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Clete Boyer
Cletis Leroy Boyer

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

Debut June 5, 1955
Final Game May 23, 1971
Born February 9, 1937 in Cassville, MO
Died June 4, 2007 in Atlanta, GA

Brother of Cloyd Boyer and Brother of Ken Boyer

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        1969 Gold Glove. One of the best thirdbasemen the game has known. He will be missed.

Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 18 KCA AL  47   79    3   19   1  0   0    6   0  0   3  17  .241  .268  .253   41   20   0   0   0   0   3
 1956 19 KCA AL  67  129   15   28   3  1   1    4   1  1  11  24  .217  .284  .279   50   36   2   0   1   1   2
 1957 20 KCA AL  10    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 22 NYY AL  47  114    4   20   2  0   0    3   1  0   6  23  .175  .215  .193   15   22   3   1   2   0   2
 1960 23 NYY AL 124  393   54   95  20  1  14   46   2  3  23  85  .242  .285  .405   90  159   7   5   1   3   7
 1961 24 NYY AL 148  504   61  113  19  5  11   55   1  3  63  83  .224  .308  .347   79  175   1   8   4   2  13
 1962 25 NYY AL 158  566   85  154  24  1  18   68   3  2  51 106  .272  .331  .413  102  234   5   8   8   3  17
 1963 26 NYY AL 152  557   59  140  20  3  12   54   4  2  33  91  .251  .295  .363   84  202   2   2  11   2   5
 1964 27 NYY AL 147  510   43  111  10  5   8   52   6  1  36  93  .218  .269  .304   59  155   3   4  11   1  12
 1965 28 NYY AL 148  514   69  129  23  6  18   58   4  1  39  79  .251  .304  .424  106  218   2   4  10   2  16
 1966 29 NYY AL 144  500   59  120  22  4  14   57   6  0  46  48  .240  .303  .384  101  192   4   6   4   2   9
 1967 30 ATL NL 154  572   63  140  18  3  26   96   6  3  39  81  .245  .292  .423  104  242   0   6   3   2  14 MVP-21
 1968 31 ATL NL  71  273   19   62   7  2   4   17   2  0  16  32  .227  .275  .311   76   85   0   0   3   2   8
 1969 32 ATL NL 144  496   57  124  16  1  14   57   3  7  55  87  .250  .328  .371   95  184   4   3   6   4  16
 1970 33 ATL NL 134  475   44  117  14  1  16   62   2  5  41  71  .246  .305  .381   79  181   3   5   8   1  11
 1971 34 ATL NL  30   98   10   24   1  0   6   19   0  0   8  11  .245  .299  .439  102   43   1   1   2   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1725 5780  645 1396 200 33 162  654  41 28 470 931  .242  .299  .372   86 2148  37  53  74  25 136
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        543   61  131  19  3  15   61   4  3  44  87  .242  .299  .372   86  202   3   5   7   2  13
 Career High    158  572   85  154  24  6  26   96   6  7  63 106  .272  .331  .424  106  242   7   8  11   4  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 18 KCA AL   82   63    5   2.1   103| .241  .267| .268  .347| .253  .398| .521  .746|  41  .196  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1956 19 KCA AL  143  106   10   2.5   106| .217  .267| .284  .349| .279  .408| .563  .757|  50  .236  -9.8  -1.0  50%
 1957 20 KCA AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1959 22 NYY AL  124  100    5   1.3    95| .175  .256| .215  .326| .193  .391| .408  .717|  15  .102 -13.2  -1.4 100%
 1960 23 NYY AL  431  320   44   3.7    96| .242  .256| .285  .329| .405  .392| .690  .721|  90  .412  -6.3  -0.6  40%
 1961 24 NYY AL  578  416   55   3.5   100| .224  .258| .308  .332| .347  .401| .655  .734|  79  .377 -13.5  -1.3  25%
 1962 25 NYY AL  633  444   76   4.6   100| .272  .260| .331  .331| .413  .404| .744  .736| 102  .505   2.3   0.2  60%
 1963 26 NYY AL  596  428   60   3.8    95| .251  .255| .295  .322| .363  .394| .658  .716|  84  .453 -13.5  -1.4  66%
 1964 27 NYY AL  554  419   41   2.6    97| .218  .257| .269  .325| .304  .399| .573  .724|  59  .294 -29.9  -3.1  85%
 1965 28 NYY AL  561  408   63   4.2    91| .251  .250| .304  .319| .424  .382| .728  .702| 106  .515   2.5   0.3  80%
 1966 29 NYY AL  558  399   60   4.0    86| .240  .242| .303  .308| .384  .374| .687  .683| 101  .516   1.0   0.1 100%
