Royce Clayton

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Royce Clayton

Free Agent — No.
Shortstop
Born: January 2, 1970 (1970-01-02) (age 38)
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
Major League Baseball debut
September 9, 1991 for the San Francisco Giants
Selected MLB statistics
(through October 2, 2007)
Batting average     .258
Home runs     110
Runs batted in     723
Teams

Royce Spencer Clayton (born January 2, 1970 in Burbank, California) is a major league shortstop who is currently a free agent. He was drafted in the first round (15th pick overall) of the 1988 amateur draft by the San Francisco Giants, and made his major league debut for the Giants on September 9, 1991. In 1997 he was selected to represent the St. Louis Cardinals at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In the 2002 film The Rookie, Royce Clayton is played by Jorge Sanchez in a brief appearance. The 1999 time frame portrayed in the film shows Clayton playing for the Texas Rangers.

On November 29, 2006, Clayton agreed to a 1-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. [1]. On August 7, 2007, the Blue Jays released him.

On August 23, 2007, Clayton agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox, and was assigned to Triple-A Pawtucket.

On September 1, 2007, Clayton was called up to Boston Red Sox when Major League rosters can expand to 40 players.[2] Although inactive for the World Series, Clayton finally earned his first World Series ring when the Red Sox swept the Rockies in the 2007 World Series.

Among active players, he is: 13th in games played, 16th in triples, 16th in at-bats, 19th in plate appearances, 29th in hits, 13th in strikeouts, 26th in stolen bases, 13th in caught stealing, 19th in singles, 5th in sacrifice hits (90% of whom are NL pitchers), 4th in grounding into double plays and 13th in outs produced.

He is also 59th in strikeouts and 53rd in grounding into double plays all time.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/article.jsp?content=20061129_180113_5712
  2. ^ The Official Site of The Boston Red Sox: News: Buchholz to make second career start

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Toronto Blue Jays Starting Shortstops

Hector Torres (1977) • Luis Gomez (1978) • Alfredo Griffin (1979-84) • Tony Fernández (1985-90) • Manuel Lee (1991–92) • Tony Fernández (1993) • Dick Schofield (1994) • Alex Gonzalez (1995-98) • Tony Batista (1999) • Alex Gonzalez (2000-01) • Chris Woodward (2002-03) • Chris Gomez (2004) • Russ Adams (2005) • John McDonald (2006-07) • Royce Clayton (Early 2007) • John McDonald (2007) • David Eckstein (2008–present)
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