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Born in Cassville, Missouri, Boyer grew up in Alba, Missouri, as one of fourteen children.All seven boys in the family played professional baseball, with two of his older brothers also reaching the major leagues: Cloyd was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the early 1950s, and Ken became an All-Star third baseman for the Cardinals.
Cloyd Victor Boyer Jr. (September 1, 1927 – September 20, 2021) was an American 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).
With the light-hitting but superb-fielding Yankee third baseman Clete Boyer, Richardson and Kubek gave the Yankees arguably the best defensive infield in baseball in the early 1960s. [78] [79] Richardson was also known for his ability to make contact. [80] He struck out just 243 times, less than 5% of his plate appearances. [14]
Boyer was born in Liberty, Missouri, and grew up in Alba as the fifth of 14 children. He attended Alba High School. All seven boys played professional baseball, with two of his brothers also reaching the major leagues: older brother Cloyd was a pitcher for the Cardinals in the early 1950s, and younger brother Clete became a sharp-fielding third baseman with the Kansas City Athletics, New York ...
Ken Boyer and Clete Boyer are the only pair of brothers to have won Gold Glove Awards at third base. Older brother Ken won five Gold Gloves in six years with the Cardinals (1958–1961, 1963), [14] and Clete won in 1969 with the Atlanta Braves. [25]
Cloyd Boyer, Ken Boyer, Clete Boyer: Baseball ... Scores of family members, spanning four generations in competitive martial arts Brazilian jiu-jitsu / Mixed martial arts
Judy Greer had a very specific reason for turning down an audition for Modern Family.. The actress, 49, revealed in a recent episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s podcast Dinner’s on Me that she ...
In his early years, black and white players did not room together on the road, so he roomed with Vic Power even though Power's closest friend on the team was Clete Boyer. [10] In 1957, he had a 22-game hitting streak, which is the all-time Kansas City Athletics team record for the thirteen seasons the franchise played there. [11]