Clete Boyer Stats

Clete Boyer was born on Tuesday, February 9, 1937, in Cassville, Missouri. Boyer was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 5, 1955, with the Kansas City Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Clete Boyer baseball stats page.

"As the ball left the bat (in the 1962 World Series) I said to myself two things. The first thing I said was, 'Hello double.' The second thing I said was, 'Oh shit, he's (Willie Mays) out there.'" - Clete Boyer

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Clete Boyer

Clete Boyer Autograph on a 1971 Topps (#374)

Clete Boyer Autograph on a 1971 Topps (#374)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Cletis Leroy Boyer
Nickname:   Clete
Born On:   02-09-1937
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Cassville, Missouri
Zodiac:   Aquarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-04-2007
Place of Death Data Died In:   Lawrenceville, Georgia
Cemetery:   Cremated
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   182
First Game:   06-05-1955 (Age 18)
Last Game:   05-23-1971
Draft:   Not Applicable
Clete Boyer

Clete Boyer Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Clete Boyer

Clete Boyer Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1955 Athletics 47 79 3 19 1 0 0 0 6 3 0 17 0 0 0 3 .241 .268 .253
1956 Athletics 67 129 15 28 3 1 1 0 4 11 1 24 2 0 1 2 .217 .284 .279
1957 Athletics 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1959 Yankees 47 114 4 20 2 0 0 0 3 6 2 23 3 1 0 2 .175 .215 .193
1960 Yankees 124 393 54 95 20 1 14 0 46 23 1 85 7 5 3 7 .242 .285 .405
1961 Yankees 148 504 61 113 19 5 11 0 55 63 4 83 1 8 2 13 .224 .308 .347
1962 Yankees 158 566 85 154 24 1 18 1 68 51 8 106 5 8 3 17 .272 .331 .413
1963 Yankees 152 557 59 140 20 3 12 1 54 33 11 91 2 2 2 5 .251 .295 .363
1964 Yankees 147 510 43 111 10 5 8 0 52 36 11 93 3 4 1 12 .218 .269 .304
1965 Yankees 148 514 69 129 23 6 18 1 58 39 10 79 2 4 2 16 .251 .304 .424
1966 Yankees 144 500 59 120 22 4 14 0 57 46 4 48 4 6 2 9 .240 .303 .384
1967 Braves 154 572 63 140 18 3 26 2 96 39 3 81 0 6 2 14 .245 .292 .423
1968 Braves 71 273 19 62 7 2 4 0 17 16 3 32 0 0 2 8 .227 .275 .311
1969 Braves 144 496 57 124 16 1 14 0 57 55 6 87 4 3 4 16 .250 .328 .371
1970 Braves 134 475 44 117 14 1 16 0 62 41 8 71 3 5 1 11 .246 .305 .381
1971 Braves 30 98 10 24 1 0 6 0 19 8 2 11 1 1 0 1 .245 .299 .439
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
16 Years 1,725 5,780 645 1,396 200 33 162 5 654 470 74 931 37 53 25 136 .242 .299 .372
Clete Boyer

