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Clete Boyer

Cletis Leroy Boyer

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 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
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Braves/Athletics 1955-1971

Final Game: May 23, 1971
Died: June 4, 2007 in Lawrenceville, GA
Buried: Friends Cemetery, Purcell, MO
Relatives: Brother of Cloyd Boyer and Brother of Ken Boyer
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #619. George Wright… #620. Justin Upton… #621. Bobby Avila… #622. CLETE BOYER… #623. Jason Varitek… #624. Phil Garner… #625. Kid Gleason… 

Standard Batting

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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
1955 18 KCA AL 47 82 79 3 19 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 17 .241 .268 .253 .521 41 20 3 0 0 0 0 654
1956 19 KCA AL 67 143 129 15 28 3 1 1 4 1 1 11 24 .217 .284 .279 .563 50 36 2 1 2 0 1 4/5
1957 20 KCA AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /45
1959 22 NYY AL 47 124 114 4 20 2 0 0 3 1 0 6 23 .175 .215 .193 .408 15 22 2 0 3 1 2 65
1960 23 NYY AL 124 431 393 54 95 20 1 14 46 2 3 23 85 .242 .285 .405 .690 90 159 7 3 7 5 1 56
1961 24 NYY AL 148 578 504 61 113 19 5 11 55 1 3 63 83 .224 .308 .347 .656 79 175 13 2 1 8 4 *56/
1962 25 NYY AL 158 633 566 85 154 24 1 18 68 3 2 51 106 .272 .331 .413 .745 102 234 17 3 5 8 8 *5
1963 26 NYY AL 152 596 557 59 140 20 3 12 54 4 2 33 91 .251 .295 .363 .657 84 202 5 2 2 2 11 *5/64
1964 27 NYY AL 147 554 510 43 111 10 5 8 52 6 1 36 93 .218 .269 .304 .573 59 155 12 1 3 4 11 *56
1965 28 NYY AL 148 561 514 69 129 23 6 18 58 4 1 39 79 .251 .304 .424 .728 106 218 16 2 2 4 10 *5/6
1966 29 NYY AL 144 558 500 59 120 22 4 14 57 6 0 46 48 .240 .303 .384 .687 101 192 9 2 4 6 4 56
1967 30 ATL NL 154 619 572 63 140 18 3 26 96 6 3 39 81 .245 .292 .423 .715 104 242 14 2 0 6 3 *5/6 MVP-21
1968 31 ATL NL 71 291 273 19 62 7 2 4 17 2 0 16 32 .227 .275 .311 .586 75 85 8 2 0 0 3 5
1969 32 ATL NL 144 562 496 57 124 16 1 14 57 3 7 55 87 .250 .328 .371 .699 95 184 16 4 4 3 6 *5 GG
1970 33 ATL NL 134 525 475 44 117 14 1 16 62 2 5 41 71 .246 .305 .381 .686 79 181 11 1 3 5 8 *5/6
1971 34 ATL NL 30 108 98 10 24 1 0 6 19 0 0 8 11 .245 .299 .439 .738 102 43 1 0 1 1 2 5/6
16 Seasons 1725 6365 5780 645 1396 200 33 162 654 41 28 470 931 .242 .299 .372 .670 86 2148 136 25 37 53 74
162 Game Avg. 162 598 543 61 131 19 3 15 61 4 3 44 87 .242 .299 .372 .670 86 202 13 2 3 5 7
NYY (8 yrs) 1068 4035 3658 434 882 140 25 95 393 27 12 297 608 .241 .298 .371 .669 86 1357 81 15 27 38 51
ATL (5 yrs) 533 2105 1914 193 467 56 7 66 251 13 15 159 282 .244 .303 .384 .687 91 735 50 9 8 15 22
KCA (3 yrs) 124 225 208 18 47 4 1 1 10 1 1 14 41 .226 .278 .269 .547 47 56 5 1 2 0 1
AL (11 yrs) 1192 4260 3866 452 929 144 26 96 403 28 13 311 649 .240 .297 .365 .662 84 1413 86 16 29 38 52
NL (5 yrs) 533 2105 1914 193 467 56 7 66 251 13 15 159 282 .244 .303 .384 .687 91 735 50 9 8 15 22

