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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1949 21 STL NL 0 0 10.80 3 1 2 0 0 0 3.1 5 4 4 0 7 0 0 0 2 21 42 3.600 13.5 0.0 18.9 0.0 0.00
1950 22 STL NL 7 7 .500 3.52 36 14 9 6 1 1 120.1 105 52 47 15 49 82 3 1 4 508 122 1.280 7.9 1.1 3.7 6.1 1.67
1951 23 STL NL 2 5 .286 5.26 19 8 3 1 0 1 63.1 68 42 37 9 46 40 3 0 4 288 76 1.800 9.7 1.3 6.5 5.7 0.87
1952 24 STL NL 6 6 .500 4.24 23 14 1 4 2 0 110.1 108 56 52 11 47 44 4 0 1 476 87 1.405 8.8 0.9 3.8 3.6 0.94
1955 27 KCA AL 5 5 .500 6.22 30 11 12 2 0 0 98.1 107 81 68 21 69 3 32 7 0 3 466 67 1.790 9.8 1.9 6.3 2.9 0.46
5 Yrs 20 23 .465 4.73 111 48 27 13 3 2 395.2 393 235 208 56 218 3 198 17 1 14 1759 86 1.544 8.9 1.3 5.0 4.5 0.91
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .465 4.73 47 21 12 6 1 1 169 168 101 89 24 93 85 7 0 6 752 86 1.544 8.9 1.3 5.0 4.5 0.91
STL (4 yrs) 15 18 .455 4.24 81 37 15 11 3 2 297.1 286 154 140 35 149 166 10 1 11 1293 95 1.463 8.7 1.1 4.5 5.0 1.11
KCA (1 yr) 5 5 .500 6.22 30 11 12 2 0 0 98.1 107 81 68 21 69 3 32 7 0 3 466 67 1.790 9.8 1.9 6.3 2.9 0.46
NL (4 yrs) 15 18 .455 4.24 81 37 15 11 3 2 297.1 286 154 140 35 149 166 10 1 11 1293 95 1.463 8.7 1.1 4.5 5.0 1.11
AL (1 yr) 5 5 .500 6.22 30 11 12 2 0 0 98.1 107 81 68 21 69 3 32 7 0 3 466 67 1.790 9.8 1.9 6.3 2.9 0.46

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1949 21 STL NL 3.1 3 1 4 10.80 4.28 0.13 0.00 100.3 4.16 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .421 .499 $
1950 22 STL NL 120.1 36 14 52 3.89 4.97 0.06 0.00 100.8 4.95 15 1.6 .9 -0.1 2.5 28 .543 .510 $
1951 23 STL NL 63.1 19 8 42 5.97 4.56 0.23 0.00 100.0 4.34 -11 -1.1 1.4 -0.2 -0.7 -5 .440 .493 $
1952 24 STL NL 110.1 23 14 56 4.57 4.24 0.20 0.00 100.1 4.04 -6 -0.7 .6 -0.1 0.3 5 .471 .496 $
1955 27 KCA AL 98.1 30 11 81 7.41 4.59 -0.26 0.00 106.8 5.18 -25 -2.5 .4 0.1 -1.6 -16 .418 .485 $
5 Seasons 395.2 111 48 235 5.35 4.60 0.05 0.00 102.0 4.65 -31 -3.0 .8 -0.3 0.3 11 .473 .496 $
STL (4 yrs) 297.1 81 37 154 4.66 4.61 0.15 0.00 100.4 4.47 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.4 1.9 26 .494 .499 $
KCA (1 yr) 98.1 30 11 81 7.41 4.59 -0.26 0.00 106.8 5.18 -25 -2.5 .4 0.1 -1.6 -16 .418 .485 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1950 22 STL NL 36 325 451 52 105 12 4 15 7 4 49 82 .233 .312 .377 .689 .254 170 1 3 5 0 4
1951 23 STL NL 19 237 238 42 68 9 1 9 2 3 46 40 .286 .408 .445 .853 .312 106 6 3 1 0 3
1952 24 STL NL 23 308 422 56 108 9 2 11 1 3 47 44 .256 .336 .365 .701 .264 154 4 4 3 0 6
1955 27 KCA AL 30 465 378 81 107 23 4 21 5 4 69 32 .283 .399 .532 .930 .261 201 8 7 6 5 3 8
4 Yrs 108 1335 1489 231 388 53 11 56 15 14 211 198 .261 .358 .424 .781 .268 631 19 17 15 5 3 21
162 Game Avg. 47 586 653 101 170 23 5 25 7 6 93 87 .261 .358 .424 .781 .268 277 8 7 7 2 9
MLB Averages .261 .336 .381 .717 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1950 22 STL NL 10.5 1.0 346 -0.3 4.7 -5.0 .79 0.9 -1.3 10.9 1.1 0.78 9.1 3 3 11
1951 23 STL NL -9.0 -0.9 248 -1.5 4.3 -5.8 1.19 -1.0 -0.3 -9.6 -0.9 1.19 -14.3 3 4 2
1952 24 STL NL -5.4 -0.6 314 -1.4 3.9 -5.3 .82 -0.8 -0.9 -6.4 -0.7 0.82 -6.1 1 1 5
1955 27 KCA AL -23.0 -2.2 478 -0.7 6.2 -6.9 .76 -2.3 1.4 -28.0 -2.6 0.76 -34.4 1 3 11
5 Yrs -29.0 -2.8 1386 -3.9 19.1 -23.1 .86 -3.2 -1.4 -33.1 -3.1 0.86 -45.7 8 11 29