Clete Boyer Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1955 Athletics 2B 10 - - 25 2.5 23 12 11 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .920 0.00 -
1955 Athletics 3B 11 - - 24 2.2 24 7 17 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1955 Athletics SS 12 - - 27 2.3 26 13 13 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 -
1956 Athletics 2B 51 - - 210 4.1 204 94 110 6 31 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00 -
1956 Athletics 3B 7 - - 20 2.9 20 6 14 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1957 Athletics 2B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1957 Athletics 3B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1959 Yankees 3B 16 - - 37 2.3 36 9 27 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1959 Yankees SS 26 - - 104 4.0 103 40 63 1 14 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00 -
1960 Yankees 3B 99 - - 332 3.4 321 102 219 11 24 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1960 Yankees SS 33 - - 139 4.2 133 55 78 6 20 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1961 Yankees 3B 141 - - 521 3.7 504 151 353 17 36 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1961 Yankees RF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1961 Yankees SS 12 - - 39 3.3 39 19 20 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1962 Yankees 3B 157 - - 605 3.9 583 187 396 22 41 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1963 Yankees 2B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1963 Yankees 3B 141 - - 497 3.5 474 165 309 23 32 n/a n/a n/a .954 0.00 -
1963 Yankees SS 9 - - 54 6.0 52 18 34 2 8 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 -
1964 Yankees 3B 123 - - 409 3.3 396 118 278 13 28 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 -
1964 Yankees SS 21 - - 110 5.2 107 46 61 3 13 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1965 Yankees 3B 147 - - 504 3.4 488 134 354 16 46 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 -
1965 Yankees SS 2 - - 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1966 Yankees 3B 85 - - 324 3.8 313 87 226 11 12 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1966 Yankees SS 59 - - 291 4.9 284 114 170 7 26 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 -
1967 Braves 3B 150 - - 471 3.1 457 166 291 14 30 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1967 Braves SS 6 - - 30 5.0 29 11 18 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1968 Braves 3B 69 - - 213 3.1 209 74 135 4 17 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00 -
1969 Braves 3B 141 - - 429 3.0 414 139 275 15 18 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00 -
1970 Braves 3B 126 - - 393 3.1 375 107 268 18 21 n/a n/a n/a .954 0.00 -
1970 Braves SS 5 - - 19 3.8 18 6 12 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00 -
1971 Braves 3B 25 - - 77 3.1 74 18 56 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00 -
1971 Braves SS 1 - - 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
3B Totals 1,439 0 0 4,856 3.4 4,688 1,470 3,218 168 315 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00 --
SS Totals 186 0 0 817 4.4 795 325 470 22 96 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 --
2B Totals 63 0 0 237 3.8 229 107 122 8 32 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 --
RF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
16 Years 1,689 - - 5,910 3.5 5,712 1,902 3,810 198 443 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 --
Clete Boyer

Clete Boyer Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1955 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.6 13.2 - - -
1956 Athletics 1 1 .500 - - n/a 129.0 5.4 32.3 - - -
1957 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1959 Yankees 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 5.0 38.0 - - -
1960 Yankees 2 3 .400 - - n/a 28.1 4.6 8.5 - - -
1961 Yankees 1 3 .250 - - n/a 45.8 6.1 9.2 - - -
1962 Yankees 3 2 .600 - - n/a 31.4 5.3 8.3 - - -
1963 Yankees 4 2 .667 - - n/a 46.4 6.1 10.3 - - -
1964 Yankees 6 1 .857 - - n/a 63.8 5.5 9.8 - - -
1965 Yankees 4 1 .800 - - n/a 28.6 6.5 8.9 - - -
1966 Yankees 6 0 1.000 - - n/a 35.7 10.4 8.8 - - -
1967 Braves 6 3 .667 - - n/a 22.0 7.1 6.0 - - -
1968 Braves 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 68.3 8.5 16.1 - - -
1969 Braves 3 7 .300 - - n/a 35.4 5.7 8.7 - - -
1970 Braves 2 5 .286 - - n/a 29.7 6.7 7.7 - - -
1971 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 16.3 8.9 5.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
16 Years 41 28 .594 - - n/a 35.7 6.2 8.8 - - -
Clete Boyer

Clete Boyer Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1955 Kansas City Athletics 12 Undetermined - -
1956 Kansas City Athletics 12 Undetermined - -
1957 Kansas City Athletics 12 Undetermined - -
1959 New York Yankees 34 Undetermined - -
1960 New York Yankees 34 Undetermined - Stats
1961 New York Yankees 6, 34 Undetermined - Stats
1962 New York Yankees 6 Undetermined - Stats
1963 New York Yankees 6 Undetermined - Stats
1964 New York Yankees 6 Undetermined - Stats
1965 New York Yankees 6 Undetermined - -
1966 New York Yankees 6 $31,500.00 - -
1967 Atlanta Braves 6 Undetermined - -
1968 Atlanta Braves 6 Undetermined - -
1969 Atlanta Braves 6 Undetermined - -
1970 Atlanta Braves 6 Undetermined - -
1971 Atlanta Braves 6 Undetermined - -


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