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Harlond Clift

Harlond Benton Clift (Darkie)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 12, 1912 in El Reno, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1934
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators 1934-1945

Final Game: September 20, 1945
Died: April 27, 1992 in Yakima, WA
Buried: Terrace Heights Memorial Park, Yakima, WA
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All-Star

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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1934 21 SLB AL 147 664 572 104 149 30 10 14 56 7 2 84 100 .260 .357 .421 .778 95 241 2 6 *5
1935 22 SLB AL 137 569 475 101 140 26 4 11 69 0 3 83 39 .295 .406 .436 .842 115 207 6 5 *5/4
1936 23 SLB AL 152 701 576 145 174 40 11 20 73 12 4 115 68 .302 .424 .514 .938 129 296 7 3 *5/7
1937 24 SLB AL 155 679 571 103 175 36 7 29 118 8 5 98 80 .306 .413 .546 .960 140 312 6 4 *5 AS,MVP-13
1938 25 SLB AL 149 658 534 119 155 25 7 34 118 10 5 118 67 .290 .423 .554 .977 144 296 5 1 *5 MVP-18
1939 26 SLB AL 151 652 526 90 142 25 2 15 84 4 3 111 55 .270 .402 .411 .813 106 216 6 5 11 *5
1940 27 SLB AL 150 631 523 92 143 29 5 20 87 9 8 104 62 .273 .396 .463 .859 120 242 9 2 2 *5
1941 28 SLB AL 154 703 584 108 149 33 9 17 84 6 4 113 93 .255 .376 .430 .806 110 251 12 0 6 *5
1942 29 SLB AL 143 656 541 108 148 39 4 7 55 6 4 106 48 .274 .394 .399 .794 122 216 9 2 7 *5/6
1943 30 TOT AL 113 477 409 47 97 11 3 3 29 5 4 59 40 .237 .336 .301 .637 85 123 11 2 7 *5
1943 30 SLB AL 105 441 379 43 88 11 3 3 25 5 4 54 37 .232 .329 .301 .630 83 114 10 1 7 *5
1943 30 WSH AL 8 36 30 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 3 .300 .417 .300 .717 115 9 1 1 0 /5
1944 31 WSH AL 12 47 44 4 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .159 .213 .227 .440 28 10 1 0 0 5
1945 32 WSH AL 119 456 375 49 79 12 0 8 53 2 1 76 58 .211 .349 .307 .656 99 115 3 4 1 *5
12 Yrs 1582 6893 5730 1070 1558 309 62 178 829 69 43 1070 713 .272 .390 .441 .831 116 2525 51 41 53
162 Game Avg. 162 706 587 110 160 32 6 18 85 7 4 110 73 .272 .390 .441 .831 116 259 4 5
SLB (10 yrs) 1443 6354 5281 1013 1463 294 62 170 769 67 42 986 649 .277 .394 .453 .847 118 2391 46 36 52
WSH (3 yrs) 139 539 449 57 95 15 0 8 60 2 1 84 64 .212 .342 .298 .640 93 134 5 5 1

