#80 Ray Boone, Second Base, 37 yrs, Kansas City Athletics Thursday, 10/5/1960 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Ray Boone
7/27/1923 37 USA,CA,SAN DIEGO 6"1 193
Second Base R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Strong Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Average Normal Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 2,000,000 1961 12 Year(s), 165 Days (2229 total Days) 148 Day(s) 13 Year(s), 20 Days (2256 total Days) 13 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Talent | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 2 4 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 3 (Range), .988 (Fielding Pct.) 2B : 7 (Range), .929 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 8 (Range), .960 (Fielding Pct.) SS : 8 (Range), .953 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 10 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
8/20 | @BOS | W 6-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
8/21 | @BOS | L 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #8 | | |
8/31 | WS1 | L 2-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/4 | @DET | W 5-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #8 | | |
9/9 | CHA | L 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/14 | @WS1 | W 13-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/17 | BAL | L 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/18 | BAL | L 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #2 | | |
9/20 | @CLE | L 7-10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/21 | NYY | W 10-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 68 | 98 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 18 | .204 | .339 | .429 | .768 | .747 | .224 |
Projected | 72 | 104 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 19 | .204 | .339 | .429 | .768 | .747 | .224 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 17 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 14.1 | 4.5 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .136 | .208 | .273 | .481 |
vs. RHP | 76 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .224 | .372 | .474 | .846 |
Close/Late | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .429 | .438 | .866 |
Scoring Position | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .174 | .310 | .435 | .745 |
Pinch Hitting | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .459 | .714 | 1.174 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 30 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | .208 | .306 | .434 | .740 |
Road | 38 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 5 | .200 | .362 | .422 | .784 |
May | 15 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .100 | .217 | .300 | .517 |
June | 18 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | .227 | .357 | .455 | .812 |
July | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .227 | .346 | .500 | .846 |
August | 13 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .150 | .308 | .200 | .508 |
Sept/Oct | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .357 | .471 | .786 | 1.256 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1948 | 147 | 500 | 122 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 74 | 66 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 2 | 2 | .244 | .325 | .382 | .707 | CLE |
1949 | 147 | 500 | 144 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 87 | 78 | 70 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 2 | 2 | .288 | .375 | .446 | .821 | CLE |
1950 | 127 | 405 | 107 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 65 | 60 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1 | .264 | .317 | .462 | .778 | CLE |
1951 | 113 | 294 | 76 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 45 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .341 | .435 | .777 | CLE |
1952 | 139 | 457 | 156 | 20 | 4 | 23 | 93 | 88 | 73 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 1 | .341 | .431 | .554 | .985 | CLE,AL |
1953 | 150 | 593 | 200 | 25 | 3 | 30 | 96 | 129 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 3 | .337 | .423 | .541 | .965 | CLE,AL |
1954 | 146 | 600 | 187 | 32 | 3 | 18 | 83 | 123 | 65 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 0 | .312 | .381 | .465 | .846 | CLE,AL |
1955 | 149 | 554 | 177 | 39 | 1 | 21 | 98 | 103 | 80 | 1 | 5 | 67 | 2 | 1 | .319 | .403 | .507 | .910 | CLE,AL |
1956 | 145 | 526 | 151 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 87 | 98 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .373 | .481 | .854 | CLE,AL |
1957 | 147 | 555 | 166 | 27 | 2 | 31 | 122 | 105 | 74 | 5 | 12 | 65 | 0 | 1 | .299 | .379 | .523 | .902 | CLE,AL |
1958 | 133 | 445 | 104 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 66 | 58 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 1 | 0 | .234 | .299 | .400 | .699 | SLN BOS |
1959 | 97 | 199 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .320 | .432 | .752 | BOS |
1960 | 68 | 98 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .339 | .429 | .768 | BOS KC |
Total | 1708 | 5726 | 1661 | 240 | 35 | 247 | 966 | 998 | 724 | 32 | 50 | 636 | 7 | 12 | .290 | .370 | .474 | .844 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1952 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .529 | .556 | .588 | 1.144 |
Total | 4 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .529 | .556 | .588 | 1.144 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 4.50 | | | | |
Second Base | 18 | 11 | 19 | 59 | 11 | 81 | 3 | .963 | 106.2 | 6.83 | | | | |
Third Base | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .800 | 9.0 | 5.00 | | | | |
Shortstop | 18 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 48 | 4 | .917 | 81.0 | 5.33 | | | | |
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All Star Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game... Achievements Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 10/2/1952... Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1953, hitting .520 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... 10/6/1953: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $8,110,000 per year, for 4 years. Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/1956, hitting .517 with 0 HR, 6 RBI... Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game... Injured on 7/23/1956 with a Strained Back, out for one week... Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1956... Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1957, hitting .520 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 8/21/1957... Won Player of the Week award on 8/28/1957, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1957, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1957... Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 2/11/1958 to a 2-year deal worth $6,002,000 per year... Traded from St. Louis (N) to Boston on 7/30/1958 (Going to STL: RF Dick Kokos. Going to BOS: 3B Ray Boone, P Mike Garcia)... 9/6/1959: Signed a contract extension with Boston, $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years. Was claimed off waivers by Kansas City on 5/4/1960.
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1952 - .341 - 1st 1953 - .337 - 5th 1955 - .319 - 10th
| OBP 1952 - .431 - 2nd 1953 - .423 - 7th
| SLG 1952 - .554 - 6th 1953 - .541 - 9th
| OPS 1952 - .985 - 5th 1953 - .965 - 7th
| Hits 1953 - 200 - 1st 1954 - 187 - 4th 1955 - 177 - 10th
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Doubles 1955 - 39 - 2nd
| Triples 1956 - 9 - 1st
| Homeruns 1953 - 30 - 7th 1957 - 31 - 7th
| RBI 1957 - 122 - 3rd
| Runs 1953 - 129 - 2nd 1954 - 123 - 3rd 1955 - 103 - 9th 1956 - 98 - 5th 1957 - 105 - 6th
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