Bob Boyd (MLB)

Full Name: Robert Richard Boyd	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/170	First Game: September 8, 1951
Birthdate: October 1, 1919	Final Game: September 24, 1961
Birthplace: Potts Camp, Mississippi	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: September 7, 2004
Deathplace: Wichita, Kansas
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Bob Boyd (Robert Richard Boyd) was born on October 1, 1919 in Potts Camp, Mississippi. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1951 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1953, his rookie year, he hit .297 with 3 home runs and 23 RBI. Boyd played for the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Braves and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Bob Boyd's best season was 1957, when he hit for a .318 average.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	CHI	A	12	18	3	3	0	4	.167	.286	.278	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
1953	CHI	A	55	165	20	49	3	23	.297	.352	.412	6	2	13	11	1	3	1	0	3
1954	CHI	A	29	56	10	10	0	5	.179	.233	.232	3	0	4	3	0	1	2	0	3
1956	BAL	A	70	225	28	70	2	11	.311	.395	.400	8	3	30	14	1	6	0	2	6
1957	BAL	A	141	485	73	154	4	34	.318	.388	.408	16	8	55	31	2	8	2	3	4
1958	BAL	A	125	401	58	124	7	36	.309	.350	.439	21	5	25	24	2	1	1	1	5
1959	BAL	A	128	415	42	110	3	41	.265	.312	.345	20	2	29	14	1	12	3	1	12
1960	BAL	A	71	82	9	26	0	9	.317	.364	.427	5	2	6	5	0	0	0	1	4
1961	MIL	N	36	41	3	10	0	3	.244	.256	.244	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	1
1961	KC	A	26	48	7	11	0	9	.229	.240	.271	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
1961	Total		62	89	10	21	0	12	.236	.247	.258	2	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	2
Total	NL		36	41	3	10	0	3	.244	.256	.244	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	1
Total	AL		657	1895	250	557	19	172	.294	.351	.391	81	23	166	107	7	31	9	8	38
Total			693	1936	253	567	19	175	.293	.349	.388	81	23	167	114	7	31	9	8	39

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1951	CHI	A	1B	6	0	0	36	1	0	8	0	1.000
1953	CHI	A	1B	29	0	0	275	16	0	25	0	1.000
1953	CHI	A	OF	16	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	.963
1954	CHI	A	1B	12	0	0	51	2	1	3	0	.981
1954	CHI	A	OF	13	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	.955
1956	BAL	A	1B	60	0	0	469	24	5	46	0	.990
1956	BAL	A	OF	8	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	BAL	A	1B	132	117	1085.2	1073	70	10	107	0	.991
1957	BAL	A	LF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	BAL	A	OF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1958	BAL	A	1B	99	87	798	757	53	5	85	0	.994
1959	BAL	A	1B	109	101	878	927	46	15	88	1	.985
1960	BAL	A	1B	17	3	63	64	4	0	9	0	1.000
1961	MIL	N	1B	3	2	21	20	5	0	3	0	1.000
1961	KC	A	1B	8	7	55	44	2	0	4	0	1.000
1961	Total		1B	11	9	76	64	7	0	7	0	1.000
Total			LF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	38	0	2	51	1	2	0	0	.963
Total			1B	475	317	2900.2	3716	223	36	378	1	.991

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1950).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Cardinals (@May 25, 1954).
Selected by Baltimore Orioles from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 27, 1955).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Al Pilarcik, Jim Archer, Wayne Causey and Clint Courtney to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Russ Snyder and Whitey Herzog (January 24, 1961); Clint Courtney returned to Baltimore Orioles (April 14, 1961).
Sold by Kansas City Athletics to Milwaukee Braves (June 10, 1961).

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