Clete Boyer
Cletis Leroy Boyer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: February 9, 1937 in Cassville, MO
High School: Alba (Alba, MO)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1955
Final Game: May 23, 1971
Died: June 4, 2007 in Atlanta, GA
Relatives: Brother of Cloyd Boyer and Brother of Ken Boyer
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 KCA AL 18 SS 12 5 58.1 27 13 13 1 4 .963 -1.8 -37.0 -1.8 -2.2 0.4 0 4.01 2.17 .959 4.92 4.04
1955 KCA AL 18 3B 11 6 61.0 24 7 17 0 1 1.000 1.5 29.5 1.5 0.3 1.2 0 3.54 2.18 .946 3.17 2.73
1955 KCA AL 18 2B 10 5 55.0 25 12 11 2 1 .920 -2.1 -45.8 -2.1 -1.2 -0.9 0 3.76 2.30 .976 5.37 4.87
1956 KCA AL 19 2B 51 34 324.1 210 94 110 6 31 .971 2.0 7.4 2.0 0.2 1.8 0 5.66 4.00 .973 5.44 4.74
1956 KCA AL 19 3B 7 6 48.0 20 6 14 0 3 1.000 0.7 17.5 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 3.75 2.86 .945 3.22 2.79
1957 KCA AL 20 2B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
1957 KCA AL 20 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.80
1959 NYY AL 22 SS 26 22 194.1 104 40 63 1 14 .990 1.2 7.4 1.2 -0.7 1.9 0 4.77 3.96 .958 4.87 3.97
1959 NYY AL 22 3B 16 9 90.0 37 9 27 1 0 .973 1.5 20.0 1.5 1.3 0.1 0 3.60 2.25 .951 3.21 2.72
1960 NYY AL 23 3B 99 93 782.1 332 102 219 11 24 .967 15.0 23.0 14.0 9.6 4.5 1 3.69 3.24 .951 3.14 2.72
1960 NYY AL 23 SS 33 20 190.2 139 55 78 6 20 .957 0.4 2.5 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0 6.28 4.03 .960 5.11 4.37
1961 NYY AL 24 3B 141 138 1200.0 521 151 353 17 36 .967 29.5 29.5 28.5 7.5 21.0 1 3.78 3.57 .949 3.18 2.79
1961 NYY AL 24 SS 12 8 75.1 39 19 20 0 5 1.000 0.3 4.8 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 4.66 3.25 .954 4.84 4.37
1961 NYY AL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1962 NYY AL 25 3B 157 156 1397.1 605 187 396 22 41 .964 28.4 24.4 27.4 18.4 9.0 1 3.76 3.71 .951 3.08 2.79
1963 NYY AL 26 3B 141 138 1243.1 497 165 309 23 32 .954 14.2 13.7 12.2 6.1 6.1 2 3.43 3.36 .947 3.02 2.85
1963 NYY AL 26 SS 9 9 80.0 54 18 34 2 8 .963 1.8 27.0 1.8 -0.2 2.1 0 5.85 5.78 .965 4.78 4.56
1963 NYY AL 26 2B 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 5.10 4.70
1964 NYY AL 27 3B 123 120 1076.1 409 118 278 13 28 .968 15.3 17.1 14.3 7.7 6.6 1 3.31 3.22 .954 3.03 2.76
1964 NYY AL 27 SS 21 19 191.0 110 46 61 3 13 .973 -2.7 -17.0 -3.7 -0.1 -3.6 1 5.04 5.10 .968 4.78 4.55
1965 NYY AL 28 3B 147 140 1274.2 504 134 354 16 46 .968 8.4 7.9 5.4 1.4 4.0 3 3.45 3.32 .960 3.13 2.87
1965 NYY AL 28 SS 2 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0 9.00 1.50 .967 4.80 4.40
1966 NYY AL 29 3B 85 84 741.0 324 87 226 11 12 .966 11.4 18.5 11.4 5.4 6.0 0 3.80 3.68 .953 3.03 2.80
1966 NYY AL 29 SS 59 59 512.1 291 114 170 7 26 .976 -1.8 -4.2 -1.8 -1.4 -0.4 0 4.99 4.81 .959 4.79 4.41
1967 ATL NL 30 3B 150 148 1299.0 471 166 291 14 30 .970 0.8 0.7 -1.2 -4.7 3.5 2 3.17 3.05 .949 2.96 2.75 MVP-21
1967 ATL NL 30 SS 6 3 39.0 30 11 18 1 5 .967 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0 6.69 4.83 .963 4.98 4.32 MVP-21
1968 ATL NL 31 3B 69 67 615.0 213 74 135 4 17 .981 5.0 9.8 5.0 1.2 3.9 0 3.06 3.03 .953 2.93 2.72
