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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 21 BOS AL 2 4 .333 4.79 23 8 6 1 0 0 67.2 67 42 36 9 29 43 2 0 1 298 86 1.419 8.9 1.2 3.9 5.7 1.48
1956 23 WSH AL 0 0 5.40 20 1 7 0 0 0 31.2 33 22 19 4 21 0 17 0 0 1 149 77 1.705 9.4 1.1 6.0 4.8 0.81
1957 24 WSH AL 7 6 .538 4.19 52 9 24 2 0 8 139.2 139 69 65 11 47 4 75 4 0 3 599 92 1.332 9.0 0.7 3.0 4.8 1.60
1958 25 WSH AL 9 9 .500 4.35 55 4 29 0 0 6 124.0 119 65 60 12 50 6 70 1 0 2 535 87 1.363 8.6 0.9 3.6 5.1 1.40
1959 26 WSH AL 8 5 .615 3.91 50 7 21 2 2 8 117.1 114 56 51 9 51 3 71 2 0 3 509 101 1.406 8.7 0.7 3.9 5.4 1.39
1960 27 WSH AL 5 11 .313 4.20 53 11 24 1 0 7 128.2 150 77 60 10 49 10 49 3 0 5 573 94 1.547 10.5 0.7 3.4 3.4 1.00
1961 28 TOT AL 3 2 .600 3.78 33 0 16 0 0 1 47.2 48 25 20 4 34 2 25 1 0 3 218 106 1.720 9.1 0.8 6.4 4.7 0.74
1961 28 LAA AL 2 1 .667 1.69 12 0 7 0 0 1 16.0 13 5 3 1 13 1 11 0 0 1 72 267 1.625 7.3 0.6 7.3 6.2 0.85
1961 28 NYY AL 1 1 .500 4.83 21 0 9 0 0 0 31.2 35 20 17 3 21 1 14 1 0 2 146 77 1.768 9.9 0.9 6.0 4.0 0.67
1962 29 NYY AL 2 0 1.000 2.84 21 0 11 0 0 0 38.0 36 14 12 3 17 5 11 1 0 0 164 133 1.395 8.5 0.7 4.0 2.6 0.65
8 Seasons 36 37 .493 4.18 307 40 138 6 2 30 694.2 706 370 323 62 298 30 361 14 0 18 3045 94 1.445 9.1 0.8 3.9 4.7 1.21
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .493 4.18 60 8 27 1 0 6 136 138 73 63 12 58 71 3 0 4 597 94 1.445 9.1 0.8 3.9 4.7 1.21
WSH (5 yrs) 29 31 .483 4.24 230 32 105 5 2 29 541.1 555 289 255 46 218 23 282 10 0 14 2365 92 1.428 9.2 0.8 3.6 4.7 1.29
NYY (2 yrs) 3 1 .750 3.75 42 0 20 0 0 0 69.2 71 34 29 6 38 6 25 2 0 2 310 100 1.565 9.2 0.8 4.9 3.2 0.66
BOS (1 yr) 2 4 .333 4.79 23 8 6 1 0 0 67.2 67 42 36 9 29 43 2 0 1 298 86 1.419 8.9 1.2 3.9 5.7 1.48
LAA (1 yr) 2 1 .667 1.69 12 0 7 0 0 1 16.0 13 5 3 1 13 1 11 0 0 1 72 267 1.625 7.3 0.6 7.3 6.2 0.85

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 21 BOS AL 23 299 256 42 67 8 1 9 2 3 29 43 .262 .336 .406 .742 .278 104 4 2 7 5
1956 23 WSH AL 20 149 125 22 33 11 1 4 2 0 21 17 .264 .365 .464 .829 .274 58 2 0 1 2 0
1957 24 WSH AL 52 599 532 69 139 25 5 11 5 3 47 75 .261 .322 .389 .711 .283 207 13 4 9 7 4
1958 25 WSH AL 55 537 476 65 119 24 2 12 9 4 50 70 .250 .320 .384 .705 .269 183 11 1 6 4 6
1959 26 WSH AL 50 508 444 56 114 21 3 9 6 3 51 71 .257 .333 .378 .711 .285 168 16 2 6 5 3
1960 27 WSH AL 53 573 504 77 150 20 4 10 3 3 49 49 .298 .358 .413 .770 .308 208 11 3 8 9 10
1961 28 LAA AL 12 72 59 5 13 4 0 1 1 2 13 11 .220 .361 .339 .700 .255 20 1 0 0 0 1
1961 28 NYY AL 21 146 122 20 35 8 0 3 2 1 21 14 .287 .396 .426 .822 .305 52 6 1 2 0 1
1961 28 TOT AL 33 218 181 25 48 12 0 4 3 3 34 25 .265 .384 .398 .782 .289 72 7 1 2 0 2
1962 29 NYY AL 21 164 145 14 36 3 3 3 0 0 17 11 .248 .329 .372 .702 .250 54 5 1 0 1 5
8 Seasons 307 3047 2663 370 706 124 19 62 30 19 298 361 .265 .338 .396 .734 .283 1054 69 14 39 33 30
162 Game Avg. 60 597 522 73 138 24 4 12 6 4 58 71 .265 .338 .396 .734 .283 207 14 3 8 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 21 BOS AL 23 8 1 4 3 1 1 1 7 .125 0 1 1 0 2 25% 45 71 21 14 5 1 6 3.3 3.4 4.5
