Stan Royer

Stanley Dean Royer (born August 31, 1967 in Olney, Illinois) is a former third baseman/first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from by|1991 through by|1994 for the St. Louis Cardinals (1991-1994) and Boston Red Sox (1994). Listed at 6' 3", 195 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.

Royer was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 1981 draft out of the Eastern Illinois University. Before the 1991 season, he was sent by Oakland along Félix José and a minor leaguer to the Cardinals in the same transaction that brought Willie McGee to the Athletics.

In a four season career, Royer was a .250 hitter (41-for-164) with 21 RBI in 89 games, including four home runs, 10 doubles, and 14 runs scored. He also played also in the Oakland, St. Louis and Boston minor league systems from 1988-1994, hitting .270 with 72 home runs and 417 RBI in 707 games.

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* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/stan-royer.shtml The Baseball Cube]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/royerst01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Proyes001.htm Retrosheet]