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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: 19-12 / in Starts: 19-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 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	153	3	Apr 11	MON	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	4	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.50	4.64	24	90	55	22	6	5	13	3	0	0	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	-0.116	2.04	-0.10%	-0.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
2	154	7	Apr 16	MON		PHI	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	5.73	4.54	23	82	52	12	8	3	15	7	3	0	40			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.291	1.63	-0.28%	-1.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
3	155	12	Apr 21	MON	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	8	5	5	1	2	2	0	6.00	5.25	28	91	59	19	5	9	16	8	3	0	42			2	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.163	1.65	-0.19%	-1.71	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
4	156	17	Apr 28	MON	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-4	L(1-2)	6	3.2	8	5	5	1	3	2	0	7.06	5.90	20	65	42	14	5	4	12	7	1	0	27			1	1	0	18	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.32	-0.361	2.01	-0.33%	-3.25	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 2 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	157	22	May 3	MON		ATL	L,1-4	GS-6		4	6.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	0	5.86	5.19	27	110	66	18	10	6	13	3	3	0	58			1	0	0	24	2	0	3	0	0	0	1.30	0.228	1.74	0.18%	1.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
6	158	32	May 13	MON	@	SDP	W,15-0	SHO	W(2-2)	9	9.0	9	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.42	4.36	34	116	79	24	13	9	18	4	6	0	74			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.27	0.105	.35	0.08%	4.27	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a15
7	159	36	May 18	MON	@	SFG	L,2-7	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	1	4	3	0	0	4.01	4.28	26	84	53	7	10	5	14	4	7	0	55			1	0	0	20	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.44	0.092	1.83	0.07%	0.70	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
8	160	40	May 23	MON		SDP	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.31	3.72	31	114	81	17	13	7	16	5	2	0	85			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.377	1.19	0.32%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	161	45	May 28	MON	@	ATL	W,4-1	GS-3		4	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.13	3.65	11	37	22	6	3	2	6	3	1	0	58			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.153	1.57	0.12%	1.48	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
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
10	162	51	Jun 5	MON	@	NYM	L,5-6	GS-5		7	5.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.17	3.50	21	79	48	12	7	5	11	5	1	0	50			2	1	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.034	2.39	0.04%	0.35	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
11	163	56	Jun 10	MON		STL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	5.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	1	3.48	3.47	23	74	49	13	4	8	11	4	3	0	40			1	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.06	-0.244	2.13	-0.29%	-1.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
12	164	62	Jun 15	MON	@	STL	W,7-4	GS-7		4	7.0	4	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.52	3.55	26	84	57	13	10	14	8	2	2	0	59			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.100	1.08	-0.12%	0.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
13	165	67	Jun 20	MON		CHC	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.48	3.37	24					7	10	5	1	0	59			2	1	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	1	.91	0.010	1.96	0.01%	0.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
14	166	72	Jun 26	MON	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-6		5	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	2	0	3.44	3.63	25	76	52	9	9	10	12	4	2	0	51			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.136	2.85	0.20%	1.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
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
15	167	77	Jul 1	MON		ATL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.28	3.46	25	73	60	10	17	8	12	2	6	0	70			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.277	2.06	0.33%	2.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
16	168	82	Jul 6	MON		HOU	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	2	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.17	3.53	21					5	10	2	4	0	66			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.204	1.33	0.21%	1.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
17	169	87	Jul 14(2)	MON	@	ATL	W,6-2	GS-8	W(5-3)	7	7.0	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.04	3.55	27	91	57	10	8	10	13	5	2	0	65			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.332	1.42	0.32%	2.46	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a5
18	170	92	Jul 19	MON	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	2	3	3	1	0	3.04	3.66	23	86	42	14	3	9	8	3	1	0	54			2	1	0	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	-0.108	1.78	-0.11%	-0.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	171	99	Jul 26	MON		CHC	W,3-2	GS-7		6	7.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.01	3.67	27	71	48	7	6	7	17	5	5	0	58			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.090	1.05	0.07%	1.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
20	172	103	Jul 31	MON		NYM	W,7-4	GS-6	W(6-3)	4	6.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	1	3.01	3.74	27	99	60	12	11	11	9	2	0	0	52			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.101	1.64	0.10%	0.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
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
21	173	108	Aug 5	MON	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-4)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.05	3.63	29	108	68	14	12	9	10	3	2	0	60			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.067	.46	-0.02%	0.56	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
22	174	112	Aug 10	MON		PHI	W,4-3	GS-6	W(7-4)	4	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	1	2.99	3.60	26	70	45	18	5	8	11	2	1	0	62			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.210	.43	0.05%	1.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
23	175	117	Aug 16	MON	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-6		5	6.0	7	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.92	3.68	24	64	43	13	4	11	12	2	2	0	53			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.25	0.166	1.89	0.15%	1.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
24	176	122	Aug 21	MON	@	SFG	W,10-5	GS-4		4	3.2	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.10	3.67	19					6	12	6	0	0	30			0	0	0	15	4	0	0	0	2	0	.66	-0.252	.25	-0.06%	-2.50	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d4
25	177	127	Aug 27	MON		SDP	L,1-4	GS-7	L(7-5)	5	6.1	7	4	4	3	1	2	0	3.20	3.86	28	101	74	11	8	8	14	3	2	2	41			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.180	.70	-0.08%	-1.33	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
Sept				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	178	131	Sep 1	MON		LAD	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.02	3.74	32					10	12	5	3	0	87			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.286	.23	0.08%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
27	179	137	Sep 7	MON	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS-7	W(9-5)	5	6.2	3	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.96	3.70	27	94	56	16	8	7	10	1	1	0	66			3	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.193	.29	0.03%	1.69	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
28	180	142	Sep 12	MON		STL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(10-5)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.94	3.67	28	83	56	11	8	8	16	4	0	0	59			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.139	.07	0.01%	1.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
29	181	147	Sep 18	MON	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-7		5	6.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.84	3.63	24	86	57	18	9	8	10	1	4	0	66			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.277	.66	0.09%	2.44	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a3
30	182	152	Sep 23	MON	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-6		4	6.0	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	2.75	3.65	23	69	43	8	5	9	8	4	0	0	66			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	0.345	.38	0.06%	2.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
31	183	157	Sep 28	MON		PHI	L,4-5	GS-5	L(10-6)	4	4.1	9	5	5	0	5	3	0	2.93	3.78	21	61	45	10	11	9	7	3	0	0	30			2	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.256	.00	0.00%	-2.98	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d5
							19-12		W-L:10-6	4.7	190.2	164	64	62	52	113	19	3	2.93	3.78	774	2258	65%	16%	10%	0.65		19%	11%	2	56		---%	25	6	0	702	39	2	10	9	4	4	.99	1.617	1.23	0.94%	23.31

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