Ray Boone

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 172lb (183cm, 78kg)

Born: July 27, 1923 in San Diego, CA us

Died: October 17, 2004 in San Diego, CA

Buried: El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, CA

High School: Herbert Hoover HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: September 3, 1948 (Age 25-038d, 10,541st in major league history)
vs. SLB 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 1960 (Age 37-015d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Raymond Otis Boone

Nicknames: Ike

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Relatives: Father of Bob Boone; Grandfather of Aaron Boone, Bret Boone

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.8

4589

1260

151

.275

644

RBI

737

OBP

.361

SLG

.429

OPS

.789

OPS+

114

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	2	6	1	9	1	SS
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
6	6	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
7	7	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
8	8	Apr 26 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
10	10	Apr 28	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
11	11	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
13	13	May 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
14	14	May 3 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
15	15	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
16	16	May 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
17	17	May 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	18	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
19	19	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
20	21 (1)	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
21	22	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
22	23	May 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	3	6	0	9	0	SS
23	24	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
24	25	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
25	26	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	40	10.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
26	27	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
27	28	May 23	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
28	29	May 24 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
29	30	May 24 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
30	31	May 26	CLE		DET	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	4	4	1	9	3	SS
31	32	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers
32	57	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
33	58	Jun 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-17	CG	51	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
34	59	Jun 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-23	CG	60	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	3B
35	60	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
36	61	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
37	62	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
38	63	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
39	64	Jun 23	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
40	66 (1)	Jun 25	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
41	67	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
42	68	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	2	2	0	4	1	3B
43	69	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	70	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
45	71	Jun 30	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	72	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
47	73	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
48	74	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
49	75	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
50	76	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
51	77	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-7	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
52	78	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
53	79	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	4	0	1	5	0	3B
54	80	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	3B
55	81	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,4-14	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
56	82	Jul 9	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
57	83	Jul 10	DET		SLB	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	84	Jul 11	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	85	Jul 12 (1)	DET		SLB	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	86	Jul 12 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
61	87	Jul 16	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	88	Jul 17	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
63	89	Jul 18	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
64	90	Jul 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	91	Jul 19 (2)	DET		PHA	T,8-8	CG	51	11.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
66	92	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	93	Jul 23 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-6	CG	46	10.0	1	8	0	9	2	3B
68	94	Jul 23 (2)	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
69	95	Jul 24	DET		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
70	96	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,11-15	CG	63	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
71	97	Jul 26 (1)	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
72	98	Jul 26 (2)	DET		NYY	L,4-14	GS	37	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
73	99	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
74	100	Jul 29	DET	@	WSH	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
75	101	Jul 30	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
76	102	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	103	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
78	104	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
79	105	Aug 2 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	106	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	L,0-15	GS	33	5.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
81	107	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	108	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
83	109	Aug 7	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
84	110	Aug 8	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
85	111	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	0	5	0	5	2	3B
86	112	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	T,8-8	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
87	113	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
88	114	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
89	115	Aug 12	DET	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	3B
90	116	Aug 13	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	41	10.1	4	1	0	5	1	3B
91	117	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
92	118	Aug 15	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
93	119	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
94	120	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
95	121	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
96	122	Aug 20	DET		CLE	L,7-13	CG	54	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	123	Aug 21	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
98	124	Aug 22	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
99	125	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
100	126	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
101	127	Aug 25	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	47	11.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
102	128	Aug 26	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	129	Aug 27	DET		WSH	L,5-12	GS	38	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
104	130	Aug 28	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
105	131	Aug 29	DET		WSH	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	3	3B
106	132	Aug 30 (1)	DET		PHA	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	133	Aug 30 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-1	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
108	134	Aug 31 (1)	DET		PHA	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
109	135	Aug 31 (2)	DET		PHA	L,4-10	GS	28	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	136	Sep 1	DET		PHA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
111	137	Sep 2	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
112	138	Sep 3	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
113	139	Sep 4	DET	@	SLB	L,6-14	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
114	140	Sep 5	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	38	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
115	141	Sep 6	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
116	142	Sep 7 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
117	143	Sep 7 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
118	144	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
119	145	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
120	146	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
121	147	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
122	148	Sep 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
123	149	Sep 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
124	150	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
125	151	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
126	152	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
127	153	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
128	154	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
129	156 (1)	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	50	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
130	157	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	GS	34	6.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
131	158	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS	25	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
							131gm		1129.1	179	313	23	515	58