Cloyd Boyer
[edit] Biography
Born on September 1, 1927 in Alba, Missouri, Cloyd Boyer (Cloyd Victor Boyer) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 5 year career. Boyer broke into the bigs on April 23, 1949 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.52 ERA in 120.1 innings pitched in 1950, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Cloyd Boyer's best season was 1950, when he posted a 3.52 ERA and struck out 82 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1949
| STL
| N
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.80
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.1
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1950
| STL
| N
| 36
| 14
| 7
| 7
| 3.52
| 82
| 52
| 47
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 120.1
| 105
| 15
| 49
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1951
| STL
| N
| 19
| 8
| 2
| 5
| 5.26
| 40
| 42
| 37
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 63.1
| 68
| 9
| 46
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1952
| STL
| N
| 23
| 14
| 6
| 6
| 4.24
| 44
| 56
| 52
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 110.1
| 108
| 11
| 47
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 30
| 11
| 5
| 5
| 6.22
| 32
| 81
| 68
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 98.1
| 107
| 21
| 69
| 3
| 3
| 7
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 82
| 37
| 15
| 18
| 4.24
| 166
| 154
| 140
| 11
| 3
| 2
| 297.1
| 286
| 35
| 149
| 0
| 11
| 10
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 30
| 11
| 5
| 5
| 6.22
| 32
| 81
| 68
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 98.1
| 107
| 21
| 69
| 3
| 3
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 112
| 48
| 20
| 23
| 4.73
| 198
| 235
| 208
| 13
| 3
| 2
| 395.2
| 393
| 56
| 218
| 3
| 14
| 17
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1949
| STL
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| STL
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 22
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .871
|
| 1951
| STL
| N
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1952
| STL
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 112
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 51
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .887
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1949
| STL
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| STL
| N
| 36
| 33
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .182
| .229
| .242
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1951
| STL
| N
| 19
| 20
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .200
| .200
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| STL
| N
| 24
| 38
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 5
| .211
| .250
| .316
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 30
| 29
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .069
| .129
| .069
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 83
| 91
| 10
| 18
| 0
| 8
| .198
| .232
| .275
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 25
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 30
| 29
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .069
| .129
| .069
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 113
| 120
| 12
| 20
| 0
| 8
| .167
| .206
| .225
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 36
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1945).
- Selected by Kansas City Athletics from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 22, 1954).
- Sold by Kansas City Athletics to Chicago White Sox (June 6, 1957).
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