Ray Boone

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Full Name: Raymond Otis Boone	Primary Position: 3B,SS,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/172	First Game: September 3, 1948
Birthdate: July 27, 1923	Final Game: August 11, 1960
Birthplace: San Diego, California	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: October 17, 2004
Deathplace: San Diego, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Ray Boone (Raymond Otis Boone) was born on July 27, 1923 in San Diego, California. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1948 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1949, his rookie year, he hit .252 with 4 home runs and 26 RBI. Boone played for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Ray Boone's best season was 1953, when he slugged 26 home runs, hit for a .296 average and knocked in 114 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	CLE	A	6	5	0	2	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1949	CLE	A	86	258	39	65	4	26	.252	.352	.345	4	4	38	17	2	9	0	0	11
1950	CLE	A	109	365	53	110	7	58	.301	.397	.430	14	6	56	27	2	2	4	0	10
1951	CLE	A	151	544	65	127	12	51	.233	.302	.329	14	1	48	36	5	6	5	0	13
1952	CLE	A	103	316	57	83	7	45	.263	.372	.367	8	2	53	33	2	4	0	0	11
1953	DET	A	101	385	73	120	22	93	.312	.395	.556	16	6	48	47	5	5	2	0	6
1953	CLE	A	34	112	21	27	4	21	.241	.375	.393	1	2	24	21	0	3	1	0	3
1953	TOT	A	135	497	94	147	26	114	.296	.390	.519	17	8	72	68	5	8	3	0	9
1954	DET	A	148	543	76	160	20	85	.295	.376	.466	19	7	71	53	2	2	4	0	18
1955	DET	A	135	500	61	142	20	116	.284	.346	.476	22	7	50	49	1	2	1	2	16
1956	DET	A	131	481	77	148	25	81	.308	.403	.518	14	6	77	46	3	2	0	8	13
1957	DET	A	129	462	48	126	12	65	.273	.353	.418	25	3	57	47	3	4	1	6	16
1958	DET	A	39	114	16	27	6	20	.237	.323	.447	4	1	14	13	1	2	0	1	3
1958	CHI	A	77	246	25	60	7	41	.244	.295	.386	12	1	18	33	1	1	1	1	6
1958	TOT	A	116	360	41	87	13	61	.242	.304	.406	16	2	32	46	2	3	1	2	9
1959	MIL	N	13	15	3	3	1	2	.200	.368	.400	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	1
1959	KC	A	61	132	19	36	2	12	.273	.396	.364	6	0	27	17	0	2	1	2	4
1959	CHI	A	9	21	3	5	1	5	.238	.400	.381	0	0	7	5	0	0	1	0	0
1959	Total		83	168	25	44	4	19	.262	.394	.369	6	0	38	24	0	3	2	2	5
1959	TOT	A	70	153	22	41	3	17	.268	.397	.366	6	0	34	22	0	2	2	2	4
1960	MIL	N	7	12	3	3	0	4	.250	.471	.333	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
1960	BOS	A	34	78	6	16	1	11	.205	.300	.256	1	0	11	15	0	0	0	0	2
1960	Total		41	90	9	19	1	15	.211	.327	.267	2	0	16	16	0	0	0	0	2
Total	NL		20	27	6	6	1	6	.222	.417	.370	1	0	9	3	0	1	0	0	1
Total	AL		1353	4562	639	1254	150	731	.275	.360	.429	161	46	599	460	27	44	21	20	132
Total			1373	4589	645	1260	151	737	.275	.361	.429	162	46	608	463	27	45	21	20	133

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	CLE	A	SS	4	0	0	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1949	CLE	A	SS	76	0	0	162	210	21	58	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1950	CLE	A	SS	102	0	0	178	267	26	64	0	0	0	0	0	.945
1951	CLE	A	SS	151	0	0	311	425	33	108	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1952	CLE	A	3B	2	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1952	CLE	A	2B	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	CLE	A	SS	96	0	0	177	251	27	55	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1953	DET	A	3B	97	0	0	111	211	14	32	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1953	DET	A	SS	3	0	0	4	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1953	CLE	A	SS	31	0	0	64	94	8	24	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1953	TOT	A	SS	34	0	0	68	102	9	26	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1954	DET	A	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1954	DET	A	3B	148	0	0	170	332	19	22	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1955	DET	A	3B	126	0	0	135	252	19	33	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1956	DET	A	3B	130	0	0	151	243	17	23	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1957	DET	A	1B	117	117	1035.1	972	45	10	103	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1957	DET	A	3B	4	4	35	5	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.895
1958	DET	A	1B	32	32	254	236	15	3	26	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1958	CHI	A	1B	63	60	524.1	511	34	8	45	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1958	TOT	A	1B	95	92	778.1	747	49	11	71	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1959	MIL	N	1B	3	3	21	19	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	KC	A	1B	38	30	253	275	23	5	20	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1959	KC	A	3B	3	1	12	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	CHI	A	1B	6	5	49	37	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1959	Total		1B	47	38	323	331	29	7	26	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1959	TOT	A	1B	44	35	302	312	28	7	22	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1960	MIL	N	1B	4	4	31	33	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	BOS	A	1B	22	19	155	166	11	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1960	Total		1B	26	23	186	199	14	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	.995
Total			2B	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	510	5	47	576	1058	72	112	0	0	0	0	0	.958
Total			1B	285	270	2322.2	2249	137	29	222	0	0	0	0	0	.988
Total			SS	464	0	0	899	1260	117	311	0	0	0	0	0	.949

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1942).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Al Aber, Steve Gromek and Dick Weik to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight and Joe Ginsberg (June 15, 1953).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Bob Shaw to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bill Fischer and Tito Francona (June 15, 1958).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Harry Simpson (May 2, 1959).
Claimed on waivers by Milwaukee Braves from Kansas City Athletics (August 20, 1959).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Ron Jackson (May 17, 1960).
Released by Boston Red Sox (September 14, 1960).

[edit] Trivia

2 Time All-Star: 1954, 1956
1 Time World Series Champion: 1948 Cleveland Indians

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