Royce Clayton
Royce Spencer Clayton
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: January 2, 1970 in Burbank, CA
High School: St. Bernards (Playa del Rey, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1991
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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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
1991 SFG NL 21 SS 8 8 60.0 25 16 6 3 1 .880 -2.7 -54.0 -2.7 -1.2 -1.5 0 3.30 2.75 .968 4.66 3.88
1992 SFG NL 22 SS 94 91 787.2 409 141 257 11 51 .973 2.1 3.2 2.1 0.1 2.0 0 4.55 4.23 .969 4.59 3.86
1992 SFG NL 22 3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.30
1993 SFG NL 23 SS 153 151 1329.2 727 251 449 27 103 .963 -0.7 -0.6 -1.7 -8.2 6.5 1 4.74 4.58 .965 4.69 4.04
1994 SFG NL 24 SS 108 106 931.0 521 177 330 14 66 .973 17.7 22.8 17.7 8.9 8.8 0 4.90 4.69 .966 4.53 4.05
1995 SFG NL 25 SS 136 133 1169.0 654 223 411 20 93 .969 17.3 17.8 16.3 4.9 11.4 1 4.88 4.66 .968 4.51 3.97
1996 STL NL 26 SS 113 111 997.2 533 171 347 15 68 .972 8.6 10.3 9.6 2.9 6.7 -1 4.67 4.58 .967 4.60 3.99
1997 STL NL 27 SS 153 145 1287.1 699 228 452 19 93 .973 15.0 14.0 17.0 5.9 11.1 -2 4.75 4.44 .973 4.58 3.85 AS
1998 TOT MLB 28 SS 141 138 1225.2 686 228 438 20 79 .971 3.4 3.3 5.4 2.9 2.5 -2 4.89 4.72 .969 4.59 4.02
1998 STL NL 28 SS 89 86 777.1 439 140 286 13 53 .970 2.3 3.6 3.3 -0.4 3.7 -1 4.93 4.79 .968 4.52 3.88
1998 TEX AL 28 SS 52 52 448.1 247 88 152 7 26 .972 1.1 2.9 2.1 3.3 -1.2 -1 4.82 4.62 .972 4.71 4.26
1999 TEX AL 29 SS 133 133 1149.1 635 204 406 25 91 .961 5.7 6.0 3.7 3.5 0.2 2 4.78 4.59 .970 4.73 4.19
2000 TEX AL 30 SS 148 144 1237.0 690 264 410 16 94 .977 -9.0 -8.7 -7.0 -5.7 -1.3 -2 4.90 4.55 .973 4.71 4.17
2001 CHW AL 31 SS 133 126 1117.1 570 196 367 7 74 .988 6.3 6.8 7.3 2.9 4.5 -1 4.53 4.23 .973 4.49 4.03
2002 CHW AL 32 SS 109 100 883.1 463 166 292 5 72 .989 4.6 6.2 3.6 1.1 2.6 1 4.67 4.20 .975 4.56 4.15
2003 MIL NL 33 SS 141 137 1217.2 603 193 396 14 76 .977 4.2 4.1 4.2 -3.0 7.2 0 4.35 4.18 .973 4.52 3.99
2004 COL NL 34 SS 144 140 1241.0 640 213 418 9 88 .986 -7.0 -6.8 -5.0 1.1 -6.1 -2 4.58 4.38 .973 4.45 3.94
2005 ARI NL 35 SS 141 131 1177.1 595 180 404 11 90 .982 2.4 2.4 1.4 -0.3 1.7 1 4.46 4.14 .976 4.51 4.04
2006 TOT NL 36 SS 129 121 1055.0 529 171 340 18 54 .966 -6.2 -7.1 -4.2 -5.6 1.4 -2 4.36 3.96 .972 4.41 4.00
2006 WSN NL 36 SS 86 83 720.1 361 110 240 11 39 .970 -2.3 -3.8 -0.3 -1.3 1.0 -2 4.37 4.07 .972 4.41 4.00
2006 CIN NL 36 SS 43 38 334.2 168 61 100 7 15 .958 -3.9 -14.0 -3.9 -4.3 0.4 0 4.33 3.74 .973 4.41 4.00
2007 TOT AL 37 SS 69 56 508.0 260 73 179 8 30 .969 3.6 8.5 4.6 1.3 3.3 -1 4.46 3.65 .970 4.47 3.97
2007 TOR AL 37 SS 68 55 500.0 256 73 176 7 30 .973 3.7 8.9 4.7 1.3 3.4 -1 4.48 3.66 .970 4.47 3.97
2007 BOS AL 37 3B 3 0 6.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 94.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 2.84 0.67 .950 2.56 2.33
2007 BOS AL 37 SS 1 1 8.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.38 3.00 .975 4.50 4.00
17 Seasons SS 2053 1971 17374.0 9239 3095 5902 242 1223 .974 65.3 4.5 72.3 11.5 61.0 -7 4.66 4.38 .971 4.56 4.02
2 Seasons 3B 4 0 7.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 81.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 3.68 0.75 .933 2.58 2.33
17 Seasons TOT 2057 1971 17381.1 9242 3096 5904 242 1223 .974 65.8 4.5 72.8 11.8 61.2 -7 4.66 4.38 .944 4.56 4.01
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
1991 SFG NL 21 9 8 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 SFG NL 22 98 91 98 95 0 0 0 0 1 94 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1993 SFG NL 23 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 SFG NL 24 108 106 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995 SFG NL 25 138 133 138 136 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1996 STL NL 26 129 111 129 113 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
