page_title: Clete Boyer
hierarchical_section_title: Clete Boyer
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional baseball player Clete Boyer
context_page_description: Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer was an American professional baseball third baseman — who occasionally played shortstop and second base — in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, and Atlanta Braves. Boyer also spent four seasons with the Taiyō Whales of Nippon Professional Baseball. In his 16-year big league career, Boyer hit 162 home runs, with 654 runs batted in, and a .242 batting average, in 1,725 games played.
context_section_description: Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer (February 9, 1937 – June 4, 2007) was an American professional baseball third baseman — who occasionally played shortstop and second base — in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics (1955–57), New York Yankees (1959–66), and Atlanta Braves (1967–71). Boyer also spent four seasons with the Taiyō Whales of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). In his 16-year big league career, Boyer hit 162 home runs, with 654 runs batted in (RBI), and a .242 batting average, in 1,725 games played.
caption: Boyer, circa 1964–66
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