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Oil Can Boyd

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 155lb (185cm, 70kg)

Born: October 6, 1959 in Meridian, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jackson State University (Jackson, MS).

High School: Meridian HS (Meridian, MS)

School: Jackson State University (Jackson, MS)

Debut: September 13, 1982 (Age 22-342d, 14,678th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.1 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: October 1, 1991 (Age 31-360d)
vs. SEA 2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: George Kalafatis • Previously: Dennis Coleman

Full Name: Dennis Ray Boyd

Nicknames: Oil Can

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

ERA

4.04

214

207

1389.2

799

WHIP

1.292

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-20 / in Starts: 11-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	184	3	Apr 10	MON	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	9	6	6	0	3	0	0	12.46	1.47	22	77	49	10	8	7	12	8	1	0	24			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	2	0	1.19	-0.409	1.54	-0.32%	-3.22	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 1 out d2
2	185	8	Apr 15	MON		STL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	4	1	1	0	6.35	4.36	27	95	53	15	4	10	12	5	0	0	54			0	2	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.052	1.10	0.03%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	186	13	Apr 21	MON		NYM	L,5-9	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	6.2	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	6.00	3.69	28	96	63	16	9	9	13	3	4	0	48			2	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.234	1.74	-0.16%	-0.17	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d1
4	187	17	Apr 26	MON	@	STL	L,0-4	GS-6	L(0-3)	4	5.0	9	4	4	3	1	1	0	6.26	4.38	23	97	62	15	8	6	13	6	3	0	31			1	2	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.112	.56	-0.04%	-1.63	1b start tie	6b --3 0 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	188	22	May 3	MON		SDP	W,4-1	GS-7	W(1-3)	6	7.0	4	1	1	2	7	1	0	5.10	4.19	26	96	62	23	8	7	10	3	1	0	70			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.270	.56	0.09%	2.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
6	189	27	May 8	MON		SFG	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.2	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	4.54	3.70	19	71	48	16	7	6	8	3	0	0	60			0	2	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	.81	0.249	.51	0.09%	2.38	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out a4
7	190	31	May 13	MON	@	LAD	L,3-8	GS-6	L(1-4)	4	6.0	6	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.75	3.77	24	95	64	11	11	5	14	6	1	0	47			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.112	.90	-0.06%	-1.31	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
8	191	36	May 18	MON	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS-8	W(2-4)	4	7.0	3	1	0	3	6	0	0	4.07	3.58	25	97	59	22	4	7	9	2	2	0	72			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.263	.51	0.10%	2.47	1b start a 1	8b -2- 0 out a3
9	192	40	May 23	MON		PHI	L,0-2	GS-8	L(2-5)	4	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.65	3.31	31	104	66	18	11	9	15	6	4	0	71			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.267	.71	0.14%	2.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	193	45	May 28	MON	@	PHI	L,0-12	GS-5	L(2-6)	4	5.0	7	6	5	1	2	2	0	4.09	3.68	25	77	54	9	5	7	15	5	3	0	32			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	2	.78	-0.212	.43	-0.07%	-3.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	194	53	Jun 7	MON	@	ATL	W,11-2	GS-8	W(3-6)	9	7.2	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.76	3.51	30	104	64	19	9	12	10	2	1	0	67			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.250	.20	0.03%	2.46	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out a6
12	195	58	Jun 12	MON		CIN	W,10-9	GS-5		4	4.2	8	6	6	6	5	1	0	4.26	3.75	27	90	52	19	8	4	12	2	2	0	23			1	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.229	.27	-0.03%	-4.15	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out a2
13	196	63	Jun 17	MON		HOU	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.95	3.60	30	97	66	15	10	15	10	2	1	0	67			0	2	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.267	.26	0.05%	2.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	197	68	Jun 22	MON	@	CIN	W,7-4	GS-5	W(4-6)	4	5.0	4	1	1	5	3	1	0	3.83	3.81	23	85	43	11	7	9	6	1	1	0	53			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.153	.67	0.04%	1.38	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