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1955 18 KCA AL 83 -6 0 -1 0 -2 1 2 -6 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 654
1956 19 KCA AL 143 -10 0 3 0 3 1 4 1 0.1 -2 -0.2 0.3 $ 4/5
1959 22 NYY AL 124 -15 0 0 0 3 2 3 -7 -0.8 -10 -1.0 0.2 $ 65
1960 23 NYY AL 431 -9 1 0 -1 15 4 12 22 2.2 7 0.7 1.5 $ 56
1961 24 NYY AL 579 -14 -2 5 -1 30 4 16 38 3.8 8 0.8 3.0 $ *56/
1962 25 NYY AL 633 2 -2 1 -3 28 4 18 48 4.8 20 2.1 2.7 $ *5
1963 26 NYY AL 596 -11 2 0 1 16 4 17 29 2.8 13 1.4 1.4 $ *5/64
1964 27 NYY AL 554 -29 0 -1 0 13 5 16 3 -0.1 -9 -0.9 0.8 $ *56
1965 28 NYY AL 562 4 2 -3 -1 8 4 16 30 3.0 22 2.4 0.6 $ *5/6
1966 29 NYY AL 558 0 2 2 1 10 6 16 36 3.7 27 2.9 0.8 $31,500 56
1967 30 ATL NL 619 0 0 -1 -1 1 4 22 25 2.4 24 2.6 -0.2 $25,000 *5/6 MVP-21
1968 31 ATL NL 291 -9 -1 0 0 5 2 10 7 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $45,000 5
1969 32 ATL NL 562 -1 -5 -1 -1 15 4 20 31 3.0 16 1.6 1.4 $ *5 GG
1970 33 ATL NL 525 -14 -4 -3 1 15 4 16 15 1.4 0 0.0 1.4 $ *5/6
1971 34 ATL NL 108 -1 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 0.4 4 0.5 -0.1 $ 5/6
15 Seasons 6368 -113 -7 2 -5 159 50 191 276 26.5 118 12.7 13.8 $101,500
NYY (8 yrs) 4037 -72 3 4 -4 122 33 114 199 19.4 78 8.4 11.0 $31,500
ATL (5 yrs) 2105 -25 -10 -4 -1 36 15 71 82 7.6 46 4.9 2.7 $70,000
KCA (2 yrs) 226 -16 0 2 0 0 2 6 -5 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 23 NYY AL WS PIT L 4 12 12 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .583 .833 7 1 0 0 0 0
1961 24 NYY AL WS CIN W 5 19 15 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 .267 .421 .400 .821 6 1 0 0 0 1
1962 25 NYY AL WS SFG W 7 24 22 2 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .318 .333 .500 .833 11 0 0 0 1 1
1963 26 NYY AL WS LAD L 4 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 0 0 0 0 1
1964 27 NYY AL WS STL L 7 26 24 2 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 5 .208 .231 .375 .606 9 0 0 0 1 1
1969 32 ATL NL NLCS NYM L 3 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .111 .250 .111 .361 1 0 0 0 1 1
6 Seasons (6 Series) 30 107 95 5 21 6 1 2 14 1 0 9 18 .221 .280 .368 .649 35 2 0 0 3 5
1 NLCS 3 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .111 .250 .111 .361 1 0 0 0 1 1
5 WS 27 95 86 5 20 6 1 2 11 1 0 7 15 .233 .284 .395 .680 34 2 0 0 2 4

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 KCA AL 18 SS 12 27 13 13 1 4 .963 -2 2.17 .959 4.89
1955 KCA AL 18 3B 11 24 7 17 0 1 1.000 2 2.18 .950 3.14
1955 KCA AL 18 2B 10 25 12 11 2 1 .920 -2 2.30 .976 5.32
1956 KCA AL 19 2B 51 210 94 110 6 31 .971 2 4.00 .973 5.40
1956 KCA AL 19 3B 7 20 6 14 0 3 1.000 1 2.86 .949 3.19
1957 KCA AL 20 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
1957 KCA AL 20 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 3.20
1959 NYY AL 22 SS 26 104 40 63 1 14 .990 1 3.96 .959 4.84
1959 NYY AL 22 3B 16 37 9 27 1 0 .973 2 2.25 .952 3.19
1960 NYY AL 23 3B 99 332 102 219 11 24 .967 15 3.24 .952 3.14
1960 NYY AL 23 SS 33 139 55 78 6 20 .957 0 4.03 .960 5.10
1961 NYY AL 24 3B 141 521 151 353 17 36 .967 30 3.57 .950 3.15
1961 NYY AL 24 SS 12 39 19 20 0 5 1.000 0 3.25 .956 4.78
1961 NYY AL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1962 NYY AL 25 3B 157 605 187 396 22 41 .964 28 3.71 .952 3.07
1963 NYY AL 26 3B 141 497 165 309 23 32 .954 14 3.36 .947 3.02
1963 NYY AL 26 SS 9 54 18 34 2 8 .963 2 5.78 .965 4.78
1963 NYY AL 26 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 2.00 .980 5.10
1964 NYY AL 27 3B 123 409 118 278 13 28 .968 15 3.22 .955 3.02
1964 NYY AL 27 SS 21 110 46 61 3 13 .973 -3 5.10 .968 4.77
1965 NYY AL 28 3B 147 504 134 354 16 46 .968 8 3.32 .960 3.12
1965 NYY AL 28 SS 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.50 .963 4.75
1966 NYY AL 29 3B 85 324 87 226 11 12 .966 11 3.68 .954 3.03
1966 NYY AL 29 SS 59 291 114 170 7 26 .976 -2 4.81 .960 4.78
1967 ATL NL 30 3B 150 471 166 291 14 30 .970 1 3.05 .950 2.96 MVP-21
1967 ATL NL 30 SS 6 30 11 18 1 5 .967 0 4.83 .963 4.98 MVP-21
1968 ATL NL 31 3B 69 213 74 135 4 17 .981 5 3.03 .954 2.94
1969 ATL NL 32 3B 141 429 139 275 15 18 .965 15 2.94 .946 2.90 GG
1970 ATL NL 33 3B 126 393 107 268 18 21 .954 16 2.98 .945 2.90
1970 ATL NL 33 SS 5 19 6 12 1 1 .947 -1 3.60 .965 5.04
1971 ATL NL 34 3B 25 77 18 56 3 6 .961 0 2.96 .949 2.80
1971 ATL NL 34 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .970 5.10
16 Seasons 3B 1439 4856 1470 3218 168 315 .965 162 3.26 .951 3.02
11 Seasons SS 186 817 325 470 22 96 .973 -4 4.27 .961 4.87
4 Seasons 2B 63 237 107 122 8 32 .966 -0 3.63 .973 5.38
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
16 Seasons TOT 1689 5910 1902 3810 198 443 .966 158 3.38 .953 3.32
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1978 BBWAA ( 0.3%)
1979 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 NL (21, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1362nd)

