Flea Clifton

Herman Earl Clifton

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 12, 1908 in Cincinnati, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1934
Team: Tigers 1934-1937

Final Game: July 1, 1937
Died: December 22, 1997 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Bridgetown Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1930	21	RAL	C	133	501	501		131	26	9	2						.261	.261	.361	.623		181					RAL · PIED
1931	22	RAL	C	113	429	429		129	26	3	0						.301	.301	.375	.676		161					RAL · PIED
1932	23	DET-min	A	100	367	367		103	23	6	0						.281	.281	.376	.657		138					BMT · TL
1933	24	DET-min	A	154	575	575		173	25	11	2						.301	.301	.393	.694		226					BMT · TL
1934	25	DET	AL	16	17	16	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.063	.118	.063	.180	-52	1		0	0	/54
1935	26	DET	AL	43	120	110	15	28	5	0	0	9	2	1	5	13	.255	.293	.300	.593	56	33		1	4	5/46
1936	27	TOL	AA	19	64	64		18	2	1	0						.281	.281	.344	.625		22					TOL · AA
1936	27	DET	AL	13	30	26	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	.192	.300	.231	.531	33	6		0	0	/654
1937	28	DET-min	AA	107	443	443		112	18	3	4						.253	.253	.334	.587		148					TOL · AA
1937	28	DET	AL	15	52	43	4	5	1	0	0	2	3	0	7	10	.116	.240	.140	.380	-3	6		0	2	/564
1938	29	TTO	AA	104	331	331		78	14	5	2						.236	.236	.326	.562		108					TTO · IL
1939	30	TTO	AA	143	544	544		142	19	9	1						.261	.261	.335	.596		182					TTO · IL
1940	31	OAK-min	AA	85	242	242		49	9	3	0						.202	.202	.264	.467		64					TTO · IL
1941	32	CLE-OAK-min	A1,AA	109	369	360	8	69	12	1	1	0	3		8	8	.192	.209	.239	.448		86		0	1		OKC,TTO · TL,IL
1942	33	SFG-min	A1	156	541	541		132	25	1	0						.244	.244	.294	.538		159					OKC,FTW · TL
1943	34	MNE	AA	150	653	554	68	156	11	3	1	56	16		82	45	.282	.377	.318	.695		176	12	3	14		MNE · AA
4 Yrs				87	219	195	27	39	7	0	0	13	5	2	17	28	.200	.268	.236	.504	30	46		1	6
162 Game Avg.				162	408	363	50	73	13	0	0	24	9	4	32	52	.200	.268	.236	.504	30	86		2	11

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1934	25	DET	AL	16	17	-4	0	0	0	-4	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.479	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	/54
1935	26	DET	AL	43	120	-7	0	0	1	-6	-0.6	4	-3	-0.2	.486	.496	-0.2	0.1	-3	$	5/46
1936	27	DET	AL	13	30	-3	-0	-1	0	-4	-0.3	1	-3	-0.2	.474	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/654
1937	28	DET	AL	15	52	-7	1	-1	0	-7	-0.7	2	-6	-0.5	.455	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-5	$	/564
4 Seasons				87	219	-21	0	-2	2	-21	-2.0	7	-14	-1.2	.477	.497	-1.1	-0.0	-12	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1934	25	DET	AL	17	15	0	0.0	112	.071	.063	.288	.118	.362	.063	.415	.180	.777	-52	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.133	.063	.000
1935	26	DET	AL	120	87	9	2.8	108	.289	.255	.282	.293	.354	.300	.408	.593	.762	56	.251	-7.1	-0.7	.482	.100	.045	.0
1936	27	DET	AL	30	22	2	2.4	121	.217	.192	.299	.300	.374	.231	.439	.531	.813	33	.180	-2.7	-0.2	.409	.154	.038
1937	28	DET	AL	52	40	2	1.3	119	.152	.116	.292	.240	.368	.140	.435	.380	.803	-3	.074	-7.0	-0.7	.421	.256	.023	.0
4 Yrs				219	164	13	2.1	112	.234	.200	.287	.268	.361	.236	.419	.504	.780	30	.163	-20.6	-1.9	.424	.138	.036	.0
162 Game Avg.				408	305	24	2.1	112	.234	.200	.287	.268	.361	.236	.419	.504	.780	30	.163	-20.6	-1.9	.424	.138	.036

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1935	26	DET	AL	WS	CHC	W	4	18	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	18	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1934	25	DET	AL	17	0.0%	11.8%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	2.00	8.0		16.0	82%
1935	26	DET	AL	120	0.0%	10.8%	4.2%	4.2%	18%	2.60	8.5		12.2	81%
1936	27	DET	AL	30	0.0%	10.0%	13.3%	3.3%	20%	0.75	8.7		26.0	77%
1937	28	DET	AL	52	0.0%	19.2%	13.5%	1.9%	20%	1.43	4.3		21.5	63%
4 Yrs				219	0.0%	12.8%	7.8%	3.2%	18%	1.65	7.0		15.0	76%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.7%	8.4%	6.9%	28%	1.03	10.3	63.3	7.6	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1934	25	16	17	16	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	.063	.118	.063	.180	-52	1	0	0
1935	26	59	137	126	18	29	5	10	2	1	6	15	.230	.271	.270	.541	42	34	1	4
1936	27	72	167	152	23	34	6	11	2	2	10	18	.224	.276	.263	.539	40	40	1	4
1937	28	87	219	195	27	39	7	13	5	2	17	28	.200	.268	.236	.504	30	46	1	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1934	25	17	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	16
1935	26	46	126	116	15	29	5	9	2	5	14	.250	.287	.293	.580	10	43
1936	27	14	29	26	3	4	1	1	0	3	3	.154	.241	.192	.434	1	13
1937	28	16	51	43	3	4	1	1	2	6	10	.093	.204	.116	.320	1	15
4 Yrs		93	224	202	21	37	7	11	4	15	29	.183	.243	.218	.461	12	87
162 Game Avg.		162	390	352	37	64	12	19	7	26	51	.183	.243	.218	.461	21	87

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