Clay Bryant

Claiborne Henry Bryant

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 26, 1911 in Madison Heights, VA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1935
Team: Cubs 1935-1940

Final Game: September 26, 1940
Died: April 9, 1999 in Boca Raton, FL
Buried: Forest Lawn South Cemetery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1930	18	NOR,CBG	A,D	2	0	1.000		9						28.0	34	22			22							2.000	10.9		7.1			NOR,CBG · SOUA,BLRI
1932	20	CLE-STL-min	D,B	6	9	.400		18						127.0	119	82			79							1.559	8.4		5.6			BUR,KEK,SPR · MSVL,IIIL
1933	21	CLE-min	C	15	9	.625	3.99	34						196.0	195	120	87		87							1.439	9.0		4.0			ZAN · MATL
1934	22	CLE-min	A	16	10	.615	3.48	47						248.0	241	107	96		107							1.403	8.7		3.9			NOR · SOUA
1935	23	PIT-min	A	3	8	.273	4.91	14						88.0	87	59	48		41							1.455	8.9		4.2			BIR · SOUA
1935	23	CHC	NL	1	2	.333	5.16	9	1	4	0	0	2	22.2	34	15	13	1	7	13	0	0	1	105	78	1.809	13.5	0.4	2.8	5.2	1.86
1936	24	CHC	NL	1	2	.333	3.30	26	0	16	0	0	0	57.1	57	25	21	0	24	35	2	0	1	251	121	1.413	8.9	0.0	3.8	5.5	1.46
1937	25	CHC	NL	9	3	.750	4.26	38	9	16	4	1	3	135.1	117	69	64	1	78	75	1	1	5	587	93	1.441	7.8	0.1	5.2	5.0	0.96
1938	26	CHC	NL	19	11	.633	3.10	44	30	10	17	3	2	270.1	235	105	93	6	125	135	1	1	5	1146	124	1.332	7.8	0.2	4.2	4.5	1.08	MVP-15
1939	27	CHC	NL	2	1	.667	5.74	4	4	0	2	0	0	31.1	42	23	20	3	14	9	1	0	1	154	69	1.787	12.1	0.9	4.0	2.6	0.64
1940	28	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	4.78	8	0	5	0	0	0	26.1	26	17	14	2	14	5	0	0	1	116	79	1.519	8.9	0.7	4.8	1.7	0.36
1941	29	CHC-min	A1	5	4	.556	4.20	13						60.0	65	31	28		29							1.567	9.8		4.4			TUL · TL
1942	30	CHC-min	C	4	4	.500	1.70	9						53.0	45	20	10		19							1.208	7.6		3.2			ZAN · MATL
1946	34	LAD-min	D	0	1	.000		2						10.0	15	8			2							1.700	13.5		1.8			ZAN · OHSL
6 Yrs				32	20	.615	3.73	129	44	51	23	4	7	543.1	511	254	225	13	262	272	5	2	14	2359	104	1.423	8.5	0.2	4.3	4.5	1.04
162 Game Avg.				13	8	.615	3.73	51	17	20	9	2	3	214	201	100	88	5	103	107	2	1	6	927	104	1.423	8.5	0.2	4.3	4.5	1.04

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1935	23	CHC	NL	22.2	9	1	15	5.96	4.65	0.38	103.2	4.40	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.456	.498	$
1936	24	CHC	NL	57.2	26	0	25	3.90	4.82	0.25	97.0	4.43	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.8	9	.513	.502	$
1937	25	CHC	NL	135.0	38	9	69	4.60	4.63	0.07	100.7	4.60	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	1.1	13	.501	.500	$
1938	26	CHC	NL	270.0	44	30	105	3.50	4.44	0.15	99.3	4.26	24	2.6	1.0	-0.1	4.7	48	.560	.516	$	MVP-15
1939	27	CHC	NL	31.1	4	4	23	6.61	4.74	-0.25	102.9	5.14	-5	-0.5		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.384	.497	$
1940	28	CHC	NL	26.1	8	0	17	5.81	4.40	0.00	96.4	4.24	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.443	.497	$
6 Seasons				543.0	129	44	254	4.21	4.55	0.12	99.6	4.42	14	1.7	1.0	-0.2	6.0	65	.513	.502	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1938	26	CHC	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	6	4	4	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	26	2.063	10.1	1.7	8.4	5.1	0.60
1 WS							0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	6	4	4	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	26	2.063	10.1	1.7	8.4	5.1	0.60

