Oil Can Boyd

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 155lb (185cm, 70kg)

Born: October 6, 1959 in Meridian, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jackson State University (Jackson, MS).

High School: Meridian HS (Meridian, MS)

School: Jackson State University (Jackson, MS)

Debut: September 13, 1982 (Age 22-342d, 14,678th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.1 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: October 1, 1991 (Age 31-360d)
vs. SEA 2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: George Kalafatis • Previously: Dennis Coleman

Full Name: Dennis Ray Boyd

Nicknames: Oil Can

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

ERA

4.04

214

207

1389.2

799

WHIP

1.292

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-16 / in Starts: 13-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 2

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	19	4	Apr 6	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	6	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.38	3.89	33	6	13	0	0	6	56			2	1	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.047	.83	-0.04%	0.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
2	20	12	Apr 19	BOS		TEX	L,4-7	GS-9	L(0-2)	12	8.0	8	5	4	3	1	0	0	3.94	3.77	33	8	13	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	29	3	0	1	3	0	1	1.44	0.065	1.04	0.03%	-0.24	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
3	21	17	Apr 24	BOS		CAL	L,7-8	GS-4		4	3.0	9	4	4	1	2	3	0	5.21	5.61	17	2	3	0	0	9	26			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.22	-0.241	.92	-0.11%	-2.83	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	22	23	May 1	BOS	@	DET	L,2-11	4-GF(8)		6	4.2	7	5	5	1	3	2	0	6.08	6.02	22	4	7	0	0	7		1	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.026	.12	0.01%	-2.37	4b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 9
5	23	27	May 5	BOS		CHW	L,5-8	GS-6	L(0-3)	3	5.2	9	8	8	4	1	0	0	7.36	5.73	29	7	8	0	0	9	16			1	0	0	23	4	0	1	1	1	1	.85	-0.276	.46	-0.09%	-5.22	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d8
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	24	50	Jun 3	BOS	@	MIL	W,6-3	GS-7		28	6.2	7	2	2	0	4	1	0	6.50	5.32	27	7	9	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.002	.14	0.00%	0.84	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d1
7	25	55	Jun 8	BOS		MIL	W,11-3	CG	W(1-3)	4	9.0	11	3	0	2	5	0	0	5.20	4.72	39	10	11	1	0	11	62			0	1	0	36	3	0	0	0	1	1	.66	-0.072	.14	-0.01%	1.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
8	26	60	Jun 13	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	L(1-4)	4	8.1	11	4	4	0	7	1	0	5.06	4.40	35	10	7	0	0	11	52			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.033	.52	-0.01%	0.74	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
9	27	63	Jun 16	BOS	@	TOR	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	2	3	2	1	1	0	0	5.37	4.41	5	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.11	-0.030	.03	-0.01%	-3.77	8b 1-- 2 out d3	8b end d 7
10	28	66	Jun 20	BOS		BAL	L,1-4	CG	L(1-5)	3	9.0	4	4	4	2	9	0	1	5.17	4.03	34	9	9	0	0	4	70			1	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	-0.169	.08	-0.01%	0.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
11	29	71	Jun 25	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-4	GS-7	W(2-5)	4	6.1	7	4	4	3	7	0	0	5.22	3.84	27	3	7	0	0	7	47			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.023	.04	0.00%	-1.15	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a2
12	30	76	Jun 30	BOS		SEA	L,1-2	CG	L(2-6)	4	9.0	4	2	2	1	7	1	0	4.85	3.74	32	7	13	0	0	4	77			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	1	0	.93	0.215	.05	0.01%	2.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	31	81	Jul 5	BOS		CAL	W,12-7	GS-6	W(3-6)	4	5.2	8	6	6	1	1	2	0	5.16	4.00	25	10	5	0	0	8	29			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	1	.72	0.021	.03	0.00%	-2.99	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out a5