1997 STL NL 27 154 145 154 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 STL NL 28 90 86 90 89 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1998 TEX AL 28 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 TEX AL 29 133 133 133 133 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TEX AL 30 148 144 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CHW AL 31 135 126 135 133 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
2002 CHW AL 32 112 100 112 109 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2003 MIL NL 33 146 137 146 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2004 COL NL 34 146 140 146 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
2005 ARI NL 35 143 131 143 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
2006 WSN NL 36 87 83 87 86 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 CIN NL 36 50 38 50 43 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2007 TOR AL 37 69 55 69 68 0 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
2007 BOS AL 37 8 1 8 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
17 Seasons 2108 1971 2108 2057 0 0 0 0 4 2053 0 0 0 0 0 50 23
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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
1991 SFG NL 21 285 50% 74% 27% 30 60% 0 16 13 2 1 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1992 SFG NL 22 3426 52% 77% 31% 383 78% 2 141 67 54 20 257 202 43 0 3 11 0 5 6 8 51 17 5 11 5 4 44 22 20 6 4 1
1993 SFG NL 23 5718 56% 77% 32% 575 87% 6 253 113 109 31 451 334 94 3 4 27 1 18 8 22 105 34 11 36 8 3 95 46 48 5 2 3
1994 SFG NL 24 4073 55% 77% 33% 400 90% 0 172 68 85 21 330 272 52 0 2 14 2 6 6 8 65 17 10 23 4 4 60 27 31 2 0 2
1995 SFG NL 25 5305 60% 77% 31% 533 91% 13 223 107 84 32 417 324 73 0 7 20 1 13 6 17 93 38 10 25 8 3 87 48 36 4 2 2
1996 STL NL 26 4391 58% 75% 31% 443 87% 1 169 73 74 22 345 264 71 0 9 15 0 10 5 11 68 34 2 20 2 3 61 36 25 2 0 2
1997 STL NL 27 5717 53% 73% 32% 562 90% 6 230 100 98 33 451 354 72 3 5 19 2 10 7 14 93 36 8 23 4 4 79 45 31 9 6 3
1998 STL NL 28 3491 55% 76% 32% 382 84% 5 139 68 61 10 279 220 50 2 3 13 1 10 2 10 53 19 3 17 4 3 49 22 24 4 4 0
1998 TEX AL 28 2048 47% 76% 30% 231 80% 1 88 49 31 8 152 114 31 0 3 7 1 4 2 4 26 8 3 8 2 0 22 11 10 3 1 1
1999 TEX AL 29 5132 51% 76% 34% 507 90% 0 205 82 98 25 405 318 80 0 1 25 0 23 2 21 91 40 14 20 5 7 88 54 32 0 0 0
2000 TEX AL 30 5785 58% 76% 27% 493 97% 2 267 131 119 17 405 307 86 0 5 16 0 8 8 12 93 32 5 31 10 7 85 37 48 5 3 2
2001 CHW AL 31 4989 54% 76% 29% 429 98% 4 196 89 82 25 367 287 68 0 7 7 1 2 4 4 74 30 10 22 8 3 73 40 33 1 1 0
2002 CHW AL 32 4015 48% 76% 30% 341 98% 1 164 80 73 11 292 223 59 0 5 5 0 3 2 5 72 26 11 17 8 4 67 37 30 5 2 3
2003 MIL NL 33 5580 61% 75% 30% 497 91% 0 193 97 84 12 396 312 74 1 5 14 0 9 5 12 76 33 4 22 7 6 73 37 36 3 2 1
2004 COL NL 34 5838 58% 75% 31% 509 89% 2 213 86 113 14 417 324 78 2 5 9 0 3 6 7 88 32 9 21 9 6 83 41 38 5 1 4
2005 ARI NL 35 5358 57% 75% 32% 496 87% 5 180 75 93 12 404 313 80 1 3 11 0 5 6 9 91 38 4 27 6 8 90 44 42 0 0 0
2006 WSN NL 36 3328 59% 75% 28% 304 90% 3 110 59 39 12 240 193 35 1 5 11 0 8 3 10 39 14 2 10 4 2 32 16 16 4 1 1
2006 CIN NL 36 1505 60% 75% 30% 139 90% 1 60 35 21 4 100 87 11 1 2 7 0 4 3 6 15 2 2 6 0 3 14 4 9 1 1 0
2007 TOR AL 37 2212 53% 75% 34% 220 90% 1 73 38 31 4 176 147 26 1 0 7 0 5 2 6 30 10 3 11 2 1 30 13 15 0 0 0
2007 BOS AL 37 30 47% 97% 43% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 78226 56% 76% 31% 7478 89% 53 3092 1430 1351 314 5893 4604 1083 15 74 242 9 147 86 189 1224 460 116 351 96 71 1133 580 525 59 30 25
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 89%
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

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1992 SFG NL 22 5 60% 60% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 BOS AL 37 22 36% 86% 41% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 27 41% 81% 33% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 64%

* 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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