
1955	27	113	132	120	12	20	5	1	8	0	6	36	.167	.206	.225	.431	16	27	4	5	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1950	22	38	40	35	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	2	8	.200	.243	.257	.500	2	36
1951	23	20	22	21	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	.190	.190	.238	.429	1	19
1952	24	25	41	39	2	8	2	1	0	5	0	2	8	.205	.244	.308	.552	3	24

1955	27	31	33	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	30
4 Yrs		114	136	125	10	19	5	1	0	8	0	6	36	.152	.191	.208	.399	6	109
162 Game Avg.		162	193	178	14	27	7	1	0	11	0	9	51	.152	.191	.208	.399	9	109

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