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1935	23	CHC	NL	105	1.0%	12.4%	6.7%			77%
1936	24	CHC	NL	251	0.0%	13.9%	9.6%			74%
1937	25	CHC	NL	587	0.2%	12.8%	13.3%	0.7%	3%	73%
1938	26	CHC	NL	1146	0.5%	11.8%	10.9%	2.7%	13%	75%
1939	27	CHC	NL	154	2.0%	5.8%	9.1%	8.4%	31%	81%
1940	28	CHC	NL	116	1.7%	4.3%	12.1%			78%
6 Yrs				2359	0.6%	11.5%	11.1%	2.0%	9%	75%
MLB Averages					1.5%	8.9%	8.7%	3.2%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1935	23	1	2	.333	5.16	9	1	4	0	0	2	22.2	34	15	13	1	7	13	0	0	1	105	78	1.809	13.5	0.4	2.8	5.2	1.86	78
1936	24	2	4	.333	3.83	35	1	20	0	0	2	80.0	91	40	34	1	31	48	2	0	2	356	105	1.525	10.2	0.1	3.5	5.4	1.55	105
1937	25	11	7	.611	4.10	73	10	36	4	1	5	215.1	208	109	98	2	109	123	3	1	7	943	97	1.472	8.7	0.1	4.6	5.1	1.13	97
1938	26	30	18	.625	3.54	117	40	46	21	4	7	485.2	443	214	191	8	234	258	4	2	12	2089	110	1.394	8.2	0.1	4.3	4.8	1.10	110
1939	27	32	19	.627	3.67	121	44	46	23	4	7	517.0	485	237	211	11	248	267	5	2	13	2243	106	1.418	8.4	0.2	4.3	4.6	1.08	106
1940	28	32	20	.615	3.73	129	44	51	23	4	7	543.1	511	254	225	13	262	272	5	2	14	2359	104	1.423	8.5	0.2	4.3	4.5	1.04	104

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1935	23	1	1	.500	5.09	23.0	35	14	13	1	7	13	0	1.826	13.7	2.7	5.1	1.86	0.4	9
1936	24	4	2	.667	3.05	59.0	58	22	20	0	24	36	2	1.390	8.8	3.7	5.5	1.50	0.0	26
1937	25	7	8	.467	4.24	138.0	121	72	65	1	81	76	1	1.464	7.9	5.3	5.0	0.94	0.1	38
1938	26	18	12	.600	3.18	277.0	248	109	98	6	132	138	1	1.372	8.1	4.3	4.5	1.05	0.2	44
1939	27	1	2	.333	5.56	34.0	44	23	21	3	15	10	1	1.735	11.6	4.0	2.6	0.67	0.8	4
1940	28	1	1	.500	5.54	26.0	28	18	16	2	15	5	0	1.654	9.7	5.2	1.7	0.33	0.7	8
6 Yrs		32	26	.552	3.76	557.0	534	258	233	13	274	278	5	1.451	8.6		4.5	1.01	0.2	129

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1938 NL (15, 5%) 0.05 Career Shares (1113th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1938 NL 5.3 (6th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1938 NL 4.7 (3rd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1938 NL 3.10 (9th)
Wins s c a p y 1938 NL 19 (3rd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1938 NL .633 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1938 NL 7.824 (3rd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1938 NL 4.495 (4th)
Games Played s c a p y 1938 NL 44 (5th)	Saves s c a p y 1937 NL 3 (8th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1938 NL 270.3 (3rd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1938 NL 135 (1st)
Complete Games s c a p y 1938 NL 17 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1938 NL 3 (5th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1938 NL 125 (1st)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1938 NL 0.200 (2nd)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1937 NL 5 (9th) 1938 NL 5 (8th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1938 NL 1,146 (4th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1937 NL 16 (6th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1938 NL 124 (7th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1938 NL 23 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1938 NL 2.4 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 27 (875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Russ Bauers (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Russ Bauers (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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