Royce Clayton

Full Name: Royce Spencer Clayton Primary Position: SS Height/Weight: 6'0"/200 First Game: September 20, 1991 Birthdate: January 2, 1970 MLB Experience: 17 years Birthplace: Burbank, California Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Royce Clayton (Royce Spencer Clayton) was born on January 2, 1970 in Burbank, California. He made his Major League debut on September 20, 1991 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1992, his rookie year, he hit .224 with 4 home runs and 24 RBI. Clayton played for the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Royce Clayton's best season was 1997, when he stole 30 bases and knocked in 61 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1991	SF	N	9	26	0	3	0	2	.115	.148	.154	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
1992	SF	N	98	321	31	72	4	24	.224	.281	.308	7	4	26	63	0	3	8	3	11
1993	SF	N	153	549	54	155	6	70	.282	.331	.372	21	5	38	91	5	8	11	2	16
1994	SF	N	108	385	38	91	3	30	.236	.295	.327	14	6	30	74	3	3	23	2	7
1995	SF	N	138	509	56	124	5	58	.244	.298	.342	29	3	38	109	3	4	24	1	7
1996	STL	N	129	491	64	136	6	35	.277	.321	.371	20	4	33	89	1	2	33	4	13
1997	STL	N	154	576	75	153	9	61	.266	.306	.398	39	5	33	109	3	2	30	4	19
1998	TEX	A	52	186	30	53	5	24	.285	.330	.441	12	1	13	32	1	3	5	0	6
1998	STL	N	90	355	59	83	4	29	.234	.313	.327	19	1	40	51	2	3	19	1	10
1998	Total		142	541	89	136	9	53	.251	.319	.366	31	2	53	83	3	6	24	1	16
1999	TEX	A	133	465	69	134	14	52	.288	.346	.445	21	5	39	100	4	9	8	1	6
2000	TEX	A	148	513	70	124	14	54	.242	.301	.384	21	5	42	92	3	12	11	1	21
2001	CHI	A	135	433	62	114	9	60	.263	.315	.393	21	4	33	72	3	9	10	2	16
2002	CHI	A	112	342	51	86	7	35	.251	.295	.365	14	2	20	67	3	7	5	0	7
2003	MIL	N	146	483	49	110	11	39	.228	.301	.333	16	1	49	92	3	4	5	10	25
2004	COL	N	146	574	95	160	8	54	.279	.338	.397	36	4	48	125	4	24	10	0	13
2005	ARI	N	143	522	59	141	2	44	.270	.320	.351	28	4	38	105	1	10	13	0	19
2006	WAS	N	87	305	36	82	0	27	.269	.315	.348	22	1	19	53	4	5	8	3	8
2006	CIN	N	50	149	13	35	2	13	.235	.290	.329	8	0	11	32	1	2	6	0	3
2006	TOT	N	137	454	49	117	2	40	.258	.307	.341	30	1	30	85	5	7	14	3	11
2007	TOR	A	69	189	23	48	1	12	.254	.304	.344	14	0	14	50	1	3	2	0	8
2007	BOS	A	8	6	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2
2007	TOT		77	195	24	48	1	12	.246	.296	.333	14	0	14	53	1	3	2	0	10
Total	NL		1451	5245	629	1345	60	486	.256	.311	.355	260	38	404	999	30	70	190	30	152
Total	AL		580	1939	282	511	49	225	.264	.317	.403	89	17	147	363	14	40	39	4	56
Total			2031	7184	911	1856	109	711	.258	.313	.368	349	55	551	1362	44	110	229	34	208

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1991	SF	N	SS	8	8	60	16	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.880
1992	SF	N	SS	94	91	787.2	141	257	11	51	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1992	SF	N	3B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1993	SF	N	SS	153	151	1329.2	251	449	27	103	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1994	SF	N	SS	108	106	931	177	330	14	66	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1995	SF	N	SS	136	133	1169	223	411	20	93	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1996	STL	N	SS	113	111	997.2	171	347	15	68	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1997	STL	N	SS	153	145	1287.1	228	452	19	93	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1998	TEX	A	SS	52	52	448.1	88	152	7	26	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1998	STL	N	SS	89	86	777.1	140	286	13	53	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1998	Total		SS	141	138	1225.2	228	438	20	79	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1999	TEX	A	SS	133	133	1149.1	204	406	25	91	1	0	0	0	0	.961
2000	TEX	A	SS	148	144	1237	264	410	16	94	0	0	0	0	0	.977
2001	CHI	A	SS	133	126	1117.1	196	367	7	74	0	0	0	0	0	.988
2002	CHI	A	SS	109	100	883.1	166	292	5	72	0	0	0	0	0	.989
2003	MIL	N	SS	141	137	1217.2	193	396	14	76	0	0	0	0	0	.977
2004	COL	N	SS	144	140	1241	213	418	9	88	0	0	0	0	0	.986
2005	ARI	N	SS	141	131	1177.1	180	404	11	91	0	0	0	0	0	.982
2006	WAS	N	SS	86	83	720.1	110	240	11	39	0	0	0	0	0	.970
2006	CIN	N	SS	43	38	334.2	60	100	7	15	0	0	0	0	0	.958
2006	TOT	N	SS	129	121	1055	170	340	18	54	0	0	0	0	0	.966
2007	TOR	A	SS	68	55	500	73	176	7	30	0	0	0	0	0	.973
2007	BOS	A	3B	3	0	6.1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2007	BOS	A	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	BOS	A	SS	1	1	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
2007	TOT	A	SS	69	56	508	73	179	8	30	0	0	0	0	0	.969
Total			3B	4	0	7.1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			SS	2053	1971	17374	3094	5902	242	1224	1	0	0	0	0	.974

Transactions

• Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (15th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 22, 1988).
• Traded by San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Allen Watson, Rich DeLucia and Doug Creek (December 14, 1995); St. Louis Cardinals received Chris Wimmer (January 16, 1996).
• Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Todd Stottlemyre to Texas Rangers in exchange for Darren Oliver, Fernando Tatis and a player to be named later (July 31, 1998); St. Louis Cardinals received Mark Little (August 9, 1998).
• Granted free agency (October 23, 1998).
• Signed by Texas Rangers (December 2, 1998).
• Traded by Texas Rangers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Aaron Myette and Brian Schmack (December 14, 2000).
• Released by Chicago White Sox (September 8, 2002).
• Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (December 11, 2002).
• Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
• Signed by Colorado Rockies (January 9, 2004).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2004).
• Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (December 16, 2004).
• Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
• Signed by Washington Nationals (February 2, 2006).
• Traded by Washington Nationals with Gary Majewski, Bill Bray, Brendan Harris and Daryl Thompson to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Austin Kearns, Felipe Lopez and Ryan Wagner (July 13, 2006).
• Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
• Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (November 29, 2006).
• Released by the Toronto Blue Jays (August 7, 2007).
• Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox (August 23, 2007).