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Clete Boyer
Cletis Leroy Boyer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 182 lb.

MLB Debut June 5, 1955
Final Game May 23, 1971
Born February 9, 1937 in Cassville, MO
Died June 4, 2007 (age 70)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 18 SLN NL   20   73    3   14   1   0   0    6   0   0    2   16  .192  .213  .205  .419    55    15   1   0   0   0   6  
 1956 19 NYA AL   76  128   13   27   7   0   0   10   0   1   12   23  .211  .284  .266  .549    70    34   2   0   1   1   1  
 1957           [Did not play]
 1958           [Did not play]
 1959 22 CHA AL   59  114    9   19   1   0   0    6   0   0    3   21  .167  .188  .175  .363    54    20   0   0   0   0   2  
 1960 23 CHA AL  118  403   52  100  23   1  18   45   2   2   26   84  .248  .299  .444  .743   103   179   4   2   4   4   7  
 1961 24 NYA AL  152  510   68  110  26   6  15   64   0   1   69   76  .216  .311  .378  .690    89   193   1   3   1   3  12  
 1962 25 NYA AL  159  596   62  164  25   1  20   67   1   1   39  120  .275  .319  .421  .740   100   251   2   2   2   0  21  
 1963 26 NYA AL  160  596   45  126  18   4   8   45   5   2   22  101  .211  .242  .295  .537    77   176   4   3   3   3   8  
 1964 27 NYA AL  140  478   28  102  11   5   7   47   0   2   27   79  .213  .254  .301  .555    80   144   3   3   1   0  10  
 1965 28 NYA AL  146  519   65  136  21   3  24   75   1   1   31   78  .262  .303  .453  .755   107   235   0   4   1   1  16  
 1966 29 NYA AL  145  482   51  109   7   3  18   42   1   2   34   52  .226  .280  .365  .645    97   176   3   3   5   3   9  
 1967 30 ATN NL  158  591   71  153  28   3  35   93   5   1   47   91  .259  .316  .494  .810   121   292   5   3   7   4  10  MVP-9
 1968 31 ATN NL   70  221   11   59   7   0   4   39   2   1    4   20  .267  .294  .353  .647   100    78   1   1   0   5   6  
 1969 32 ATN NL   56  210   16   45   4   0   5   29   2   4   13   34  .214  .262  .305  .567    83    64   1   1   0   1  12  
         CHN NL   89  246   24   63   6   0   7   26   0   1   21   48  .256  .311  .366  .677    97    90   3   3   0   0  10  
         TOT     145  456   40  108  10   0  12   55   2   5   34   82  .237  .289  .338  .627         154   4   4   0   1  22 
 1970 33 CHN NL   94  293   39   79   5   1   9   32   0   0   26   40  .270  .327  .386  .713    96   113   6   2   1   0  10  
 1971 34 CHN NL   61   96   13   21   2   0   4   11   0   0   13   11  .219  .318  .365  .683    96    35   2   0   1   1   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     1703 5556  570 1327 192  27 174  637  19  19  389  894  .239  .290  .377  .667        2095  38  30  27  26 142
 Per 600 PA           552   57  132  19   3  17   63   2   2   39   89                                 208   4   3   3   3  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYA      978 3309  332  774 115  22  92  350   8  10  234  529  .234  .285  .365  .651        1209  15  18  14  11  77
   With ATN      284 1022   98  257  39   3  44  161   9   6   64  145  .251  .301  .425  .725         434   7   5   7  10  28
   With CHN      244  635   76  163  13   1  20   69   0   1   60   99  .257  .320  .375  .694         238  11   5   2   1  22
   With CHA      177  517   61  119  24   1  18   51   2   2   29  105  .230  .275  .385  .660         199   4   2   4   4   9
   With SLN       20   73    3   14   1   0   0    6   0   0    2   16  .192  .213  .205  .419          15   1   0   0   0   6
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1725 5780  645 1396 200  33 162  654  41  28  470  931  .242  .299  .372  .670        2148  37  53  74  25 136
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1955 18 SLN NL  15    2    .9   1   0   0  .000   0   11    7  .636    0    0  .000  3B   3e5      -103   
 1956 19 NYA AL  55   10   2.6   4   2   0  .500   6   18   11  .611    0    0  .000  3B   2e23      -13   
 1957           [Did not play]
 1958           [Did not play]
 1959 22 CHA AL  11    3   1.0   3   0   0  .000   2   55   41  .745    0    0  .000  SS   2e7       -44   
 1960 23 CHA AL  24   52   4.4   6   4   2  .667  24  132   99  .750    0    0  .000  SS   2e36       53   
 1961 24 NYA AL  32   61   4.0   0   0   0  .000  16   66   50  .758    0    0  .000  3B   1e19       34   
 1962 25 NYA AL  23   74   4.4   2   1   0  .500  22   82   58  .707    0    0  .000  3B   1e23       -5   
