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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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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	-min	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	94	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 Seasons				32	20	.615	3.73	129	44	51	23	4	7	543.1	511	254	225	13	262	272	5	2	14	2359	105	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	105	1.423	8.5	0.2	4.3	4.5	1.04

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1935	23	CHC	NL	22.2	1	15	14	1	1.0	-1	-0.2	$
1936	24	CHC	NL	57.1	0	25	34	1	1.0	9	0.8	$
1937	25	CHC	NL	135.1	10	69	79	1	1.0	10	1.1	$
1938	26	CHC	NL	270.1	30	105	153	3	1.0	48	4.8	$	MVP-15
1939	27	CHC	NL	31.1	4	23	18	-1	1.0	-5	-0.4	$
1940	28	CHC	NL	26.1	0	17	15	0	1.0	-2	-0.3	$
6 Seasons				543.1	45	254	313	5	1.0	59	5.8	$

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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1930	18	-min	A,D																						NOR,CBG · SOUA,BLRI
1931	19	-min	A	16	14	14		2	0	0	0					.143	.143	.143	.286		2				NOR · SOUA
1932	20	STL-CLE-min	D,B	19	47	47		7	1	0	1					.149	.149	.234	.383		11				KEK,BUR,SPR · MSVL,IIIL
1933	21	CLE-min	C	78	186	186		72	12	1	12					.387	.387	.656	1.043		122				ZAN · MATL
1934	22	CLE-min	A	56	110	110		36	4	1	4					.327	.327	.491	.818		54				NOR · SOUA
1935	23	PIT-min	A	22	51	51		9	0	1	0					.176	.176	.216	.392		11				BIR · SOUA
1935	23	CHC	NL	12	9	6	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	.333	.500	.833	1.333	250	5	0	0	1	/1
1936	24	CHC	NL	32	13	12	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.417	.417	.417	.833	122	5	0	0	1	1
1937	25	CHC	NL	47	49	45	13	14	2	1	1	7	0	2	4	.311	.340	.467	.807	114	21	1	0	2	1
1938	26	CHC	NL	50	109	106	16	24	2	1	3	15	0	2	10	.226	.241	.349	.590	58	37	1	0	1	1	MVP-15
1939	27	CHC	NL	28	15	14	9	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.214	.267	.286	.552	47	4	0	0	0	/18O
1940	28	CHC	NL	16	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	3	0	0	0	/1
1941	29	CHC-min	A1	30	55	55		14	3	1	5					.255	.255	.618	.873		34				TUL · TL
1942	30	CHC-min	C	32	83	83		16	2	1	1					.193	.193	.277	.470		23				ZAN · MATL
1944	32	BAL-min	D	16	42	42		10	2	1	3					.238	.238	.548	.786		23				NWR · OHSL
1945	33	LAD-min	D																						ZAN · OHSL
1946	34	LAD-min	D	16	27	27		8	0	0	2					.296	.296	.519	.815		14				ZAN · OHSL
6 Seasons				185	204	192	48	51	5	2	5	28	0	7	21	.266	.291	.391	.682	83	75	2	0	5
162 Game Avg.				162	179	168	42	45	4	2	4	25	0	6	18	.266	.291	.391	.682	83	66	2	0	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1935	23	CHC	NL	9	1	0	1	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	/1
1936	24	CHC	NL	13	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1937	25	CHC	NL	49	1	1	4	1	7	0.8	7	0.7	0.1	$	1
1938	26	CHC	NL	109	-6	1	9	3	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$	1	MVP-15
1939	27	CHC	NL	15	-1	1	1	0	1	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	/18O
1940	28	CHC	NL	9	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
6 Seasons				204	-5	3	17	4	19	2.1	19	1.9	0.2	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1938	26	CHC	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1935	CHC	NL	23	P	9	1	0	22.2	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.99	0.56	.960	2.30	2.28
1936	CHC	NL	24	P	26	0	0	57.1	21	6	13	2	0	.905	2.98	0.73	.950	2.32	2.31
1937	CHC	NL	25	P	38	9	4	135.1	19	4	13	2	3	.895	1.13	0.45	.958	2.39	2.36
1938	CHC	NL	26	P	44	30	17	270.1	49	9	38	2	4	.959	1.56	1.07	.964	2.21	2.19	MVP-15
1939	CHC	NL	27	P	4	4	2	31.1	7	4	2	1	0	.857	1.72	1.50	.960	2.18	2.15
1939	CHC	NL	27	CF	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.977		2.70
1939	CHC	NL	27	OF	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.973		2.30
1940	CHC	NL	28	P	8	0	0	26.1	8	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.73	1.00	.962	2.22	2.22
	6 Seasons			P	129	44	23	543.1	109	28	74	7	7	.936	1.69	0.79	.960	2.27	2.27
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.973		2.30
	1 Season			CF	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.977		2.70
	6 Seasons			TOT	130	44	23	543.1	112	31	74	7	7	.938	1.69	0.81	.960	2.27	2.27

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1938 NL (15, 5%) 0.05 Career Shares (1113th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1938 NL 5.5 (7th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1938 NL 4.8 (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)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1938 NL 44 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 27 (867), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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

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