Oil Can Boyd stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1982
- College
- Jackson State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1982
- College
- Jackson State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 214
- W
- 78
- L
- 77
- ERA
- 4.04
- IP
- 1389.2
- K
- 799
- BB
- 368
- WHIP
- 1.29
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | BOS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 8.1 | 2 | 2 | 1.56 |
| 1983 | BOS | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3.28 | 98.2 | 43 | 23 | 1.28 |
| 1984 | BOS | 29 | 12 | 12 | 4.37 | 197.2 | 134 | 53 | 1.32 |
| 1985 | BOS | 35 | 15 | 13 | 3.70 | 272.1 | 154 | 67 | 1.25 |
| 1986 | BOS | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3.78 | 214.1 | 129 | 45 | 1.25 |
| 1987 | BOS | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5.89 | 36.2 | 12 | 9 | 1.53 |
| 1988 | BOS | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5.34 | 129.2 | 71 | 41 | 1.45 |
| 1989 | BOS | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4.42 | 59.0 | 26 | 19 | 1.29 |
| 1990 | WSH | 31 | 10 | 6 | 2.93 | 190.2 | 113 | 52 | 1.13 |
| 1991 |  WSH/TEX | 31 | 8 | 15 | 4.59 | 182.1 | 115 | 57 | 1.39 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 1
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 5.85
- IP
- 20.0
- K
- 11
- BB
- 4
- WHIP
- 1.50
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 43
- SHO
- 10
- K/9
- 5.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | BOS | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | BOS | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | BOS | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | BOS | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | BOS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | WSH | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | WSH/TEX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Oil Can Boyd's career stats?
Oil Can Boyd played 10 seasons for the Red Sox and the Nationals. He had 78 wins and 799 strikeouts with a 4.04 ERA over 1,389.2 innings. His best season was 1986: 16 wins, a 3.78 ERA and 129 strikeouts.
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