1956 23 WSH AL 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 42 42 9 3 0 0 7.0 45.0 0.3
1957 24 WSH AL 52 9 2 2 5 0 2 4 5 .444 1 3 2 0 7 78% 54 66 34 12 5 3 3 3.8 3.5 6.9
1958 25 WSH AL 55 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 1 25% 38 51 12 12 5 2 0 2.6 3.2 5.2
1959 26 WSH AL 50 7 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 .429 0 0 2 2 5 71% 56 81 33 26 5 2 1 3.9 5.3 7.0
1960 27 WSH AL 53 11 2 7 2 0 3 3 8 .273 0 2 1 0 6 55% 44 77 24 24 8 8 2 3.1 2.3 5.1
6 Seasons 253 40 8 19 13 1 8 11 28 .282 1 7 6 2 21 53% 48 81 12 97 31 16 12 3.5 3.7 5.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 21 BOS AL 23 15 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% 7 0.749 0 4 11 0 0 15 6 9 11 0 12 0 6.4
1956 23 WSH AL 20 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 69% 8 0.369 1 3 14 2 1 16 7 12 11 4 11 5 4.9
1957 24 WSH AL 52 43 24 5 4 12 8 4 67% 12 0 40 10 25% 9 1.217 16 14 11 16 6 20 23 19 23 4 25 9 5.4
1958 25 WSH AL 55 51 29 9 6 9 6 3 67% 9 0 36 17 47% 8 1.093 10 22 19 12 5 34 19 32 24 6 26 13 6.1
1959 26 WSH AL 50 43 21 5 2 9 8 1 89% 10 0 26 7 27% 8 0.982 14 9 20 14 7 22 14 29 23 10 24 8 4.8
1960 27 WSH AL 53 42 24 3 4 10 7 3 70% 14 3 32 11 34% 8 1.213 17 9 16 14 7 21 18 24 26 4 26 14 5.2
1961 28 TOT AL 33 33 16 3 2 4 1 3 25% 5 1 28 14 50% 0.868 12 4 17 6 4 23 14 19 18 8 18 6 4.3
1961 28 LAA AL 12 12 7 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 16 6 38% 8 1.217 6 2 4 1 3 8 8 4 6 3 6 3 4.0
1961 28 NYY AL 21 21 9 1 1 3 0 3 0% 4 1 12 8 67% 8 0.696 6 2 13 5 1 15 6 15 12 5 12 3 4.5
1962 29 NYY AL 21 21 11 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 2 22% 8 0.720 3 4 14 1 2 18 4 17 13 2 13 3 5.4
8 Seasons 307 267 138 28 18 44 30 14 68% 51 4 196 75 38% 1.016 73 69 122 65 32 169 105 161 149 38 155 58 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 21 BOS AL 299 39% 3.0% 14.4% 9.7% 6.0% 27% 1.44 70% 69 4 6%
1956 23 WSH AL 149 32% 2.7% 11.4% 14.1% 10.7% 49% 1.44 71% 31 2 6%
1957 24 WSH AL 599 36% 1.8% 12.5% 7.9% 6.8% 30% 1.15 76% 121 13 11%
1958 25 WSH AL 537 38% 2.2% 13.0% 9.3% 7.1% 32% 0.98 74% 122 11 9%
1959 26 WSH AL 508 37% 1.8% 14.0% 10.0% 6.5% 29% 1.69 73% 104 16 15%
1960 27 WSH AL 573 37% 1.8% 8.6% 8.6% 5.9% 23% 1.10 79% 139 11 8%
1961 28 TOT AL 218 40% 1.8% 11.5% 15.6% 7.3% 33% 1.53 70% 63 7 11%
1961 28 LAA AL 72 39% 1.4% 15.3% 18.1% 6.9% 39% 1.06 65% 20 1 5%
1961 28 NYY AL 146 41% 2.1% 9.6% 14.4% 7.5% 31% 1.82 72% 43 6 14%
1962 29 NYY AL 164 41% 1.8% 6.7% 10.4% 5.5% 25% 0.85 80% 34 5 15%
8 Seasons 3047 37% 2.0% 11.9% 9.8% 6.7% 29% 1.22 75% 683 69 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 21 BOS AL 299 67 9 0 9 8 1 7 2 17 11 1 65% 7 1 1 123 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1956 23 WSH AL 149 33 4 0 7 3 1 3 1 16 8 2 50% 2 1 1 64 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1957 24 WSH AL 593 139 11 0 13 8 3 6 5 43 26 5 60% 8 3 2 243 5 3 63% 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 6
1958 25 WSH AL 537 119 12 0 27 8 4 5 7 46 25 6 54% 9 2 2 202 9 4 69% 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
