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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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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
1960 22 BOS AL 96 332 298 37 68 17 5 6 37 4 3 20 66 .228 .278 .379 .657 74 113 13 3 5 6 1 9
1961 23 BOS AL 17 54 51 4 13 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 10 .255 .283 .333 .616 64 17 0 0 1 0 0 9
1962 24 BOS AL 114 436 398 63 117 24 10 18 75 2 1 34 79 .294 .349 .540 .890 133 215 6 1 1 2 3 9
1963 25 BOS AL 148 612 560 71 130 23 7 22 77 0 0 49 118 .232 .294 .416 .710 95 233 17 1 0 2 6 *9
1964 26 TOT AL 128 474 426 45 107 22 3 12 44 4 0 40 73 .251 .315 .401 .716 103 171 9 1 4 3 1 *9
1964 26 BOS AL 37 130 120 15 31 4 3 3 6 1 0 9 33 .258 .310 .417 .727 96 50 4 0 1 0 1 9
1964 26 LAA AL 91 344 306 30 76 18 0 9 38 3 0 31 40 .248 .317 .395 .712 106 121 5 1 3 3 0 9
1965 27 TOT AL 102 287 257 31 60 13 3 2 10 2 3 26 44 .233 .305 .331 .636 83 85 6 1 2 1 1 97/8
1965 27 CAL AL 89 249 222 29 54 12 3 1 8 2 3 23 37 .243 .316 .338 .654 89 75 6 1 2 1 1 9/7
1965 27 KCA AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1965 27 CLE AL 12 37 34 2 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 .176 .243 .294 .537 52 10 0 0 0 0 0 /789
1966 28 NYY AL 80 179 159 18 35 10 2 5 21 0 0 16 27 .220 .288 .403 .691 101 64 3 0 2 2 1 9/78
1967 29 NYY AL 6 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .750 1.350 306 3 0 0 0 0 1 /7
8 Yrs 691 2379 2153 270 532 112 31 65 269 12 7 188 418 .247 .308 .418 .726 100 901 54 7 15 16 14
162 Game Avg. 162 558 505 63 125 26 7 15 63 3 2 44 98 .247 .308 .418 .726 100 211 13 2 4 4 3
BOS (5 yrs) 412 1564 1427 190 359 70 26 49 198 7 4 114 306 .252 .307 .440 .747 100 628 40 5 8 10 11
CAL (2 yrs) 180 593 528 59 130 30 3 10 46 5 3 54 77 .246 .316 .371 .688 99 196 11 2 5 4 1
NYY (2 yrs) 86 184 163 19 37 11 2 5 23 0 0 17 28 .227 .297 .411 .708 106 67 3 0 2 2 2
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 12 37 34 2 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 .176 .243 .294 .537 52 10 0 0 0 0 0

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
1960 22 BOS AL 96 332 -5 0 -2 2 -4 -8 -1.0 9 1 -0.1 .491 .494 -0.2 -0.3 -1 $ 9
1961 23 BOS AL 17 54 -2 0 0 4 -1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .508 .501 -0.1 0.3 -1 $ 9
1962 24 BOS AL 114 436 19 0 -0 -3 -5 12 1.0 12 24 2.2 .511 .507 2.7 -0.9 26 $ 9
1963 25 BOS AL 148 612 -7 -1 -1 15 -7 -1 -0.3 17 16 1.4 .499 .499 -0.2 0.8 1 $ *9
1964 26 BOS AL 37 130 1 -0 -1 2 -2 0 -0.0 4 4 0.3 .501 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $ 9
1964 26 LAA AL 91 344 2 -2 0 -2 -4 -6 -0.8 10 4 0.1 .493 .496 0.5 -0.8 6 $20,000 9
1965 27 CAL AL 89 249 -5 -2 -0 -2 -3 -12 -1.4 7 -5 -0.7 .484 .491 -0.4 -0.6 -3 $20,000 9/7
1965 27 KCA AL 1 1 -0 0 0 -0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .465 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /9
1965 27 CLE AL 12 37 -2 0 -0 -1 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .461 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -2 $ /789
1966 28 NYY AL 80 179 -0 -2 0 -1 -2 -5 -0.6 5 0 -0.1 .493 .496 0.1 -0.5 2 $20,000 9/78
1967 29 NYY AL 6 5 2 -0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .531 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $20,000 /7
8 Seasons 691 2379 2 -6 -4 13 -27 -22 -3.4 66 44 3.2 .496 .499 2.6 -2.2 31 $80,000
BOS (5 yrs) 412 1564 6 -1 -4 20 -17 4 -0.2 43 47 4.1 .501 .500 2.4 -0.0 27 $
CAL (2 yrs) 180 593 -3 -3 -0 -5 -7 -18 -2.2 16 -1 -0.6 .489 .494 0.1 -1.4 3 $40,000
NYY (2 yrs) 86 184 2 -2 0 -1 -2 -3 -0.5 5 2 0.1 .496 .499 0.3 -0.5 3 $40,000
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 -0 0 0 -0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .465 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $
CLE (1 yr) 12 37 -2 0 -0 -1 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .461 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -2 $

Standard Fielding

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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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1962 AL  10 (2nd)
1963 AL  7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 AL  118 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1960 AL  6 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1963 AL  17 (7th)

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 (84th)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2153), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2219), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (278th), 3.2 career WAR/4.5 7yr-peak WAR/3.9 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 24) = 69.5 career WAR/41.3 7yr-peak WAR/55.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jeremy Hermida (967)
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  5. Clyde Vollmer (958)
  6. Charlie Spikes (958)
  7. Bobby Darwin (956)
  8. Colby Rasmus (955)
  9. Junior Felix (953)
  10. Adolfo Phillips (952)
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  1. Richard Hidalgo (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dave Henderson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Henderson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jeremy Hermida (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jeremy Hermida (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Devereaux (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196426Los Angeles Angels$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196527California Angels$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196628New York Yankees$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196729New York Yankees$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$80,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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