Gold Gloves
1969 NL (3B)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1962 AL  4.8 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1960 AL  1.5 (8th)
1961 AL  3.0 (1st)
1962 AL  2.7 (1st)
1963 AL  1.4 (3rd)
1969 NL  1.4 (3rd)
1970 NL  1.4 (1st)
Career  13.8 (28th)

Games Played s c a p y
1967 NL  154 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1965 AL  6 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  26 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1967 NL  96 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1960 AL  85 (7th)
1962 AL  106 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL  8 (6th)
1962 AL  8 (7th)
1966 AL  6 (8th)
1967 NL  6 (7th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL  11 (2nd)
1964 AL  11 (4th)
1965 AL  10 (9th)
Career  74 (207th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1962 AL  17 (9th)
1965 AL  16 (9th)
1969 NL  16 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1966 AL  10.4 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1967 NL  22.0 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1967 NL  455 (8th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1961 AL  30 (1st)
1962 AL  28 (1st)
1963 AL  16 (3rd)
1969 NL  15 (3rd)
1970 NL  15 (1st)
Career  159 (16th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1961 AL  141 (4th)
1962 AL  157 (3rd)
1965 AL  147 (4th)
1967 NL  150 (2nd)
1970 NL  126 (5th)
Career  1,439 (46th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1960 AL  102 (4th)
1961 AL  151 (2nd)
1962 AL  187 (1st)
1963 AL  165 (2nd)
1967 NL  166 (2nd)
1969 NL  139 (2nd)
1970 NL  107 (5th)
Career  1,470 (38th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1960 AL  219 (5th)
1961 AL  353 (1st)
1962 AL  396 (1st)
1963 AL  309 (3rd)
1964 AL  278 (5th)
1965 AL  354 (1st)
1967 NL  291 (3rd)
1969 NL  275 (5th)
1970 NL  268 (4th)
Career  3,218 (33rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1961 AL  17 (3rd)
1962 AL  22 (3rd)
1963 AL  23 (5th)
1965 AL  16 (5th)
1970 NL  18 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1960 AL  15 (2nd)
1961 AL  30 (1st)
1962 AL  28 (1st)
1963 AL  14 (1st)
1964 AL  15 (3rd)
1965 AL  8 (4th)
1966 AL  11 (2nd)
1968 NL  5 (2nd)
1969 NL  15 (1st)
1970 NL  16 (1st)
Career  163 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1960 AL  3.69 (1st)
1961 AL  3.78 (2nd)
1962 AL  3.76 (1st)
1963 AL  3.43 (1st)
1964 AL  3.31 (2nd)
1965 AL  3.45 (1st)
1966 AL  3.80 (1st)
1967 NL  3.17 (4th)
1969 NL  3.11 (3rd)
1970 NL  3.09 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1960 AL  3.24 (2nd)
1961 AL  3.57 (1st)
1962 AL  3.71 (1st)
1963 AL  3.36 (1st)
1964 AL  3.22 (1st)
1965 AL  3.32 (1st)
1966 AL  3.68 (1st)
1967 NL  3.05 (4th)
1969 NL  2.94 (5th)
1970 NL  2.98 (4th)
Career  3.26 (35th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1960 AL  .967 (3rd)
1961 AL  .967 (2nd)
1962 AL  .964 (5th)
1963 AL  .954 (4th)
1964 AL  .968 (2nd)
1965 AL  .968 (5th)
1966 AL  .966 (3rd)
1967 NL  .970 (1st)
1969 NL  .965 (2nd)
1970 NL  .954 (5th)
Career  .965 (22nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1955 AL  born 1937-02-09 (7th)
1956 AL  born 1937-02-09 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1112), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1560), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196629New York Yankees$31,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196730Atlanta Braves$25,0002/25/67 TSN
196831Atlanta Braves$45,0003/30/68 TSN3/23/68 TSN: $47,500
Career to date (may be incomplete)$101,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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