Cloyd Victor Boyer, Jr. is a retired American

United States

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 professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player and pitching coach

Coach (baseball)

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. He was a pitcher

Pitcher

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 who played in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 between and for the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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 (1949–52) and the Kansas City Athletics (1955). Boyer batted and threw right-handed. His younger brothers Ken

Ken Boyer

Kenton Lloyd Boyer was an American Major League Baseball third baseman and manager. During a 15-year baseball career, he played for 1955-1969 for four different teams, playing primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals...

 and Clete

Clete Boyer

Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer was a Major League Baseball player.A third baseman who also played shortstop and second base occasionally, Boyer played for the Kansas City Athletics , New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves...

, both third basemen

Third baseman

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 known for their defensive prowess, were also major leaguers.

In a five-season career, Boyer posted a 20-23 record with 198 strikeout

Strikeout

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s and a 4.73 ERA

Earned run average

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 in 395⅔ innings pitched

Innings pitched

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, including 13 complete game

Complete game

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s, three shutout

Shutout

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s, and two saves

Save (sport)

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Cloyd Boyer also played for the Duluth Dukes

Duluth Dukes

The Duluth Dukes was the name of an American minor league baseball franchise that represented Duluth, Minnesota, in the Northern League in 1916, 1934–1942, and from 1946–1955. In addition, a separate edition of the Dukes was one of four franchises in the short-lived Twin Ports League, a "Class E"...

, a St Louis Cardinals minor league team, in 1947. During the 1947 season in Duluth, Boyer complied a record of 16 wins against 9 losses. He struck out 239 and easily took the strikeout lead in the Northern league in 1947. After the 1947 season Cloyd Boyer was sold to the Houston Buffs, for whom he played in 1948.

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