Oil Can Boyd Baseball player

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 comes from his beer-drinking days in his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi, where beer is referred to as "oil." Boyd had one of the more colorful personalities of his generation and a quotable outlook that made him memorable long after his career ended.

Personal facts

Oil Can Boyd
Birth dateOctober 06, 1959
Birth place
Mississippi

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 13, 1982
Career endOctober 01, 1991
batting sideRight
former teams
Boston Red Sox
Texas Rangers (baseball)
position
Pitcher
teams
Boston Red Sox
Montreal Expos
Texas Rangers (baseball)
throwing sideRight

Oil Can Boyd on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.redsoxconnection.com/history.html