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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 (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)
School: Kent State University (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:57AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1943 23 CIN NL 49 106 93 19 25 2 4 0 9 1 8 14 .269 .333 .376 .710 106 35 1 1 4 O8/97
1944 24 CIN NL 110 391 356 51 89 15 0 0 17 8 17 18 .250 .290 .292 .582 67 104 6 3 15 O8/79
1945 25 CIN NL 153 700 656 81 184 29 2 1 50 19 37 58 .280 .321 .335 .656 84 220 10 2 5 *8O
1946 26 CIN NL 121 502 435 52 99 17 0 2 22 11 53 40 .228 .318 .280 .599 73 122 5 5 9 *O87
4 Seasons 433 1699 1540 203 397 63 6 3 98 39 115 130 .258 .314 .312 .626 78 481 22 11 33
162 Game Avg. 162 636 576 76 149 24 2 1 37 15 43 49 .258 .314 .312 .626 78 180 8 4 12

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1943 23 CIN NL 106 1 1 0 0 -5 0 3 0 0.1 5 0.5 -0.4 $ O8/97
1944 24 CIN NL 391 -15 2 0 0 6 -1 12 4 0.3 -2 -0.2 0.5 $ O8/79
1945 25 CIN NL 700 -19 2 0 0 2 -1 20 4 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ *8O
1946 26 CIN NL 502 -14 1 0 0 8 -1 18 12 1.0 4 0.4 0.6 $ *O87
4 Seasons 1699 -47 6 0 0 11 -3 53 20 1.7 9 0.9 0.8 $

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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
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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1946 NL  0.6 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 NL  153 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1945 NL  656 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1945 NL  700 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  184 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1945 NL  29 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1945 NL  58 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1945 NL  19 (3rd)
1946 NL  11 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1945 NL  152 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  5 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  15 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1945 NL  487 (1st)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 11 (1335), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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