About Clete Boyer
Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer was an American professional baseball third baseman—who occasionally played shortstop and second base—in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics (1955–1957), New York Yankees (1959–1966), and Atlanta Braves (1967–1971). Boyer also spent four seasons with the Taiyō Whales of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). In his 16-year big league career, Boyer hit 162 home runs, with 654 runs batted in (RBI), and a.242 batting average, in 1,725 games played. He batted.242 with 14 home runs and 46 RBIs as the Yankees won the pennant. He also came within nine assists of the third base record of 405 set by Harlond Clift of the 1937 St.
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