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 Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1934 21 SLB AL 147 664 -7 1 0 -8 3 -12 -1.1 21 9 0.9 .493 .493 1.8 -0.5 17 $ *5
1935 22 SLB AL 137 569 15 -1 0 -4 3 12 1.1 18 30 2.9 .509 .507 3.3 -0.2 34 $ *5/4
1936 23 SLB AL 152 701 30 1 0 1 3 35 3.0 22 56 5.2 .520 .519 5.1 0.4 55 $ *5/7
1937 24 SLB AL 155 679 36 -0 0 10 3 49 4.4 21 70 6.5 .529 .527 5.6 1.2 60 $8,500 *5 AS,MVP-13
1938 25 SLB AL 149 658 39 0 0 2 2 43 3.9 21 64 6.0 .526 .524 5.8 0.4 62 $ *5 MVP-18
1939 26 SLB AL 151 652 11 0 0 -2 2 10 1.0 20 31 3.0 .506 .506 3.1 0.0 33 $ *5
1940 27 SLB AL 150 631 19 -1 0 5 2 24 2.3 16 40 3.9 .515 .514 3.4 0.7 35 $ *5
1941 28 SLB AL 154 703 9 0 0 -3 1 8 0.8 18 25 2.5 .505 .505 2.8 -0.2 28 $ *5
1942 29 SLB AL 143 656 19 0 0 -1 0 19 2.0 14 33 3.4 .514 .512 3.5 -0.0 34 $ *5/6
1943 30 SLB AL 105 441 -7 -0 0 4 0 -3 -0.4 9 6 0.6 .497 .498 0.1 0.5 2 $ *5
1943 30 WSH AL 8 36 1 0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $ /5
1944 31 WSH AL 12 47 -4 0 0 -1 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .455 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ 5
1945 32 WSH AL 119 456 3 0 0 1 0 4 0.4 10 14 1.4 .504 .503 1.3 0.1 13 $ *5
12 Seasons 1582 6893 164 1 0 3 18 185 16.8 190 375 36.0 .511 .508 35.7 2.1 372 $8,500
SLB (10 yrs) 1443 6354 163 1 0 4 18 186 17.0 179 364 34.9 .512 .511 34.5 2.3 360 $8,500
WSH (3 yrs) 139 539 0 0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.1 11 11 1.1 .500 .500 1.2 -0.2 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 21 SLB AL 664 431 86 5.3 118 .295 .260 .297 .357 .372 .421 .427 .778 .799 95 .527 -5.6 -0.5 .781 .316 .161 9.3
1935 22 SLB AL 569 343 82 6.4 114 .304 .295 .291 .406 .364 .436 .421 .842 .785 115 .608 14.2 1.3 .867 .309 .141 .0
1936 23 SLB AL 701 409 125 8.1 123 .316 .302 .301 .424 .377 .514 .442 .938 .819 129 .668 30.0 2.7 1.049 .425 .212 15.0
1937 24 SLB AL 679 405 127 8.3 117 .316 .306 .290 .413 .365 .546 .432 .960 .797 140 .697 37.1 3.4 1.045 .417 .240 12.5
1938 25 SLB AL 658 385 124 8.5 117 .279 .290 .289 .423 .368 .554 .430 .977 .798 144 .704 39.4 3.6 1.104 .494 .264 15.5
1939 26 SLB AL 652 404 86 5.6 116 .279 .270 .289 .402 .364 .411 .427 .813 .791 106 .549 10.2 1.0 .847 .354 .141 6.3
1940 27 SLB AL 631 399 94 6.2 113 .279 .273 .282 .396 .355 .463 .427 .859 .782 120 .605 19.1 1.8 .879 .390 .189 12.4
1941 28 SLB AL 703 457 94 5.5 109 .278 .255 .279 .376 .356 .430 .411 .806 .768 110 .569 11.0 1.1 .812 .372 .175 8.9
1942 29 SLB AL 656 413 85 5.5 96 .290 .274 .268 .394 .343 .399 .375 .794 .718 122 .631 21.7 2.2 .803 .325 .126 6.5
1943 30 TOT AL 477 334 41 3.4 89 .257 .237 .259 .336 .334 .301 .357 .637 .691 85 .443 -6.3 -0.7 .566 .210 .064 3.8
1943 30 SLB AL 441 312 37 3.2 89 .251 .232 .260 .329 .334 .301 .358 .630 .693 83 .428 -7.3 -0.8 .557 .214 .069 3.8
1943 30 WSH AL 36 22 4 5.0 84 .333 .300 .252 .417 .325 .300 .347 .717 .672 115 .620 1.0 0.1 .682 .167 .000
1944 31 WSH AL 47 38 2 1.4 87 .171 .159 .262 .213 .328 .227 .358 .440 .686 28 .129 -4.0 -0.4 .342 .136 .068
1945 32 WSH AL 456 301 40 3.6 81 .230 .211 .251 .349 .321 .307 .341 .656 .662 99 .463 4.0 0.4 .653 .301 .096 3.2
12 Yrs 6893 4319 986 6.1 110 .285 .272 .283 .390 .358 .441 .411 .831 .769 116 .603 170.9 15.7 .858 .360 .169 99.4
162 Game Avg. 706 442 101 6.1 110 .285 .272 .283 .390 .358 .441 .411 .831 .769 116 .603 18 2 .858 .360 .169 10
SLB (10 yrs) 6354 3958 940 6.3 112 .290 .277 .285 .394 .361 .453 .417 .847 .778 118 .613 169.9 15.6 .880 .367 .176 96.1
WSH (3 yrs) 539 361 46 3.4 82 .231 .212 .252 .342 .322 .298 .343 .640 .665 93 .443 1.0 0.1 .622 .276 .087 3.2

