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Harlond Clift
Harlond Benton Clift (Darkie)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 12, 1912 in ElReno, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1934
Final Game: September 20, 1945
Died: April 27, 1992 in Yakima, WA
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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 94 241 2 6 *5
1935 22 SLB AL 137 569 475 101 140 26 4 11 69 0 3 83 39 .295 .406 .436 .842 114 207 6 5 *5/4
1936 23 SLB AL 152 701 576 145 174 40 11 20 73 12 4 115 68 .302 .424 .514 .938 128 296 7 3 *5
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 .977 143 296 5 1 *5 MVP-18
1939 26 SLB AL 151 653 526 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 86 123 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 98 115 3 4 1 *5
12 Seasons 1582 6894 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 6355 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 92 134 5 5 1
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 SLB AL 21 3B 141 425 150 245 30 28 .929 2.80 .944 2.95
1935 SLB AL 22 3B 127 396 130 240 26 12 .934 2.91 .948 2.94
1935 SLB AL 22 2B 6 34 14 19 1 2 .971 5.50 .968 5.62
1936 SLB AL 23 3B 152 492 158 310 24 27 .951 3.08 .946 3.02
1937 SLB AL 24 3B 155 637 198 405 34 50 .947 3.89 .946 3.07 AS,MVP-13
1938 SLB AL 25 3B 149 501 176 306 19 31 .962 3.23 .940 3.07 MVP-18
1939 SLB AL 26 3B 149 533 184 324 25 34 .953 3.41 .942 3.03
1940 SLB AL 27 3B 147 511 161 329 21 32 .959 3.33 .936 3.12
1941 SLB AL 28 3B 154 533 195 316 22 27 .959 3.32 .946 3.19
1942 SLB AL 29 3B 141 475 160 287 28 28 .941 3.17 .939 3.03
1942 SLB AL 29 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
1943 TOT AL 30 3B 112 429 144 264 21 20 .951 3.64 .951 3.07
1943 SLB AL 30 3B 104 398 126 252 20 20 .950 3.63 .951 3.07
1943 WSH AL 30 3B 8 31 18 12 1 0 .968 3.75 .952 3.08
1944 WSH AL 31 3B 12 38 10 22 6 2 .842 2.67 .961 3.23
1945 WSH AL 32 3B 111 348 111 214 23 18 .934 2.93 .949 2.97
12 Seasons 3B 1550 5318 1777 3262 279 309 .948 3.25 .944 3.05
1 Season 2B 6 34 14 19 1 2 .971 5.50 .968 5.62
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
12 Seasons TOT 1557 5352 1791 3281 280 311 .948 3.26 .892 3.06

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 (772nd)

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--100th

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--226th

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--653--7th
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
Career--1070--249th

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--1070--83rd

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
1937 AL--140--9th
1938 AL--143--5th

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--29--8th
1937 AL--37--7th
1938 AL--39--3rd
1942 AL--22--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1936 AL--2.6--8th
1937 AL--3.4--5th
1938 AL--3.5--3rd
1942 AL--2.3--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--28.800--10th
1937 AL--19.690--9th
1938 AL--15.706--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 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 70 (347), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (454), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (293), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Willie Jones (890)
  3. Andy Van Slyke (888)
  4. Don Money (885)
  5. Doug DeCinces (884)
  6. Adrian Beltre (882)
  7. Richie Hebner (880)
  8. Al Smith (872)
  9. Rich Aurilia (869)
  10. Gene Woodling (869)
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  1. Bill Dahlen (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Carney Lansford (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ken Keltner (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ken Keltner (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eric Chavez (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gus Bell (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gus Bell (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Eric Chavez (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gus Bell (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Brooks Robinson (888) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ken Keltner (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ken Keltner (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August 18, 1943: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Johnny Niggeling to the Washington Senators for Ellis Clary, Ox Miller and cash.

February 9, 1946: Released by the Washington Senators.

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