15	198	72	Jun 27	MON	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-5	L(4-7)	4	5.0	9	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.01	3.70	25	97	68	20	7	6	14	7	1	0	36			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.309	.62	-0.09%	-1.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	199	77	Jul 2	MON		NYM	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.82	3.72	25	94	59	17	8	10	10	1	3	0	70			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.244	.10	0.01%	2.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
17	200	82	Jul 7	MON	@	PIT	L,1-6	GS-6	L(4-8)	4	6.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.86	3.70	27	81	51	14	9	7	14	4	2	0	46			1	0	0	23	3	1	1	0	1	0	.98	-0.168	.04	-0.01%	-0.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
18	201	85	Jul 14(1)	MON		LAD	W,3-2	GS-7	W(5-8)	6	6.1	5	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.80	3.63	26	97	64	10	13	9	8	3	1	0	58			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.048	.02	0.00%	0.53	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
19	202	90	Jul 19	MON		SFG	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.52	3.46	33	102	71	20	15	6	18	4	6	0	84			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.200	.01	0.00%	4.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
				Player went from Montreal Expos to Texas Rangers
20	203	91	Jul 24	TEX		BOS	L,1-2	GS-5	L(6-9)	4	5.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.52	3.45	23	97	57	14	9	5	11	3	0	0	48			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.017	2.29	-0.02%	0.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
21	204	96	Jul 30	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-11	GS-3	L(6-10)	5	2.1	5	7	7	3	2	2	0	3.95	3.68	15	68	36	14	3	2	8	2	3	0	18			1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.424	1.77	-0.39%	-4.37	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	205	101	Aug 4	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.84	3.66	25	115	68	15	8	11	10	1	2	0	56			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.161	1.15	0.12%	1.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
23	206	106	Aug 10	TEX		MIL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(6-11)	5	6.1	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.99	3.71	29	83	55	14	3	11	13	5	1	0	38			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	-0.142	.63	-0.05%	-1.14	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d2
24	207	112	Aug 15	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-9	GS-7	L(6-12)	4	7.0	14	9	9	3	3	2	0	4.35	3.87	35	100	65	14	9	12	17	8	1	0	13			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	.54	-0.438	.11	-0.05%	-5.65	1b start tie	7b 3 out d8
25	208	118	Aug 20	TEX		BAL	L,6-8	GS-5		4	5.0	8	6	6	0	5	1	0	4.56	3.86	23	91	61	12	14	6	12	4	0	0	32			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.406	.32	-0.10%	-3.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	209	130	Sep 2	TEX		NYY	W,7-2	GS-5	W(7-12)	12	5.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.41	3.82	20	79	52	11	9	7	10	4	4	0	58			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.271	.43	0.06%	2.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
27	210	136	Sep 9	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(7-13)	6	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	2	0	4.42	3.90	24	82	58	9	12	10	8	2	0	0	52			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.116	.09	-0.01%	-0.03	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
28	211	141	Sep 14	TEX		MIN	W,3-0	GS-7	W(8-13)	4	7.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.24	3.82	26	87	57	11	9	14	9	4	2	0	70			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.363	.04	0.01%	3.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
29	212	146	Sep 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-6		5	5.0	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.32	3.81	24	64	46	11	5	11	12	6	1	0	34			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.180	.06	-0.01%	-0.73	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out tie
30	213	152	Sep 26	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-10	GS-5	L(8-14)	5	4.2	5	6	5	1	2	3	0	4.46	4.00	20	67	46	18	4	5	12	2	1	0	33			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.226	.00	0.00%	-3.75	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d6
31	214	158	Oct 1	TEX		SEA	L,1-8	GS-3	L(8-15)	4	2.2	5	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.59	4.03	13	47	33	9	7	4	7	1	0	0	34			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.204	.00	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d2
							11-20		W-L:8-15	4.6	182.1	196	96	93	57	115	21	0	4.59	4.03	773	2732	64%	17%	9%	0.71		19%	9%	0	48		---%	14	12	0	708	44	7	3	10	4	3	.98	-0.880	.56	-0.62%	-4.91

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