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1937 SLB AL 24 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1934 21 SLB AL 664 2.1% 15.1% 12.7% 8.1% 36% 1.19 5.7 40.9 10.2 69%
1935 22 SLB AL 569 1.9% 6.9% 14.6% 7.2% 29% 0.47 12.2 43.2 6.9 75%
1936 23 SLB AL 701 2.9% 9.7% 16.4% 10.1% 41% 0.59 8.5 28.8 7.9 70%
1937 24 SLB AL 679 4.3% 11.8% 14.4% 10.6% 41% 0.82 7.1 19.7 4.8 68%
1938 25 SLB AL 658 5.2% 10.2% 17.9% 10.0% 43% 0.57 8.0 15.7 4.5 66%
1939 26 SLB AL 652 2.3% 8.4% 17.0% 6.4% 30% 0.50 9.6 35.1 6.3 70%
1940 27 SLB AL 631 3.2% 9.8% 16.5% 8.6% 38% 0.60 8.4 26.2 6.0 70%
1941 28 SLB AL 703 2.4% 13.2% 16.1% 8.4% 40% 0.82 6.3 34.4 7.0 67%
1942 29 SLB AL 656 1.1% 7.3% 16.2% 7.6% 34% 0.45 11.3 77.3 9.8 74%
1943 30 TOT AL 477 0.6% 8.4% 12.4% 3.6% 18% 0.68 10.2 136.3 14.1 77%
1943 30 SLB AL 441 0.7% 8.4% 12.2% 3.9% 19% 0.69 10.2 126.3 15.2 77%
1943 30 WSH AL 36 0.0% 8.3% 13.9% 0.0% 0% 0.60 10.0 7.5 75%
1944 31 WSH AL 47 0.0% 6.4% 6.4% 6.4% 43% 1.00 14.7 14.7 87%
1945 32 WSH AL 456 1.8% 12.7% 16.7% 4.4% 25% 0.76 6.5 46.9 7.1 68%
12 Yrs 6893 2.6% 10.3% 15.5% 8.0% 35% 0.67 8.0 32.2 6.9 70%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.8% 8.7% 6.4% 27% 1.02 10.1 67.1 8.1 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 21 147 664 572 104 149 30 10 14 56 7 2 84 100 .260 .357 .421 .778 95 241 2 6
1935 22 284 1233 1047 205 289 56 14 25 125 7 5 167 139 .276 .380 .428 .808 104 448 8 11
1936 23 436 1934 1623 350 463 96 25 45 198 19 9 282 207 .285 .396 .458 .854 113 744 15 14
1937 24 591 2613 2194 453 638 132 32 74 316 27 14 380 287 .291 .400 .481 .882 120 1056 21 18
1938 25 740 3271 2728 572 793 157 39 108 434 37 19 498 354 .291 .405 .496 .901 125 1352 26 19
1939 26 891 3923 3254 662 935 182 41 123 518 41 22 609 409 .287 .404 .482 .886 122 1568 6 31 30
1940 27 1041 4554 3777 754 1078 211 46 143 605 50 30 713 471 .285 .403 .479 .882 121 1810 15 33 32
1941 28 1195 5257 4361 862 1227 244 55 160 689 56 34 826 564 .281 .400 .473 .872 120 2061 27 33 38
1942 29 1338 5913 4902 970 1375 283 59 167 744 62 38 932 612 .280 .399 .465 .864 120 2277 36 35 45
1943 30 1451 6390 5311 1017 1472 294 62 170 773 67 42 991 652 .277 .394 .452 .846 118 2400 47 37 52
1944 31 1463 6437 5355 1021 1479 297 62 170 776 67 42 994 655 .276 .393 .450 .843 117 2410 48 37 52
1945 32 1582 6893 5730 1070 1558 309 62 178 829 69 43 1070 713 .272 .390 .441 .831 116 2525 51 41 53

