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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-48 / in Starts: 3-5
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	60 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 10 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	93 (48-24-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (30-17-9)

Most Driven In
D Howser	2
A Carey	2
N Siebern	2
J Pignatano	1
A Pilarcik	1
H Aaron	1
J Adcock	1
F Mantilla	1

Most Driven In By
N Siebern	3
H Aaron	1
L Posada	1
B Daley	1
J Lumpe	1
A Spangler	1
M Jones	1
J Pignatano	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	666	2 (1)	Apr 15	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	5	.73	0.053	1.56	0.07%	1.00	PH
2	667	4 (1)	Apr 21	KCA		CLE	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	8	2.58	-0.062	5.08	-0.07%	-0.30	PH
3	668	5	Apr 22	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	8	.79	-0.024	1.36	-0.03%	-0.81	PH
4	669	6	Apr 23	KCA		CLE	L,8-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	3.94	0.054	8.39	0.07%	-0.08	PH
5	670	7	Apr 24	KCA		MIN	L,6-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	4.11	-0.079	7.70	-0.09%	-0.42	PH
6	671	9 (1)	Apr 27	KCA		CHW	L,1-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	9	.18	-0.005	.27	0.00%	-0.16	PH
7	672	10	Apr 28	KCA		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	8	6.92	-0.176	10.43	-0.16%	-0.78	PH
8	673	12 (1)	Apr 30 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	9	2.03	-0.043	3.05	-0.04%	-0.23	PH 1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	674	14 (1)	May 2	KCA		BOS	W,7-4	6-7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	7	3.30	-0.108	4.92	-0.10%	-0.77	PH
10	675	20 (5)	May 12	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.200	.300	9	1.03	-0.027	1.61	-0.03%	-0.10	PH
11	676	24 (3)	May 15	KCA		LAA	W,5-3	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.100	.091	.200	.291	8	1.38	0.019	1.56	0.01%	-0.14	PH
12	677	28 (3)	May 20	KCA	@	MIN	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.083	.182	.265	9	1.59	-0.041	2.71	-0.04%	-0.17	PH
13	678	29	May 21	KCA		DET	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.077	.167	.244	9	1.41	-0.035	2.41	-0.04%	-0.16	PH
14	679	30	May 22	KCA		DET	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.059	.125	.184	4	.87	-0.056	1.29	-0.05%	-0.94	1B
15	680	31	May 23	KCA		WSA	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.111	.176	.288	9	.09	0.004	.09	0.00%	0.13	PH
16	681	32	May 24	KCA		WSA	W,6-5	7-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.158	.176	.334	8	2.66	0.105	2.10	0.05%	0.61	PH
17	682	38 (5)	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	5	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.250	.318	.568	3	.39	0.047	.49	0.04%	0.00	1B
18	683	39	May 31	KCA	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.241	.296	.538	4	.91	0.035	1.28	0.03%	-0.62	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	684	40	Jun 1	KCA	@	DET	T,4-4	CG(8)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.258	.273	.323	.595	3	1.08	0.082	1.78	0.08%	0.54	1B
20	685	41	Jun 2	KCA	@	WSA	L,4-12	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.263	.306	.569	3	.45	0.000	.59	0.00%	-0.86	1B
21	686	43 (1)	Jun 4	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-5	GS-7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.262	.300	.562	3	1.34	0.081	1.62	0.06%	1.35	1B
22	687	44	Jun 5 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.261	.295	.556	3	1.85	-0.069	1.88	-0.04%	-0.25	1B
23	688	46 (1)	Jun 6	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.244	.255	.289	.544	8	2.61	-0.129	3.24	-0.10%	-0.80	PH
24	689	47	Jun 7	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.250	.283	.533	9	1.67	-0.044	1.64	-0.03%	-0.45	PH
25	690	48	Jun 8 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.245	.277	.521	9	.85	-0.022	.83	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
26	691	49	Jun 8 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,9-6	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.240	.271	.511	7	1.24	0.014	1.02	0.01%	0.04	PH
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Milwaukee Braves
27	692	51	Jun 11 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.255	.286	.541	8	1.51	0.076	2.15	0.07%	0.39	PH
28	693	52	Jun 14	MLN	@	SFG	L,2-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.250	.280	.530	9	.06	-0.002	.08	0.00%	-0.23	PH
29	694	55 (2)	Jun 17	MLN	@	LAD	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.264	.294	.558	9	1.71	0.076	2.06	0.06%	0.62	PH
30	695	62 (6)	Jun 25	MLN		CHC	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.259	.288	.548	9	1.01	-0.025	.99	-0.02%	-0.15	PH