14	32	86	Jul 13	BOS	@	SEA	W,9-5	GS-8	W(4-6)	7	7.1	11	5	5	2	4	0	0	5.24	3.88	34	8	9	0	0	11	38			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	.98	0.058	.06	0.00%	-0.79	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a4
15	33	91	Jul 18	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-7	GS-1	L(4-7)	4	0.2	4	5	5	1	0	1	0	5.69	4.04	7	1	1	0	0	4	23			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.364	.04	-0.01%	-4.64	1b start tie	1b --- 2 out d5
16	34	95	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	W(5-7)	5	8.1	6	2	1	0	7	0	0	5.31	3.80	32	7	12	0	0	6	72			0	2	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	3	1.38	0.185	.03	0.00%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a1
17	35	101	Jul 29	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(5-8)	4	8.0	4	3	1	3	10	0	0	5.00	3.62	32	8	7	0	0	4	73			0	1	0	28	0	1	0	0	1	2	.68	0.003	.09	0.00%	0.92	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	36	106	Aug 4	BOS		TEX	W,5-2	CG	W(6-8)	5	9.0	6	2	1	1	8	0	0	4.69	3.44	31	8	8	0	0	6	76			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.297	.01	0.00%	2.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	37	112	Aug 8	BOS		DET	W,8-0	SHO	W(7-8)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.36	3.39	33	12	11	0	0	7	74			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.31	0.141	.02	0.01%	4.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
20	38	117	Aug 13	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-6	GS-8	L(7-9)	4	7.0	10	6	6	3	2	1	0	4.53	3.49	33	9	9	0	0	10	32			0	1	0	29	0	2	1	0	1	1	.87	-0.192	.02	0.00%	-3.46	1b start a 1	8b --3 0 out d5
21	39	122	Aug 18(1)	BOS		MIN	L,4-6	GS-9		4	8.0	7	4	4	4	7	0	0	4.53	3.43	34	10	6	0	0	7	55			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.112	.01	0.00%	0.76	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
22	40	128	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	GS-7	W(8-9)	5	7.0	9	4	4	0	9	0	0	4.56	3.28	30	4	8	0	0	9	52			1	0	0	29	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.37	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
23	41	132	Aug 29	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-9)	4	9.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	0	4.30	3.25	31	9	10	0	0	2	85			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.408	.00	0.00%	4.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	42	137	Sep 3	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-5	GS-7	W(10-9)	4	6.0	7	5	5	2	7	2	0	4.42	3.34	28	8	4	0	0	7	43			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a4
25	43	144	Sep 11	BOS		MIL	L,6-14	GS-7	L(10-10)	7	6.0	10	7	5	1	2	1	0	4.53	3.40	28	6	9	0	0	10	29			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.379	.00	0.00%	-2.89	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d1
26	44	148	Sep 16	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	W(11-10)	4	9.0	7	3	3	3	7	1	0	4.45	3.41	36	7	12	1	0	7	65			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.268	.00	0.00%	1.27	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
27	45	153	Sep 21	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-0	SHO	W(12-10)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	9	0	0	4.24	3.30	34	11	8	0	0	5	85			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.385	.00	0.00%	4.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
28	46	158	Sep 26	BOS		TOR	L,4-8	GS-7	L(12-11)	4	7.0	11	7	6	2	3	2	0	4.36	3.41	35	10	9	0	0	11	30			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.394	.00	0.00%	-3.37	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
29	47	162	Sep 30	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	4-7	L(12-12)	3	3.2	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	4.37	3.42	19	7	3	0	0	8		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	-0.240	.00	0.00%	-1.37	4t --- 0 out a1	7t 12- 2 out d2
							13-16		W-L:12-12	4.2	197.2	207	109	96	53	134	18	1	4.37	3.42	835	0.90		0%	0%	207	53	2	50%	10	11	0	769	45	6	5	15	8	13	.96	-0.679	.16	-0.21%	-9.05

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