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1934 21 155 669 583 88 138 28 9 13 47 6 78 105 .237 .329 .383 .711 73 147
1935 22 145 579 489 90 134 25 4 11 62 0 79 41 .274 .382 .409 .791 74 137
1936 23 159 685 574 116 154 35 10 18 59 11 102 71 .268 .384 .458 .842 99 152
1937 24 161 677 575 91 164 34 7 27 104 7 92 83 .285 .389 .510 .899 112 155
1938 25 158 664 547 105 146 24 7 32 104 9 111 71 .267 .395 .512 .907 109 149
1939 26 159 658 537 78 133 23 2 14 73 4 104 58 .248 .375 .376 .751 75 151
1940 27 157 638 534 84 137 28 5 19 79 9 100 65 .257 .376 .434 .810 87 150
1941 28 160 713 597 101 145 32 9 17 79 6 110 97 .243 .361 .412 .773 88 154
1942 29 151 696 574 116 158 42 4 7 59 6 113 51 .275 .396 .399 .795 91 143
1943 30 119 511 436 54 108 12 3 3 33 6 66 42 .248 .349 .310 .659 47 113
1944 31 13 49 46 4 7 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 .152 .204 .217 .421 2 12
1945 32 126 505 408 64 95 14 0 10 70 2 91 61 .233 .379 .341 .720 52 119
12 Yrs 1663 7044 5900 991 1519 300 60 171 772 66 1049 748 .257 .373 .416 .789 909 1582
162 Game Avg. 162 686 575 97 148 29 6 17 75 6 102 73 .257 .373 .416 .789 89 1582

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1937

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1937 AL (13, 14%)
1938 AL (18, 3%)
0.17 Career Shares (792nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1937 AL  6.5 (7th)
1938 AL  6.0 (4th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1936 AL  5.2 (6th)
1937 AL  6.5 (5th)
1938 AL  6.0 (4th)
1940 AL  3.9 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1936 AL  5.1 (6th)
1937 AL  5.6 (6th)
1938 AL  5.8 (3rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1937 AL  1.2 (4th)
1940 AL  0.7 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1935 AL  .406 (9th)
1936 AL  .424 (8th)
1937 AL  .413 (6th)
1938 AL  .423 (7th)
1942 AL  .394 (8th)
Career  .390 (101st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1937 AL  .546 (10th)
1938 AL  .554 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1936 AL  .938 (9th)
1937 AL  .960 (9th)
1938 AL  .977 (6th)
Career  .831 (241st)

Games Played s c a p y
1937 AL  155 (6th)
1939 AL  151 (5th)
1941 AL  154 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1941 AL  584 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1936 AL  701 (8th)
1939 AL  652 (8th)
1941 AL  703 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1936 AL  145 (2nd)
1938 AL  119 (8th)
1941 AL  108 (4th)
1942 AL  108 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1937 AL  312 (9th)
1938 AL  296 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1936 AL  40 (9th)
1941 AL  33 (9th)
1942 AL  39 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1934 AL  10 (3rd)
1936 AL  11 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  20 (9th)
1937 AL  29 (7th)
1938 AL  34 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1937 AL  118 (7th)
1938 AL  118 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  84 (7th)
1935 AL  83 (7th)
1936 AL  115 (3rd)
1937 AL  98 (4th)
1938 AL  118 (3rd)
1939 AL  111 (1st)
1940 AL  104 (2nd)
1941 AL  113 (3rd)
1942 AL  106 (3rd)
1945 AL  76 (8th)
Career  1,070 (87th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1934 AL  100 (1st)
1936 AL  68 (7th)
1937 AL  80 (4th)
1941 AL  93 (2nd)
1945 AL  58 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1936 AL  129 (10th)
1937 AL  140 (9th)
1938 AL  144 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1936 AL  125 (8th)
1937 AL  127 (6th)
1938 AL  124 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  30 (8th)
1937 AL  37 (6th)
1938 AL  39 (3rd)
1942 AL  22 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1936 AL  2.7 (8th)
1937 AL  3.4 (6th)
1938 AL  3.6 (3rd)
1942 AL  2.2 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1936 AL  71 (9th)
1937 AL  72 (8th)
1938 AL  66 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1936 AL  296 (6th)
1937 AL  279 (5th)
1938 AL  278 (6th)
1939 AL  258 (8th)
1941 AL  262 (6th)
1942 AL  256 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1936 AL  .668 (10th)
1937 AL  .697 (9th)
1938 AL  .704 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 AL  6 (2nd)
1936 AL  7 (4th)
1937 AL  6 (3rd)
1938 AL  5 (3rd)
1939 AL  5 (4th)
1945 AL  4 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1940 AL  8 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1936 AL  15.0 (6th)
1937 AL  12.5 (6th)
1938 AL  15.5 (2nd)
1940 AL  12.4 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1936 AL  28.8 (10th)
1937 AL  19.7 (9th)
1938 AL  15.7 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1934 AL  431 (8th)
1941 AL  457 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 70 (360), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (481), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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