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Cliff Fannin
Clifford Bryson Fannin (Mule)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 2, 1945
Final Game September 27, 1952
Born May 13, 1924 in Louisa, KY
Died December 11, 1966 in Sandusky, OH

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1945 21 SLB AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   2  0   10.3    8    3    3   0    5    5   0   0    41       0  2.61  3.53  135 1.258
 1946 22 SLB AL   5   2  27   7   4   1  11  2   86.7   76   37   29   4   42   52   1   2   373       1  3.01  3.71  123 1.362
 1947 23 SLB AL   6   8  26  18   6   2   6  1  145.7  134   70   58  10   77   77   1   2   637       0  3.58  3.89  109 1.449
 1948 24 SLB AL  10  14  34  29  10   3   3  1  213.7  198  106   99  14  104  102   1   3   921       0  4.17  4.54  109 1.413 MVP-32
 1949 25 SLB AL   8  14  30  25   5   0   2  1  143.0  177  106   98  15   93   57   0   2   680       1  6.17  4.53   74 1.888
 1950 26 SLB AL   5   9  25  16   3   0   8  1  102.0  116   82   74  18   58   42   0   1   475       0  6.53  4.94   76 1.706
 1951 27 SLB AL   0   2   7   1   0   0   5  0   15.3   20   16   11   6    5   11   0   0    70       0  6.46  4.37   68 1.630
 1952 28 SLB AL   0   2  10   2   0   0   2  0   16.3   34   25   23   5    9    6   0   2    85       0 12.67  3.90   31 2.633
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .400  34  51 164  98  28   6  39  6  733.0  763  445  395  72  393  352   3  12  3282       2  4.85  4.34   89 1.577
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  13  42  25   7   1  10  1  190.0  198  115  102  18  102   91   0   3   851   0   0  4.85  4.34   89 1.577
 Career High     10  14  34  29  10   3  11  2  213.7  198  106   99  18  104  102   1   3   921   0   1  3.01  4.94  123 1.362

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 21 SLB AL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1946 22 SLB AL  27   31    4    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   5  .161  .188  .161   -4    5   0           0   1
 1947 23 SLB AL  26   46    4    9   1  0   0    4   0  0   2   5  .196  .229  .217   23   10   4           0   3
 1948 24 SLB AL  48   65   12   11   0  0   0    2   0  0  11   4  .169  .299  .169   25   11   6           1   3 MVP-32
 1949 25 SLB AL  37   55    4    9   1  0   0    4   0  0   2  15  .164  .193  .182   -2   10   1           0   0
 1950 26 SLB AL  33   34    6    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   6  .176  .176  .206   -4    7   0           0   0
 1951 27 SLB AL   8    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   34    1   0           0   0
 1952 28 SLB AL  11    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   45    0   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      195  237   30   41   3  0   0   14   0  0  17  36  .173  .231  .186   11   44  11   0   0   1   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        197   25   34   2  0   0   12   0  0  14  30  .173  .231  .186   11   37   9   0   0   1   7
 Career High     48   65   12   11   1  0   0    4   0  0  11  15                          11   6   0   0   1   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1945 21 SLB AL    1    1    0   0.0    92| .000  .267| .000  .340| .000  .363| .000  .703|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1946 22 SLB AL   32   27    1   1.0   100| .161  .269| .188  .345| .161  .387| .349  .732|  -4  .067  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1947 23 SLB AL   52   44    2   1.2    98| .196  .265| .229  .345| .217  .381| .446  .726|  23  .094  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1948 24 SLB AL   83   63    3   1.3   107| .169  .275| .299  .361| .169  .398| .468  .759|  25  .086  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1949 25 SLB AL   58   47    2   1.1   110| .164  .276| .193  .368| .182  .400| .375  .768|  -2  .072  -8.6  -0.9   0%
 1950 26 SLB AL   34   28    1   1.0   117| .176  .283| .176  .371| .206  .424| .382  .796|  -4  .046  -5.6  -0.5   0%
 1951 27 SLB AL    4    3    0   0.0   105| .250  .271| .250  .353| .250  .397| .500  .750|  34  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1952 28 SLB AL    2    2    0   0.0    99| .000  .264| .500  .344| .000  .385| .500  .729|  45  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       266  215    9   1.1   106| .173  .274| .231  .359| .186  .397| .417  .756|  11  .072 -31.0  -3.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1945 21 SLB AL P 5 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.28 0.87 2.27 0 10.3 1946 22 SLB AL P 27 3 13 0 1 1.000 .952 0.59 1.01 1.66 2.01 7 86.7 1947 23 SLB AL P 26 10 23 2 1 .943 .954 1.27 0.95 2.04 1.92 18 145.7 1948 24 SLB AL P 34 10 24 2 3 .944 .963 1.00 0.91 1.43 2.02 29 213.7 1949 25 SLB AL P 30 4 15 0 0 1.000 .960 0.63 1.01 1.20 2.12 25 143.0 1950 26 SLB AL P 25 3 17 2 2 .909 .948 0.80 0.96 1.76 2.03 16 102.0 1951 27 SLB AL P 7 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.57 0.99 2.35 2.06 1 15.3 1952 28 SLB AL P 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.10 1.03 0.55 2.10 2 16.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 21 SLB AL P 5 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.28 0.87 2.27 0 10.3 1946 22 SLB AL P 27 3 13 0 1 1.000 .952 0.59 1.01 1.66 2.01 7 86.7 1947 23 SLB AL P 26 10 23 2 1 .943 .954 1.27 0.95 2.04 1.92 18 145.7 1948 24 SLB AL P 34 10 24 2 3 .944 .963 1.00 0.91 1.43 2.02 29 213.7 1949 25 SLB AL P 30 4 15 0 0 1.000 .960 0.63 1.01 1.20 2.12 25 143.0 1950 26 SLB AL P 25 3 17 2 2 .909 .948 0.80 0.96 1.76 2.03 16 102.0 1951 27 SLB AL P 7 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.57 0.99 2.35 2.06 1 15.3 1952 28 SLB AL P 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.10 1.03 0.55 2.10 2 16.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 164 32 96 6 8 .955 .957 0.78 0.98 1.57 2.03 98 733.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 164 32 96 6 8 .955 .957 0.78 0.98 1.57 2.03 98 733
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1948-AL-32-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Hits Allowed/9IP
1948 AL-8.34-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1948 AL-4.30-8

Strikeouts
1948 AL-102-8

Shutouts
1948 AL-3-5

Home Runs Allow.
1948 AL-14-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1948 AL-104-10

Losses
1948 AL-14-9
1949 AL-14-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1948 AL-99-8

Youngest Player
1945 AL-21-9

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1635) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

April 17, 1953: Purchased by the San Diego (PCL) from the St. Louis Browns.


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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