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1949 21 STL NL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 0 1 4.0 0.3
1950 22 STL NL 36 14 5 6 3 0 1 8 6 .571 0 1 6 1 6 43% 54.2 83 29 4 1 2 4 6.0 8.3 6.3
1951 23 STL NL 19 8 1 3 4 1 1 3 5 .375 0 2 1 0 1 13% 40.9 60 30 15 8 0 4 5.6 7.0 4.5
1952 24 STL NL 23 14 6 6 2 3 0 6 8 .429 0 0 4 2 5 36% 49.1 86 27 10 3 3 4 4.5 5.2 6.4
1955 27 KCA AL 30 11 4 4 3 1 1 5 6 .455 1 1 2 0 4 36% 44.3 71 26 19 8 2 7 4.7 4.8 6.1
5 Yrs 111 48 16 19 13 5 3 23 25 .479 1 4 13 3 16 33% 48 86 26 48 20 7 20 5.2 6.0 5.8
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -9 4.6 4.5 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1949 21 STL NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.5
1950 22 STL NL 36 22 9 2 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 12 7 58% 9 .787 3 3 11 2 2 16 6 14 10 8 11 4 5.0
1951 23 STL NL 19 11 3 1 2 1 1 1 100% 1 0 9 7 78% 5 1.191 3 4 2 1 2 6 4 5 9 1 7 1 7.5
1952 24 STL NL 23 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 6 .822 1 1 5 0 1 7 4 4 7 2 7 0 6.9
1955 27 KCA AL 30 19 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 9 .765 1 3 11 0 1 18 4 15 7 3 7 3 5.0
5 Yrs 111 63 27 4 4 3 2 2 67% 3 0 35 20 57% .859 8 11 29 3 6 47 18 38 34 14 32 8 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1949 21 STL NL 21 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 67%
1950 22 STL NL 508 65% 4.6% 25.2% 15.1% 9.5% 30% 0.54 109% 46 1 2%
1951 23 STL NL 288 65% 3.8% 16.9% 19.4% 8.0% 28% 0.71 80% 66 6 9%
1952 24 STL NL 476 67% 3.6% 14.3% 15.3% 7.1% 20% 0.68 119% 62 4 6%
1955 27 KCA AL 465 62% 4.5% 6.9% 14.8% 10.3% 45% 0.73 71% 112 8 7%
5 Yrs 1758 64% 4.1% 14.6% 16.1% 8.9% 31% 0.66 92% 286 19 7%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 12.0% 11.2% 6.8% 26% 0.95 88% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1949 21 STL NL 5 0 2
1950 22 STL NL 325 105 15 0 7 7 2 2 7 16 8 2 50% 4 4 1 119 7 4 64% 5 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 7 183
1951 23 STL NL 237 68 9 1 17 6 1 3 4 22 14 3 64% 3 4 1 90 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 51
1952 24 STL NL 308 108 11 1 10 8 1 3 6 18 12 3 67% 6 1 0 122 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 168
1955 27 KCA AL 465 107 21 0 10 13 8 12 9 24 19 1 79% 8 3 0 205 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 12 0
5 Yrs 1335 393 56 2 44 34 12 20 26 80 53 9 66% 21 14 2 536 15 14 52% 12 12 2 1 1 1 12 0 29 402
MLB Averages 52% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1949 21 0 0 10.80 3 1 2 0 0 0 3.1 5 4 4 0 7 0 0 0 2 21 42 3.600 13.5 0.0 18.9 0.0 0.00 42
1950 22 7 7 .500 3.71 39 15 11 6 1 1 123.2 110 56 51 15 56 82 3 1 6 529 115 1.342 8.0 1.1 4.1 6.0 1.46 115
1951 23 9 12 .429 4.24 58 23 14 7 1 2 187.0 178 98 88 24 102 122 6 1 10 817 99 1.497 8.6 1.2 4.9 5.9 1.20 99
1952 24 15 18 .455 4.24 81 37 15 11 3 2 297.1 286 154 140 35 149 166 10 1 11 1293 95 1.463 8.7 1.1 4.5 5.0 1.11 95
1953 25 15 18 .455 4.24 81 37 15 11 3 2 297.1 286 154 140 35 149 166 10 1 11 1293 95 1.463 8.7 1.1 4.5 5.0 1.11 95
1954 26 15 18 .455 4.24 81 37 15 11 3 2 297.1 286 154 140 35 149 166 10 1 11 1293 95 1.463 8.7 1.1 4.5 5.0 1.11 95
1955 27 20 23 .465 4.73 111 48 27 13 3 2 395.2 393 235 208 56 218 3 198 17 1 14 1759 86 1.544 8.9 1.3 5.0 4.5 0.91 86

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1949 21 0 0 9.00 3.0 5 3 3 0 7 0 0 4.000 15.0 21.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
1950 22 8 5 .615 3.24 125.0 105 50 45 15 49 85 3 1.232 7.6 3.5 6.1 1.73 1.1 36
1951 23 2 4 .333 5.70 60.0 70 42 38 9 47 38 3 1.950 10.5 7.1 5.7 0.81 1.4 19
1952 24 5 7 .417 4.83 108.0 117 64 58 12 51 43 4 1.556 9.8 4.3 3.6 0.84 1.0 23
1955 27 3 8 .273 6.03 100.0 109 74 67 21 70 33 7 1.790 9.8 6.3 3.0 0.47 1.9 30
5 Yrs 18 24 .429 4.80 396.0 406 233 211 57 224 199 17 1.591 9.2 4.5 0.89 1.3 111

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 AL  21 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (7th)

                           

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