Royce Clayton

NOT RANKED IN TOP 100

1991—2007

Shortstop

BORN

January 2, 1970, in Burbank, CA

BATS / THROWS

Right / Right

HEIGHT / WEIGHT

6-0 / 175

PRIMARY TEAM

St. Louis Cardinals

.258

BATTING AVERAGE

2108

GAMES

19.7 WAR

.312

ON-BASE PCT

935 RUNS

17.5 WAR7

.367

SLUGGING

1904

HITS

9.1 WAR3

.679

ON-BASE + SLUGGING

110 HOME RUNS

1.5 WAR PER SEASON

Should have won a few Gold Gloves, but shared the league with Barry Larkin and Rey Ordonez in his prime. Clayton probably had as strong an arm as Larkin did when he was younger, and he was also good enough to supplant Ozzzie Smith.

1-TIME
ALL-STAR

Compared to Hall of Fame Shortstops

	CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK	JAWS	WAR PER
Clayton	CAREER 19.7	LONG PEAK 17.5	PRIME 11.9	SHORT PEAK 9.1	JAWS 18.6	WAR PER 1.5
AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER	CAREER 67.7	LONG PEAK 43.1	PRIME 30.3	SHORT PEAK 21.6	JAWS 55.4	WAR PER 4.9

Where Does Royce Clayton Rank Among Shortstops?

RANKING	CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK	JAWS
RANKING NR	CAREER NR	LONG PEAK NR	PRIME NR	SHORT PEAK NR	JAWS NR
RANKING EGG RANKING	CAREER WAR	LONG PEAK WAR7	PRIME WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE	SHORT PEAK WAR3	JAWS JAWS

Hall of Fame Shortstops Wins Above Replacement Comparison