Donn Clendenon
Donn Alvin Clendenon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 15, 1935 in Neosho, MO
High School: Booker T. Washington (Atlanta, GA)
School: Morehouse College
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1961
Final Game: August 5, 1972
Died: September 17, 2005 in Sioux Falls, SD
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 PIT NL 25 OF 8 8 78.1 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 18.4 0.2 0.5 -0.4 1 1.84 2.00 .975 2.16 1.86
1961 PIT NL 25 RF 7 7 69.1 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 8.7 -0.5 -0.2 -0.4 1 1.69 1.86 .977 1.93 1.60
1961 PIT NL 25 LF 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 93.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 4.00 4.00 .975 1.90 1.50
1962 PIT NL 26 1B 52 41 378.1 410 382 24 4 44 .990 -0.9 -2.9 -0.9 0.6 -1.5 0 9.66 7.81 .990 9.79 8.04 RoY-2
1962 PIT NL 26 OF 19 18 142.2 35 32 1 2 0 .943 2.0 16.8 2.0 1.4 0.7 0 2.08 1.74 .974 2.07 1.79 RoY-2
1962 PIT NL 26 LF 17 17 130.2 34 31 1 2 0 .941 2.0 18.4 2.0 1.4 0.7 0 2.20 1.88 .968 1.81 1.37 RoY-2
1962 PIT NL 26 RF 2 1 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.75 0.50 1.000 1.88 1.65 RoY-2
1963 PIT NL 27 1B 151 146 1324.0 1583 1450 118 15 154 .991 -0.8 -0.7 -0.8 -2.8 2.0 0 10.66 10.38 .989 6.80 6.62
1964 PIT NL 28 1B 119 113 1017.2 1242 1153 75 14 116 .989 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5 -1.6 1.0 0 10.86 10.32 .990 8.84 8.40
1965 PIT NL 29 1B 158 156 1401.0 1719 1572 119 28 161 .984 -5.8 -5.0 -5.8 -0.4 -5.4 0 10.86 10.70 .990 6.42 6.33
1965 PIT NL 29 3B 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.50
1966 PIT NL 30 1B 152 148 1332.1 1572 1452 96 24 182 .985 -7.4 -6.7 -7.4 -0.9 -6.5 0 10.46 10.18 .989 6.75 6.58
1967 PIT NL 31 1B 123 119 1074.1 1303 1199 89 15 122 .988 -1.5 -1.7 -1.5 -0.9 -0.6 0 10.79 10.47 .991 8.38 8.13
1968 PIT NL 32 1B 155 152 1388.1 1732 1587 128 17 134 .990 11.8 10.2 11.8 5.5 6.3 0 11.12 11.06 .992 6.48 6.45
1969 TOT NL 33 1B 82 67 625.2 687 632 45 10 68 .985 -2.9 -5.6 -2.9 -1.2 -1.6 0 9.74 8.26 .992 9.83 8.84
1969 TOT NL 33 OF 12 10 89.2 20 16 2 2 2 .900 -0.3 -4.0 -0.3 -1.1 0.9 0 1.81 1.50 .975 2.02 1.75
1969 TOT NL 33 LF 10 9 79.0 17 13 2 2 2 .882 0.2 3.0 0.2 -0.6 0.9 0 1.71 1.50 .965 1.67 1.30
1969 MON NL 33 1B 24 21 189.2 237 214 20 3 22 .987 -1.1 -7.0 -1.1 1.5 -2.5 0 11.10 9.75 .992 9.83 8.84
1969 MON NL 33 OF 11 10 87.2 20 16 2 2 2 .900 -0.2 -2.7 -0.2 -1.0 0.9 0 1.85 1.64 .975 2.02 1.75
1969 MON NL 33 LF 9 9 77.0 17 13 2 2 2 .882 0.3 4.7 0.3 -0.5 0.9 0 1.75 1.67 .965 1.67 1.30
1969 MON NL 33 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10
1969 MON NL 33 RF 1 1 9.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -62.1 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.86 2.00 .950 1.86 1.60
1969 NYM NL 33 1B 58 46 436.0 450 418 25 7 46 .984 -1.8 -5.0 -1.8 -2.7 0.9 0 9.14 7.64 .992 9.83 8.84
1969 NYM NL 33 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.30
1969 NYM NL 33 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1970 NYM NL 34 1B 100 96 826.2 791 722 62 7 72 .991 3.7 5.4 2.7 1.1 1.6 1 8.54 7.84 .992 9.68 8.37 MVP-13
1971 NYM NL 35 1B 72 55 548.2 550 505 37 8 49 .985 -1.8 -3.9 -1.8 -2.7 0.9 0 8.89 7.53 .992 9.88 8.58
1972 STL NL 36 1B 36 31 279.0 289 259 26 4 34 .986 -1.8 -7.7 -1.8 -2.3 0.5 0 9.19 7.92 .992 9.73 8.42
11 Seasons 1B 1200 1124 10196.0 11878 10913 819 146 1136 .988 -7.9 -0.9 -8.9 -5.6 -3.3 1 10.36 9.78 .991 7.84 7.42
3 Seasons OF 39 36 310.2 71 63 4 4 2 .944 2.9 11.2 1.9 0.8 1.2 1 1.94 1.72 .975 2.08 1.79
3 Seasons LF 28 27 218.2 55 48 3 4 2 .927 2.9 15.9 2.9 1.5 1.6 0 2.10 1.82 .967 1.77 1.35
3 Seasons RF 10 9 91.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.7 -0.4 1 1.58 1.60 .975 1.92 1.61
1 Season 3B 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.50
1 Season CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10
12 Seasons TOT 1240 1160 10508.2 11951 10976 825 150 1138 .987 -4.5 -0.5 -6.5 -4.3 -2.1 1 1 10.11 9.52 .978 7.67 7.24
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 PIT NL 25 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 1 0