1969 ATL NL 32 3B 141 135 1198.1 429 139 275 15 18 .965 14.8 14.8 14.8 5.0 9.8 0 3.11 2.94 .945 2.92 2.63 GG
1970 ATL NL 33 3B 126 123 1091.2 393 107 268 18 21 .954 15.8 17.4 15.8 1.3 14.5 0 3.09 2.98 .945 2.91 2.58
1970 ATL NL 33 SS 5 5 47.0 19 6 12 1 1 .947 -0.6 -15.3 -0.6 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.45 3.60 .963 5.06 4.24
1971 ATL NL 34 3B 25 24 229.1 77 18 56 3 6 .961 0.4 2.1 0.4 -0.9 1.3 0 2.90 2.96 .948 2.80 2.32
1971 ATL NL 34 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
16 Seasons 3B 1439 1387 12349.1 4856 1470 3218 168 315 .965 162.5 15.8 151.5 59.7 91.9 11 3.42 3.26 .950 3.03 2.75
11 Seasons SS 186 150 1392.0 817 325 470 22 96 .973 -3.8 -3.3 -4.8 -5.1 0.4 1 5.14 4.27 .961 4.87 4.33
4 Seasons 2B 63 40 388.1 237 107 122 8 32 .966 -0.2 -0.6 -0.2 -1.0 0.8 0 5.31 3.63 .973 5.42 4.76
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
16 Seasons TOT 1689 1577 14129.2 5910 1902 3810 198 443 .966 158.5 13.5 146.5 53.6 93.1 12 3.64 3.38 .919 3.28 3.00
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1955 KCA AL 18 47 16 47 47 0 0 0 10 11 12 0 0 0 0 9 8
1956 KCA AL 19 67 40 67 67 0 0 0 51 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 7
1957 KCA AL 20 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
1959 NYY AL 22 47 31 47 47 0 0 0 0 16 26 0 0 0 0 6 2
1960 NYY AL 23 124 113 124 124 0 0 0 0 99 33 0 0 0 0 2 3
1961 NYY AL 24 148 146 148 148 0 0 0 0 141 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
1962 NYY AL 25 158 156 158 158 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 NYY AL 26 152 148 152 152 0 0 0 1 141 9 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 NYY AL 27 147 139 147 147 0 0 0 0 123 21 0 0 0 0 3 2
1965 NYY AL 28 148 140 148 148 0 0 0 0 147 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
1966 NYY AL 29 144 143 144 144 0 0 0 0 85 59 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 ATL NL 30 154 151 154 154 0 0 0 0 150 6 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 ATL NL 31 71 67 71 71 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 ATL NL 32 144 135 144 144 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1970 ATL NL 33 134 128 134 134 0 0 0 0 126 5 0 0 0 0 3 0
1971 ATL NL 34 30 24 30 30 0 0 0 0 25 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
16 Seasons 1725 1577 1725 1725 0 0 0 63 1439 186 0 0 0 1 42 33
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 -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 KCA AL 18 268 74% 79% 24% 23 96% 0 7 6 1 0 16 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1956 KCA AL 19 226 59% 78% 23% 18 94% 2 6 4 0 2 12 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1957 KCA AL 20 13 38% 92% 8% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 22 385 65% 75% 30% 38 87% 0 9 7 1 1 25 22 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1960 NYY AL 23 3331 66% 78% 30% 336 90% 2 104 88 9 7 219 178 30 2 9 11 0 7 4 10 24 15 3 19 4 2 1 17 53%
1961 NYY AL 24 5090 67% 77% 27% 529 91% 2 144 124 12 9 356 264 78 3 6 17 1 8 8 14 36 33 3 36 0 0 0 22 36%
1962 NYY AL 25 5980 61% 78% 30% 593 92% 5 185 153 15 17 398 295 81 9 7 22 2 15 5 18 41 30 2 35 3 2 1 15 53%
