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Ray Boone
Raymond Otis Boone (Ike)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 188 lb.

Debut September 3, 1948
Final Game August 11, 1960
Born July 27, 1923 in San Diego, CA
Died October 17, 2004 in San Diego, CA

Father of Bob Boone, Grandfather of Aaron Boone, and Grandfather of Bret Boone

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 24 CLE AL   6    5    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .400  .400  .600  166    3   0           0   0
 1949 25 CLE AL  86  258   39   65   4  4   4   26   0  2  38  17  .252  .352  .345   86   89   9           2  11
 1950 26 CLE AL 109  365   53  110  14  6   7   58   4  3  56  27  .301  .397  .430  114  157   2           2  10
 1951 27 CLE AL 151  544   65  127  14  1  12   51   5  3  48  36  .233  .302  .329   74  179   6           5  13
 1952 28 CLE AL 103  316   57   83   8  2   7   45   0  1  53  33  .263  .372  .367  112  116   4           2  11
 1953 29 TOT AL 135  497   94  147  17  8  26  114   3  3  72  68  .296  .390  .519  145  258   8           5   9 MVP-8
         CLE AL  34  112   21   27   1  2   4   21   1  2  24  21  .241  .375  .393  109   44   3           0   3
         DET AL 101  385   73  120  16  6  22   93   2  1  48  47  .312  .395  .556  155  214   5           5   6
 1954 30 DET AL 148  543   76  160  19  7  20   85   4  2  71  53  .295  .376  .466  132  253   2   4       2  18 MVP-26,AS
 1955 31 DET AL 135  500   61  142  22  7  20  116   1  1  50  49  .284  .346  .476  122  238   2   7   2   1  16 MVP-16
 1956 32 DET AL 131  481   77  148  14  6  25   81   0  0  77  46  .308  .403  .518  141  249   2   5   8   3  13 AS
 1957 33 DET AL 129  462   48  126  25  3  12   65   1  1  57  47  .273  .353  .418  108  193   4   5   6   3  16
 1958 34 TOT AL 116  360   41   87  16  2  13   61   1  3  32  46  .242  .304  .406   93  146   3   4   2   2   9
         DET AL  39  114   16   27   4  1   6   20   0  2  14  13  .237  .323  .447  104   51   2   1   1   1   3
         CHW AL  77  246   25   60  12  1   7   41   1  1  18  33  .244  .295  .386   87   95   1   3   1   1   6
 1959 35 TOT     83  168   25   44   6  0   4   19   2  0  38  24  .262  .394  .369  110   62   3   2   2   0   5
         TOT AL  70  153   22   41   6  0   3   17   2  0  34  22  .268  .397  .366  110   56   2   2   2   0   4
         CHW AL   9   21    3    5   0  0   1    5   1  0   7   5  .238  .400  .381  117    8   0   2   0   0   0
         KCA AL  61  132   19   36   6  0   2   12   1  0  27  17  .273  .396  .364  109   48   2   0   2   0   4
         MLN NL  13   15    3    3   0  0   1    2   0  0   4   2  .200  .368  .400  113    6   1   0   0   0   1
 1960 36 TOT     41   90    9   19   2  0   1   15   0  0  16  16  .211  .327  .267   63   24   0   1   0   0   2
         MLN NL   7   12    3    3   1  0   0    4   0  0   5   1  .250  .471  .333  133    4   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL  34   78    6   16   1  0   1   11   0  0  11  15  .205  .300  .256   51   20   0   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1373 4589  645 1260 162 46 151  737  21 19 608 463  .275  .361  .429  114 1967  45  28  20  27 133
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        541   76  149  19  5  18   87   2  2  72  55  .275  .361  .429  114  232   5   3   2   3  16
 Career High    151  544   94  160  25  8  26  116   5  3  77  68  .308  .403  .519  145  258   9   7   8   5  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 24 CLE AL    5    3    1   8.9   104| .400  .270| .400  .355| .600  .391|1.000  .746| 166  .768   0.4   0.0   0%
