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: 19-16 / in Starts: 19-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	48	1	Apr 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	5	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.57	2.97	28	6	8	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.098	1.12	0.08%	1.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
2	49	4	Apr 13	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.25	2.37	32	8	13	0	0	5	73			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.222	1.26	0.18%	2.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	50	9	Apr 18	BOS	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	1	2.74	2.51	31	5	12	0	0	7	53			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.144	1.10	-0.09%	0.54	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a1
4	51	13	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.1	6	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.07	3.02	28	4	12	1	0	5	50			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.051	1.50	0.04%	0.60	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a2
5	52	18	Apr 28	BOS		KCR	L,2-5	GS-9	L(2-1)	4	8.1	11	5	5	2	12	2	0	3.58	3.16	37	5	7	0	0	11	51			0	0	0	35	3	1	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.186	.71	-0.13%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d3
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
6	53	23	May 3	BOS	@	OAK	W,10-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	8	0	0	2	12	0	1	2.89	2.75	38	5	10	1	0	8	81			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.223	.49	0.12%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
7	54	27	May 8	BOS		CAL	W,6-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	7	6	0	0	2.59	2.90	37	4	16	1	0	4	74			3	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	.92	0.327	.91	0.20%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	55	31	May 14	BOS		SEA	L,0-5	GS-3	L(4-2)	5	2.1	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.10	2.87	16	0	5	0	0	8	26			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.293	.81	-0.17%	-3.62	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d4
9	56	35	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(4-3)	4	8.1	10	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.98	2.96	34	12	10	0	0	9	58			1	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.078	1.16	-0.04%	1.63	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out d1
10	57	40	May 24	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-4)	4	8.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.78	2.97	30	10	9	0	0	5	68			1	2	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	0	.88	0.250	.59	0.10%	3.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	58	44	May 29	BOS		MIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.48	2.92	34	12	9	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.313	.21	0.08%	4.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
12	59	49	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	9	5	5	2	9	2	0	2.73	3.05	36	9	7	0	0	9	56			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.203	.66	0.06%	-0.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	60	53	Jun 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,12-0	SHO	W(7-4)	5	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.49	3.00	31	14	8	0	0	3	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.337	.51	0.18%	4.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
14	61	58	Jun 14	BOS		TOR	W,4-1	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	11	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.37	2.93	37	11	10	0	0	11	64			1	2	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.367	1.72	0.35%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	62	63	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	L,3-9	GS-8	L(8-5)	4	7.1	11	8	7	1	2	2	1	2.75	3.15	37	8	14	0	0	11	27			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	1	1	.60	-0.309	1.26	-0.39%	-2.87	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d3
16	63	68	Jun 24	BOS		DET	W,9-2	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	8	2	1	0	2.70	3.38	39	9	14	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	2	1	0	.99	0.342	1.39	0.29%	2.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
17	64	72	Jun 29	BOS		BAL	L,4-16	GS-4	L(9-6)	4	4.0	9	7	6	0	1	2	0	3.03	3.54	21	4	7	0	0	9	19			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	2	0	.73	-0.430	.76	-0.27%	-4.87	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
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
18	65	77	Jul 4	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS-8	L(9-7)	4	7.0	7	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.20	3.58	30	13	5	1	0	6	45			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.490	.62	-0.19%	-2.42	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out d1
19	66	82	Jul 9	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.19	3.52	35	12	11	2	0	7	62			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.70	0.029	.92	0.01%	1.23	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
20	67	87	Jul 14	BOS	@	SEA	W,6-2	GS-8	W(11-7)	4	7.2	6	2	2	0	7	0	0	3.15	3.39	28	9	6	1	0	6	66			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.407	.42	0.13%	2.76	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a4
21	68	89	Jul 19	BOS		CAL	L,2-3	CG	L(11-8)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.14	3.42	35	11	12	4	0	6	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	0.134	.88	0.07%	1.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	69	94	Jul 24	BOS		OAK	W,6-5	GS-9		4	8.2	8	5	5	0	2	4	0	3.24	3.66	33	17	6	0	0	8	50			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.245	.70	0.11%	0.54	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
23	70	99	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	L,5-7	GS-10	L(11-9)	5	9.0	11	7	7	2	7	2	0	3.43	3.71	38	14	5	0	0	10	42			0	1	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.260	.41	-0.06%	-2.71	1t start tie	10t -23 0 out d2
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
24	71	105	Aug 4	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS-8		4	8.0	10	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.43	3.65	33	15	6	0	0	10	52			2	1	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.086	.29	-0.01%	1.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
25	72	109	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	GS-8	L(11-10)	5	7.1	12	5	5	4	3	0	0	3.53	3.64	34	11	4	0	0	12	33			0	2	0	29	2	0	0	1	1	0	.56	-0.261	.13	-0.04%	-1.97	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d3
26	73	114	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	7	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.54	3.63	28	5	12	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.054	.06	0.00%	0.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
27	74	119	Aug 21	BOS		TEX	L,3-5	CG	L(11-11)	4	9.0	10	5	4	1	5	1	0	3.56	3.62	35	15	4	1	0	10	53			0	3	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
28	75	123	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.1	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.66	3.65	28	7	10	2	0	8	38			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.257	.00	0.00%	-1.83	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 1 out tie
29	76	128	Aug 31(1)	BOS	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS-7		4	7.0	9	4	4	2	1	0	1	3.71	3.65	33	11	9	1	0	9	42			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
30	77	133	Sep 5(1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-6	GS-8	W(12-11)	4	8.0	11	4	2	1	1	0	0	3.66	3.62	35	15	7	1	0	11	48			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	1	.70	-0.029	.00	0.00%	0.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
31	78	139	Sep 10(2)	BOS		BAL	W,5-3	GS-9	W(13-11)	4	8.2	8	3	3	2	7	1	0	3.64	3.61	35	7	11	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.476	.00	0.00%	1.67	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out a2
32	79	146	Sep 17	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	GS-8	W(14-11)	6	7.1	9	5	5	1	5	2	0	3.71	3.66	31	8	8	0	0	9	44			0	1	0	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.202	.00	0.00%	-1.19	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a2
33	80	150	Sep 22	BOS		DET	W,6-2	GS-7	W(15-11)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.65	3.61	29	8	7	0	0	6	65			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.342	.00	0.00%	2.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
34	81	155	Sep 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	GS-8	L(15-12)	4	7.1	7	5	5	2	5	1	0	3.72	3.62	31	12	5	1	0	7	47			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	.59	-0.111	.00	0.00%	-0.54	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out d2
35	82	162	Oct 5	BOS		MIL	L,2-3	GS-9	L(15-13)	7	8.1	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.70	3.58	35	10	13	3	0	8	57			1	0	0	34	4	0	1	0	0	1	1.50	-0.095	.00	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out d2
							19-16		W-L:15-13	4.3	272.1	273	117	112	67	154	26	4	3.70	3.58	1132	1.04		3%	0%	269	55		---%	15	18	0	1045	52	6	3	16	7	9	.96	1.102	.59	0.62%	23.62

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