1959 26 WSH AL 508 114 9 2 16 8 0 7 1 31 19 2 61% 8 3 2 205 6 3 67% 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
1960 27 WSH AL 573 150 10 1 17 8 2 6 4 48 25 5 52% 6 5 1 235 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 0
1961 28 TOT AL 218 48 4 0 14 3 1 1 3 17 9 2 53% 5 3 1 109 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1961 28 LAA AL 72 13 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 5 3 1 60% 2 1 1 39 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1961 28 NYY AL 146 35 3 0 8 2 1 0 3 12 6 1 50% 3 2 0 70 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 29 NYY AL 164 36 3 0 9 1 2 3 0 14 4 2 29% 4 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 Seasons 3041 706 62 3 112 47 14 38 23 232 127 25 55% 49 18 10 1239 30 19 61% 25 14 4 3 1 2 4 0 75 6
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1954 21 2 4 .333 4.79 23 8 6 1 0 0 67.2 67 42 36 9 29 43 2 0 1 298 86 1.419 8.9 1.2 3.9 5.7 1.48 86
1955 22 2 4 .333 4.79 23 8 6 1 0 0 67.2 67 42 36 9 29 43 2 0 1 298 86 1.419 8.9 1.2 3.9 5.7 1.48 86
1956 23 2 4 .333 4.98 43 9 13 1 0 0 99.1 100 64 55 13 50 0 60 2 0 2 447 83 1.510 9.1 1.2 4.5 5.4 1.20 83
1957 24 9 10 .474 4.52 95 18 37 3 0 8 239.0 239 133 120 24 97 4 135 6 0 5 1046 88 1.406 9.0 0.9 3.7 5.1 1.39 88
1958 25 18 19 .486 4.46 150 22 66 3 0 14 363.0 358 198 180 36 147 10 205 7 0 7 1581 88 1.391 8.9 0.9 3.6 5.1 1.39 88
1959 26 26 24 .520 4.33 200 29 87 5 2 22 480.1 472 254 231 45 198 13 276 9 0 10 2090 91 1.395 8.8 0.8 3.7 5.2 1.39 91
1960 27 31 35 .470 4.30 253 40 111 6 2 29 609.0 622 331 291 55 247 23 325 12 0 15 2663 91 1.427 9.2 0.8 3.7 4.8 1.32 91
1961 28 34 37 .479 4.26 286 40 127 6 2 30 656.2 670 356 311 59 281 25 350 13 0 18 2881 92 1.448 9.2 0.8 3.9 4.8 1.25 92
1962 29 36 37 .493 4.18 307 40 138 6 2 30 694.2 706 370 323 62 298 30 361 14 0 18 3045 94 1.445 9.1 0.8 3.9 4.7 1.21 94

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 21 3 4 .429 4.63 70.0 69 40 36 9 30 44 2 1.414 8.9 3.9 5.7 1.47 1.2 23
1956 23 1 2 .333 5.18 33.0 35 21 19 4 22 18 0 1.727 9.5 6.0 4.9 0.82 1.1 20
1957 24 7 8 .467 4.44 142.0 149 78 70 12 50 76 4 1.401 9.4 3.2 4.8 1.52 0.8 52
1958 25 5 8 .385 4.75 125.0 128 73 66 13 54 71 1 1.456 9.2 3.9 5.1 1.31 0.9 55
1959 26 6 7 .462 4.01 119.0 119 59 53 9 53 72 2 1.445 9.0 4.0 5.4 1.36 0.7 50
1960 27 6 8 .429 4.33 131.0 157 70 63 10 51 50 3 1.588 10.8 3.5 3.4 0.98 0.7 53
1961 28 3 2 .600 4.00 45.0 48 22 20 4 34 24 1 1.822 9.6 6.8 4.8 0.71 0.8 33
1962 29 3 1 .750 2.92 37.0 36 13 12 3 17 11 1 1.432 8.8 4.1 2.7 0.65 0.7 21
8 Seasons 34 40 .459 4.35 702.0 741 376 339 64 311 366 14 1.499 9.5 4.7 1.18 0.8 307

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1957 AL--52--2nd
1958 AL--55--1st
1959 AL--50--3rd
1960 AL--53--3rd

Saves s c a p y
1957 AL--8--5th
1958 AL--6--10th
1959 AL--8--7th
1960 AL--7--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1957 AL--24--5th
1958 AL--29--4th
1959 AL--21--8th
1960 AL--24--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (914), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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