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Royce Clayton

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: January 2, 1970 in Burbank, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (15th) of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Bernard HS (Playa del Rey, CA).

High School: St. Bernard HS (Playa del Rey, CA)

Debut: September 20, 1991 (Age 21-261d, 16,076th in major league history)
vs. SDP 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 2007 (Age 37-271d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Gregg Clifton, Terry Bross • Previously: Arn Tellem, Ken Felder, Rick Licht

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Royce Spencer Clayton

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.5

7379

1904

110

.258

935

RBI

723

231

OBP

.312

SLG

.367

OPS

.679

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	STL		LAD	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
2	2	Apr 2	STL		LAD	W,8-5	CG	51	12.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
3	3	Apr 3	STL		SDP	L,5-13	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 4	STL		SDP	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 5	STL		SDP	L,7-8	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
6	6	Apr 7	STL	@	COL	W,12-11	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 8	STL	@	COL	W,13-9	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
8	8	Apr 9	STL	@	COL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
9	9	Apr 10	STL	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 11	STL	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
11	11	Apr 12	STL	@	SFG	L,1-2	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
12	12	Apr 13	STL	@	SFG	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
13	13	Apr 14	STL		ARI	W,15-5	GS	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 16 (1)	STL		ARI	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
15	15	Apr 16 (2)	STL		ARI	L,2-8	GS	30	7.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
16	17 (1)	Apr 18	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
17	18	Apr 19	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
18	19	Apr 21	STL	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
19	20	Apr 22	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	41	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
20	22 (1)	Apr 24	STL	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	23	Apr 25	STL	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
22	24	Apr 26	STL	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
23	25	Apr 27	STL		MON	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
24	27 (1)	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	28	May 1	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
26	29	May 2	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	49	10.2	3	5	0	8	1	SS
27	30	May 3	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
28	31	May 5	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
29	33 (1)	May 7	STL	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
30	34	May 8	STL	@	NYM	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
31	35	May 11	STL		MIL	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
32	36	May 12	STL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
33	37	May 13	STL		ATL	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
34	38	May 14	STL		ATL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	SS
35	39	May 15	STL		FLA	L,7-8	GS	29	5.0	3	7	1	11	1	SS
36	40	May 16	STL		FLA	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
37	41	May 17	STL		FLA	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
38	42	May 18	STL		FLA	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
39	43	May 19	STL	@	PHI	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
40	44	May 20	STL	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	7	0	7	2	SS
41	45	May 21	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
42	46	May 22	STL		SFG	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
43	47	May 23	STL		SFG	W,11-10	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
44	48	May 24	STL		SFG	L,6-9	CG	73	17.0	6	6	0	12	1	SS
45	49	May 25	STL		COL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
46	50	May 27	STL		COL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
47	51	May 28	STL		COL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
48	52	May 29	STL	@	SDP	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
49	53	May 30	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	55 (1)	Jun 1	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
51	56	Jun 2	STL	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
52	57	Jun 3	STL	@	LAD	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
53	58	Jun 4	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	59	Jun 5	STL		SFG	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
55	60	Jun 6	STL		SFG	L,4-5	CG	66	14.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
56	61	Jun 7	STL		SFG	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
57	64 (2)	Jun 10	STL	@	CHW	L,8-10	CG	50	10.1	2	5	0	7	0	SS
58	65	Jun 12	STL	@	ARI	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
59	66	Jun 13	STL	@	ARI	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
60	67	Jun 14	STL	@	ARI	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
61	68	Jun 16	STL	@	HOU	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
62	69	Jun 17	STL	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	44	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	SS
63	70	Jun 18	STL	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	71	Jun 19	STL		ARI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
65	72	Jun 20	STL		ARI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
66	73	Jun 21	STL		ARI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
67	74	Jun 22	STL		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
68	75	Jun 23	STL		DET	L,1-8	GS	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	87 (11)	Jul 9	STL		HOU	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	2	SS
70	88	Jul 10	STL		HOU	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
71	89	Jul 11	STL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
72	90	Jul 12	STL		HOU	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
73	91	Jul 13	STL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	55	13.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
74	92	Jul 14	STL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
75	93	Jul 15	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	52	11.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
76	94	Jul 16	STL		LAD	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
77	95	Jul 17	STL		LAD	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
78	96	Jul 18	STL		LAD	L,8-10	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
79	97	Jul 19	STL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
80	98	Jul 20	STL	@	SDP	W,13-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
81	99	Jul 21	STL	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
82	100	Jul 22	STL	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
83	101	Jul 23	STL	@	SFG	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
84	102	Jul 24	STL	@	COL	L,3-12	GS	33	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
85	103	Jul 25	STL	@	COL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
86	104	Jul 26	STL	@	COL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
87	105	Jul 28	STL		MIL	L,10-13	CG	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
88	106	Jul 29	STL		MIL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
89	107	Jul 30	STL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Texas Rangers
90	109	Aug 1	TEX		CHW	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
91	110	Aug 2	TEX		CHW	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
92	111	Aug 4	TEX		TOR	W,11-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
93	112	Aug 5	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
94	113	Aug 6	TEX		BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
95	114	Aug 7	TEX		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	115	Aug 8	TEX		BOS	L,1-11	GS	36	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
97	116	Aug 9	TEX		BOS	L,8-14	CG	48	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
98	117	Aug 11	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
99	118	Aug 12	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
100	119	Aug 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
101	120	Aug 14	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
102	121	Aug 15	TEX	@	NYY	W,16-5	CG	46	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
103	122	Aug 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	2	1	0	3	1	SS
104	123	Aug 18 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
105	125 (1)	Aug 19	TEX		CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
106	126	Aug 20	TEX		CLE	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
107	127	Aug 21	TEX		NYY	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
108	128	Aug 22	TEX		NYY	L,9-12	CG	50	9.0	4	6	1	11	2	SS
109	129	Aug 23	TEX		NYY	W,12-10	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
110	130	Aug 24	TEX		DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	6	0	11	0	SS
111	131	Aug 25	TEX		DET	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
112	132	Aug 26	TEX		DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
113	133	Aug 28 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
114	134	Aug 28 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
115	135	Aug 29	TEX	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
116	136	Aug 30	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
117	137	Aug 31	TEX	@	DET	W,13-2	GS	33	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	138	Sep 1	TEX	@	DET	L,8-12	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
119	139	Sep 2	TEX	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
120	140	Sep 4	TEX		MIN	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
121	141	Sep 5	TEX		MIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
122	142	Sep 6	TEX		MIN	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
123	143	Sep 7	TEX		MIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
124	144	Sep 8	TEX		KCR	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
125	145	Sep 9	TEX		KCR	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
126	146	Sep 11	TEX	@	TBD	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
127	147	Sep 12	TEX	@	TBD	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
128	148	Sep 13	TEX	@	TBD	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
129	149	Sep 14	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
130	150	Sep 15	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
131	151	Sep 16	TEX		ANA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
132	152	Sep 17	TEX		ANA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
133	153	Sep 18	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
134	154	Sep 19	TEX		OAK	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
135	155	Sep 20	TEX		OAK	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	2	7	0	SS
136	156	Sep 21	TEX	@	ANA	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
137	157	Sep 22	TEX	@	ANA	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
138	158	Sep 23	TEX	@	ANA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
139	159	Sep 24	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
140	160	Sep 25	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-15	GS	34	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
141	162 (1)	Sep 27	TEX	@	SEA	W,12-6	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
							141gm		1225.2	228	438	20	686	79