 1949 25 CLE AL  307  215   30   3.7   105| .252  .268| .352  .360| .345  .390| .697  .750|  86  .405  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1950 26 CLE AL  425  270   62   6.1   111| .301  .275| .397  .361| .430  .412| .827  .773| 114  .593   9.3   0.9  57%
 1951 27 CLE AL  603  439   53   3.2    98| .233  .261| .302  .342| .329  .383| .631  .725|  74  .353 -20.5  -2.1  62%
 1952 28 CLE AL  375  249   42   4.6    91| .263  .253| .372  .332| .367  .369| .739  .701| 112  .542   7.0   0.7   0%
 1953 29 TOT AL  582  370   99   7.2   101| .296  .268| .390  .344| .519  .395| .909  .739| 145  .705  31.2   3.1  50%
         CLE AL  139   93   16   4.6   101| .241  .267| .375  .343| .393  .393| .768  .736| 109  .516   2.0   0.2  33%
         DET AL  443  277   83   8.0   102| .312  .268| .395  .344| .556  .395| .951  .740| 155  .746  29.1   2.9  66%
 1954 30 DET AL  622  409   95   6.2    97| .295  .263| .376  .338| .466  .385| .842  .723| 132  .667  23.9   2.4  66%
 1955 31 DET AL  560  384   80   5.6   101| .284  .264| .346  .343| .476  .393| .822  .736| 122  .589  13.6   1.3  50%
 1956 32 DET AL  568  353  103   7.8   107| .308  .269| .403  .351| .518  .410| .921  .760| 141  .708  29.6   2.8   0%
 1957 33 DET AL  531  362   68   5.1   102| .273  .266| .353  .339| .418  .402| .771  .741| 108  .566   6.2   0.6  50%
 1958 34 TOT AL  401  292   43   3.9    99| .242  .263| .304  .332| .406  .400| .710  .732|  93  .460  -4.2  -0.5  25%
         DET AL  132   95   16   4.5   104| .237  .270| .323  .339| .447  .410| .770  .749| 104  .522   0.4   0.0   0%
         CHW AL  269  197   27   3.7    97| .244  .260| .295  .329| .386  .396| .681  .725|  87  .428  -4.6  -0.5  50%
 1959 35 TOT     211  134   28   5.6   100| .262  .262| .394  .333| .369  .401| .763  .734| 110  .607   4.8   0.4 100%
         TOT AL  191  120   26   5.8   100| .268  .262| .397  .334| .366  .401| .763  .734| 110  .625   4.4   0.4 100%
         CHW AL   30   18    5   7.4    98| .238  .259| .400  .330| .381  .396| .781  .726| 117  .725   1.2   0.1 100%
         KCA AL  161  102   21   5.5   100| .273  .263| .396  .334| .364  .401| .760  .736| 109  .603   3.1   0.3 100%
         MLN NL   20   14    2   3.8    98| .200  .260| .368  .325| .400  .403| .768  .728| 113  .414   0.4   0.0   0%
 1960 36 TOT     107   74    8   2.9   102| .211  .265| .327  .338| .267  .406| .594  .744|  63  .313  -4.2  -0.4   0%
         MLN NL   17    9    2   6.0    93| .250  .255| .471  .320| .333  .391| .804  .711| 133  .640   1.1   0.1   0%
         BOS AL   90   65    6   2.5   104| .205  .267| .300  .341| .256  .408| .556  .749|  51  .254  -5.3  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5297 3554  712   5.4   101| .275  .265| .361  .343| .429  .395| .790  .738| 114  .580  92.1   8.7  52%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 24 CLE AL SS 4 3 5 1 0 .889 .964 2.00 4.85 1949 25 CLE AL SS 76 162 210 21 58 .947 .963 4.89 4.79 1950 26 CLE AL SS 102 178 267 26 64 .945 .961 4.36 4.74 1951 27 CLE AL SS 151 311 425 33 108 .957 .961 4.87 4.72 1952 28 CLE AL SS 96 177 251 27 55 .941 .962 4.46 4.29 3B 2 2 2 1 2 .800 .952 2.00 3.00 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 5.10 1953 29 TOT AL SS 34 68 102 9 26 .950 .966 5.00 4.52 CLE AL SS 31 64 94 8 24 .952 .966 5.10 4.52 DET AL 3B 97 111 211 14 32 .958 .957 3.32 2.93 SS 3 4 8 1 2 .923 .968 4.00 4.53 1954 30 DET AL 3B 148 170 332 19 22 .964 .959 3.39 3.07 AS SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 AS 1955 31 DET AL 3B 126 135 252 19 33 .953 .950 3.07 2.73 1956 32 DET AL 3B 130 151 243 17 23 .959 .949 