Lou Clinton
Luciean Louis Clinton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 13, 1937 in Ponca City, OK
High School: Ponca City (Ponca City, OK)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1960
Final Game: April 30, 1967
Died: December 6, 1997 in Wichita, KS
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 BOS AL 22 OF 89 81 726.2 175 165 4 6 2 .966 1.9 3.1 4.9 3.6 1.2 -3 2.09 1.90 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 BOS AL 22 RF 89 81 726.2 180 170 4 6 2 .967 1.9 3.1 4.9 3.6 1.2 -3 2.16 1.96 .974 1.95 1.68
1961 BOS AL 23 OF 13 13 111.0 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 3.6 38.9 1.6 0.1 1.5 2 2.68 2.54 .976 2.25 1.98
1961 BOS AL 23 RF 13 13 111.0 33 29 3 1 0 .970 3.6 38.9 1.6 0.1 1.5 2 2.59 2.46 .976 2.06 1.75
1962 BOS AL 24 OF 103 97 885.0 195 185 6 4 1 .979 -2.8 -3.8 -1.8 0.6 -2.5 -1 1.94 1.85 .980 2.19 1.92
1962 BOS AL 24 RF 103 97 885.0 192 183 6 3 1 .984 -2.8 -3.8 -1.8 0.6 -2.5 -1 1.92 1.83 .979 2.00 1.71
1963 BOS AL 25 OF 146 146 1311.1 332 319 7 6 0 .982 15.2 13.9 12.2 0.0 12.2 3 2.24 2.23 .981 2.16 1.91
1963 BOS AL 25 RF 146 146 1311.1 326 313 7 6 0 .982 15.2 13.9 12.2 0.0 12.2 3 2.20 2.19 .980 2.01 1.72
1964 TOT AL 26 OF 121 114 1022.2 202 182 18 2 4 .990 -0.4 -0.5 -3.4 -9.2 5.8 3 1.76 1.65 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 TOT AL 26 RF 121 114 1022.2 198 178 18 2 4 .990 -0.4 -0.5 -3.4 -9.2 5.8 3 1.72 1.62 .984 1.88 1.61
1964 BOS AL 26 OF 35 31 280.0 65 59 6 0 1 1.000 1.8 7.7 -2.2 -3.6 1.4 4 2.09 1.86 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 BOS AL 26 RF 35 31 280.0 64 58 6 0 1 1.000 1.8 7.7 -2.2 -3.6 1.4 4 2.06 1.83 .984 1.88 1.61
1964 LAA AL 26 OF 86 83 742.2 137 123 12 2 3 .985 -2.2 -3.6 -1.2 -5.6 4.4 -1 1.64 1.57 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 LAA AL 26 RF 86 83 742.2 134 120 12 2 3 .985 -2.2 -3.6 -1.2 -5.6 4.4 -1 1.60 1.53 .984 1.88 1.61
1965 TOT AL 27 OF 83 69 624.0 132 122 7 3 1 .977 -3.6 -6.9 -1.6 0.2 -1.8 -2 1.86 1.55 .978 2.04 1.78
1965 TOT AL 27 RF 74 60 546.0 114 106 6 2 1 .982 -3.0 -6.6 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 -2 1.85 1.51 .978 1.85 1.57
1965 TOT AL 27 LF 10 9 76.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0.5 -7.9 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 1.66 1.40 .980 1.87 1.49
1965 CAL AL 27 OF 73 59 538.0 115 107 6 2 1 .983 -2.5 -5.6 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 -2 1.89 1.55 .978 2.04 1.78
1965 CAL AL 27 RF 72 59 536.0 114 106 6 2 1 .982 -2.4 -5.4 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 -2 1.88 1.56 .978 1.85 1.57
1965 CAL AL 27 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1965 KCA AL 27 OF 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1965 KCA AL 27 RF 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1965 CLE AL 27 LF 9 9 74.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0.4 -6.5 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.70 1.56 .980 1.87 1.49
1965 CLE AL 27 OF 9 9 83.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 -1.0 -14.5 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 1.73 1.78 .976 2.04 1.78
1965 CLE AL 27 CF 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
1965 CLE AL 27 RF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -85.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1966 NYY AL 28 OF 63 36 395.0 84 80 2 2 0 .976 -1.3 -3.9 0.7 -3.0 3.7 -2 1.87 1.30 .982 2.10 1.82
1966 NYY AL 28 RF 57 33 360.0 82 78 2 2 0 .976 -1.1 -3.7 0.9 -2.7 3.6 -2 2.00 1.40 .979 1.94 1.69
1966 NYY AL 28 LF 5 3 31.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 1.45 1.00 .980 1.83 1.44
1966 NYY AL 28 CF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.48 2.10
1967 NYY AL 29 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1967 NYY AL 29 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
