Dain Clay

Dain Elmer Clay (Sniffy or Ding-A-Ling)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 10, 1919 in Hicksville, OH
High School: Cuyahoga Falls HS (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1943
Team: Reds 1943-1946

Final Game: September 29, 1946
Died: August 28, 1994 in Chula Vista, CA
Buried: Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1943	CIN	NL	23	OF	33	21	20	47	42	2	3	0	.936	1.33	.977	2.41
1943	CIN	NL	23	CF	28	17	17	36	32	2	2	0	.944	1.21	.978	2.75
1943	CIN	NL	23	RF	4	4	3	11	10	0	1	0	.909	2.50	.976	2.20
1943	CIN	NL	23	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.30
1944	CIN	NL	24	OF	98	86	83	278	272	4	2	0	.993	2.82	.980	2.47
1944	CIN	NL	24	CF	92	84	82	273	267	4	2	0	.993	2.95	.985	2.96
1944	CIN	NL	24	LF	5	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.80	.980	2.36
1944	CIN	NL	24	RF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.10
1945	CIN	NL	25	CF	152	152	152	461	446	10	5	3	.989	3.00	.983	2.87
1945	CIN	NL	25	OF	152	152	152	461	446	10	5	3	.989	3.00	.978	2.45
1946	CIN	NL	26	OF	120	110	104	326	312	10	4	3	.988	2.68	.977	2.38
1946	CIN	NL	26	CF	110	104	100	311	298	9	4	3	.987	2.79	.979	2.85
1946	CIN	NL	26	LF	13	6	4	17	16	1	0	0	1.000	1.31	.975	2.26
	4 Seasons			OF	403	369	359	1112	1072	26	14	6	.987	2.72	.978	2.43
	4 Seasons			CF	382	357	351	1081	1043	25	13	6	.988	2.80	.982	2.88
	3 Seasons			LF	19	7	4	21	20	1	0	0	1.000	1.11	.976	2.29
	2 Seasons			RF	5	5	4	12	11	0	1	0	.917	2.20	.976	2.18
	4 Seasons			TOT	403	369	359	1112	1072	26	14	6	.987	2.72	.978	2.43

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1943	CIN	NL	23	49	21	49	33	1	28	4	33	11	5
1944	CIN	NL	24	110	86	110	98	5	92	1	98	5	9
1945	CIN	NL	25	153	152	153	152	0	152	0	152	0	1
1946	CIN	NL	26	121	110	121	120	13	110	0	120	0	1
	4 Seasons			433	369	433	403	19	382	5	403	16	16

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1945 NL 152 (1st) 1946 NL 110 (2nd)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1945 NL 446 (2nd) 1946 NL 298 (2nd)	Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1945 NL 10 (4th) 1946 NL 9 (5th)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1945 NL 152 (4th)
Putouts as OF s c a p y 1945 NL 446 (2nd) 1946 NL 312 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1944 NL 2.95 (2nd) 1945 NL 3.00 (2nd) 1946 NL 2.79 (3rd)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1944 NL .993 (3rd) 1945 NL .989 (4th) 1946 NL .987 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1944 NL 2.82 (4th) 1945 NL 3.00 (2nd) 1946 NL 2.68 (3rd)
Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1944 NL .993 (3rd) 1946 NL .988 (5th)

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