Clint Courtney
Clinton Dawson Courtney (Scrap Iron and The Toy Bulldog)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 16, 1927 in Hall Summit, LA
High School: Hall Summit (Hall Summit, LA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1951
Final Game: June 24, 1961
Died: June 16, 1975 in Rochester, NY
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Standard Batting

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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
1951 24 NYY AL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 1 0 /2
1952 25 SLB AL 119 458 413 38 118 24 3 5 50 0 2 39 26 .286 .349 .395 .743 104 163 9 1 5 *2 MVP-24,RoY-2
1953 26 SLB AL 106 384 355 28 89 12 2 4 19 0 1 25 20 .251 .302 .330 .631 69 117 14 1 3 *2
1954 27 BAL AL 122 437 397 25 107 18 3 4 37 2 1 30 7 .270 .323 .360 .684 94 143 10 3 4 3 *2
1955 28 TOT AL 94 309 275 33 85 11 4 3 40 0 0 26 9 .309 .366 .411 .777 111 113 6 1 3 4 6 2
1955 28 CHW AL 19 45 37 7 14 3 0 1 10 0 0 7 0 .378 .467 .541 1.007 168 20 2 0 0 1 2 2
1955 28 WSH AL 75 264 238 26 71 8 4 2 30 0 0 19 9 .298 .349 .391 .739 102 93 4 1 3 3 4 2
1956 29 WSH AL 101 316 283 31 85 20 3 5 44 0 5 20 10 .300 .362 .445 .807 116 126 9 9 1 3 4 2
1957 30 WSH AL 91 260 232 23 62 14 1 6 27 0 0 16 11 .267 .346 .414 .760 109 96 6 12 0 0 5 2
1958 31 WSH AL 134 515 450 46 113 18 0 8 62 1 5 48 23 .251 .332 .344 .676 89 155 11 9 3 5 3 *2
1959 32 WSH AL 72 213 189 19 44 4 1 2 18 0 1 20 19 .233 .308 .296 .604 67 56 3 1 2 1 1 2
1960 33 BAL AL 83 196 154 14 35 3 0 1 12 0 1 30 14 .227 .374 .266 .641 78 41 5 8 1 3 3 2
1961 34 TOT AL 23 56 46 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 10 3 .261 .393 .304 .697 93 14 1 0 0 0 0 2
1961 34 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
1961 34 BAL AL 22 55 45 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 10 3 .267 .400 .311 .711 97 14 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Seasons 946 3147 2796 260 750 126 17 38 313 3 16 264 143 .268 .339 .366 .705 94 1024 74 46 22 19 22
162 Game Avg. 162 539 479 45 128 22 3 7 54 1 3 45 24 .268 .339 .366 .705 94 175 13 8 4
WSH (5 yrs) 473 1568 1392 145 375 64 9 23 181 1 11 123 72 .269 .340 .378 .718 97 526 33 32 9 12 17
BAL (5 yrs) 452 1530 1364 108 361 59 8 14 122 2 5 134 70 .265 .335 .350 .685 89 478 39 13 13 6 3
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
NYY (1 yr) 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 1 0
CHW (1 yr) 19 45 37 7 14 3 0 1 10 0 0 7 0 .378 .467 .541 1.007 168 20 2 0 0 1 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1951 24 NYY AL 3 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .262 .333 .343 .000 .385 .333 .728 -3 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1952 25 SLB AL 458 311 56 4.9 99 .296 .286 .264 .349 .344 .395 .385 .743 .729 104 .572 2.3 0.2 .657 .199 .109 .0
1953 26 SLB AL 384 284 35 3.3 104 .257 .251 .272 .302 .348 .330 .400 .631 .749 69 .367 -16.5 -1.7 .505 .146 .079 .0
1954 27 BAL AL 437 308 46 4.0 92 .265 .270 .256 .323 .330 .360 .374 .684 .704 94 .472 -2.9 -0.3 .588 .169 .091 2.7