 1963 26 NYA AL  33   42   2.3   0   0   0  .000  19   78   55  .705    0    0  .000  3B   1e28     -120   
 1964 27 NYA AL  21   35   2.4   3   1   0  .333  11   57   43  .754    0    0  .000  3B   1e18      -17   
 1965 28 NYA AL  33   66   4.5   4   0   0  .000  14   64   49  .766    0    0  .000  3B   1e18       27   
 1966 29 NYA AL  34   48   3.3   5   1   0  .200   7  138  112  .812    0    0  .000  SS   3e19      -42   
 1967 30 ATN NL  30   92   5.4   1   0   0  .000  12   52   38  .731    0    0  .000  3B   1e15       95   
 1968 31 ATN NL  67   21   3.4  10   6   0  .600   2   25   21  .840    0    0  .000  3B   1e8        61   
 1969 32 ATN NL  32   13   2.0   0   0   0  .000   7   31   24  .774    0    0  .000  3B   1e18     -132   
         CHN NL  27   26   3.6  12   1   0  .083  10   28   18  .643    0    0  .000  3B   1e18      -22   
         TOT                    12   1   0  .083  17   59   42  .712    0    0  .000
 1970 33 CHN NL  55   35   4.2  19   3   0  .158  13   67   42  .627    0    0  .000  SS   4e44       27   
 1971 34 CHN NL  50   11   4.0  36   9   0  .250   6   16    7  .438    0    0  .000  2B   unrated   -55   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons          597   3.6 106  28   2  .264 171  920  675  .734    0    0  .000                  -3   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1955 18 SLN NL  3B    19    17    41    0    6  1.000    19   160.0   3.26
 1956 19 NYA AL  3B    74    45    75    6    8   .952    27   346.1   3.12
                 2B     2     7     1    0    1  1.000     1    10.0   7.20
                 SS     1     1     5    0    0  1.000     1     5.0  10.80
 1957           [Did not play]
 1958           [Did not play]
 1959 22 CHA AL  SS    59    66   123    2   28   .990    31   321.2   5.29
 1960 23 CHA AL  SS   100   186   349   23   94   .959   100   886.0   5.43
                 3B    13     6    30    1    2   .973    10    86.1   3.75
 1961 24 NYA AL  3B   152   150   288   16   33   .965   147  1308.2   3.01
 1962 25 NYA AL  3B   159   142   302   22   41   .953   154  1404.1   2.85
 1963 26 NYA AL  3B   152    93   345   18   27   .961   147  1333.0   2.96
                 SS     7     5    16    1    4   .955     6    47.1   3.99
                 2B     6    13    10    0    2  1.000     5    42.0   4.93
 1964 27 NYA AL  3B   139    85   305   11   28   .973   126  1162.2   3.02
                 SS     2     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
 1965 28 NYA AL  3B   142    76   289   14   19   .963   138  1236.0   2.66
                 SS     3     0     4    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   7.20
 1966 29 NYA AL  SS   128   196   417    7   77   .989   118  1082.1   5.10
                 3B    18     6    31    0    4  1.000    11   105.2   3.15
 1967 30 ATN NL  3B   157   107   358   12   20   .975   153  1405.1   2.98
 1968 31 ATN NL  3B    59    75   105    2    8   .989    58   518.2   3.12
 1969 32 TOT     3B   132    98   226   17   26   .950   121  1100.2   2.65
 1970 33 CHN NL  SS    46    64   116   12   22   .938    36   320.2   5.05
                 3B    38    21    91    1    9   .991    32   297.2   3.39
 1971 34 CHN NL  2B    15    42    21    5    4   .926    15   119.1   4.75
                 SS     5    11    11    1    0   .957     3    29.2   6.67
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  1254   921  2486  120  231   .966  1143 10465.1   2.93
                 SS   351   530  1042   46  225   .972   295  2700.2   5.24
                 2B    23    62    32    5    7   .949    21   171.1   4.94
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1956 WS    NYA NY2   W    2   4  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .250  .400  .250  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1955  SLN   64-90   Mike Rescigno
 1956  NYA  101-53   Billy Vanson
 1959  CHA   65-89   Robert Rescigno
 1960  CHA   70-84   Ron Tidrow
 1961  NYA   83-71   Billy Vanson
 1962  NYA   79-83   Billy Vanson
 1963  NYA   86-76   Billy Vanson
 1964  NYA   70-92   Billy Vanson
 1965  NYA   75-87   Billy Vanson
 1966  NYA   63-99   Billy Vanson
 1967  ATN   74-88   Barry Davis, James Taglia
 1968  ATN   74-88   Brandon Colvin
 1969  ATN   85-77   Brandon Colvin
 1969  CHN   77-85   Alan Bosslet
 1970  CHN   52-110  Alan Bosslet
 1971  CHN   76-86   Alan Bosslet

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