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Cliff Mapes
Clifford Franklin Mapes (Tiger)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut April 20, 1948
Final Game September 28, 1952
Born March 13, 1922 in Sutherland, NE
Died December 5, 1996 in Pryor, OK

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 26 NYY AL  53   88   19   22  11  1   1   12   1  1   6  13  .250  .298  .432   93   38   0           0   1
 1949 27 NYY AL 111  304   56   75  13  3   7   38   6  0  58  50  .247  .369  .378   98  115   6           1   4
 1950 28 NYY AL 108  356   60   88  14  6  12   61   1  6  47  61  .247  .338  .421   96  150   9           2  14
 1951 29 TOT AL 101  252   38   66  10  3   9   38   0  1  30  47  .262  .343  .433  107  109   1           1   7
         NYY AL  45   51    6   11   3  1   2    8   0  0   4  14  .216  .273  .431   92   22   0           0   1
         SLB AL  56  201   32   55   7  2   7   30   0  1  26  33  .274  .360  .433  111   87   1           1   6
 1952 30 DET AL  86  193   26   38   7  0   9   23   0  1  27  42  .197  .295  .373   84   72   1           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      459 1193  199  289  55 13  38  172   8  9 168 213  .242  .338  .406   97  484  17   0   0   4  28
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        421   70  102  19  5  13   61   3  3  59  75  .242  .338  .406   97  171   6   0   0   1  10
 Career High    111  356   60   88  14  6  12   61   6  6  58  61  .262  .369  .433  107  150   9   0   0   2  14
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 26 NYY AL   94   68   11   4.3   105| .250  .272| .298  .357| .432  .393| .730  .749|  93  .469  -1.2  -0.1  50%
 1949 27 NYY AL  369  239   43   4.8   107| .247  .271| .369  .363| .378  .393| .747  .756|  98  .521   0.2   0.0 100%
 1950 28 NYY AL  414  297   48   4.3   111| .247  .275| .338  .361| .421  .412| .759  .773|  96  .434  -3.4  -0.3  14%
 1951 29 TOT AL  284  195   37   5.1   103| .262  .269| .343  .351| .433  .395| .776  .746| 107  .556   1.7   0.2   0%
         NYY AL   55   41    6   3.9    99| .216  .263| .273  .343| .431  .385| .704  .728|  92  .437  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         SLB AL  229  154   31   5.4   105| .274  .271| .360  .353| .433  .397| .793  .750| 111  .582   2.8   0.3   0%
 1952 30 DET AL  221  159   21   3.6    97| .197  .261| .295  .341| .373  .381| .668  .723|  84  .432  -4.7  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1382  958  160   4.5   106| .242  .270| .338  .356| .406  .397| .744  .753|  97  .485  -7.2  -0.7  47%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 26 NYY AL OF 21 42 4 2 1 .958 .975 2.19 2.36 9 6 6 1949 27 NYY AL OF 108 228 14 6 4 .976 .980 2.24 2.27 4 58 49 1950 28 NYY AL OF 102 183 8 10 4 .950 .979 1.87 2.34 4 21 80 1951 29 TOT AL OF 87 136 4 2 1 .986 .977 1.61 2.23 17 15 60 NYY AL OF 34 25 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.74 2.23 2 3 29 SLB AL OF 53 111 4 2 1 .983 .977 2.17 2.23 15 12 31 1952 30 DET AL OF 63 86 3 3 1 .967 .980 1.41 2.18 5 18 43
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 26 NYY AL OF 21 42 4 2 1 .958 .975 2.19 2.36 9 6 6 1949 27 NYY AL OF 108 228 14 6 4 .976 .980 2.24 2.27 4 58 49 1950 28 NYY AL OF 102 183 8 10 4 .950 .979 1.87 2.34 4 21 80 1951 29 TOT AL OF 87 136 4 2 1 .986 .977 1.61 2.23 17 15 60 NYY AL OF 34 25 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.74 2.23 2 3 29 SLB AL OF 53 111 4 2 1 .983 .977 2.17 2.23 15 12 31 1952 30 DET AL OF 63 86 3 3 1 .967 .980 1.41 2.18 5 18 43
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 381 675 33 23 11 .969 .979 1.86 2.27 39 118 238 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 381 675 33 23 11 .969 .979 1.86 2.27
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1949   WS    NYY BRO     W   4  10   3   1  1  0  0   2   2   4  .100  .250  .200   0  0   1   0   0 
 1950   WS    NYY PHI     W   1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   5  14   3   1  1  0  0   2   2   5  .071  .188  .143   0  0   1   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.

Caught Stealing
1950 AL-6-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1908) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1326) (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 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

November 1, 1946: Drafted by the New York Yankees from the Cleveland Indians in the 1946 rule 5 draft.

July 31, 1951: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the New York Yankees.

February 14, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Matt Batts, Dick Littlefield, and Ben Taylor to the Detroit Tigers for Gene Bearden, Bob Cain, and Dick Kryhoski.

October 27, 1952: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Neil Berry and $25,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Jake Crawford.


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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