Oil Can Boyd
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Oil Can Boyd in Holliston, Massachusetts – 2008
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: October 6, 1959 Meridian, Mississippi |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 13, 1982, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
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| October 1, 1991, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 78–77 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.04 | ||
| Strikeouts | 799 | ||
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Dennis Ray "Oil Can" Boyd (born October 6, 1959) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Boyd played for the Boston Red Sox (1982–89), Montreal Expos (1990–91), and Texas Rangers (1991). He batted and threw right-handed.
His nickname has been reported as coming from his beer-drinking days in his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi, where beer is referred to as "oil." However, in a September 2012 interview, he said that wasn't strictly true; it was actually "rot-gut whiskey" from the neighborhood moonshiner.
He attended Jackson State University. He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft, Boyd made his debut in the 1982 season. He pitched 10 years in the majors before blood clots in his right arm ended his career. According to the Inside Baseball portion of the April 27, 1987 Sports Illustrated, Boyd listed Haiti in the '87 Red Sox yearbook as his favorite vacation destination.
In a 10-season career, Boyd collected a 78-77 record with 799 strikeouts and a 4.04 ERA in 1389.2 innings.
From 1983–85 Boyd won 31 games for Boston, with 15 victories in 1985. In the same season, he posted career-highs in games started (35), complete games (13), strikeouts (154) and innings pitched (272.1).
In 1986 he won a career high 16 games for the Sox.
Boyd signed with the Expos as a free agent after the 1989 season.
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