 1967 30 ATL NL  619  455   68   4.0    90| .245  .257| .292  .319| .423  .377| .715  .696| 104  .508   0.6   0.1  66%
 1968 31 ATL NL  291  219   22   2.7    82| .227  .253| .275  .311| .311  .357| .586  .668|  76  .377  -9.0  -1.0 100%
 1969 32 ATL NL  562  402   58   3.9    95| .250  .260| .328  .331| .371  .386| .699  .717|  95  .466  -3.0  -0.3  30%
 1970 33 ATL NL  525  382   53   3.7   108| .246  .274| .305  .348| .381  .418| .686  .766|  79  .400 -16.3  -1.6  28%
 1971 34 ATL NL  108   77   13   4.6    97| .245  .266| .299  .334| .439  .390| .738  .724| 102  .550  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     6365 4638  633   3.7    95| .242  .257| .299  .326| .372  .391| .671  .718|  86  .432 -115.2 -11.7  59%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1955 18 KCA AL SS 12 13 13 1 4 .963 .959 2.17 4.04 3B 11 7 17 0 1 1.000 .949 2.18 2.73 2B 10 12 11 2 1 .920 .975 2.30 4.87 1956 19 KCA AL 2B 51 94 110 6 31 .971 .973 4.00 4.74 5.66 5.44 34 324.3 3B 7 6 14 0 3 1.000 .948 2.86 2.79 3.75 3.22 6 48.0 1957 20 KCA AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1959 22 NYY AL SS 26 40 63 1 14 .990 .959 3.96 3.97 4.77 4.87 22 194.3 3B 16 9 27 1 0 .973 .952 2.25 2.72 3.60 3.21 9 90.0 1960 23 NYY AL 3B 99 102 219 11 24 .967 .952 3.24 2.72 3.69 3.14 93 782.3 SS 33 55 78 6 20 .957 .960 4.03 4.37 6.28 5.11 20 190.7 1961 24 NYY AL 3B 141 151 353 17 36 .967 .950 3.57 2.79 3.78 3.18 138 1200.0 SS 12 19 20 0 5 1.000 .956 3.25 4.37 4.66 4.84 8 75.3 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1962 25 NYY AL 3B 157 187 396 22 41 .964 .952 3.71 2.79 3.76 3.08 156 1397.3 1963 26 NYY AL 3B 141 165 309 23 32 .954 .947 3.36 2.85 3.43 3.02 138 1243.3 SS 9 18 34 2 8 .963 .965 5.78 4.56 5.85 4.78 9 80.0 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.70 2.00 5.10 1 9.0 1964 27 NYY AL 3B 123 118 278 13 28 .968 .955 3.22 2.76 3.31 3.03 120 1076.3 SS 21 46 61 3 13 .973 .968 5.10 4.55 5.04 4.78 19 191.0 1965 28 NYY AL 3B 147 134 354 16 46 .968 .960 3.32 2.87 3.45 3.13 140 1274.7 SS 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.40 9.00 4.80 0 3.0 1966 29 NYY AL 3B 85 87 226 11 12 .966 .954 3.68 2.80 3.80 3.03 84 741.0 SS 59 114 170 7 26 .976 .960 4.81 4.41 4.99 4.79 59 512.3 1967 30 ATL NL 3B 150 166 291 14 30 .970 .950 3.05 2.75 3.17 2.96 148 1299.0 SS 6 11 18 1 5 .967 .963 4.83 4.32 6.69 4.98 3 39.0 1968 31 ATL NL 3B 69 74 135 4 17 .981 .954 3.03 2.72 3.06 2.93 67 615.0 1969 32 ATL NL 3B 141 139 275 15 18 .965 .946 2.94 2.63 3.11 2.92 135 1198.3 GG 1970 33 ATL NL 3B 126 107 268 18 21 .954 .945 2.98 2.58 3.09 2.91 123 1091.7 SS 5 6 12 1 1 .947 .963 3.60 4.24 3.45 5.06 5 47.0 1971 34 ATL NL 3B 25 18 56 3 6 .961 .949 2.96 2.32 2.90 2.80 24 229.3 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 9.00 5.40 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 18 KCA AL 2B 10 12 11 2 1 .920 .975 2.30 4.87 1956 19 KCA AL 2B 51 94 110 6 31 .971 .973 4.00 4.74 5.66 5.44 34 324.3 1957 20 KCA AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1963 26 NYY AL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.70 2.00 5.10 1 9.0 1955 18 KCA AL 3B 11 7 17 0 1 1.000 .949 2.18 2.73 1956 19 KCA AL 3B 7 6 14 0 3 1.000 .948 2.86 2.79 3.75 3.22 6 48.0 1957 20 KCA AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1959 22 NYY AL 3B 16 9 27 1 0 .973 .952 2.25 2.72 3.60 3.21 9 90.0 1960 23 NYY AL 3B 99 102 219 11 24 .967 .952 3.24 2.72 3.69 3.14 93 782.3 1961 24 NYY AL 3B 141 151 353 17 36 .967 .950 3.57 2.79 3.78 3.18 138 1200.0 1962 25 NYY AL 3B 157 187 396 22 41 .964 .952 3.71 2.79 3.76 3.08 156 1397.3 1963 26 NYY AL 3B 141 165 309 23 32 .954 .947 3.36 2.85 3.43 3.02 138 1243.3 1964 27 NYY AL 3B 123 118 278 13 28 .968 .955 3.22 2.76 3.31 3.03 120 1076.3 1965 28 NYY AL 3B 147 134 354 16 46 .968 .960 3.32 2.87 3.45 3.13 140 1274.7 1966 29 NYY AL 3B 85 87 226 11 12 .966 .954 3.68 2.80 3.80 3.03 84 741.0 1967 30 ATL NL 3B 150 166 291 14 30 .970 .950 3.05 2.75 3.17 2.96 148 1299.0 1968 31 ATL NL 3B 69 74 135 4 17 .981 .954 3.03 2.72 3.06 2.93 67 615.0 1969 32 ATL NL 3B 141 139 275 15 18 .965 .946 2.94 2.63 3.11 2.92 135 1198.3 1970 33 ATL NL 3B 126 107 268 18 21 .954 .945 2.98 2.58 3.09 2.91 123 1091.7 1971 34 ATL NL 3B 25 18 56 3 6 .961 .949 2.96 2.32 2.90 2.80 24 229.3 1961 24 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1955 18 KCA AL SS 12 13 13 1 4 .963 .959 2.17 4.04 1959 22 NYY AL SS 26 40 63 1 14 .990 .959 3.96 3.97 4.77 4.87 22 194.3 1960 23 NYY AL SS 33 55 78 6 20 .957 .960 4.03 4.37 6.28 5.11 20 190.7 1961 24 NYY AL SS 12 19 20 0 5 1.000 .956 3.25 4.37 4.66 4.84 8 75.3 1963 26 NYY AL SS 9 18 34 2 8 .963 .965 5.78 4.56 5.85 4.78 9 80.0 1964 27 NYY AL SS 21 46 61 3 13 .973 .968 5.10 4.55 5.04 4.78 19 191.0 1965 28 NYY AL SS 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.40 9.00 4.80 0 3.0 1966 29 NYY AL SS 59 114 170 7 26 .976 .960 4.81 4.41 4.99 4.79 59 512.3 1967 30 ATL NL SS 6 11 18 1 5 .967 .963 4.83 4.32 6.69 4.98 3 39.0 1970 33 ATL NL SS 5 6 12 1 1 .947 .963 3.60 4.24 3.45 5.06 5 47.0 1971 34 ATL NL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 9.00 5.40 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1439 1470 3218 168 315 .965 .951 3.26 2.75 1381 12288.3 SS* 186 325 470 22 96 .973 .961 4.27 4.33 145 1333.7 2B* 63 107 122 8 32 .966 .973 3.63 4.76 35 333.3 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1689 1902 3810 198 443 .966 .953 3.38 3.00
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    NYY PIT     L   4  12   1   3  2  1  0   1   0   1  .250  .250  .583   0  0   0   0   0 
 1961   WS    NYY CIN     W   5  15   0   4  2  0  0   3   4   0  .267  .421  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
 1962   WS    NYY SFG     W   7  22   2   7  1  0  1   4   1   3  .318  .333  .500   0  0   0   1   0 
 1963   WS    NYY LAD     L   4  13   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   6  .077  .143  .077   0  0   0   0   0 
 1964   WS    NYY STL     L   7  24   2   5  1  0  1   3   1   5  .208  .231  .375   1  0   0   1   0 
 1969   NLCS  ATL NYM     L   3   9   0   1  0  0  0   3   2   3  .111  .250  .111   0  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        2-3  27  86   5  20  6  1  2  11   7  15  .233  .284  .395   1  0   0   2   0 
  6 Postseason Series   2-4  30  95   5  21  6  1  2  14   9  18  .221  .280  .368   1  0   0   3   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Gold Gloves
1969-NL--3B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1967-NL-21-0.02
Car-1327-0.02 shares

Games
1967 NL-154-10

Triples
1965 AL-6-10

Home Runs
1967 NL-26-7

RBI
1967 NL-96-8

Strikeouts
1960 AL-85-7
1962 AL-106-6

Sac. Flies
1961 AL-8-6
1962 AL-8-7
1966 AL-6-8
1967 NL-6-7

Intentional Walks
1963 AL-11-2
1964 AL-11-4
1965 AL-10-9

Grounded into Double Plays
1962 AL-17-9
1965 AL-16-9
1969 NL-16-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1966 AL-10.4-5

At Bats per Home Run
1967 NL-22.0-7

Outs
1967 NL-455-8

Youngest Player
1955 AL-18-7
1956 AL-19-8

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1361) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1564) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.0 (1068) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

May 31, 1955: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

June 4, 1957: Sent by the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on February 19, 1957. The Kansas City Athletics sent players to be named later, Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, and Wayne Belardi to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, and Billy Hunter. The New York Yankees sent Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

November 29, 1966: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo.

June 2, 1971: Released by the Atlanta Braves.


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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