1962 PIT NL 26 80 59 80 80 0 0 52 0 0 0 17 0 2 19 7 11
1963 PIT NL 27 154 146 154 154 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1964 PIT NL 28 133 113 133 133 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
1965 PIT NL 29 162 156 162 162 0 0 158 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1966 PIT NL 30 155 148 155 155 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1967 PIT NL 31 131 119 131 131 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1968 PIT NL 32 158 152 158 158 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 NYM NL 33 72 46 72 72 0 0 58 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 1
1969 MON NL 33 38 31 38 38 0 0 24 0 0 0 9 1 1 11 6 0
1970 NYM NL 34 121 96 121 121 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1971 NYM NL 35 88 55 88 88 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
1972 STL NL 36 61 31 61 61 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
12 Seasons 1362 1160 1362 1362 0 0 1200 0 1 0 28 1 10 39 159 17
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1962 PIT NL 26 1641 59% 77% 28% 84 93% 0 375 18 354 4 39 25 15 7 0 1 4 1 3 0 2 43 1 1 0 38 2 5 1 4 5 100%
1963 PIT NL 27 5582 57% 78% 31% 321 93% 1 1419 77 1331 14 115 118 85 24 1 6 15 4 10 1 10 153 4 0 0 144 4 9 4 5 23 87%
1964 PIT NL 28 4168 61% 77% 31% 246 91% 1 1095 54 1032 9 98 72 56 13 1 3 12 1 9 2 10 108 3 3 0 104 6 4 2 2 22 82%
1965 PIT NL 29 5392 57% 77% 30% 320 92% 3 1436 80 1341 14 119 106 79 17 2 4 25 4 19 2 14 144 1 2 0 138 4 6 0 6 18 89%
1966 PIT NL 30 5264 63% 79% 29% 300 90% 2 1348 80 1255 15 116 88 61 14 2 4 21 4 15 2 12 172 3 0 3 161 7 11 3 8 20 85%
1967 PIT NL 31 4298 65% 78% 29% 253 92% 1 1098 54 1034 10 107 82 55 17 2 3 14 1 10 3 11 106 3 2 0 94 5 12 3 9 19 84%
1968 PIT NL 32 5306 62% 77% 30% 346 94% 2 1429 72 1339 19 149 118 70 31 4 5 17 3 12 2 12 123 4 0 1 117 7 6 2 4 26 88%
1969 NYM NL 33 1814 58% 74% 27% 106 92% 0 426 39 382 4 37 24 17 3 2 2 7 1 5 1 5 46 2 1 0 39 4 6 0 5 11 73%
1969 MON NL 33 873 59% 77% 27% 49 96% 0 211 16 192 4 16 20 13 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 22 1 0 1 22 2 0 0 0 4 100%
1970 NYM NL 34 3580 62% 73% 24% 185 95% 1 717 64 652 1 57 62 45 9 0 1 7 1 6 0 4 72 1 2 2 68 6 4 1 3 17 88%
1971 NYM NL 35 2330 58% 73% 25% 106 88% 0 502 20 476 6 40 37 26 5 2 0 8 0 8 0 7 49 1 1 0 47 3 2 0 2 8 75%
1972 STL NL 36 1202 52% 75% 25% 65 88% 1 261 12 248 1 20 27 17 6 1 0 4 0 4 0 3 34 4 0 0 30 4 4 1 3 7 71%
11 Seasons 41450 60% 77% 29% 2381 92% 12 10317 586 9636 101 913 779 539 148 18 29 137 20 103 14 92 1072 28 12 7 1002 54 69 17 51 180 85%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 PIT NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 38 58% 82% 21% 5 80%
1962 PIT NL 26 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 1 565 53% 76% 30% 54 59%
1969 MON NL 33 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 8 4 50.0% 3 1 12.5% 1 364 55% 74% 24% 28 46%
1969 NYM NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 9 89% 78% 22% 1 0%
3 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 10 9 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 1 23 15 65.2% 7 1 4.3% 2 976 55% 76% 27% 88 56%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.5% 62% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 PIT NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 2 1 25.0% 0 294 62% 78% 24% 19 74%
1962 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 58% 75% 23% 1 100%
1969 MON NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 47 89% 79% 23% 2 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 3 1 20.0% 0 393 65% 77% 24% 22 77%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.2% 62% 77% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 MON NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 33% 33% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 33% 33% 0
MLB Averages 40.9% 2.0% 62% 77% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 PIT NL 29 9 89% 67% 22% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 9 89% 67% 22% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 64%

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