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Bob Boyd
Robert Richard Boyd (Rope or El Ropo)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 8, 1951
Final Game September 24, 1961
Born October 1, 1919 in Potts Camp, MS
Died September 7, 2004 in Wichita, KS

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 31 CHW AL  12   18    3    3   0  1   0    4   0  0   3   3  .167  .286  .278   54    5   0           0   0
 1953 33 CHW AL  55  165   20   49   6  2   3   23   1  4  13  11  .297  .352  .412  103   68   3           1   3
 1954 34 CHW AL  29   56   10   10   3  0   0    5   2  0   4   3  .179  .233  .232   27   13   1   0       0   3
 1956 36 BAL AL  70  225   28   70   8  3   2   11   0  5  30  14  .311  .395  .400  118   90   6   0   2   1   6
 1957 37 BAL AL 141  485   73  154  16  8   4   34   2  4  55  31  .318  .388  .408  125  198   8   2   3   2   4 MVP-16
 1958 38 BAL AL 125  401   58  124  21  5   7   36   1  1  25  24  .309  .350  .439  122  176   1   3   1   2   5
 1959 39 BAL AL 128  415   42  110  20  2   3   41   3  1  29  14  .265  .312  .345   83  143  12   4   1   1  12
 1960 40 BAL AL  71   82    9   26   5  2   0    9   0  0   6   5  .317  .364  .427  115   35   0   0   1   0   4
 1961 41 TOT     62   89   10   21   2  0   0   12   0  2   2   9  .236  .247  .258   37   23   0   2   0   0   2
         KCA AL  26   48    7   11   2  0   0    9   0  2   1   2  .229  .240  .271   36   13   0   1   0   0   1
         MLN NL  36   41    3   10   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   7  .244  .256  .244   38   10   0   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      693 1936  253  567  81 23  19  175   9 17 167 114  .293  .349  .388  105  751  31  11   8   7  39
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        453   59  133  19  5   4   41   2  4  39  27  .293  .349  .388  105  176   7   3   2   2   9
 Career High    141  485   73  154  21  8   7   41   3  5  55  31  .318  .395  .439  125  198  12   4   3   2  12
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 31 CHW AL   21   15    1   1.8   100| .167  .265| .286  .346| .278  .389| .564  .735|  54  .156  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1953 33 CHW AL  182  126   22   4.7   105| .297  .273| .352  .350| .412  .402| .764  .752| 103  .523   0.3   0.0  20%
 1954 34 CHW AL   61   50    3   1.6   101| .179  .269| .233  .345| .232  .393| .465  .738|  27  .144  -5.8  -0.6 100%
 1956 36 BAL AL  262  172   35   5.4    99| .311  .258| .395  .338| .400  .393| .795  .731| 118  .557   7.2   0.7   0%
 1957 37 BAL AL  552  349   80   6.2    93| .318  .255| .388  .326| .408  .384| .796  .710| 125  .653  18.3   1.8  33%
 1958 38 BAL AL  432  287   62   5.8    93| .309  .254| .350  .322| .439  .387| .789  .709| 122  .632  11.6   1.2  50%
 1959 39 BAL AL  461  334   44   3.5    96| .265  .257| .312  .328| .345  .393| .657  .720|  83  .402  -9.3  -0.9  75%
 1960 40 BAL AL   88   60   12   5.4   100| .317  .262| .364  .336| .427  .401| .791  .737| 115  .583   1.5   0.2   0%
 1961 41 TOT      93   74    5   1.8   103| .236  .264| .247  .335| .258  .411| .505  .746|  37  .149  -8.0  -0.7   0%
         KCA AL   50   41    2   1.3   105| .229  .265| .240  .340| .271  .412| .511  .753|  36  .088  -4.4  -0.4   0%
         MLN NL   43   33    3   2.4   100| .244  .263| .256  .328| .244  .409| .500  .737|  38  .233  -3.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2152 1467  264   4.8    96| .293  .258| .349  .330| .388  .391| .737  .722| 105  .538  14.6   1.6  34%

