Bob Boyd

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: October 1, 1919 in Potts Camp, MS us

Died: September 7, 2004 in Wichita, KS

Buried: Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, KS

High School: New Albany HS (New Albany, MS)

Debut: 1947 (10,206th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: September 8, 1951 (Age 31-342d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1961 (Age 41-358d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1953 season)

Full Name: Robert Richard Boyd

Nicknames: Rope

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.5

2078

620

.298

276

RBI

201

OBP

.355

SLG

.396

OPS

.750

OPS+

108

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 9)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	BAL	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
2	2	Apr 14	BAL		NYY	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 15	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
4	4	Apr 16	BAL		NYY	W,7-4	GS	28	6.2	11	0	0	11	2	1B
5	6 (1)	Apr 18	BAL		WSH	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
6	7	Apr 19 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
7	8	Apr 19 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
8	9	Apr 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
9	10	Apr 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	34	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
10	11	Apr 23	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
11	12	Apr 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
12	13	Apr 26 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
13	14	Apr 26 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
14	15	Apr 29	BAL	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	27	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
15	16	Apr 30	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 1	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
17	18	May 2	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS	26	8.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
18	19	May 3	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
19	20	May 5	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
20	21	May 6	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
21	22	May 7	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-1	GS	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
22	23	May 8	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
23	24	May 9	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
24	26 (1)	May 10 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
25	27	May 11	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
26	28	May 14	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
27	29	May 15	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
28	30	May 16	BAL		DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
29	31	May 17 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,8-7	CG	46	11.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
30	32	May 17 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
31	33	May 18	BAL		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
32	34	May 19	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
33	35	May 20	BAL		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
34	36	May 22	BAL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
35	37	May 23	BAL		NYY	L,5-13	GS	23	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
36	38	May 24 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
37	40 (1)	May 26	BAL		WSH	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
38	41	May 27	BAL		WSH	L,0-6		12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
39	44 (2)	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	49 (4)	Jun 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	71	16.2	17	1	0	18	2	1B
41	50	Jun 5	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
42	51	Jun 6	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
43	55 (3)	Jun 11	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
44	56	Jun 13	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
45	57	Jun 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
46	58	Jun 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
47	59	Jun 15	BAL		DET	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
48	60	Jun 17	BAL		DET	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
49	61	Jun 18	BAL		DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
50	62	Jun 19 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
51	63	Jun 19 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
52	64	Jun 20	BAL		KCA	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
53	65	Jun 21	BAL		KCA	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	5	1B
54	66	Jun 23	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
55	68 (1)	Jun 25	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
56	73 (4)	Jun 30	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	74	Jul 1	BAL		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
58	75	Jul 2	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
59	79 (3)	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
60	80	Jul 9 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-0	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
61	81	Jul 9 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-0	GS	27	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
62	82	Jul 10	BAL	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
63	84 (1)	Jul 12	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-1	GS	28	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
64	85	Jul 14 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
65	86	Jul 14 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
66	89 (2)	Jul 18 (1)	BAL		DET	W,5-2	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
67	91 (1)	Jul 19	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
68	93 (1)	Jul 22	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
69	94	Jul 23	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
70	96 (1)	Jul 25	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	59	14.0	17	4	1	22	4	1B
71	101 (4)	Jul 29	BAL	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
72	102	Jul 30	BAL	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
73	103	Jul 31	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	104	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
75	105	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
76	106	Aug 2 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	1B
77	107	Aug 4	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
78	108	Aug 5 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
79	109	Aug 5 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,7-1	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
80	111 (1)	Aug 7	BAL		CLE	L,5-8	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
81	112	Aug 9	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
82	113	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
83	114	Aug 14	BAL		WSH	L,3-7	GS	22	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
84	115	Aug 15	BAL		WSH	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
85	116	Aug 16	BAL		WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
86	117	Aug 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
87	118	Aug 19	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
88	119	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
89	121 (1)	Aug 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
90	122	Aug 23	BAL	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
91	124 (1)	Aug 25	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	130 (5)	Sep 2	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
93	132 (1)	Sep 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-0	GS	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
94	133	Sep 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	12	0	0	12	1	1B
95	134	Sep 6	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH 1B
96	135	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-0	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
97	136	Sep 7 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,1-8	CG	45	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
98	138 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
99	139	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	GS	28	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
100	141 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	55	16.0	17	1	0	18	1	1B
101	142	Sep 12	BAL		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
102	143	Sep 13 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,5-9	CG	44	10.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
103	146 (2)	Sep 15	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
104	148 (1)	Sep 18	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
105	149	Sep 19	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
106	150	Sep 20	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
107	151	Sep 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
108	152	Sep 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
109	154 (1)	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-2	GS	40	10.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
							109gm		878.0	927	46	15	988	88