1955 28 TOT AL 309 203 42 5.5 101 .307 .309 .264 .366 .343 .411 .393 .777 .736 111 .586 4.6 0.4 .714 .196 .102 .0
1955 28 CHW AL 45 26 9 9.3 105 .351 .378 .270 .467 .350 .541 .402 1.007 .752 168 .784 4.2 0.4 1.080 .351 .162 .0
1955 28 WSH AL 264 177 33 5.0 100 .300 .298 .263 .349 .342 .391 .391 .739 .733 102 .539 0.4 0.0 .661 .172 .092 .0
1956 29 WSH AL 316 216 43 5.3 103 .295 .300 .263 .362 .344 .445 .401 .807 .744 116 .547 7.1 0.7 .708 .198 .145 .0
1957 30 WSH AL 260 176 33 5.1 98 .260 .267 .261 .346 .332 .414 .393 .760 .726 109 .565 3.2 0.3 .705 .216 .147 .0
1958 31 WSH AL 515 361 52 3.8 96 .248 .251 .259 .332 .328 .344 .394 .676 .722 89 .451 -5.0 -0.5 .589 .191 .093 1.8
1959 32 WSH AL 213 152 18 3.2 98 .249 .233 .260 .308 .332 .296 .398 .604 .730 67 .357 -8.4 -0.9 .510 .164 .063 .0
1960 33 BAL AL 196 129 18 3.8 100 .239 .227 .262 .374 .336 .266 .401 .641 .737 78 .420 -2.2 -0.2 .624 .227 .039 .0
1961 34 TOT AL 56 35 6 4.6 100 .279 .261 .259 .393 .334 .304 .403 .697 .737 93 .492 0.2 0.0 .686 .261 .043
1961 34 KCA AL 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .265 .000 .340 .000 .412 .000 .752 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1961 34 BAL AL 55 34 6 4.7 100 .286 .267 .259 .400 .334 .311 .403 .711 .737 97 .506 0.5 0.0 .706 .267 .044
11 Seasons 3147 2177 349 4.3 99 .270 .268 .262 .339 .337 .366 .392 .705 .729 94 .490 -17.9 -1.9 .618 .188 .098 5.6
162 Game Avg. 539 373 60 4.3 99 .270 .268 .262 .339 .337 .366 .392 .705 .729 94 .490 -17.9 -1.9 .618 .188 .098 1
WSH (5 yrs) 1568 1082 179 4.4 99 .269 .269 .261 .340 .335 .378 .395 .718 .730 97 .496 -2.8 -0.3 .632 .190 .108 1.9
BAL (5 yrs) 1530 1066 161 4.1 98 .270 .265 .263 .335 .340 .350 .388 .685 .728 89 .472 -18.9 -1.9 .594 .182 .086 3.5
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .265 .000 .340 .000 .412 .000 .752 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NYY (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .262 .333 .343 .000 .385 .333 .728 -3 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
CHW (1 yr) 45 26 9 9.3 105 .351 .378 .270 .467 .350 .541 .402 1.007 .752 168 .784 4.2 0.4 1.080 .351 .162 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1951 24 NYY AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 33%
1952 25 SLB AL 458 1.1% 5.7% 8.5% 7.0% 27% 0.67 15.9 82.6 8.3 83%
1953 26 SLB AL 384 1.0% 5.2% 6.5% 4.7% 20% 0.80 17.8 88.8 18.7 86%
1954 27 BAL AL 437 0.9% 1.6% 6.9% 5.7% 23% 0.23 56.7 99.3 10.7 0.86 89%
1955 28 TOT AL 309 1.0% 2.9% 8.4% 5.8% 21% 0.35 30.6 91.7 6.9 0.92 86%
1955 28 CHW AL 45 2.2% 0.0% 15.6% 8.9% 29% 0.00 37.0 3.7 0.73 82%
1955 28 WSH AL 264 0.8% 3.4% 7.2% 5.3% 20% 0.47 26.4 119.0 7.9 0.95 87%
1956 29 WSH AL 316 1.6% 3.2% 6.3% 8.9% 33% 0.50 28.3 56.6 6.4 0.80 86%
1957 30 WSH AL 260 2.3% 4.2% 6.2% 8.1% 34% 0.69 21.1 38.7 8.6 1.00 83%
1958 31 WSH AL 515 1.6% 4.5% 9.3% 5.1% 23% 0.48 19.6 56.3 7.3 0.83 82%
1959 32 WSH AL 213 0.9% 8.9% 9.4% 3.3% 16% 0.95 9.9 94.5 10.5 0.97 79%
1960 33 BAL AL 196 0.5% 7.1% 15.3% 2.0% 11% 0.47 11.0 154.0 12.8 0.92 72%
