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Lou Clinton

Luciean Louis Clinton

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 13, 1937 in Ponca City, OK
High School: Ponca City HS (Ponca City, OK)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1960
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Angels/Yankees/Indians/Athletics 1960-1967

Final Game: April 30, 1967
Died: December 6, 1997 in Wichita, KS
Buried: Lakeview Cemetery, Wichita, KS
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 BOS AL 22 OF 89 81 76 726.2 175 165 4 6 2 .966 2 3 2.09 1.90 .982 2.25 2.25
1960 BOS AL 22 RF 89 81 76 726.2 180 170 4 6 2 .967 2 3 2.16 1.96 .974 1.95 1.95
1961 BOS AL 23 OF 13 13 13 111.0 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 4 39 2.68 2.54 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 BOS AL 23 RF 13 13 13 111.0 33 29 3 1 0 .970 4 39 2.59 2.46 .976 2.06 2.04
1962 BOS AL 24 OF 103 97 93 885.0 195 185 6 4 1 .979 -3 -4 1.94 1.85 .980 2.19 2.18
1962 BOS AL 24 RF 103 97 93 885.0 194 185 6 3 1 .985 -3 -4 1.94 1.85 .979 2.00 1.99
1963 BOS AL 25 OF 146 146 141 1311.1 332 319 7 6 0 .982 15 14 2.24 2.23 .981 2.16 2.16
1963 BOS AL 25 RF 146 146 141 1311.1 326 313 7 6 0 .982 15 14 2.20 2.19 .980 2.01 2.01
1964 TOT AL 26 OF 121 114 111 1022.2 202 182 18 2 4 .990 -0 -0 1.76 1.65 .980 2.04 2.03
1964 TOT AL 26 RF 121 114 111 1022.2 198 178 18 2 4 .990 -0 -0 1.72 1.62 .984 1.88 1.87
1964 BOS AL 26 OF 35 31 31 280.0 65 59 6 0 1 1.000 2 8 2.09 1.86 .980 2.04 2.03
1964 BOS AL 26 RF 35 31 31 280.0 64 58 6 0 1 1.000 2 8 2.06 1.83 .984 1.88 1.87
1964 LAA AL 26 OF 86 83 80 742.2 137 123 12 2 3 .985 -2 -4 1.64 1.57 .980 2.04 2.03
1964 LAA AL 26 RF 86 83 80 742.2 134 120 12 2 3 .985 -2 -4 1.60 1.53 .984 1.88 1.87
1965 TOT AL 27 OF 83 69 56 624.0 132 122 7 3 1 .977 -4 -7 1.86 1.55 .978 2.04 2.03
1965 TOT AL 27 RF 74 60 50 546.0 114 106 6 2 1 .982 -3 -7 1.85 1.51 .978 1.85 1.84
1965 TOT AL 27 LF 10 9 6 76.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0 -8 1.66 1.40 .979 1.87 1.86
1965 CAL AL 27 OF 73 59 50 538.0 115 107 6 2 1 .983 -2 -6 1.89 1.55 .978 2.04 2.03
1965 CAL AL 27 RF 72 59 50 536.0 114 106 6 2 1 .982 -2 -5 1.88 1.56 .978 1.85 1.84
1965 CAL AL 27 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1965 KCA AL 27 OF 1 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.00
1965 KCA AL 27 RF 1 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1965 CLE AL 27 LF 9 9 6 74.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0 -6 1.70 1.56 .979 1.87 1.86
1965 CLE AL 27 OF 9 9 6 83.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 -1 -14 1.73 1.78 .978 2.04 2.03
1965 CLE AL 27 CF 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 9.00 2.00 .980 2.25 2.40
1965 CLE AL 27 RF 1 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -86 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1966 NYY AL 28 OF 63 36 33 395.0 84 80 2 2 0 .976 -1 -4 1.87 1.30 .982 2.10 2.10
1966 NYY AL 28 RF 57 33 30 360.0 82 78 2 2 0 .976 -1 -4 2.00 1.40 .979 1.94 1.94
1966 NYY AL 28 LF 5 3 3 31.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.45 1.00 .980 1.83 1.82
1966 NYY AL 28 CF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 2.25 1.00 .990 2.48 2.50
1967 NYY AL 29 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1967 NYY AL 29 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
8 Seasons OF 619 556 523 5076.2 1153 1083 47 23 8 .980 13 3 2.00 1.83 .980 2.14 2.13
7 Seasons RF 603 544 514 4962.2 1127 1059 46 22 8 .980 13 3 2.00 1.83 .979 1.95 1.94
3 Seasons LF 16 12 9 108.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -0 -6 1.58 1.19 .979 1.86 1.85
2 Seasons CF 2 0 0 6.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.50 .983 2.40 2.45
8 Seasons TOT 619 556 523 5076.2 1153 1083 47 23 8 .980 13 3 2.00 1.83 .980 2.14 2.13
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1960 BOS AL 22 RF 2 3 5 1 4 -3
1961 BOS AL 23 RF 4 39 2 2 0 2
1962 BOS AL 24 RF -3 -4 -2 -2 1 -1
1963 BOS AL 25 RF 15 14 12 12 0 3
1964 BOS AL 26 RF 2 8 -2 1 -4 4
1964 LAA AL 26 RF -2 -4 -1 4 -6 -1
1965 CAL AL 27 RF -2 -5 -0 -1 0 -2
1965 CAL AL 27 LF -0 -60 -0 -0 0
1965 KCA AL 27 RF -0 -40 -0 -0 0
1965 CLE AL 27 LF -0 -6 -0 -0 0 0
1965 CLE AL 27 CF -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1965 CLE AL 27 RF -0 -86 -0 -0 0
1966 NYY AL 28 RF -1 -4 1 4 -3 -2
1966 NYY AL 28 LF 0 0 0 0 -0 0
1966 NYY AL 28 CF -0 -60 -0 0 -0 0
1967 NYY AL 29 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons RF 13 3 13 21 -7 0
3 Seasons LF -1 -6 -1 -0 -0 0
2 Seasons CF -0 -60 -0 -0 -0 0
8 Seasons TOT 13 3 13 20 -8 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 BOS AL 22 96 81 96 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 89 0 6 6
