Cloyd Victor Boyer Jr. (September 1, 1927 – September 20, 2021) was an American right-handed pitcher and

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in Major League Baseball who played between 1949 and 1955 for the St. Louis Cardinals (1949–52) and Kansas City Athletics (1955).

Biography

Boyer was born in

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. He was the eldest son in a family that included third basemen Ken Boyer and Clete Boyer. Ken, 1964 National League Most Valuable Player, an 11-time Major League Baseball All-Star and five-time

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winner, had a 15-year big-league career with the Cardinals, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers; Clete won only one Gold Glove because of the presence of

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, but played all or parts of 16 MLB seasons for the Athletics, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves. In a five-season career, Cloyd Boyer posted a 20–23 record with 198

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s and a 4.73 earned run average in 395⅔

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, including 13

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s, three shutouts, and two saves. Boyer also played for the Duluth Dukes, a Cardinals minor league team, in 1947. During the 1947 season in Duluth, Boyer compiled a record of 16 wins against 9 losses. He struck out 239 and took the strikeout lead in the

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. After that season, he was sold to the Houston Buffs, for whom he played in 1948. After his playing career finished, Boyer became a

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pitching instructor and major league pitching coach—spending much of his time in the New York Yankees' organization. He was also the pitching coach during Bobby Cox's first term as manager of the Atlanta Braves. Boyer is credited with helping Fritz Peterson become a star pitcher. Boyer died in Carthage, Missouri, on September 20, 2021. At the time, he was the 18th oldest former Major League Baseball player at 94 years, 19 days old.

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