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Ray Boone
Full name Raymond Otis Boone Born July 27, 1923, San Diego, California Died October 17, 2004, San Diego, California Buried at El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, California (Cremated) First Game: September 3, 1948 ; Final Game: August 11, 1960 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 172 Grandfather of Bret Boone Father of Bob Boone Grandfather of Aaron Boone Ejections: 1954 (1), 1956 (1), 1957 (1). Total: 3 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1948 CLE A Daily Splits 6 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 0.1 1948 CLE A
1949 CLE A Daily Splits 86 258 39 65 4 4 4 26 38 0 17 2 9 0 6 11 0 2 .252 .352 .345 0.0 1949 CLE A
1950 CLE A Daily Splits 109 365 53 110 14 6 7 58 56 2 27 2 2 0 2 10 4 3 .301 .397 .430 0.5 1950 CLE A
1951 CLE A Daily Splits 151 544 65 127 14 1 12 51 48 4 36 5 6 0 10 13 5 3 .233 .302 .329 -1.3 1951 CLE A
1952 CLE A Daily Splits 103 316 57 83 8 2 7 45 53 1 33 2 4 0 5 11 0 1 .263 .372 .367 0.9 1952 CLE A
1953 CLE A Daily Splits 34 112 21 27 1 2 4 21 24 1 21 0 3 0 2 3 1 2 .241 .375 .393 0.6 1953 CLE A
1953 DET A Daily Splits 101 385 73 120 16 6 22 93 48 3 47 5 5 0 13 6 2 1 .312 .395 .556 3.2 1953 DET A
1953 TOT A 135 497 94 147 17 8 26 114 72 4 68 5 8 0 15 9 3 3 .296 .390 .519 3.8 1953 TOT A
1954 DET A Daily Splits 148 543 75 160 19 7 20 85 71 4 53 2 2 4 0 7 18 4 2 .295 .376 .466 2.4 1954 DET A
1955 DET A Daily Splits 135 500 61 142 22 7 20 116 50 2 49 1 2 7 0 9 16 1 1 .284 .346 .476 1.2 1955 DET A
1956 DET A Daily Splits 131 481 77 148 14 6 25 81 77 8 46 3 2 5 0 10 13 0 0 .308 .403 .518 2.6 1956 DET A
1957 DET A Daily Splits 129 462 48 126 25 3 12 65 57 6 47 3 4 5 0 5 16 1 1 .273 .353 .418 -1.2 1957 DET A
1958 DET A Daily Splits 39 114 16 27 4 1 6 20 14 1 13 1 2 1 0 2 3 0 2 .237 .323 .447 -0.3 1958 DET A
1958 CHI A Daily Splits 77 246 25 60 12 1 7 41 18 1 33 1 1 3 0 4 6 1 1 .244 .295 .386 -1.1 1958 CHI A
1958 TOT A 116 360 41 87 16 2 13 61 32 2 46 2 3 4 0 6 9 1 3 .242 .304 .406 -1.4 1958 TOT A
1959 CHI A Daily Splits 9 21 3 5 0 0 1 5 7 0 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 .238 .400 .381 0.1 1959 CHI A
1959 KC A Daily Splits 61 132 19 36 6 0 2 12 27 2 17 0 2 0 0 3 4 1 0 .273 .396 .364 0.5 1959 KC A
1959 MIL N Daily Splits 13 15 3 3 0 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .368 .400 0.0 1959 MIL N
1959 TOT A 70 153 22 41 6 0 3 17 34 2 22 0 2 2 0 5 4 2 0 .268 .397 .366 0.6 1959 TOT A
1959 Total 83 168 25 44 6 0 4 19 38 2 24 0 3 2 0 6 5 2 0 .262 .394 .369 0.6 1959 Total
1960 MIL N Daily Splits 7 12 3 3 1 0 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .471 .333 0.1 1960 MIL N
1960 BOS A Daily Splits 34 78 6 16 1 0 1 11 11 0 15 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .205 .300 .256 -0.7 1960 BOS A
1960 Total 41 90 9 19 2 0 1 15 16 0 16 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .211 .327 .267 -0.6 1960 Total
Total NL ( 2 Years) 20 27 6 6 1 0 1 6 9 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .222 .417 .370 0.1 Total NL