* 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 31 CHW AL 1B 6 36 1 0 8 1.000 .989 6.17 8.48 1953 33 CHW AL 1B 29 275 16 0 25 1.000 .989 10.03 8.85 OF 16 26 0 1 0 .963 .981 1.62 2.18 15 0 1 1954 34 CHW AL OF 13 20 1 1 0 .955 .977 1.62 2.17 13 0 0 1B 12 51 2 1 3 .981 .991 4.42 8.00 1956 36 BAL AL 1B 60 469 24 5 46 .990 .990 8.22 7.99 9.11 9.43 54 487.3 OF 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.62 2.04 2.22 2.35 2 20.3 RF 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.80 2.39 2.07 1 11.3 LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.70 3.00 2.10 1 9.0 1957 37 BAL AL 1B 132 1073 70 10 107 .991 .992 8.66 7.58 9.47 8.29 117 1085.7 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1958 38 BAL AL 1B 99 757 53 5 85 .994 .991 8.18 8.47 9.14 9.60 87 798.0 1959 39 BAL AL 1B 109 927 46 15 88 .985 .990 8.93 8.27 9.97 9.84 101 878.0 1960 40 BAL AL 1B 17 64 4 0 9 1.000 .991 4.00 8.04 9.71 9.59 3 63.0 1961 41 TOT 1B 11 64 7 0 7 1.000 .989 6.45 8.36 8.41 9.56 9 76.0 KCA AL 1B 8 44 2 0 4 1.000 .989 5.75 8.29 7.53 9.46 7 55.0 MLN NL 1B 3 20 5 0 3 1.000 .988 8.33 8.57 10.71 9.81 2 21.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 31 CHW AL 1B 6 36 1 0 8 1.000 .989 6.17 8.48 1953 33 CHW AL 1B 29 275 16 0 25 1.000 .989 10.03 8.85 1954 34 CHW AL 1B 12 51 2 1 3 .981 .991 4.42 8.00 1956 36 BAL AL 1B 60 469 24 5 46 .990 .990 8.22 7.99 9.11 9.43 54 487.3 1957 37 BAL AL 1B 132 1073 70 10 107 .991 .992 8.66 7.58 9.47 8.29 117 1085.7 1958 38 BAL AL 1B 99 757 53 5 85 .994 .991 8.18 8.47 9.14 9.60 87 798.0 1959 39 BAL AL 1B 109 927 46 15 88 .985 .990 8.93 8.27 9.97 9.84 101 878.0 1960 40 BAL AL 1B 17 64 4 0 9 1.000 .991 4.00 8.04 9.71 9.59 3 63.0 1961 41 TOT 1B 11 64 7 0 7 1.000 .989 6.45 8.36 8.41 9.56 9 76.0 KCA AL 1B 8 44 2 0 4 1.000 .989 5.75 8.29 7.53 9.46 7 55.0 MLN NL 1B 3 20 5 0 3 1.000 .988 8.33 8.57 10.71 9.81 2 21.0 1956 36 BAL AL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.70 3.00 2.10 1 9.0 1957 37 BAL AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1953 33 CHW AL OF 16 26 0 1 0 .963 .981 1.62 2.18 15 0 1 1954 34 CHW AL OF 13 20 1 1 0 .955 .977 1.62 2.17 13 0 0 1956 36 BAL AL OF 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.62 2.04 2.22 2.35 2 20.3 1957 37 BAL AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1956 36 BAL AL RF 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.80 2.39 2.07 1 11.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B* 475 3716 223 36 378 .991 .991 8.29 8.11 371 3388.0 OF* 38 51 1 2 0 .963 .979 1.37 2.14 2 22.3 32 0 6# RF* 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.80 1 11.3 LF* 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.70 1 11.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 513 3767 224 38 378 .991 .991 7.78 7.67
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1957-AL-16-0.03
Car-1221-0.03 shares

Batting Average
1957 AL-.318-4

On-base %
1957 AL-.388-7

Triples
1957 AL-8-4

Singles
1957 AL-126-4

Adjusted OPS+
1957 AL-125-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1957 AL-18-9

Batting Wins
1957 AL-1.8-9

Offensive Win%
1957 AL-.653-9

Sac. Hits
1959 AL-12-4

Caught Stealing
1956 AL-5-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1957 AL-15.6-5

Oldest Player
1956 AL-36-10
1957 AL-37-8
1958 AL-38-7
1959 AL-39-4
1960 AL-40-2
1961 AL-41-1
1961 NL-41-1

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1472) (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 1950 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

May 25, 1954: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 27, 1955: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1955 rule 5 draft.

January 24, 1961: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Jim Archer, Wayne Causey, Clint Courtney, and Al Pilarcik to the Kansas City Athletics for Russ Snyder and Whitey Herzog. Clint Courtney returned to original teams on April 14, 1961.

June 10, 1961: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Kansas City Athletics.


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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