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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 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 SLB AL 21 3B 141 140 139 425 150 245 30 28 .929 2.80 .943 3.09
1935 SLB AL 22 3B 127 124 120 396 130 240 26 12 .934 2.91 .947 3.05
1935 SLB AL 22 2B 6 5 5 34 14 19 1 2 .971 5.50 .969 5.87
1936 SLB AL 23 3B 152 151 148 492 158 310 24 27 .951 3.08 .946 3.13
1936 SLB AL 23 LF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.10
1937 SLB AL 24 3B 155 155 153 637 198 405 34 50 .947 3.89 .946 3.15 AS,MVP-13
1938 SLB AL 25 3B 149 148 145 501 176 306 19 31 .962 3.23 .941 3.14 MVP-18
1939 SLB AL 26 3B 149 149 148 533 184 324 25 34 .953 3.41 .943 3.15
1940 SLB AL 27 3B 147 147 147 511 161 329 21 32 .959 3.33 .937 3.21
1941 SLB AL 28 3B 154 152 149 533 195 316 22 27 .959 3.32 .947 3.28
1942 SLB AL 29 3B 141 141 134 475 160 287 28 28 .941 3.17 .939 3.16
1942 SLB AL 29 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
1943 TOT AL 30 3B 112 112 110 429 144 264 21 20 .951 3.64 .951 3.17
1943 SLB AL 30 3B 104 104 102 398 126 252 20 20 .950 3.63 .951 3.17
1943 WSH AL 30 3B 8 8 8 31 18 12 1 0 .968 3.75 .951 3.18
1944 WSH AL 31 3B 12 11 11 38 10 22 6 2 .842 2.67 .954 3.34
1945 WSH AL 32 3B 111 102 101 348 111 214 23 18 .934 2.93 .948 3.16
12 Seasons 3B 1550 1532 1505 5318 1777 3262 279 309 .948 3.25 .944 3.16
1 Season 2B 6 5 5 34 14 19 1 2 .971 5.50 .969 5.87
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
1 Season LF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.10
12 Seasons TOT 1557 1537 1510 5352 1791 3281 280 311 .948 3.26 .944 3.17
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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 SLB AL 21 147 140 147 141 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1935 SLB AL 22 137 129 137 132 0 0 0 6 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1936 SLB AL 23 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 151 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1937 SLB AL 24 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 SLB AL 25 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1939 SLB AL 26 151 149 151 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1940 SLB AL 27 150 147 150 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1941 SLB AL 28 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 SLB AL 29 143 141 143 141 0 0 0 0 141 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1943 SLB AL 30 105 104 105 104 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1943 WSH AL 30 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 WSH AL 31 12 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 WSH AL 32 119 102 119 111 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
12 Seasons 1582 1538 1582 1555 0 0 0 6 1549 1 1 0 0 1 0 29 2
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.

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)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1937 AL  34 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1934 AL  141 (3rd)
1935 AL  127 (5th)
1936 AL  152 (2nd)
1937 AL  155 (2nd)
1938 AL  149 (3rd)
1939 AL  149 (3rd)
1940 AL  147 (3rd)
1941 AL  154 (1st)
1942 AL  141 (2nd)
1943 AL  112 (5th)
Career  1,550 (36th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1934 AL  150 (2nd)
1936 AL  158 (4th)
1937 AL  198 (1st)
1938 AL  176 (1st)
1939 AL  184 (2nd)
1940 AL  161 (3rd)
1941 AL  195 (1st)
1942 AL  160 (3rd)
1943 AL  144 (4th)
1945 AL  111 (5th)
Career  1,777 (21st)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1934 AL  245 (5th)
1935 AL  240 (4th)
1936 AL  310 (2nd)
1937 AL  405 (1st)
1938 AL  306 (2nd)
1939 AL  324 (3rd)
1940 AL  329 (1st)
1941 AL  316 (2nd)
1942 AL  287 (2nd)
1943 AL  264 (2nd)
1945 AL  214 (5th)
Career  3,262 (30th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1934 AL  30 (2nd)
1935 AL  26 (3rd)
1936 AL  24 (4th)
1937 AL  34 (1st)
1938 AL  19 (5th)
1939 AL  25 (4th)
1941 AL  22 (4th)
1942 AL  28 (4th)
1943 AL  21 (3rd)
1945 AL  23 (3rd)
Career  279 (37th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1934 AL  2.80 (5th)
1935 AL  2.91 (5th)
1936 AL  3.08 (4th)
1937 AL  3.89 (1st)
1938 AL  3.23 (3rd)
1939 AL  3.41 (1st)
1940 AL  3.33 (3rd)
1941 AL  3.32 (3rd)
1942 AL  3.17 (3rd)
1943 AL  3.64 (1st)
1945 AL  2.93 (4th)
Career  3.25 (39th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1936 AL  .951 (3rd)
1937 AL  .947 (5th)
1938 AL  .962 (1st)
1939 AL  .953 (3rd)
1940 AL  .959 (1st)
1941 AL  .959 (3rd)
1942 AL  .941 (3rd)
1943 AL  .951 (4th)

                                         

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