Total AL (13 Years) 1353 4562 638 1254 161 46 150 731 599 35 460 27 44 28 0 80 132 21 19 .275 .360 .429 7.5 Total AL
Total (13 Years) Splits 1373 4589 644 1260 162 46 151 737 608 35 463 27 45 28 0 81 133 21 19 .275 .361 .429 7.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1948 CLE A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1948 CLE A
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1954 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1954 AL
1956 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1956 AL
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1948 CLE A Daily Splits SS 4 0 0 9 3 5 1 0 0 .889
1949 CLE A Daily Splits SS 76 68 64 622 162 210 21 58 0 .947
1950 CLE A Daily Splits SS 103 94 94 863.1 178 267 26 64 1 .945
1951 CLE A Daily Splits SS 151 149 139 1317.1 311 425 33 108 0 .957
1952 CLE A Daily Splits SS 96 90 77 787 177 251 27 55 0 .941
1952 CLE A 3B 2 2 2 18 2 2 1 2 0 .800
1952 CLE A 2B 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1953 CLE A Daily Splits SS 31 30 30 269 64 94 8 24 0 .952
1953 DET A Daily Splits 3B 97 97 87 835.1 111 211 14 32 0 .958
1953 DET A SS 3 3 3 25 4 8 1 2 0 .923
1953 TOT A SS 34 33 33 294 68 102 9 26 0 .950
1954 DET A Daily Splits 3B 148 148 132 1272.1 170 332 19 22 0 .964
1954 DET A SS 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
1955 DET A Daily Splits 3B 126 126 121 1107.1 135 252 19 33 0 .953
1956 DET A Daily Splits 3B 130 130 122 1127.1 151 243 17 23 0 .959
1957 DET A Daily Splits 1B 117 117 103 1035.1 972 45 10 103 0 .990
1957 DET A 3B 4 4 3 35 5 12 2 0 0 .895
1958 DET A Daily Splits 1B 32 32 24 254 236 15 3 26 0 .988
1958 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 63 60 50 524.1 511 34 8 45 0 .986
1958 TOT A 1B 95 92 74 778.1 747 49 11 71 0 .986
1959 CHI A Daily Splits 1B 6 5 3 49 37 5 2 2 0 .955
1959 KC A Daily Splits 1B 38 30 15 253 275 23 5 20 0 .983
1959 KC A 3B 3 1 1 12 2 6 0 0 0 1.000
1959 MIL N Daily Splits 1B 3 3 1 21 19 1 0 4 0 1.000
1959 TOT A 1B 44 35 18 302 312 28 7 22 0 .980
1959 Total 1B 47 38 19 323 331 29 7 26 0 .981
1960 MIL N Daily Splits 1B 4 4 2 31 33 3 0 3 0 1.000
1960 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 22 19 13 155 166 11 1 19 0 .994
1960 Total 1B 26 23 15 186 199 14 1 22 0 .995
Total ( 7 Years) Splits 3B 510 508 468 4407.1 576 1058 72 112 0 .958
Total ( 7 Years) SS 465 434 407 3896.2 899 1260 117 311 1 .949
Total ( 4 Years) 1B 285 270 211 2322.2 2249 137 29 222 0 .988
Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1954 AL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) Splits 3B 1 1 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
6- 7-1954(2) BOX DET A Larry Napp Called third strike (Threw bat)
8-26-1956(2) BOX DET A Ed Runge Call at 1B (Threw helmet)
6- 9-1957 BOX DET A Nestor Chylak Fighting
Transaction Information
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 3, 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 ).
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