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Oil Can Boyd
Dennis Ray Boyd

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 155 lb.
School Jackson State University

Debut September 13, 1982
  vs. CLE 5.3 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L
Final Game October 1, 1991
Born October 6, 1959 in Meridian, MS

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        That's what they get for building a park on the ocean. --Boyd, after a 1986 Red Sox-Indians game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (on the shore of Lake Erie) was postponed due to fog.

Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 22 BOS AL   0   1   3   1   0   0   0  0    8.3   11    5    5   2    2    2   0   1    37   0   0  5.40  4.33   80 1.560
 1983 23 BOS AL   4   8  15  13   5   0   2  0   98.7  103   46   36   9   23   43   1   3   413   0   1  3.28  4.36  133 1.277
 1984 24 BOS AL  12  12  29  26  10   3   2  0  197.7  207  109   96  18   53  134   1   5   835   5   1  4.37  4.20   96 1.315
 1985 25 BOS AL  15  13  35  35  13   3   0  0  272.3  273  117  112  26   67  154   4   1  1132   3   1  3.70  4.32  117 1.248
 1986 26 BOS AL  16  10  30  30  10   0   0  0  214.3  222   99   90  32   45  129   2   3   893   1   0  3.78  4.19  111 1.246
 1987 27 BOS AL   1   3   7   7   0   0   0  0   36.7   47   31   24   6    9   12   2   0   167   1   2  5.89  4.56   77 1.527
 1988 28 BOS AL   9   7  23  23   1   0   0  0  129.7  147   82   77  25   41   71   2   0   561   2   5  5.34  4.13   77 1.450
 1989 29 BOS AL   3   2  10  10   0   0   0  0   59.0   57   31   29   8   19   26   0   2   246   0   0  4.42  4.13   93 1.288
 1990 30 MON NL  10   6  31  31   3   3   0  0  190.7  164   64   62  19   52  113   3   3   774  10   3  2.93  3.65  125 1.133
 1991 31 TOT      8  15  31  31   1   1   0  0  182.3  196   96   93  21   57  115   0   2   773   3   4  4.59  3.79   83 1.388
         MON NL   6   8  19  19   1   1   0  0  120.3  115   49   47   9   40   82   0   2   496   2   3  3.52  3.65  104 1.288
         TEX AL   2   7  12  12   0   0   0  0   62.0   81   47   46  12   17   33   0   0   277   1   1  6.68  4.06   61 1.581
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .503  78  77 214 207  43  10   4  0 1389.7 1427  680  624 166  368  799  15  20  5831  25  17  4.04  4.10  102 1.292
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  34  33   6   1   0  0  224.3  230  109  100  26   59  129   2   3   941   4   2  4.04  4.10  102 1.292
 Career High     16  15  35  35  13   3   2  0  272.3  273  117  112  32   67  154   4   5  1132  10   5  2.93  4.36  133 1.133

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1990 30 MON NL  31   59    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  20  .051  .051  .051  -71    3  12   0   0   0   1
 1991 31 TOT     19   36    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  19  .083  .154  .083  -31    3   3   0   0   0   0
         MON NL  19   36    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  19  .083  .154  .083  -31    3   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      50   95    2    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  39  .063  .092  .063  -55    6  15   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        308    6   19   0  0   0    6   0  0  10 126  .063  .092  .063  -55   19  49   0   0   0   3
 Career High     31   59    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  20                           3  12   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1990 30 MON NL   71   69    0   0.0    95| .051  .260| .051  .325| .051  .390| .102  .715| -71  .000 -13.6  -1.4   0%
 1991 31 TOT      42   36    1   0.8    93| .083  .256| .154  .324| .083  .384| .237  .708| -31  .041  -6.4  -0.7   0%
         MON NL   42   36    1   0.8    93| .083  .256| .154  .324| .083  .384| .237  .708| -31  .041  -6.4  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      113  105    1   0.3    94| .063  .258| .092  .325| .063  .388| .155  .713| -55  .006 -20.0  -2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 22 BOS AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.73 1.08 1.84 1 8.3 1983 23 BOS AL P 15 5 10 1 1 .938 .955 1.00 0.73 1.37 1.80 13 98.7 1984 24 BOS AL P 29 20 31 2 3 .962 .959 1.76 0.70 2.32 1.79 26 197.7 1985 25 BOS AL P 35 42 41 1 2 .988 .953 2.37 0.70 2.74 1.86 35 272.3 1986 26 BOS AL P 30 24 27 2 4 .962 .957 1.70 0.68 2.14 1.83 30 214.3 1987 27 BOS AL P 7 4 11 0 0 1.000 .955 2.14 0.67 3.68 1.84 7 36.7 1988 28 BOS AL P 23 8 15 2 0 .920 .962 1.00 0.67 1.60 1.78 23 129.7 1989 29 BOS AL P 10 7 10 0 1 1.000 .960 1.70 0.66 2.59 1.88 10 59.0 1990 30 MON NL P 31 7 24 3 1 .912 .957 1.00 0.58 1.46 1.80 31 190.7 1991 31 TOT P 31 11 17 0 1 1.000 .956 0.90 0.59 1.38 1.84 31 182.3 MON NL P 19 7 11 0 0 1.000 .957 0.95 0.59 1.35 1.86 19 120.3 TEX AL P 12 4 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.83 0.58 1.45 1.80 12 62.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 22 BOS AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.73 1.08 1.84 1 8.3 1983 23 BOS AL P 15 5 10 1 1 .938 .955 1.00 0.73 1.37 1.80 13 98.7 1984 24 BOS AL P 29 20 31 2 3 .962 .959 1.76 0.70 2.32 1.79 26 197.7 1985 25 BOS AL P 35 42 41 1 2 .988 .953 2.37 0.70 2.74 1.86 35 272.3 1986 26 BOS AL P 30 24 27 2 4 .962 .957 1.70 0.68 2.14 1.83 30 214.3 1987 27 BOS AL P 7 4 11 0 0 1.000 .955 2.14 0.67 3.68 1.84 7 36.7 1988 28 BOS AL P 23 8 15 2 0 .920 .962 1.00 0.67 1.60 1.78 23 129.7 1989 29 BOS AL P 10 7 10 0 1 1.000 .960 1.70 0.66 2.59 1.88 10 59.0 1990 30 MON NL P 31 7 24 3 1 .912 .957 1.00 0.58 1.46 1.80 31 190.7 1991 31 TOT P 31 11 17 0 1 1.000 .956 0.90 0.59 1.38 1.84 31 182.3 MON NL P 19 7 11 0 0 1.000 .957 0.95 0.59 1.35 1.86 19 120.3 TEX AL P 12 4 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.83 0.58 1.45 1.80 12 62.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 214 128 187 11 13 .966 .957 1.47 0.66 2.04 1.82 207 1389.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 214 128 187 11 13 .966 .957 1.47 0.66 2.04 1.82 207 1390
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   2   2   4.61  1  1  0  0  13.2  17   7   3   8 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   1   1   7.71  0  1  0  0   7     9   6   1   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   3   3   5.66  1  2  0  0  20.2  26  13   4  11 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1990 NL-12-5

ERA
1990 NL-2.93-8

Wins
1986 AL-16-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1990 NL-1.133-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1990 NL-7.74-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1985 AL-2.21-5
1986 AL-1.89-2
1990 NL-2.45-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1984 AL-6.10-8

Innings
1985 AL-272.3-2

Games Started
1985 AL-35-7

Comp. Games
1984 AL-10-9
1985 AL-13-4
1986 AL-10-8

Shutouts
1984 AL-3-7
1985 AL-3-4
1990 NL-3-3

Home Runs Allow.
1986 AL-32-7
1988 AL-25-7

Hits Allowed
1985 AL-273-1

SO to Walk
1984 AL-2.53-5
1985 AL-2.30-6
1986 AL-2.87-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1985 AL-112-8

Batters Faced
1985 AL-1132-2

Adjusted ERA+
1990 NL-125-10

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 29 (799) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (1023) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

July 21, 1991: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later, Jonathan Hurst, and Joey Eischen. The Texas Rangers sent Travis Buckley (minors) (September 1, 1991) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

October 31, 1991: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Boston Red Sox$177,500
1986Boston Red Sox$375,000
1987Boston Red Sox$550,000
1988Boston Red Sox$550,000
1989Boston Red Sox$550,000
1990Montreal Expos$400,000
1991Montreal Expos$1,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,102,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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