8 Seasons OF 619 556 5076.2 1153 1083 47 23 8 .980 12.6 3.0 12.6 -7.7 20.1 0 2.00 1.83 .980 2.14 1.87
7 Seasons RF 603 544 4962.2 1125 1057 46 22 8 .980 13.4 3.2 13.4 -7.4 20.6 0 2.00 1.83 .979 1.95 1.67
3 Seasons LF 16 12 108.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -0.5 -5.6 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 1.58 1.19 .980 1.86 1.47
2 Seasons CF 2 0 6.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -60.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 4.50 1.50 1.000 2.40 2.05
8 Seasons TOT 619 556 5076.2 1153 1083 47 23 8 .980 12.6 3.0 12.6 -7.7 20.1 0 2.00 1.83 .960 2.14 1.87
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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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 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 89 6 6
1961 BOS AL 23 17 13 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 2 2
1962 BOS AL 24 114 97 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 103 10 4
1963 BOS AL 25 148 146 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 2 0
1964 LAA AL 26 91 83 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 86 6 1
1964 BOS AL 26 37 31 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 2 0
1965 CAL AL 27 89 59 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 72 73 14 4
1965 CLE AL 27 12 9 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 9 3 0
1965 KCA AL 27 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1966 NYY AL 28 80 36 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 57 63 18 8
1967 NYY AL 29 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
8 Seasons 691 556 691 691 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 603 619 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 39 10 0 18 4 1 8 4 1 10 3 0 14 9 1 89 30 33.7% 56 3 3.4% 1 3233 64% 77% 27% 297 58%
1961 BOS AL 23 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 9 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 15 5 33.3% 8 2 13.3% 1 482 65% 77% 29% 49 65%
1962 BOS AL 24 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 38 16 0 24 5 1 10 8 0 12 3 0 13 9 0 97 41 42.3% 55 1 1.0% 5 3952 60% 75% 25% 328 57%
1963 BOS AL 25 6 0 5 1 4 7 0 4 1 2 40 23 0 28 4 2 13 9 0 13 7 0 26 22 0 120 65 54.2% 53 2 1.7% 5 5706 55% 75% 27% 515 62%
1964 LAA AL 26 2 0 1 1 0 12 2 5 4 1 38 14 2 14 3 0 11 4 1 7 2 0 8 3 2 78 26 33.3% 47 5 6.4% 7 3165 55% 74% 23% 242 53%
1964 BOS AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 1 2 18 13 1 9 1 0 3 3 0 6 1 1 5 4 0 41 22 53.7% 17 2 4.9% 4 1262 59% 72% 21% 128 49%
1965 CAL AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 10 5 0 7 0 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 12 8 0 37 15 40.5% 22 0 0.0% 6 2343 60% 76% 25% 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 11 2 0 11 3 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 5 3 0 35 10 28.6% 25 0 0.0% 2 1518 62% 80% 25% 149 54%
7 Seasons 22 0 19 3 5 46 2 21 7 11 195 83 3 120 21 6 53 33 2 59 17 1 85 60 3 512 214 41.8% 283 15 2.9% 31 21700 59% 76% 26% 1864 58%
MLB Averages 41.6% 3.1% 61% 77% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 306 52% 68% 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% 0 127 64% 78% 25% 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 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 446 56% 71% 24% 31 61%
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.4% 61% 77% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 10 30% 70% 10% 1 100%
1966 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 22 64% 64% 18% 2 50%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 32 53% 66% 16% 3 67%
MLB Averages 40.1% 2.0% 61% 77% 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 1954 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.

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