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Clay Bryant
Claiborne Henry Bryant

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 19, 1935
Final Game September 26, 1940
Born November 16, 1911 in Madison Heights, VA
Died April 9, 1999 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1935 23 CHC NL   1   2   9   1   0   0   4  2   22.7   34   15   13   1    7   13   0   1   105       0  5.16  3.94   76 1.809
 1936 24 CHC NL   1   2  26   0   0   0  16  0   57.3   57   25   21   0   24   35   2   1   251       0  3.30  3.98  121 1.413
 1937 25 CHC NL   9   3  38  10   4   1  16  3  135.3  117   69   64   1   78   75   1   5   587       1  4.26  3.99   94 1.441
 1938 26 CHC NL  19  11  44  30  17   3  10  2  270.3  235  105   93   6  125  135   1   5  1146       1  3.10  3.82  123 1.332 MVP-15
 1939 27 CHC NL   2   1   4   4   2   0   0  0   31.3   42   23   20   3   14    9   1   1   154       0  5.74  3.96   69 1.787
 1940 28 CHC NL   0   1   8   0   0   0   5  0   26.3   26   17   14   2   14    5   0   1   116       0  4.78  3.77   79 1.519
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .615  32  20 129  45  23   4  51  7  543.3  511  254  225  13  262  272   5  14  2359       2  3.73  3.89  104 1.423
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   7  50  17   8   1  19  2  212.0  199   99   87   5  102  106   1   5   921   0   0  3.73  3.89  104 1.423
 Career High     19  11  44  30  17   3  16  3  270.3  235  105   93   6  125  135   2   5  1146   0   1  3.10  3.99  123 1.332

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 23 CHC NL  12    6    2    2   0  0   1    2   0      2   2  .333  .500  .833  250    5   1           0   0
 1936 24 CHC NL  32   12    4    5   0  0   0    2   0      0   0  .417  .417  .417  123    5   1           0   0
 1937 25 CHC NL  47   45   13   14   2  1   1    7   0      2   4  .311  .340  .467  114   21   2           0   1
 1938 26 CHC NL  50  106   16   24   2  1   3   15   0      2  10  .226  .241  .349   58   37   1           0   1 MVP-15
 1939 27 CHC NL  28   14    9    3   1  0   0    1   0      1   1  .214  .267  .286   47    4   0           0   0
 1940 28 CHC NL  16    9    4    3   0  0   0    1   0      0   4  .333  .333  .333   86    3   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      185  192   48   51   5  2   5   28   0  0   7  21  .266  .291  .391   83   75   5   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        168   42   45   4  2   4   25   0  0   6  18  .266  .291  .391   83   66   4   0   0   0   2
 Career High     50  106   16   24   2  1   3   15   0  0   2  10                          37   2   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 23 CHC NL    9    5    3  16.0   104| .333  .287| .500  .342| .833  .409|1.333  .751| 250  .905   1.4   0.1     
 1936 24 CHC NL   13    8    2   6.7   105| .417  .288| .417  .348| .417  .403| .834  .751| 123  .659   0.3   0.0     
 1937 25 CHC NL   49   34    7   5.5   105| .311  .285| .340  .347| .467  .404| .807  .751| 114  .589   0.6   0.1     
 1938 26 CHC NL  109   84    9   2.9   101| .226  .278| .241  .343| .349  .396| .590  .739|  58  .314  -6.9  -0.7     
 1939 27 CHC NL   15   11    1   2.4   105| .214  .283| .267  .349| .286  .404| .553  .753|  47  .239  -1.0  -0.1     
 1940 28 CHC NL    9    6    1   4.5    96| .333  .269| .333  .334| .333  .388| .666  .721|  86  .512  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       204  148   23   4.2   102| .266  .281| .291  .344| .391  .399| .682  .743|  83  .468  -5.8  -0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 23 CHC NL P 9 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 1.18 1.98 2.30 1 22.7 1936 24 CHC NL P 26 6 13 2 0 .905 .950 0.73 1.16 2.98 2.32 0 57.3 1937 25 CHC NL P 38 4 13 2 3 .895 .960 0.45 1.20 1.13 2.39 10 135.3 1938 26 CHC NL P 44 9 38 2 4 .959 .963 1.07 1.13 1.56 2.21 30 270.3 1939 27 CHC NL P 4 4 2 1 0 .857 .952 1.50 1.10 1.73 2.19 4 31.3 OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.20 0 1 0 1940 28 CHC NL P 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 .964 1.00 1.10 2.74 2.22 0 26.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 27 CHC NL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.20 0 1 0 1935 23 CHC NL P 9 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 1.18 1.98 2.30 1 22.7 1936 24 CHC NL P 26 6 13 2 0 .905 .950 0.73 1.16 2.98 2.32 0 57.3 1937 25 CHC NL P 38 4 13 2 3 .895 .960 0.45 1.20 1.13 2.39 10 135.3 1938 26 CHC NL P 44 9 38 2 4 .959 .963 1.07 1.13 1.56 2.21 30 270.3 1939 27 CHC NL P 4 4 2 1 0 .857 .952 1.50 1.10 1.73 2.19 4 31.3 1940 28 CHC NL P 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 .964 1.00 1.10 2.74 2.22 0 26.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 129 28 74 7 7 .936 .960 0.79 1.16 45 543.3 OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.20 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 130 31 74 7 7 .938 .960 0.81 1.17
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1938   WS    CHC NYY     L   1   1   6.75  0  1  0  0   5.1   6   4   5   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1938   WS    CHC NYY     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1938-NL-15-0.05
Car-1073-0.05 shares

ERA
1938 NL-3.10-9

Wins
1938 NL-19-3

Won-Loss %
1938 NL-.633-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1938 NL-7.82-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1938 NL-4.49-4

Games
1938 NL-44-5

Saves
1937 NL-3-8

Innings
1938 NL-270.3-3

Strikeouts
1938 NL-135-1

Comp. Games
1938 NL-17-6

Shutouts
1938 NL-3-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1938 NL-125-1

Wild Pitches
1937 NL-5-9
1938 NL-5-8

Batters Faced
1938 NL-1146-4

Games Finished
1937 NL-16-6

Adjusted ERA+
1938 NL-123-6

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 27 (848) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (528) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (1065) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 30, 1934: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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