Royce Clayton

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**Royce Clayton**

Toronto Blue Jays — No. --
Shortstop
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
September 9, 1991 for the San Francisco Giants
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Batting average	.258
Home runs	109
Runs batted in	711
Teams
San Francisco Giants (1991–1995) St. Louis Cardinals (1996–1998) Texas Rangers (1998–2000) Chicago White Sox (2001–2002) Milwaukee Brewers (2003) Colorado Rockies (2004) Arizona Diamondbacks (2005) Washington Nationals (2006) Cincinnati Reds (2006) Toronto Blue Jays (2007)

Royce Spencer Clayton (born January 2, 1970 in Burbank, California) is a journeyman major league shortstop. He was drafted in the first round (15th pick overall) of the 1988 amateur draft by the San Francisco Giants, and made his major league debut for the Giants on September 9, 1991. In 1997 he was selected to represent the St. Louis Cardinals at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In the 2002 film The Rookie, Royce Clayton is played by Jorge Sanchez in a brief appearance.

On November 29, 2006, Clayton agreed to a 1-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. [1]

[edit] Career Stats

Yr   Ag Tm  Lg G    AB   R   H    2B  3B HR  RBI SB  CS BB  K     AVG  OBP  SLG TB   SF SH IBB HBP GIDP
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1991 21 SF  NL 9    26   0   3    1   0  0   2   0   0  1   6    .115 .148 .154 4    0  0   0  0   1
1992 22 SF  NL 98   321  31  72   7   4  4   24  8   4  26  63   .224 .281 .308 99   2  3   3  0   11
1993 23 SF  NL 153  549  54  155  21  5  6   70  11  10 38  91   .282 .331 .372 204  7  8   2  5   16
1994 24 SF  NL 108  385  38  91   14  6  3   30  23  3  30  74   .236 .295 .327 126  2  3   2  3   7
1995 25 SF  NL 138  509  56  124  29  3  5   58  24  9  38  109  .244 .298 .342 174  3  4   1  3   7
1996 26 STL NL 129  491  64  136  20  4  6   35  33  15 33  89   .277 .321 .371 182  4  2   4  1   13
1997 27 STL NL 154  576  75  153  39  5  9   61  30  10 33  109  .266 .306 .398 229  5  2   4  3   19
1998 28 STL NL 90   355  59  83   19  1  4   29  19  6  40  51   .234 .313 .327 116  3  3   0  2   10
1998 28 TEX AL 50   186  30  53   12  1  5   24  5   5  13  32   .285 .330 .441 82   2  3   1  1   6
1999 29 TEX AL 133  465  69  134  21  5  14  52  8   6  39  100  .288 .346 .445 207  3  9   1  4   6
2000 30 TEX AL 148  513  70  124  21  5  14  54  11  7  42  92   .242 .301 .384 197  3  12  1  3   21
2001 31 CHW AL 135  433  62  114  21  4  9   60  10  7  33  72   .263 .315 .393 170  7  9   2  3   16
2002 32 CHW AL 112  342  51  86   14  2  7   35  5   1  20  67   .251 .295 .365 125  4  7   0  3   7
2003 33 MIL NL 146  483  49  110  16  1  11  39  5   2  49  92   .228 .301 .333 161  4  4   10 3   25
2004 34 COL NL 146  574  95  160  36  4  8   54  10  5  48  125  .279 .338 .397 228  2  24  0  4   13
2005 35 ARI NL 143  522  59  141  28  4  2   44  13  3  38  105  .270 .320 .351 83   2  10  0  1   19
2006 36 WAS NL 87   305  36  82   22  0  0   27  8   3  19  53   .269 .315 .348 106  5  5   3  4   8
2006 36 CIN NL 22   75   8   18   2   1  2   8   4   2  6   16   .240 .296 .347 26   0  0   0  0   1
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TOTALS         2003 7110 906 1839 343 55 109 706 227 98 546 1346 .259 .313 .368 2619 58 108 34 43  206
16 Seasons

Stats as of August 9, 2006