Tex Clevenger
Truman Eugene Clevenger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 9, 1932 in Visalia, CA
School: California State University, Fresno
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Final Game: September 30, 1962
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 BOS AL 21 P 23 8 67.2 19 6 11 2 0 .895 2.26 0.74 .963 2.01 0.93
1956 WSH AL 23 P 20 1 31.2 9 4 4 1 0 .889 2.27 0.40 .956 1.93 0.82
1957 WSH AL 24 P 52 9 139.2 40 10 27 3 6 .925 2.38 0.71 .965 1.99 0.86
1958 WSH AL 25 P 55 4 124.1 40 8 31 1 4 .975 2.82 0.71 .962 1.95 0.82
1959 WSH AL 26 P 50 7 117.1 46 10 35 1 3 .978 3.45 0.90 .954 2.05 0.85
1960 WSH AL 27 P 53 11 128.2 24 3 21 0 3 1.000 1.68 0.45 .967 1.96 0.78
1961 TOT AL 28 P 33 0 47.2 17 5 12 0 1 1.000 3.21 0.52 .953 2.04 0.83
1961 LAA AL 28 P 12 0 16.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.50 .950 2.02 0.83
1961 NYY AL 28 P 21 0 31.2 11 5 6 0 1 1.000 3.13 0.52 .955 2.05 0.83
1962 NYY AL 29 P 21 0 38.0 9 4 5 0 3 1.000 2.13 0.43 .956 2.08 0.79
8 Seasons P 307 40 695.0 204 50 146 8 20 .961 2.54 0.64 .960 1.99 0.83
8 Seasons TOT 307 40 695.0 204 50 146 8 20 .961 2.54 0.64 .921 1.99 0.83

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
1954 BOS AL 21 25 8 25 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1956 WSH AL 23 20 1 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 WSH AL 24 52 9 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 WSH AL 25 55 4 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 WSH AL 26 50 7 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 WSH AL 27 53 11 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 28 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAA AL 28 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYY AL 29 22 0 22 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 310 40 310 310 307 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BOS AL 21 304 76% 29% 15 87% 0 6 0 4 12 11 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1956 WSH AL 23 155 75% 30% 5 100% 0 4 0 3 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1957 WSH AL 24 602 79% 28% 30 90% 2 10 0 8 27 17 4 3 1 0 2 0 6 3 6 0 6 50%
1958 WSH AL 25 550 78% 27% 37 92% 2 9 0 5 31 23 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 4 0 4 100%
1959 WSH AL 26 520 76% 32% 40 88% 1 10 0 9 35 32 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 4 50%
1960 WSH AL 27 586 83% 27% 23 96% 0 3 0 1 20 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 5 80%
1961 NYY AL 28 148 76% 30% 6 100% 1 6 0 5 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1961 LAA AL 28 77 69% 25% 6 100% 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYY AL 29 165 82% 32% 6 100% 0 4 2 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 2 100%
8 Seasons 3107 78% 29% 168 92% 6 52 2 36 147 112 20 8 3 1 4 2 20 11 19 1 26 77%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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