Name: Cletis Boyer
Position: Third base
Born: February 9, 1937 (Cossville, MO)
Died: June 4, 2007 (Lawrenceville, GA)
Yankee Years: 1959-66
Primary number: 6
Yankee statistics: 1,068 G, .241/.298/.371, 140 2B, 25 3B, 95 HR, 85 wRC+, 19.6 rWAR, 20.1 fWAR
Biography
I met Clete Boyer once.
In his later years, Boyer spent summers in Cooperstown, and my family went to see the Hall of Fame at least once every summer in the mid-2000s. We had a running joke about Boyer because every time we went, there was a sign in the downtown that said "Clete Boyer: SIGNING TODAY!