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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 DET AL 25 3B 4 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.75 .943 3.10
1934 DET AL 25 2B 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 .970 5.90
1935 DET AL 26 3B 21 19 19 61 22 35 4 2 .934 2.71 .947 3.05
1935 DET AL 26 2B 5 4 3 31 12 19 0 3 1.000 6.20 .969 5.86
1935 DET AL 26 SS 4 2 2 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.25 .956 5.35
1936 DET AL 27 SS 6 6 5 27 12 13 2 3 .926 4.17 .950 5.35
1936 DET AL 27 3B 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 .667 1.00 .947 3.15
1936 DET AL 27 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 5.80
1937 DET AL 28 3B 7 7 6 24 9 14 1 1 .958 3.29 .946 3.14
1937 DET AL 28 SS 4 2 2 15 6 9 0 1 1.000 3.75 .955 5.22
1937 DET AL 28 2B 3 3 2 15 6 6 3 2 .800 4.00 .972 5.63
4 Seasons 3B 34 27 26 95 33 56 6 4 .937 2.62 .946 3.08
3 Seasons SS 14 10 9 47 18 27 2 5 .957 3.21 .952 5.31
4 Seasons 2B 10 7 5 51 19 28 4 5 .922 4.70 .970 5.79
4 Seasons TOT 58 44 40 193 70 111 12 14 .938 3.12 .954 4.09
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
1934 DET AL 25 16 0 16 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5
1935 DET AL 26 43 25 43 30 0 0 0 5 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
1936 DET AL 27 13 7 13 9 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1937 DET AL 28 15 12 15 14 0 0 0 3 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 Seasons 87 44 87 58 0 0 0 10 34 14 0 0 0 0 0 16 19
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.

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