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Verne Clemons

Verne James Clemons (Stinger or Tubby)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 8, 1891 in Clemons, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1916
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Browns 1916-1924

Final Game: September 28, 1924
Died: May 5, 1959 in Bay Pines, FL
Buried: Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, FL
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1916 SLB AL 24 C 2 9 5 3 1 0 .889 4.00 .974 6.35 0 2 2 50% 42%
1919 STL NL 27 C 75 71 58 385 289 89 7 11 .982 5.04 .972 5.39 3 60 53 47% 44%
1920 STL NL 28 C 103 94 75 531 408 111 12 11 .977 5.04 .968 5.31 11 86 50 37% 46%
1921 STL NL 29 C 107 95 66 465 357 101 7 12 .985 4.28 .971 4.87 7 59 59 50% 49%
1922 STL NL 30 C 63 43 32 223 172 50 1 2 .996 3.52 .974 4.63 2 27 25 48% 46%
1923 STL NL 31 C 41 35 23 161 124 34 3 1 .981 3.85 .976 4.66 4 32 20 38% 44%
1924 STL NL 32 C 17 13 7 58 46 11 1 1 .983 3.35 .981 4.78 4 20 9 31% 47%
7 Seasons C 408 351 261 1832 1401 399 32 38 .983 4.41 .971 5.02 31 286 218 43% 46%
7 Seasons TOT 408 351 261 1832 1401 399 32 38 .983 4.41 .971 5.02 31 286 218 43% 46%
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-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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1916 SLB AL 24 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1919 STL NL 27 88 71 88 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1920 STL NL 28 112 94 112 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1921 STL NL 29 117 95 117 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1922 STL NL 30 71 43 71 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1923 STL NL 31 57 35 57 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1924 STL NL 32 25 13 25 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
7 Seasons 474 351 474 406 0 408 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0
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 C s c a p y
1919 NL  75 (4th)
1920 NL  103 (3rd)
1921 NL  107 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1919 NL  289 (4th)
1920 NL  408 (2nd)
1921 NL  357 (2nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1920 NL  111 (3rd)
1921 NL  101 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1920 NL  11 (2nd)
1921 NL  7 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1920 NL  86 (1st)
1921 NL  59 (3rd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1921 NL  59 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1919 NL  5.04 (2nd)
1920 NL  5.04 (2nd)
1921 NL  4.28 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1919 NL  .982 (4th)
1920 NL  .977 (3rd)
1921 NL  .985 (3rd)

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Name and misspellings: Verne James Stinger Stinger,Tubby Tubby Verne Clemons

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