Buzz
Boyle
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 9, 1908 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1934   
Gold Glove 1936   
All-Star Selections 1938    1939   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 MON NL $ 300,000   49 49 47 16 16 16 49 57 55 32 37 36 76 79 78
1931 23 MON NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 8 9 9
1932 24 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 6 4 4 4 8 9 9
1933 25 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1934 26 MON NL $ 482,143   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 8 9 9
1935 27 NYA AL $ 482,143   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 9 8
1936 28 NYA AL $ 865,714   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1937 29 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1938 30 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 5 4 8 8 8
1939 31 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1940 32 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8
1941 33 BSN NL $ 4,390,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1942 34 BSN NL $ 4,390,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 7 7 7
1943 35 NYG NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,390,000   49 49 47 16 16 16 49 57 55 32 37 36 76 79 78
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 22 MON NL 102 282 33 85 19 4 4 44 4 5 30 12 .301 .371 .440 .810 41.1 8.8
    AAA   27 105 17 37 5 2 1 15 6 6 23 7 .352 .469 .467 .935 22.1  
1931 23 AAA   137 586 93 191 35 4 8 54 15 9 61 26 .326 .389 .440 .830 95.5  
1932 24 MON NL 94 207 31 62 9 3 0 23 0 0 13 8 .300 .339 .372 .711 25.5 4.0
1933 25 MON NL 35 67 9 24 3 0 1 13 0 0 7 4 .358 .408 .448 .856 12.5 2.5
1934 26 MON NL 41 88 14 31 8 3 0 14 0 0 3 0 .352 .370 .511 .881 14.4 3.0
1935 27 MON NL 19 29 6 9 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 2 .310 .333 .448 .782 3.7 0.5
  NYA AL 52 173 20 48 12 3 1 25 0 0 14 17 .277 .335 .399 .734 22.6 3.2
  TOT   71 202 26 57 12 5 1 30 0 0 15 19 .282 .335 .406 .741 26.3 3.8
    AAA   29 68 13 16 1 0 2 9 2 1 6 4 .235 .297 .338 .636 7.2  
1936 28 NYA AL 154 609 88 183 29 7 4 70 0 2 41 44 .300 .341 .391 .732 74.9 11.4
1937 29 BSN NL 142 508 69 148 35 5 6 67 0 1 44 44 .291 .347 .415 .762 67.1 13.3
1938 30 BSN NL 157 572 88 189 36 4 3 66 0 0 53 52 .330 .385 .423 .808 83.7 17.1
1939 31 BSN NL 155 557 74 182 25 6 11 94 1 2 38 55 .327 .367 .452 .819 85.3 19.0
1940 32 BSN NL 154 538 69 177 31 6 3 57 1 2 38 43 .329 .372 .426 .798 75.5 13.8
1941 33 BSN NL 117 251 29 63 8 4 1 28 0 0 18 25 .251 .300 .327 .627 22.6 1.9
1942 34 BSN NL 132 355 50 106 18 2 4 43 0 0 25 47 .299 .345 .394 .739 44.4 7.0
1943 35 AAA   95 194 26 55 7 0 3 34 4 2 21 25 .284 .353 .366 .719 25.7  
12 Years Sim 1354 4236 580 1307 233 49 38 549 6 12 325 353 .309 .356 .414 .770 573.3 105.7
4 Years AAA 288 953 149 299 48 6 14 112 27 18 111 62 .314 .383 .421 .804 150.5  
162 Game Average 506 69 156 27 5 4 65 0 1 38 42 .309 .356 .414 .770 68.6  
Career Highs 157 609 88 189 36 7 11 94 4 5 53 55 .358 .408 .511 .881 85.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3264 463 1024 183 36 26 430 5 11 272 250 .314 .365 .416 .781 471.0
vs LH   972 117 283 50 13 12 119 1 1 53 103 .291 .327 .406 .733 122.5
Home 676 2110 287 665 133 30 14 293 3 9 151 174 .315 .359 .427 .786 301.4
Away 678 2126 293 642 100 19 24 256 3 3 174 179 .302 .353 .401 .754 292.1
RISP   1161 0 345 57 15 11 466 0 0 113 111 .297 .353 .401 .753 163.6
Pinch Hitting   254 44 85 10 3 2 56 0 0 12 16 .335 .361 .421 .782 36.1
Close/Late   542 77 175 31 4 6 83 0 0 50 38 .323 .378 .428 .806 83.9
Mar/Apr 206 647 87 180 40 13 3 82 1 1 34 46 .278 .312 .394 .707 75.2
May 226 717 117 239 38 12 11 110 1 1 56 48 .333 .381 .466 .847 117.7
June 219 661 89 214 28 6 5 85 1 2 68 55 .324 .386 .407 .793 100.8
July 205 690 78 214 41 3 6 81 1 4 39 67 .310 .345 .404 .749 89.7
August 255 792 108 216 41 7 5 91 1 1 74 78 .273 .334 .361 .695 95.2
Sep/Oct 243 729 101 244 45 8 8 100 1 3 54 59 .335 .378 .451 .830 114.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 22 MON NL CF 70 69 552.0 168 7 9 0 .951 2.85 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    RF 20 6 79.7 20 2 1 0 .957 2.49 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 6 0 11.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1932 24 MON NL CF 23 22 183.0 57 2 1 1 .983 2.90 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    RF 18 16 138.7 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.99 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 5 41.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.07 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 .750 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1933 25 MON NL CF 17 16 118.0 29 2 0 0 1.000 2.36 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 3 0 7.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1934 26 MON NL CF 28 19 158.0 42 3 3 0 .938 2.56 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1935 27 MON NL CF 14 13 55.7 16 0 1 0 .941 2.59 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 1 3.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 1 3.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYA AL CF 39 35 356.3 106 1 7 0 .939 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 2 2 21.6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 1 19.0 21 0 0 3 1.000 9.95 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 1 10.4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 53 48 412.0 122 1 8 0 .939 2.69   1.0
