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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1951 NYY AL 24 C 1 5 3 1 1 0 .800 4.00 .980 4.40 0
1952 SLB AL 25 C 113 558 487 69 2 7 .996 4.92 .985 4.70 9 MVP-24,RoY-2
1953 SLB AL 26 C 103 493 436 47 10 7 .980 4.69 .985 4.44 4
1954 BAL AL 27 C 111 105 937.2 598 539 53 6 8 .990 2.0 2.6 2 5.68 5.33 .986 5.40 4.76 9 10 36 36 50%
1955 TOT AL 28 C 84 71 625.1 339 301 33 5 6 .985 0.0 0.0 0 4.81 3.98 .988 5.58 4.73 6 16 25 18 42%
1955 CHW AL 28 C 17 10 95.0 53 49 4 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.02 3.12 .989 5.58 4.73 2 1 3 1 25%
1955 WSH AL 28 C 67 61 530.1 286 252 29 5 4 .983 0.0 0.0 0 4.77 4.19 .988 5.58 4.73 4 15 22 17 44%
1956 WSH AL 29 C 76 66 583.1 332 290 35 7 7 .979 -2.0 -4.1 -2 5.01 4.28 .988 5.91 5.02 3 20 22 17 44%
1957 WSH AL 30 C 59 51 474.1 325 288 35 2 6 .994 1.0 2.5 1 6.13 5.47 .991 5.92 5.11 6 12 22 22 50%
1958 WSH AL 31 C 128 122 1086.2 753 682 64 7 17 .991 -5.0 -5.5 -5 6.18 5.83 .990 6.01 5.34 9 30 54 32 37%
1959 WSH AL 32 C 53 48 410.2 227 213 11 3 2 .987 -7.0 -20.5 -7 4.91 4.23 .989 6.08 5.31 5 10 28 2 7%
1960 BAL AL 33 C 58 43 382.0 276 246 23 7 2 .975 0.0 0.0 0 6.34 4.64 .987 5.93 5.12 3 7 23 14 38%
1961 BAL AL 34 C 16 10 111.1 79 71 8 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -10.8 -1 6.39 4.94 .989 6.21 5.44 3 3 4 2 33%
11 Seasons C 802 516 4611.1 3985 3556 379 50 63 .987 -12.0 -3.1 -12 7.68 4.91 .988 5.81 4.93 57 108 214 143 40%
11 Seasons TOT 802 516 4611.1 3985 3556 379 50 63 .987 -12.0 -3.1 -12 7.68 4.91 .975 5.81 4.93 57 108 214 143 40%

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
1951 NYY AL 24 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 SLB AL 25 119 119 119 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 SLB AL 26 106 106 106 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 27 122 105 122 122 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1955 WSH AL 28 75 61 75 75 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1955 CHW AL 28 19 10 19 19 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 WSH AL 29 101 66 101 101 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
1957 WSH AL 30 91 51 91 91 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
1958 WSH AL 31 134 122 134 134 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1959 WSH AL 32 72 48 72 72 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1960 BAL AL 33 83 43 83 83 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1961 BAL AL 34 22 10 22 22 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 KCA AL 34 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Seasons 946 516 946 946 0 802 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 165 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 BAL AL 27 4014 3.86 4.31 76 92% 0 1 519 55 1 16 445 52 10 0 3 2 6 0 3 3 1 9 0 0 1 9 78%
1955 WSH AL 28 2429 4.58 5.36 38 92% 0 0 255 27 1 3 224 30 5 1 1 1 6 1 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 4 75%
1955 CHW AL 28 428 3.41 3.98 6 100% 0 0 49 3 0 4 42 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1956 WSH AL 29 2760 5.26 6.13 42 100% 0 0 292 31 4 13 244 34 11 1 0 2 7 0 1 6 0 7 1 1 2 5 100%
1957 WSH AL 30 2136 5.05 5.55 41 88% 0 1 286 28 0 9 249 33 8 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 7 43%
1958 WSH AL 31 4860 4.41 4.76 82 94% 0 0 686 61 5 14 606 63 17 0 0 6 7 1 5 1 1 17 0 3 4 5 80%
1959 WSH AL 32 1826 4.01 4.56 27 96% 0 0 215 22 1 8 184 11 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1960 BAL AL 33 1651 3.68 4.24 29 90% 3 0 249 22 0 9 217 22 4 0 0 6 7 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 BAL AL 34 497 4.04 4.77 12 100% 0 0 72 10 0 2 60 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 20601 4.37 4.92 353 93% 3 2 2623 259 12 78 2271 258 62 3 4 23 38 3 19 16 2 51 1 4 7 36 78%
MLB Averages 3.93 4.44 96% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 BAL AL 27 9 10 1539 36 36 34 50% 34 30 2 3 0 3 2 0 62 42 1.24 1.18
1955 WSH AL 28 4 15 983 22 17 17 44% 17 16 4 0 1 1 4 0 58 25 0.86 1.10
1955 CHW AL 28 2 1 172 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 1.30 1.14
1956 WSH AL 29 3 20 1129 22 17 17 44% 17 13 3 2 2 2 1 0 67 23 0.73 0.72
1957 WSH AL 30 6 12 828 22 22 22 50% 19 16 2 6 1 0 0 0 47 24 1.33 1.28
1958 WSH AL 31 9 30 1811 54 32 30 37% 46 28 8 0 0 4 5 1 111 40 1.09 1.31
1959 WSH AL 32 5 10 697 28 2 2 7% 25 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 51 6 1.28 1.07
1960 BAL AL 33 3 7 574 23 14 11 38% 20 11 3 0 0 3 1 0 37 16 1.45 1.17
1961 BAL AL 34 3 3 185 4 2 2 33% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 1.54 1.37
8 Seasons 44 108 7918 214 143 136 40% 185 119 24 11 5 13 16 1 456 182 1.15 1.16
MLB Averages 42% 1.17 1.16

* 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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