Clete Boyer

Clete Boyer

1955–1971 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 165 lb · b. 1937 Cossville, MO

Career 1,725 G · 1,396 H · 162 HR · 654 RBI · .242 AVG

Seasons leading his league

13

9 best in baseball 4 league only

39 Top-5 finishes

7 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1962 Best season

Spanning 1961–1969, peaking at 4 titles in 1962.

Led in Third Base Range Factor for 5 straight seasons (1961–1965) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

330th League titles 13
210th Best in baseball 9
619th Top-5 finishes 39

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

13th Third Base Range Factor 3.26
21st Third Base Fielding Percentage .965
23rd Third Base Double Plays 315
36th Third Base Assists 3,218
39th Third Base Putouts 1,470

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Third Base Range Factor	5	1st	5 yrs (1961–1965)	1961 3.57 1962 3.71 1963 3.36 1965 3.32 1964 AL 3.22 1967 #3
Third Base Assists	3	1st	2 yrs (1961–1962)	1961 353 1962 396 1965 AL 354 1963 #3 1967 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1967 NL .970 1969 NL .965 1961 #2 1964 #2 1970 #3
Third Base Double Plays	2	1st	—	1962 41 1965 46 1961 #2 1963 #2 1964 #3 1967 #3
Third Base Putouts	1	1st	—	1962 187 1961 #2 1963 #2 1967 #2 1969 #2

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1969	1	3B FPCT .965
1967	1	3B FPCT .970
1965	3	3B A 354 3B DP 46 3B RF 3.32
1964	1	3B RF 3.22
1963	1	3B RF 3.36
1962	4	3B A 396 3B PO 187 3B DP 41 3B RF 3.71
1961	2	3B A 353 3B RF 3.57

Batting

16 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1955	KC1	AL	47	79	3	19	1	0	0	6	3	17	0	.241	.268	.253	.522
1956	KC1	AL	67	129	15	28	3	1	1	4	11	24	1	.217	.284	.279	.563
1957	KC1	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1959	NYA	AL	47	114	4	20	2	0	0	3	6	23	1	.175	.215	.193	.408
1960	NYA	AL	124	393	54	95	20	1	14	46	23	85	2	.242	.285	.405	.690
1961	NYA	AL	148	504	61	113	19	5	11	55	63	83	1	.224	.309	.347	.656
1962	NYA	AL	158	566	85	154	24	1	18	68	51	106	3	.272	.331	.413	.745
1963	NYA	AL	152	557	59	140	20	3	12	54	33	91	4	.251	.295	.363	.657
1964	NYA	AL	147	510	43	111	10	5	8	52	36	93	6	.218	.269	.304	.573
1965	NYA	AL	148	514	69	129	23	6	18	58	39	79	4	.251	.304	.424	.728
1966	NYA	AL	144	500	59	120	22	4	14	57	46	48	6	.240	.303	.384	.687
1967	ATL	NL	154	572	63	140	18	3	26	96	39	81	6	.245	.292	.423	.716
1968	ATL	NL	71	273	19	62	7	2	4	17	16	32	2	.227	.275	.311	.586
1969	ATL	NL	144	496	57	124	16	1	14	57	55	87	3	.250	.328	.371	.699
1970	ATL	NL	134	475	44	117	14	1	16	62	41	71	2	.246	.305	.381	.686
1971	ATL	NL	30	98	10	24	1	0	6	19	8	11	0	.245	.299	.439	.738
Career	—	—	1,725	5,780	645	1,396	200	33	162	654	470	931	41	.242	.299	.372	.670

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1955	KC1	AL	SS	12	5	58.1	13	13	1	4	27	.963	2.17
			3B	11	6	61.0	7	17	0	1	24	1.000	2.18
			2B	10	5	55.0	12	11	2	1	25	.920	2.30
1956	KC1	AL	2B	51	34	324.1	94	110	6	31	210	.971	4.00
			3B	7	6	48.0	6	14	0	3	20	1.000	2.86
1957	KC1	AL	2B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
			3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1959	NYA	AL	SS	26	22	194.1	40	63	1	14	104	.990	3.96
			3B	16	9	90.0	9	27	1	0	37	.973	2.25
1960	NYA	AL	3B	99	93	782.1	102	219	11	24	332	.967	3.24
			SS	33	20	190.2	55	78	6	20	139	.957	4.03
1961	NYA	AL	3B	141	138	1200.0	151	353	17	36	521	.967	3.57
			SS	12	8	75.1	19	20	0	5	39	1.000	3.25
			OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1962	NYA	AL	3B	157	156	1397.1	187	396	22	41	605	.964	3.71
1963	NYA	AL	3B	141	138	1243.1	165	309	23	32	497	.954	3.36
			SS	9	9	80.0	18	34	2	8	54	.963	5.78
			2B	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1964	NYA	AL	3B	123	120	1076.1	118	278	13	28	409	.968	3.22
			SS	21	19	191.0	46	61	3	13	110	.973	5.10
1965	NYA	AL	3B	147	140	1274.2	134	354	16	46	504	.968	3.32
			SS	2	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	1.50
1966	NYA	AL	3B	85	84	741.0	87	226	11	12	324	.966	3.68
			SS	59	59	512.1	114	170	7	26	291	.976	4.81
1967	ATL	NL	3B	150	148	1299.0	166	291	14	30	471	.970	3.05
			SS	6	3	39.0	11	18	1	5	30	.967	4.83
1968	ATL	NL	3B	69	67	615.0	74	135	4	17	213	.981	3.03
1969	ATL	NL	3B	141	135	1198.1	139	275	15	18	429	.965	2.94
1970	ATL	NL	3B	126	123	1092.0	107	268	18	21	393	.954	2.98
			SS	5	5	47.0	6	12	1	1	19	.947	3.60
1971	ATL	NL	3B	25	24	229.0	18	56	3	6	77	.961	2.96
			SS	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	3B	1,439	1,387	12349.1	1,470	3,218	168	315	4,856	.965	3.26
	—	—	SS	186	150	1392.0	325	470	22	96	817	.973	4.27
	—	—	2B	63	40	388.1	107	122	8	32	237	.966	3.64
	—	—	OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00