31	696	66 (3)	Jun 30	MLN		CIN	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.273	.302	.575	9	.86	0.044	1.67	0.05%	0.60	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	697	68 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,5-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.268	.296	.564	3	3.38	-0.097	5.39	-0.09%	-0.58	PH
33	698	69	Jul 2 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.254	.281	.535	5	1.49	0.030	1.88	0.02%	-0.12	1B
34	699	70	Jul 3	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.250	.276	.526	8	5.40	-0.123	4.69	-0.06%	-0.35	PH
35	700	71	Jul 4	MLN		LAD	L,5-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.262	.286	.547	5	1.24	-0.084	.91	-0.04%	0.24	1B
36	701	72	Jul 5 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.262	.269	.292	.561	8	2.83	-0.174	.88	-0.03%	-0.75	PH 1B
37	702	75 (2)	Jul 7	MLN		PIT	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.279	.303	.582	7	2.52	0.095	1.40	0.03%	0.25	PH
38	703	76	Jul 8	MLN		PIT	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.275	.299	.574	9	3.38	-0.093	1.35	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
39	704	77	Jul 9	MLN		PIT	L,4-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.271	.294	.566	9	3.16	-0.072	.91	-0.01%	-0.35	PH
40	705	80 (2)	Jul 15	MLN	@	STL	L,4-12	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.282	.294	.576	9	3.39	0.019	.88	0.00%	0.17	PH
41	706	91 (10)	Jul 24	MLN		CIN	L,3-9	4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.265	.278	.294	.572	9	3.34	-0.030	5.67	-0.03%	-0.11	PH
42	707	93 (1)	Jul 26	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.288	.304	.592	8	1.72	0.049	2.34	0.04%	0.12	PH
43	708	95 (1)	Jul 28	MLN		STL	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.284	.300	.584	8	.18	-0.005	.05	0.00%	-0.22	PH
44	709	97 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	MLN		STL	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.280	.296	.576	7	3.02	-0.067	.56	-0.01%	-0.35	PH
45	710	98	Jul 30 (2)	MLN		STL	W,3-2	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.276	.292	.568	8	1.73	-0.042	.21	0.00%	-0.15	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	711	104 (5)	Aug 6	MLN	@	SFG	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.286	.301	.587	8	2.06	0.077	.66	0.02%	0.39	PH
47	712	105	Aug 8	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.282	.297	.579	9	.81	-0.022	.31	-0.01%	-0.46	PH
48	713	113 (7)	Aug 17	MLN		PHI	W,7-6	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.278	.293	.572	9	5.78	-0.330	2.48	-0.09%	-1.53	PH
49	714	117 (3)	Aug 20 (2)	MLN		PHI	L,4-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.275	.289	.564	9	.60	-0.011	.45	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
50	715	121 (3)	Aug 25 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.272	.286	.557	9	1.79	-0.043	1.72	-0.03%	-0.29	PH
51	716	123 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,11-10	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.268	.282	.550	7	2.39	-0.112	2.93	-0.08%	-0.48	PH
52	717	124	Aug 27 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.265	.278	.544	9	2.90	-0.069	4.64	-0.07%	-0.29	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	718	129 (4)	Sep 1	MLN		LAD	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.262	.275	.537	8	1.72	-0.043	2.62	-0.04%	-0.10	PH
54	719	131 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.271	.284	.555	2	.96	0.046	.92	0.03%	0.39	PH
55	720	134 (2)	Sep 5	MLN		PHI	W,5-4	11-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.267	.280	.548	2	2.88	-0.068	1.42	-0.02%	-0.28	PH
56	721	136 (1)	Sep 8	MLN		PIT	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.264	.277	.541	8	7.12	-0.131	4.58	-0.05%	-0.40	PH
57	722	140 (3)	Sep 12	MLN	@	STL	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.261	.274	.535	8	.42	-0.013	.09	0.00%	-0.25	PH
58	723	141	Sep 13	MLN	@	CIN	L,0-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.258	.271	.529	2	4.38	-0.122	.28	-0.01%	-0.51	PH
59	724	143 (1)	Sep 16	MLN	@	LAD	L,7-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.256	.267	.523	9	1.05	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
60	725	144	Sep 17	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.253	.264	.517	6	1.46	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.70	PH
61	726	146 (1)	Sep 19	MLN	@	SFG	L,10-11	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.250	.261	.511	6	2.09	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
62	727	150 (3)	Sep 24 (2)	MLN		CHC	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.247	.258	.506	6	1.73	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
							13-48		93	89	10	21	2	0	0	12	2	0	9	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	.236	.247	.258	.506		1.72	-1.864	1.75	-0.79%	-11.02

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