3.03 2.78 3.15 3.22 130 1127.3 AS 1957 33 DET AL 1B 117 972 45 10 103 .990 .992 8.69 8.36 8.84 8.69 117 1035.3 3B 4 5 12 2 0 .895 .950 4.25 2.77 4.37 3.24 4 35.0 1958 34 TOT AL 1B 95 747 49 11 71 .986 .991 8.38 8.47 9.20 9.60 92 778.3 DET AL 1B 32 236 15 3 26 .988 .991 7.84 8.47 8.89 9.60 32 254.0 CHW AL 1B 63 511 34 8 45 .986 .991 8.65 8.47 9.36 9.60 60 524.3 1959 35 TOT 1B 47 331 29 7 26 .981 .990 7.66 8.26 10.03 9.82 38 323.0 TOT AL 1B 44 312 28 7 22 .980 .990 7.73 8.27 10.13 9.84 35 302.0 CHW AL 1B 6 37 5 2 2 .955 .991 7.00 8.27 7.71 9.84 5 49.0 KCA AL 1B 38 275 23 5 20 .983 .990 7.84 8.27 10.60 9.84 30 253.0 3B 3 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 2.67 2.73 6.00 3.22 1 12.0 MLN NL 1B 3 19 1 0 4 1.000 .990 6.67 8.03 8.57 9.60 3 21.0 1960 36 TOT 1B 26 199 14 1 22 .995 .991 8.19 8.07 10.31 9.58 23 186.0 MLN NL 1B 4 33 3 0 3 1.000 .989 9.00 8.20 10.45 9.58 4 31.0 BOS AL 1B 22 166 11 1 19 .994 .991 8.05 8.04 10.28 9.58 19 155.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1957 33 DET AL 1B 117 972 45 10 103 .990 .992 8.69 8.36 8.84 8.69 117 1035.3 1958 34 TOT AL 1B 95 747 49 11 71 .986 .991 8.38 8.47 9.20 9.60 92 778.3 DET AL 1B 32 236 15 3 26 .988 .991 7.84 8.47 8.89 9.60 32 254.0 CHW AL 1B 63 511 34 8 45 .986 .991 8.65 8.47 9.36 9.60 60 524.3 1959 35 TOT 1B 47 331 29 7 26 .981 .990 7.66 8.26 10.03 9.82 38 323.0 TOT AL 1B 44 312 28 7 22 .980 .990 7.73 8.27 10.13 9.84 35 302.0 CHW AL 1B 6 37 5 2 2 .955 .991 7.00 8.27 7.71 9.84 5 49.0 KCA AL 1B 38 275 23 5 20 .983 .990 7.84 8.27 10.60 9.84 30 253.0 MLN NL 1B 3 19 1 0 4 1.000 .990 6.67 8.03 8.57 9.60 3 21.0 1960 36 TOT 1B 26 199 14 1 22 .995 .991 8.19 8.07 10.31 9.58 23 186.0 MLN NL 1B 4 33 3 0 3 1.000 .989 9.00 8.20 10.45 9.58 4 31.0 BOS AL 1B 22 166 11 1 19 .994 .991 8.05 8.04 10.28 9.58 19 155.0 1952 28 CLE AL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 5.10 1952 28 CLE AL 3B 2 2 2 1 2 .800 .952 2.00 3.00 1953 29 DET AL 3B 97 111 211 14 32 .958 .957 3.32 2.93 1954 30 DET AL 3B 148 170 332 19 22 .964 .959 3.39 3.07 1955 31 DET AL 3B 126 135 252 19 33 .953 .950 3.07 2.73 1956 32 DET AL 3B 130 151 243 17 23 .959 .949 3.03 2.78 3.15 3.22 130 1127.3 1957 33 DET AL 3B 4 5 12 2 0 .895 .950 4.25 2.77 4.37 3.24 4 35.0 1959 35 KCA AL 3B 3 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 2.67 2.73 6.00 3.22 1 12.0 1948 24 CLE AL SS 4 3 5 1 0 .889 .964 2.00 4.85 1949 25 CLE AL SS 76 162 210 21 58 .947 .963 4.89 4.79 1950 26 CLE AL SS 102 178 267 26 64 .945 .961 4.36 4.74 1951 27 CLE AL SS 151 311 425 33 108 .957 .961 4.87 4.72 1952 28 CLE AL SS 96 177 251 27 55 .941 .962 4.46 4.29 1953 29 TOT AL SS 34 68 102 9 26 .950 .966 5.00 4.52 CLE AL SS 31 64 94 8 24 .952 .966 5.10 4.52 DET AL SS 3 4 8 1 2 .923 .968 4.00 4.53 1954 30 DET AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 510 576 1058 72 112 .958 .954 3.20 2.88 135 1174.3 SS 464 899 1260 117 311 .949 .962 4.65 4.63 1B* 285 2249 137 29 222 .988 .991 8.37 8.35 270 2322.7 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 5.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1260 3725 2456 218 645 .966 .971 4.91 4.77
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    CLE BSN     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1954   DET AL   *   4   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1956   DET AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   5   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .800 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1954 (3B)
1956 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1953-AL-8-0.18
1954-AL-26-0.00
1955-AL-16-0.05
Car-675-0.23 shares