1961 BOS AL 23 17 13 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 2 2
1962 BOS AL 24 114 97 114 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 103 0 10 4
1963 BOS AL 25 148 146 148 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 0 2 0
1964 LAA AL 26 91 83 91 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 86 0 6 1
1964 BOS AL 26 37 31 37 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 0 2 0
1965 CAL AL 27 89 59 89 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 72 73 0 14 4
1965 CLE AL 27 12 9 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 9 0 3 0
1965 KCA AL 27 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
1966 NYY AL 28 80 36 80 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 57 63 0 18 8
1967 NYY AL 29 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
8 Seasons 691 556 691 619 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 603 619 0 68 25
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.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 BOS AL 22 6 0 6 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 46 15 0 18 4 1 8 4 1 10 3 0 15 9 1 97 35 36.1% 59 3 3.1% 1 3155 65% 79% 28% 297 58%
1961 BOS AL 23 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 2 1 9 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 20 7 35.0% 10 3 15.0% 0 473 66% 79% 30% 49 65%
1962 BOS AL 24 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 47 17 0 24 5 1 10 8 0 12 3 0 19 13 0 112 46 41.1% 64 1 0.9% 5 3872 61% 77% 26% 330 57%
1963 BOS AL 25 6 0 5 1 4 7 0 4 1 2 50 25 0 28 4 2 13 9 0 13 7 0 30 23 0 134 68 50.7% 63 2 1.5% 5 5575 56% 77% 28% 515 62%
1964 LAA AL 26 2 0 1 1 0 12 2 5 4 1 45 16 2 14 3 0 11 4 1 7 2 0 11 4 2 88 29 33.0% 54 5 5.7% 7 3098 56% 76% 24% 242 53%
1964 BOS AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 1 2 24 14 1 9 1 0 3 3 0 6 1 1 8 6 0 50 25 50.0% 23 2 4.0% 4 1225 61% 75% 22% 128 49%
1965 CAL AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 16 6 0 7 0 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 14 9 0 45 17 37.8% 28 0 0.0% 6 2272 62% 78% 26% 156 69%
1965 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 67% 77% 20% 0
1965 KCA AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 78% 89% 67% 0
1966 NYY AL 28 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14 5 0 11 3 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 8 4 0 41 14 34.1% 27 0 0.0% 2 1480 64% 83% 26% 149 54%
7 Seasons 22 0 19 3 5 46 2 21 7 11 248 100 4 120 21 6 53 33 2 59 17 1 107 70 3 587 241 41.1% 328 16 2.7% 30 21189 60% 78% 26% 1866 58%
MLB Averages 40.2% 3.1% 63% 79% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 CLE AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 296 53% 70% 24% 20 70%
1965 CAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 78% 56% 11% 0
1966 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 125 65% 79% 26% 10 50%
1967 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 75% 50% 1 0%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 434 57% 73% 25% 31 61%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.6% 63% 79% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 9 33% 78% 11% 1 100%
1966 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 22 64% 64% 18% 2 50%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 31 55% 68% 16% 3 67%
MLB Averages 41.0% 2.2% 63% 79% 27% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1963 AL  15 (5th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1962 AL  103 (5th)
1963 AL  146 (1st)
1964 AL  121 (5th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1962 AL  185 (5th)
1963 AL  313 (1st)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1962 AL  6 (5th)
1963 AL  7 (4th)
1964 AL  18 (1st)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 AL  6 (5th)
1963 AL  6 (2nd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1963 AL  146 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1963 AL  319 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1964 AL  18 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1963 AL  15 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1960 AL  2.15 (2nd)
1962 AL  1.94 (5th)
1963 AL  2.20 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 AL  1.96 (3rd)
1962 AL  1.85 (4th)
1963 AL  2.19 (1st)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 AL  .967 (3rd)
1962 AL  .985 (3rd)
1964 AL  .990 (2nd)
Career  .980 (83rd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1963 AL  15 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1964 AL  .990 (5th)

                           

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