February 17, 2021
Photo Courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Boyer’s sublime eleven-year run with the Cardinals cemented him on this list.
Boyer’s sublime eleven-year run with the Cardinals cemented him on this list. Boyer was always a threat to get on base, with his OPS never falling below .800 for six consecutive years with St. Louis. He was in the top ten for the NL MVP in 1959, 1960, 1961, and finally won the award in 1964.
Boyer wasn’t just an elite hitter. He set the MLB alight at the hot corner, winning an astonishing five Gold Gloves in a six-year period with the Cardinals, and deservedly is in the Cardinals Hall of Fame at Busch Stadium.
Boyer’s success has drawn admiration from some of baseball’s greatest legends such as another Cardinals Hall of Famer Bill White, who called Boyer the best third baseman he’d ever seen or played with. The praise didn’t stop there. Longtime general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers Branch Rickey said Boyer was the best ballplayer at third base on his first impression that he had seen in a long time.
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