Cloyd Boyer

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Cloyd Boyer
Boyer in about 1952
Pitcher
Born: (1927-09-01) September 1, 1927 Alba, Missouri
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 23, 1949 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 24, 1955 for the Kansas City Athletics
Career statistics
Win-loss record	20–23
Earned run average	4.73
Strikeouts	198
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1949–1952) Kansas City Athletics (1955)

Cloyd Victor Boyer Jr. (born September 1, 1927 in Alba, Missouri) is a former right-handed pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball who played between 1949 and 1955 for the St. Louis Cardinals (1949–52) and Kansas City Athletics (1955).

Boyer was the oldest of fourteen children of marble cutter Chester Vern Boyer (1903–1981^[1]) and his wife, the former Mabel Agnes Means (1907–1971^[2]), including sons Cloyd, Wayne (born 1929), Ken (1931–1982), Lynn (born c.1935), Clete (1937–2007), Ronnie (born 1944) and Lenny (1946–2013^[3]) and daughters Juanita Woodmansee, Leila, Dolores Webb, Pansy Schell, Shirley Lockhart, Bobbi McNary and Marcy Layton. All seven boys played professional baseball, with two of his brothers also reaching the major leagues as third basemen: Ken for the Cardinals, and Clete for the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves.

In a five-season career, Boyer posted a 20-23 record with 198 strikeouts and a 4.73 earned run average in 395⅔ innings pitched, including 13 complete games, three shutouts, and two saves.

Cloyd Boyer also played for the Duluth Dukes, a Cardinals minor league team, in 1947. During the 1947 season in Duluth, Boyer compiled a record of 16 wins against 9 losses. He struck out 239 and easily took the strikeout lead in the Northern League. After that season, he was sold to the Houston Buffs, for whom he played in 1948.

After his playing career, Boyer became a scout, minor league pitching instructor and major league pitching coach — spending much of his time in the New York Yankees organization. He was the pitching coach during Bobby Cox's first term as manager of the Atlanta Braves.

References

↑ "Chester Vern Boyer". Find a Grave. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
↑ "Mabel Agnes Means Boyer". Find a Grave. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
↑ "Leonard E. "Lenny" Boyer". Find a Grave. Retrieved June 19, 2013.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Preceded by Whitey Ford	New York Yankees pitching coach 1975	Succeeded by Art Fowler
Preceded by Johnny Sain	Atlanta Braves pitching coach 1978–1981	Succeeded by Rube Walker
Preceded by Billy Connors	Kansas City Royals pitching coach 1982–1983	Succeeded by Gary Blaylock

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2 Paul Blair 6 Roy White 9 Graig Nettles 10 Chris Chambliss 11 Fred Stanley 14 Lou Piniella 15 Thurman Munson 17 Mickey Rivers 19 Dick Tidrow 20 Bucky Dent 24 Mike Torrez 25 George Zeber 28 Sparky Lyle 29 Catfish Hunter 30 Willie Randolph 31 Ed Figueroa 35 Don Gullett 40 Fran Healy 41 Cliff Johnson 44 Reggie Jackson (World Series MVP) 49 Ron Guidry 50 Ken Clay Manager 1 Billy Martin Coaches 8 Yogi Berra 21 Cloyd Boyer 33 Bobby Cox 42 Art Fowler 32 Elston Howard 34 Dick Howser

Regular season American League Championship Series Rivalry

Persondata
Name	Boyer, Cloyd
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	September 1, 1927
Place of birth	Alba, Missouri
Date of death
Place of death

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