1961 34 TOT AL 56 0.0% 5.4% 17.9% 3.6% 17% 0.30 15.3 11.5 0.63 77%
1961 34 KCA AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1961 34 BAL AL 55 0.0% 5.5% 18.2% 3.6% 17% 0.30 15.0 11.3 0.67 76%
11 Seasons 3147 1.2% 4.5% 8.4% 5.8% 24% 0.54 19.6 73.6 8.9 0.88 84%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 27 BAL AL 4 0 15% 165 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 29% 24 15 9 2 2 0 9 7 1
1955 28 TOT AL 1 0 28% 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 37% 17 12 5 3 1 1 7 2 4
1955 28 CHW AL 0 0 30% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57% 3 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
1955 28 WSH AL 1 0 27% 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 30% 14 10 4 2 1 0 4 1 2
1956 29 WSH AL 4 0 24% 139 0 5 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 37% 20 13 5 2 2 0 8 1 6
1957 30 WSH AL 4 0 20% 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 38% 16 11 4 5 2 3 8 3 4
1958 31 WSH AL 4 0 24% 213 1 5 17% 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 27% 33 24 6 5 5 0 7 1 6
1959 32 WSH AL 1 0 27% 73 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 61% 8 6 2 1 0 1 9 0 8
1960 33 BAL AL 1 0 18% 59 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 60% 5 3 2 4 2 2 6 1 5
1961 34 TOT AL 1 0 14% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1961 34 KCA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 34 BAL AL 1 0 14% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
11 Seasons 20 0 22% 891 3 16 16% 3 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 39 32 38% 126 87 33 22 14 7 57 15 37
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 27 BAL AL 420 86% 107 13 4 0 4 2.98 4 0 7 4 0 1 3 0 5 4 80% 75 10 13% 34 11 32% 265 33 12% 18 8 44% 22 5 23% 17
1955 28 TOT AL 308 91% 85 10 6 0 3 2.12 3 0 8 3 0 0 3 0 4 3 75% 73 6 8% 36 8 22% 224 40 18% 30 14 47% 22 7 32% 1
1955 28 CHW AL 45 87% 14 2 1 0 1 3.12 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 17 2 12% 7 1 14% 43 11 26% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 0
1955 28 WSH AL 263 91% 71 8 5 0 2 1.87 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 100% 56 4 7% 29 7 24% 181 29 16% 24 12 50% 20 6 30% 1
1956 29 WSH AL 316 90% 85 32 8 1 5 1.66 5 0 12 4 1 1 4 0 3 1 33% 69 9 13% 34 13 38% 239 39 16% 22 13 59% 23 13 57% 0
1957 30 WSH AL 256 91% 62 27 11 1 2 1.98 6 0 2 6 0 2 4 0 1 0 0% 50 6 12% 24 7 29% 158 21 13% 14 5 36% 13 8 62% 4
1958 31 WSH AL 515 85% 113 7 2 0 0 2.26 8 1 8 6 2 2 6 0 3 3 100% 120 11 9% 47 19 40% 340 56 16% 31 19 61% 22 14 64% 0
1959 32 WSH AL 213 97% 44 19 3 1 1 1.25 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 67% 48 3 6% 28 9 32% 139 17 12% 11 4 36% 13 6 46% 0
1960 33 BAL AL 196 78% 35 18 7 0 4 2.33 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 44 5 11% 20 9 45% 134 11 8% 9 4 44% 14 6 43% 0