On-base %
1953 AL-.390-9
1956 AL-.403-10

Slugging %
1953 AL-.519-4
1955 AL-.476-8
1956 AL-.518-8

OPS
1953 AL-.909-4
1954 AL-.842-10
1955 AL-.822-9
1956 AL-.921-6

Games
1951 AL-151-4

Runs
1953 AL-94-6

Hits
1954 AL-160-9

Total Bases
1953 AL-258-8
1954 AL-253-9

Triples
1953 AL-8-5
1954 AL-7-10
1955 AL-7-8

Home Runs
1953 AL-26-5
1954 AL-20-8
1956 AL-25-9

RBI
1953 AL-114-3
1954 AL-85-10
1955 AL-116-1

Bases on Balls
1953 AL-72-10

Strikeouts
1953 AL-68-7

Singles
1954 AL-114-10

Adjusted OPS+
1953 AL-145-4
1954 AL-132-10
1955 AL-122-8
1956 AL-141-8

Runs Created
1953 AL-99-5
1954 AL-95-10
1956 AL-103-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1953 AL-31-3
1954 AL-24-9
1956 AL-30-8

Batting Wins
1953 AL-3.1-3
1954 AL-2.4-9
1956 AL-2.8-8

Extra-Base Hits
1953 AL-51-10
1954 AL-46-9
1955 AL-49-10

Offensive Win%
1953 AL-.705-5
1954 AL-.667-9
1956 AL-.708-7

Hit By Pitch
1951 AL-5-10
1953 AL-5-10

Sac. Flies
1955 AL-7-5

Intentional Walks
1956 AL-8-6
1957 AL-6-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1954 AL-18-6
1955 AL-16-10
1957 AL-16-8

At Bats per Home Run
1953 AL-19.1-5
1954 AL-27.2-10
1956 AL-19.2-7

Outs
1951 AL-439-6

     

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 45 (544) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.2 (571) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 21.0 (748) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1953: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Al Aber, Steve Gromek, and Dick Weik to the Detroit Tigers for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight, and Joe Ginsberg.

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Bob Shaw to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Fischer and Tito Francona.

May 2, 1959: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Harry Simpson.

August 20, 1959: Selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Braves from the Kansas City Athletics.

May 17, 1960: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Boston Red Sox for Ron Jackson.

September 14, 1960: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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