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Nicknamed "Rope" for his line-drive hitting, Boyd was the first Oriole regular to bat over .300 with .318 in 1957 and .309 the next year. Despite his high BA, he lacked the home run punch expected from a first baseman and was primarily a pinch hitter in his last seasons. (RTM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » August 8, 1953: Yankee southpaws Whitey Ford and Bob Kuzava hurl 1-0 and 3-0 shutouts against the White Sox. Kuzava gives up only Bob Boyd's double in the ninth. » June 2, 1958: Brooks Robinson, in a 2–1 Orioles loss to the Washington Senators, hits into the first triple play of a record four of his career. The Birds also lose hot-hitting Bob Nieman who, while standing on 3B, is hit by a line drive off the bat of Bob Boyd. It will slow him for two months. » April 9, 1959: In the 5th against Washington, the Orioles become the first team in history to turn a triple play on Opening Day. Ed Fitzgerald lines out to Bob Boyd to start the tri-killing. Vice President Richard Nixon, a righthander, substitutes for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who's away golfing, and watches the Senators win, 9–2. It's the first time since FDR died just before the 1945 opener that a chief executive was not on hand. Ramos loses his shutout when Gus Triandos hits a 2-run, 2-out home run in the 9th. » January 24, 1961: The A's trade outfielders Whitey Herzog and Russ Snyder to the Orioles for IF Wayne Causey, P Jim Archer, OF Bob Boyd, and OF Al Pilarcik. Boyd, with the Orioles since 1956, leaves with a .301 average with the Birds, a team career mark that won't be topped this century.