1961 34 TOT AL 56 91% 12 7 2 0 0 1.44 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 6% 5 0 0% 40 6 15% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1961 34 KCA AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 2.92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 34 BAL AL 55 91% 12 6 2 0 0 1.20 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 4 0 0% 39 6 15% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
11 Seasons 2280 88% 750 133 43 3 19 1.94 38 1 48 26 3 6 23 0 21 22 105% 495 74 15% 228 76 33% 1539 223 14% 136 68 50% 130 59 45% 22
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 24 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 1 0
1952 25 120 461 415 38 118 24 3 5 50 0 2 39 27 .284 .349 .393 .741 103 163 9 2 5
1953 26 226 845 770 66 207 36 5 9 69 0 3 64 47 .269 .327 .364 .691 87 280 23 3 8
1954 27 348 1282 1167 91 314 54 8 13 106 2 4 94 54 .269 .326 .362 .688 90 423 33 6 12 3
1955 28 442 1591 1442 124 399 65 12 16 146 2 4 120 63 .277 .334 .372 .705 94 536 39 7 15 7 6
1956 29 543 1907 1725 155 484 85 15 21 190 2 9 140 73 .281 .338 .384 .722 98 662 48 16 16 10 10
1957 30 634 2167 1957 178 546 99 16 27 217 2 9 156 84 .279 .339 .387 .727 99 758 54 28 16 10 15
1958 31 768 2682 2407 224 659 117 16 35 279 3 14 204 107 .274 .338 .379 .717 97 913 65 37 19 15 18
1959 32 840 2895 2596 243 703 121 17 37 297 3 15 224 126 .271 .336 .373 .709 95 969 68 38 21 16 19
1960 33 923 3091 2750 257 738 124 17 38 309 3 16 254 140 .268 .338 .367 .705 94 1010 73 46 22 19 22
1961 34 946 3147 2796 260 750 126 17 38 313 3 16 264 143 .268 .339 .366 .705 94 1024 74 46 22 19 22

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1951 24 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 1
1952 25 124 474 432 41 124 25 3 5 53 0 41 27 .287 .350 .394 .744 60 119
1953 26 111 396 369 29 91 12 2 4 19 0 26 21 .247 .298 .322 .620 36 106
1954 27 128 465 425 30 122 21 3 5 45 2 34 7 .287 .342 .386 .728 55 122
1955 28 98 323 290 35 91 12 4 3 43 0 28 9 .314 .372 .414 .785 45 94
1956 29 106 326 294 32 87 20 3 5 45 0 20 10 .296 .356 .435 .791 44 101
1957 30 96 282 250 26 71 16 1 7 30 0 18 12 .284 .365 .440 .805 37 91
1958 31 140 547 478 52 126 20 0 9 70 1 54 24 .264 .347 .362 .709 59 134
1959 32 75 222 199 20 47 4 1 2 19 0 21 20 .236 .311 .296 .607 19 72
1960 33 87 216 167 15 42 4 0 1 13 0 36 15 .251 .407 .293 .701 19 83
1961 34 23 58 47 3 13 2 0 0 4 0 11 3 .277 .414 .319 .733 6 23
11 Seasons 989 3312 2953 283 814 136 17 41 341 3 289 149 .276 .348 .375 .723 380 946
162 Game Avg. 162 543 484 46 133 22 3 7 56 0 47 24 .276 .348 .375 .723 62 946

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-AL-24-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL--9--4th
1957 AL--12--4th
1958 AL--9--3rd
1960 AL--8--4th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--6--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL--5--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1952 AL--15.9--10th
1954 AL--56.7--3rd**
1958 AL--19.6--3rd
Career--19.6--110th

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Scrap Iron The Clinton Toy Bulldog Clint Dawson Courtney

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