Clete Boyer
American baseball player (1937-2007) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer (February 9, 1937 – June 4, 2007) was an American professional baseball third baseman — who occasionally played shortstop and second base — in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics (1955–57), New York Yankees (1959–66), and Atlanta Braves (1967–71). Boyer also spent four seasons with the Taiyō Whales of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). In his 16-year big league career, Boyer hit 162 home runs, with 654 runs batted in (RBI), and a .242 batting average, in 1,725 games played.[1][2]
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Clete Boyer | |
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Third baseman | |
Born: (1937-02-09)February 9, 1937 Cassville, Missouri, U.S. | |
Died: June 4, 2007(2007-06-04) (aged 70) Lawrenceville, Georgia, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Professional debut | |
MLB: June 5, 1955, for the Kansas City Athletics | |
NPB: April 11, 1972, for the Taiyo Whales | |
Last appearance | |
MLB: May 23, 1971, for the Atlanta Braves | |
NPB: October 16, 1975, for the Taiyo Whales | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .242 |
Home runs | 162 |
Runs batted in | 654 |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .257 |
Home runs | 71 |
Runs batted in | 218 |
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