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Buzz Boyle

Ralph Francis Boyle

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 9, 1908 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Elder (Cincinnati, OH)
School: Xavier University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1929
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Braves 1929-1935

Final Game: September 29, 1935
Died: November 12, 1978 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
Relatives: Brother of Jim Boyle
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:33AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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
1929 21 BSN NL 17 66 57 8 15 2 1 1 2 2 6 11 .263 .333 .386 .719 81 22 0 3 O7/8
1930 22 BSN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /8O
1933 25 BRO NL 93 356 338 38 101 13 4 0 31 7 16 24 .299 .331 .361 .691 101 122 2 0 2 O789
1934 26 BRO NL 128 529 472 88 144 26 10 7 48 8 51 44 .305 .376 .447 .823 124 211 7 3 3 *O987 MVP-16
1935 27 BRO NL 127 522 475 51 129 17 9 4 44 7 43 45 .272 .332 .371 .703 90 176 4 0 4 *O98
5 Seasons 366 1474 1343 185 389 58 24 12 125 24 116 125 .290 .347 .395 .743 104 531 13 3 12
162 Game Avg. 162 652 594 82 172 26 11 5 55 11 51 55 .290 .347 .395 .743 104 235 1 5
BRO (3 yrs) 348 1407 1285 177 374 56 23 11 123 22 110 113 .291 .348 .396 .744 105 509 13 3 9
BSN (2 yrs) 18 67 58 8 15 2 1 1 2 2 6 12 .259 .328 .379 .707 78 22 0 3

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
1929 21 BSN NL 66 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ O7/8
1930 22 BSN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /8O
1933 25 BRO NL 356 0 1 0 0 -4 -3 11 5 0.5 9 1.0 -0.5 $ O789
1934 26 BRO NL 529 16 3 0 0 8 -5 16 38 3.8 30 3.1 0.7 $ *O987 MVP-16
1935 27 BRO NL 522 -5 -1 0 0 2 -5 15 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $ *O98
5 Seasons 1474 9 3 0 0 6 -14 44 48 4.8 42 4.4 0.4 $
BRO (3 yrs) 1407 11 3 0 0 6 -13 42 49 4.9 43 4.5 0.4 $
BSN (2 yrs) 67 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1929 BSN NL 21 OF 17 15 14 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 .973 2.47
1929 BSN NL 21 LF 16 15 14 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .971 2.10
1929 BSN NL 21 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.90
1930 BSN NL 22 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1930 BSN NL 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1933 BRO NL 25 OF 90 75 71 202 195 2 5 0 .975 2.19 .977 2.43
1933 BRO NL 25 LF 48 36 33 81 77 2 2 0 .975 1.65 .976 2.29
1933 BRO NL 25 CF 35 33 32 99 98 0 1 0 .990 2.80 .979 2.78
1933 BRO NL 25 RF 10 6 6 22 20 0 2 0 .909 2.00 .975 2.23
1934 BRO NL 26 OF 121 108 98 304 275 20 9 1 .970 2.44 .973 2.37 MVP-16
1934 BRO NL 26 RF 84 76 73 221 199 14 8 1 .964 2.54 .970 2.22 MVP-16
1934 BRO NL 26 CF 20 17 14 52 46 5 1 0 .981 2.55 .979 2.70 MVP-16
1934 BRO NL 26 LF 20 15 11 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.55 .969 2.19 MVP-16
1935 BRO NL 27 OF 124 119 106 272 244 18 10 5 .963 2.11 .971 2.42
1935 BRO NL 27 RF 107 102 92 225 198 17 10 5 .956 2.01 .968 2.17
1935 BRO NL 27 CF 17 17 14 47 46 1 0 0 1.000 2.76 .974 2.83
5 Seasons OF 353 317 289 811 746 41 24 6 .970 2.23 .973 2.41
3 Seasons RF 201 184 171 468 417 31 20 6 .957 2.23 .969 2.19
3 Seasons LF 84 66 58 144 138 4 2 0 .986 1.69 .973 2.23
5 Seasons CF 74 67 60 199 191 6 2 0 .990 2.66 .978 2.77
5 Seasons TOT 353 317 289 811 746 41 24 6 .970 2.23 .973 2.41
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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1934 NL (16, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1934 NL  0.7 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1934 NL  10 (8th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1934 NL  20 (1st)
1935 NL  18 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1934 NL  2.54 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1929 NL  born 1908-02-09 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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