1963 NYY AL 26 5220 61% 76% 29% 492 91% 7 165 133 15 17 316 250 51 6 4 23 0 16 7 17 33 19 3 29 2 2 0 17 88%
1964 NYY AL 27 4539 63% 76% 30% 411 91% 4 121 97 13 11 278 211 55 1 5 13 0 10 3 8 28 19 4 24 2 1 0 15 73%
1965 NYY AL 28 5497 64% 75% 27% 489 91% 2 138 103 14 21 353 265 71 2 11 16 0 12 4 12 45 29 7 38 4 3 1 19 79%
1966 NYY AL 29 3213 64% 78% 27% 315 91% 0 89 61 14 14 225 186 28 1 8 11 0 10 1 10 12 7 1 10 2 2 0 4 75%
1967 ATL NL 30 5322 61% 79% 26% 419 92% 4 153 123 11 19 271 213 42 4 13 13 0 12 1 12 29 21 2 24 4 2 1 8 50%
1968 ATL NL 31 2332 61% 80% 28% 185 93% 2 63 46 9 8 122 102 15 2 4 4 0 2 2 4 14 9 2 12 2 1 1 3 67%
1969 ATL NL 32 4883 62% 77% 25% 372 93% 1 120 95 14 11 248 203 34 4 8 15 0 13 2 14 16 12 1 15 1 1 0 6 83%
1970 ATL NL 33 4636 61% 76% 25% 353 91% 8 93 72 6 15 248 205 32 2 4 18 0 18 0 12 18 13 0 15 3 1 2 6 33%
1971 ATL NL 34 1007 66% 81% 27% 74 92% 0 17 13 1 3 56 47 7 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 6 5 0 5 1 1 0 0
16 Seasons 51942 63% 77% 27% 4647 91% 39 1414 1125 135 155 3143 2463 532 37 82 167 3 127 37 134 306 214 29 265 28 18 7 136 62%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 KCA AL 18 276 58% 79% 25% 20 75% 0 14 5 7 2 12 10 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 22 873 56% 78% 28% 93 89% 0 40 24 14 2 62 48 14 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14 6 3 3 2 0 14 9 5 0 0 0
1960 NYY AL 23 857 67% 78% 28% 107 90% 1 56 28 22 7 77 62 14 1 0 6 2 2 2 3 20 6 3 8 1 1 20 10 10 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 24 316 73% 73% 22% 33 97% 0 20 14 6 0 20 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 2
1963 NYY AL 26 327 65% 78% 30% 43 95% 0 19 11 7 1 34 20 11 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 8 3 1 1 0 0 6 4 1 2 2 0
1964 NYY AL 27 837 65% 79% 29% 80 91% 0 45 23 20 2 58 44 14 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 13 4 1 5 1 1 13 5 8 0 0 0
1965 NYY AL 28 15 47% 80% 27% 1 0% 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NYY AL 29 2153 66% 79% 30% 226 93% 1 116 61 43 12 169 143 21 2 3 7 1 3 3 6 26 6 1 11 1 2 23 7 14 2 0 2
1967 ATL NL 30 167 66% 75% 30% 18 94% 0 13 4 7 2 18 18 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 5 0 0 0
1970 ATL NL 33 141 72% 67% 6% 5 80% 1 2 0 1 1 5 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 ATL NL 34 7 100% 100% 14% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 5969 65% 78% 28% 627 91% 3 328 170 129 30 456 361 82 4 5 22 3 13 6 18 95 28 9 35 7 4 88 38 47 6 2 4
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 KCA AL 18 223 52% 78% 22% 13 77% 0 7 2 4 1 8 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 KCA AL 19 1395 58% 79% 26% 131 93% 0 94 30 48 16 112 90 18 0 1 6 0 6 0 4 30 7 7 10 1 28 11 16 2 1 1
1957 KCA AL 20 1 0% 100% 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
1963 NYY AL 26 42 88% 64% 24% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1661 58% 78% 25% 146 92% 0 102 33 52 17 121 98 19 0 1 8 0 8 0 6 30 7 7 10 1 28 11 16 2 1 1
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

* 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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