      LF 3 3 25.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
      1B 5 2 22.0 24 0 0 4 1.000 9.82   0.0
      RF 3 1 12.0 0 0 1 0 .000 .00   0.0
1936 28 NYA AL CF 152 146 1284.3 374 13 18 6 .956 2.71 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    1B 2 0 4.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 29 BSN NL 1B 131 129 1116.0 1468 114 14 137 .991 12.76 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 3 1 11.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1938 30 BSN NL CF 143 138 1215.7 311 11 15 2 .955 2.38 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    1B 8 0 14.0 16 2 0 2 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1939 31 BSN NL CF 134 131 1137.7 283 11 17 2 .945 2.33 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 8 6 56.3 7 1 2 0 .800 1.28 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 1 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 0 7.3 9 1 0 0 1.000 12.28 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 32 BSN NL CF 73 67 592.0 142 4 4 0 .973 2.22 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 59 51 458.0 586 37 2 56 .997 12.24 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 18 17 153.7 29 2 3 0 .912 1.82 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1941 33 BSN NL LF 27 15 160.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 25 18 157.0 185 14 3 22 .985 11.41 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 31 11 145.7 29 2 3 0 .912 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 5 52.3 10 0 1 0 .909 1.72 0 0 .000 0  
1942 34 BSN NL RF 69 60 520.3 116 4 4 0 .968 2.08 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 17 8 95.0 19 0 2 0 .905 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 11 6 64.7 23 0 1 0 .958 3.20 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 7 3 35.0 36 1 0 3 1.000 9.51 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 737 673 5867.0 1580 56 79 11 .954 2.51 0 0 .000 0 16.4
  1B 246 203 1825.3 2343 171 20 224 .992 12.40 0 0 .000 0 3.4
  RF 151 111 1029.0 231 9 12 0 .952 2.10 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  LF 68 35 379.7 66 2 2 2 .971 1.61 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  SS 5 0 5.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1208 1022 9107.9 4224 240 113 238 .975 4.41 0 0 .000 0 21.9
Career Highs   156 146 1288.3 1471 115 19 138 1.000 12.58 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 24 MON NL 7 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .333 .619
1933 25 MON NL 10 29 6 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 2 .345 .406 .448 .855
1934 26 MON NL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 37 9 11 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 4 .297 .366 .405 .771
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1938-5-.330
1939-5-.327
1940-3-.329
CAR-46-.309
On-Base Pct
1938-9-.385
1940-9-.372
Slugging Pct
1939-9-.452
OPS
1939-10-.819
XR
1939-9-85.3
Games
1938-5-157
1939-6-155
1940-9-154
At-Bats
1936-10-609
Runs
1938-8-88
Hits
1938-5-189
1939-6-182
1940-4-177
Total Bases
1939-7-252
Singles
1936-5-143
1938-4-146
1939-4-140
1940-4-137
Doubles
1937-9-35
1938-6-36
Triples
1939-10-6
RBIs
1939-5-94
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Eddie Waitkus (941)
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History
Had first career hit on 5/1/1930, off Si Johnson (ATL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/14/1930, off Willis Hudlin (SEP)
Injured on 6/12/1931 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 5 days
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $482,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/30/1934 with a Torn Hamstring Muscle, out for 9-10 weeks
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1934
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $482,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 4/11/1935
Traded from Montreal to New York (A) on 6/16/1935 (Going to MON: P Stew Bolen. Going to NYA: CF Buzz Boyle, 1B Johnny Neun)
Injured on 9/30/1935 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 3-4 weeks
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $865,714 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1936
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/7/1937 to a 4-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1939, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/12/1939
6/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $4,390,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1940, hitting .591 with 0 HR, 1 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1940, hitting .470 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1940, hitting .545 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 3/2/1943 to a minor league contract