Clete Boyer

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: February 9, 1937 in Cassville, MO us

Died: June 4, 2007 in Lawrenceville, GA

Buried: Friends Cemetery, Purcell, MO

High School: Alba HS (Alba, MO)

Debut: June 5, 1955 (Age 18-116d, 11,256th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 23, 1971 (Age 34-103d)
vs. NYM 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Cletis Leroy Boyer

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Relatives: Brother of Cloyd Boyer, Ken Boyer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.8

5780

1396

162

.242

645

RBI

654

OBP

.299

SLG

.372

OPS

.670

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	NYY		MIN	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 15	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 17	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
4	4	Apr 20 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,7-5	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 20 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
6	6	Apr 21	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
7	7	Apr 22 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 22 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	T,5-5	CG	30	6.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 23	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS	17	3.1	0	4	0	4	1	3B
10	12 (2)	Apr 27	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	13	Apr 29	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
12	14	Apr 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	15	Apr 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
15	17	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B
16	18	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
17	19	May 5	NYY	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
18	20	May 6	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
19	21	May 7	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
20	22	May 9	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
21	23	May 10	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	24	May 12	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
23	25	May 13	NYY		DET	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
24	26	May 14 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
25	27	May 14 (2)	NYY		DET	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	28	May 16	NYY		WSA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	29	May 17	NYY		WSA	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	3B
28	30	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	44	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
29	31	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	32	May 21 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	33	May 21 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
32	34	May 22	NYY		BAL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
33	35	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	36	May 25	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
35	37	May 28 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,9-14	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
36	38	May 28 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	39	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	3B
38	40	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
39	41	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	42	Jun 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
41	43	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
42	44	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	49	12.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
43	45	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
44	46	Jun 5 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
45	47	Jun 5 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
46	48	Jun 6	NYY		MIN	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
47	49	Jun 7	NYY		MIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
48	50	Jun 8 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
49	51	Jun 8 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
50	52	Jun 9	NYY		KCA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
51	53	Jun 10	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
52	54	Jun 11 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	55	Jun 11 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
54	56	Jun 12	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
55	57	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
56	58	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	59	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	60	Jun 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	5	2	8	1	3B
59	61	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,10-12	CG	40	8.0	0	6	1	7	1	3B
60	62	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	63	Jun 19	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	2	4	0	6	0	3B
62	64	Jun 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	65	Jun 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
64	66	Jun 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	76 (9)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
67	78	Jul 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
68	79	Jul 6	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
69	80	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	3B
70	81	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
71	82	Jul 9 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
72	83	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	84	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
74	85	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	86	Jul 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
76	87	Jul 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
77	88	Jul 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
78	89	Jul 18	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	90	Jul 19 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
80	91	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
81	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-8	GS	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
82	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-9	GS	46	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
83	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	3B
84	95	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	96	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
86	97	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
87	98	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
88	99	Jul 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
89	100	Jul 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
90	101	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	102	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GS	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	105 (2)	Aug 3	NYY		KCA	L,1-6		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	106	Aug 4	NYY		MIN	W,8-5	CG	40	10.0	0	5	0	5	2	3B
94	107	Aug 5	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
95	108	Aug 6 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,7-6	GS	55	15.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B SS
96	109	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B SS
97	110	Aug 7	NYY		LAA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
98	111	Aug 8	NYY		LAA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
99	112	Aug 9	NYY		LAA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B
100	113	Aug 10	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	3B
101	114	Aug 11	NYY	@	WSA	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
102	115	Aug 12	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
103	116	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
104	117	Aug 13 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
105	118	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
106	119	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
107	120	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
108	121	Aug 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
109	122	Aug 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
110	123	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
111	124	Aug 20 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
112	125	Aug 22	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
113	126	Aug 23	NYY	@	LAA	W,8-6	CG	48	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
114	127	Aug 24	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
115	128	Aug 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
116	129	Aug 26	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
117	130	Aug 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
118	131	Aug 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
119	132	Aug 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
120	133	Aug 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	134	Sep 1	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
122	135	Sep 2	NYY		DET	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
123	136	Sep 3	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	3B
124	137	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
125	138	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
126	139	Sep 5	NYY		WSA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
127	140	Sep 6	NYY		WSA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
128	141	Sep 7	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
129	142	Sep 8	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
130	144 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
131	145	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	GS	35	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	3B SS
132	146	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	25	5.2	4	2	0	6	0	3B
133	147	Sep 14 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
134	148	Sep 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	2	2	1	5	0	3B
135	149	Sep 15 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
136	150	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
137	151	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
138	152	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	54	12.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
139	153	Sep 19 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
140	154	Sep 19 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
141	155	Sep 20	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	157 (1)	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
143	158	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
144	159	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
145	160	Sep 27	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
146	161	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
147	162	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS 3B
148	163	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
							153gm		1275.1	170	373	17	560	41