Royce Clayton

Shortstop

1991—2007

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
NR

Player Detail

Royce Spencer
GIVEN NAME
Clayton
SURNAME
January 2, 1970, in Burbank, CA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1991—2007
Playing Career
Played from 21-37
PLAYING AGE
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Texas Rangers
Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee Brewers
Colorado Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
St. Louis Cardinals
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#8 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 20, 1991
Major League Debut
September 30, 2007
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Royce Clayton?

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.
  • Royce Clayton Scouting Report

40

HITTING

40

POWER

60

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2108
1904
110
723
.258
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
18.5
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.679
.712
95.7

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.258
.312
.367

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Jose Offerman
Rey Sanchez
Jose Hernandez

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.266
.323
.381

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Pudge Rodriguez
Mark McGwire
Dustin Pedroia
Ozzie Smith
Vinny Castilla
Barry Bonds
Ken Griffey Jr.
Juan Gonzalez
Mark Buehrle
Bill Swift
Dusty Baker

Royce Clayton Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Clayton
542
140
69
27
4
8
53
42
104
17
199
185
.258
.312
.367
679
AVG SS
540
143
72
27
4
10
44
88
12
209
192
.266
.324
.387
.712

Royce Clayton Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
139
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Royce Clayton PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
19.5
17.5
11.9
9.1
1.49
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Royce Clayton
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
165.0
96.0
UNK
47.1
12.6
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Royce Clayton
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS