Clete Boyer

1955–1971 · bats R / throws R · Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees

1,725G

.242AVG

.299OBP

.372SLG

More career statistics

1,396H

162HR

654RBI

41SB

2Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	5,780	5,781
Batting · Plate appearances	6,365	6,368
Batting · RBI	654	655
Batting · Walks	470	472

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,725	6,365	5,780	645	1,396	200	33	162	654	470	931	41	28	25	53	2,148	.242	.299	.372	.671

Streaks

15longest hitting streak · 1966-06-01 to 1966-06-16

36longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
66	Three Hits, Three Strikeouts	1962-09-09	1 in 1,070 games	box score ↗
62	Three Sacrifice Bunts	1960-07-24	1 in 730 games	box score ↗
39	2 triples	1966-06-03	1 in 1,837 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	853	3014	643	69	318	241	408	.237	.293	.362
Away	872	3354	753	93	337	231	523	.245	.293	.380

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	170	636	118	20	66	54	95	.208	.270	.340
May	301	1120	250	30	114	95	147	.249	.308	.391
June	296	1113	237	25	119	88	164	.236	.292	.359
July	324	1225	299	35	145	84	166	.268	.313	.407
August	353	1268	271	33	107	95	190	.234	.289	.362
September	269	968	214	19	100	54	161	.239	.277	.357
October	12	38	7	0	4	2	8	.200	.237	.257

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	149	541	132	18	57	32	76	.265	.303	.417
cleveland-guardians	146	512	98	11	48	38	96	.211	.266	.331
boston-red-sox	139	476	109	8	43	28	78	.249	.288	.363
baltimore-orioles	139	490	97	13	46	37	87	.218	.273	.345
chicago-white-sox	134	442	87	7	25	33	60	.217	.271	.314
kansas-city-athletics	128	492	109	8	52	46	72	.249	.315	.371
minnesota-twins	100	392	86	8	32	33	63	.244	.304	.365
washington-senators-1961-71	97	374	88	12	48	26	43	.257	.305	.406

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1955	Kansas City Athletics	47	79	19	–	6	–	.241	–	–
1956	Kansas City Athletics	67	129	28	1	4	1	.217	–	–
1957	Kansas City Athletics	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1959	New York Yankees	47	114	20	–	3	1	.175	–	–
1960	New York Yankees	124	393	95	14	46	2	.242	–	–
1961	New York Yankees	148	504	113	11	55	1	.224	–	–
1962	New York Yankees	158	566	154	18	69	3	.272	–	–
1963	New York Yankees	152	557	140	12	54	4	.251	–	–
1964	New York Yankees	147	510	111	8	52	6	.218	–	–
1965	New York Yankees	148	515	129	18	58	4	.250	–	–
1966	New York Yankees	144	500	120	14	57	6	.240	–	–
1967	Atlanta Braves	154	572	140	26	96	6	.245	–	–
1968	Atlanta Braves	71	273	62	4	17	2	.227	–	–
1969	Atlanta Braves	144	496	124	14	57	3	.250	–	–
1970	Atlanta Braves	134	475	117	16	62	2	.246	–	–
1971	Atlanta Braves	30	98	24	6	19	–	.245	–	–