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Billy Clingman
William Frederick Clingman

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 150 lb.

Debut September 9, 1890
Final Game July 16, 1903
Born November 21, 1869 in Cincinnati, OH
Died May 14, 1958 in Cincinnati, OH

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1890 20 CIN NL   7   27    2    7   1  0   0    5   0      1   0  .259  .286  .296   69    8               0    
 1891 21 CKK AA   1    5    0    1   1  0   0    0   0      0   0  .200  .200  .400   65    2               0    
 1895 25 PIT NL 106  382   69   99  16  4   0   45  19     41  43  .259  .334  .322   73  123  10           2    
 1896 26 LOU NL 121  423   57   99  10  2   2   37  19     57  51  .234  .329  .281   64  119   4           3    
 1897 27 LOU NL 113  395   59   90  14  7   2   47  14     37      .228  .302  .314   64  124   8           5    
 1898 28 LOU NL 154  538   65  138  12  6   0   50  15     51      .257  .327  .301   81  162  15           5    
 1899 29 LOU NL 109  366   67   96  15  4   2   44  13     46      .262  .349  .342   90  125   9           3    
 1900 30 CHC NL  47  159   15   33   6  0   0   11   6     17      .208  .292  .245   51   39   1           2    
 1901 31 WSH AL 137  480   66  116  10  7   2   55  10     42      .242  .308  .304   72  146  11           4    
 1903 33 CLE AL  21   64   10   18   1  1   0    7   2     11      .281  .387  .328  118   21   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     816 2839  410  697  86 31   8  301  98  0 303  94  .246  .323  .306   73  869  61   0   0  24   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        564   81  138  17  6   2   60  19  0  60  19  .246  .323  .306   73  173  12   0   0   5   0
 Career High    154  538   69  138  16  7   2   55  19  0  57  51  .262  .349  .342   90  162  15   0   0   5   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1890 20 CIN NL   28   20    2   2.6    89| .259  .260| .286  .337| .296  .352| .582  .690|  69  .324  -1.2  -0.1     
 1891 21 CKK AA    5    4    0   0.0    98| .200  .272| .200  .357| .400  .366| .600  .723|  65  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1895 25 PIT NL  435  293   41   3.6   108| .259  .296| .334  .361| .322  .399| .656  .761|  73  .344 -13.7  -1.3     
 1896 26 LOU NL  487  328   39   3.1   104| .234  .292| .329  .357| .281  .390| .610  .747|  64  .307 -19.2  -1.8     
 1897 27 LOU NL  445  313   36   3.0   105| .228  .295| .302  .358| .314  .392| .616  .750|  64  .296 -20.5  -2.0     
 1898 28 LOU NL  609  415   52   3.3    90| .257  .277| .327  .341| .301  .355| .628  .696|  81  .414 -12.7  -1.3     
 1899 29 LOU NL  424  279   43   4.0   100| .262  .290| .349  .353| .342  .377| .691  .730|  90  .465  -3.7  -0.4     
 1900 30 CHC NL  179  127   11   2.3    95| .208  .282| .292  .343| .245  .372| .537  .714|  51  .238  -9.6  -1.0     
 1901 31 WSH AL  537  375   44   3.1    95| .242  .282| .308  .338| .304  .378| .612  .716|  72  .349 -18.0  -1.8     
 1903 33 CLE AL   78   49    8   4.3    81| .281  .261| .387  .310| .328  .353| .715  .663| 118  .585   2.1   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3227 2203  276   3.3    99| .246  .286| .323  .349| .306  .379| .629  .728|  73  .359 -96.7  -9.5     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1890 20 CIN NL SS 6 8 25 4 4 .892 .902 5.50 5.28 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.40 1891 21 CKK AA 2B 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 5.20 1895 25 PIT NL 3B 106 137 256 50 16 .887 .872 3.71 3.38 1896 26 LOU NL 3B 121 188 281 38 21 .925 .892 3.88 3.41 1897 27 LOU NL 3B 113 176 269 25 16 .947 .892 3.94 3.29 1898 28 LOU NL 3B 79 119 191 29 12 .914 .902 3.92 3.42 SS 74 169 259 41 34 .913 .913 5.78 5.56 OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.00 0 1 0 2B 1 1 8 0 0 1.000 .947 9.00 5.50 1899 29 LOU NL SS 109 195 381 53 43 .916 .910 5.28 5.53 1900 30 CHC NL SS 47 81 150 34 19 .872 .922 4.91 5.76 1901 31 WSH AL SS 137 290 462 55 56 .932 .898 5.49 5.27 1903 33 CLE AL 2B 11 24 31 4 2 .932 .943 5.00 5.04 SS 7 13 20 2 5 .943 .914 4.71 5.21 3B 3 2 4 2 0 .750 .923 2.00 3.10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1890 20 CIN NL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.40 1891 21 CKK AA 2B 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 5.20 1898 28 LOU NL 2B 1 1 8 0 0 1.000 .947 9.00 5.50 1903 33 CLE AL 2B 11 24 31 4 2 .932 .943 5.00 5.04 1895 25 PIT NL 3B 106 137 256 50 16 .887 .872 3.71 3.38 1896 26 LOU NL 3B 121 188 281 38 21 .925 .892 3.88 3.41 1897 27 LOU NL 3B 113 176 269 25 16 .947 .892 3.94 3.29 1898 28 LOU NL 3B 79 119 191 29 12 .914 .902 3.92 3.42 1903 33 CLE AL 3B 3 2 4 2 0 .750 .923 2.00 3.10 1898 28 LOU NL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.00 0 1 0 1890 20 CIN NL SS 6 8 25 4 4 .892 .902 5.50 5.28 1898 28 LOU NL SS 74 169 259 41 34 .913 .913 5.78 5.56 1899 29 LOU NL SS 109 195 381 53 43 .916 .910 5.28 5.53 1900 30 CHC NL SS 47 81 150 34 19 .872 .922 4.91 5.76 1901 31 WSH AL SS 137 290 462 55 56 .932 .898 5.49 5.27 1903 33 CLE AL SS 7 13 20 2 5 .943 .914 4.71 5.21
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 422 622 1001 144 65 .919 .889 3.85 3.37 SS 380 756 1297 189 161 .916 .907 5.40 5.46 2B 14 25 42 5 2 .931 .942 4.79 5.11 OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.00 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 817 1406 2340 338 228 .917 .900 4.59 4.37
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1898 NL-154-2
1901 AL-137-9

Strikeouts
1895 NL-43-6
1896 NL-51-2

Youngest Player
1890 NL-20-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3462) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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  1. Connie Mack (970) *
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  5. Joe Sugden (960)
  6. Bill McClellan (958)
  7. Al Myers (957)
  8. Sonny Jackson (957)
  9. Ed Abbaticchio (954)
  10. Dick Howser (953)
Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Ed Andrews (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sport McAllister (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mark McLemore (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Con Daily (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Connie Mack (977) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Larry Kopf (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Connie Mack (970) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 1, 1896: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Louisville Colonels for Eddie Boyle and Joe Wright. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 13, 1899: Purchased by the Chicago Orphans from the Louisville Colonels.

August 8, 1900: Released by the Chicago Orphans. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

Before 1901 Season: Sent from ??? to the Washington Senators in an unknown transaction.


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