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Clint Courtney

Clinton Dawson Courtney (Scrap Iron and The Toy Bulldog)

Position: Catcher
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
Teams (by GP): Senators/Orioles/Browns/WhiteSox/Yankees/.. 1951-1961

Final Game: June 24, 1961
Died: June 16, 1975 in Rochester, NY
Buried: Mount Zion Cemetery, Hall Summit, LA
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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

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1951 24 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 /2
1952 25 SLB AL 458 1 -2 0 0 1 4 13 17 1.7 *2 MVP-24,RoY-2
1953 26 SLB AL 384 -17 -1 0 0 0 3 11 -4 -0.5 *2
1954 27 BAL AL 437 -7 0 -1 -1 2 4 12 9 0.9 *2
1955 28 CHW AL 45 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0.7 2
1955 28 WSH AL 264 1 -3 -3 0 0 2 7 4 0.4 2
1956 29 WSH AL 316 5 -4 -1 0 -2 4 9 11 1.1 2
1957 30 WSH AL 260 4 -1 0 0 1 4 7 15 1.6 2
1958 31 WSH AL 515 -8 -1 -2 1 -5 8 15 8 0.7 *2
1959 32 WSH AL 213 -8 -2 -1 1 -7 3 6 -8 -0.9 2
1960 33 BAL AL 196 -3 0 -1 0 0 3 6 5 0.4 2
1961 34 KCA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1961 34 BAL AL 55 0 0 0 0 -1 1 2 2 0.2 2
11 Seasons 3147 -28 -14 -9 1 -11 37 89 65 6.3
WSH (5 yrs) 1568 -6 -11 -7 2 -13 21 44 30 2.9
BAL (5 yrs) 1530 -26 -3 -2 -1 2 15 44 29 2.7
KCA (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
NYY (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
CHW (1 yr) 45 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0.7

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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 5.00 0 0 1 100%
1952 SLB AL 25 C 113 558 487 69 2 7 .996 4.92 .985 5.44 9 35 32 48% MVP-24,RoY-2
1953 SLB AL 26 C 103 493 436 47 10 7 .980 4.69 .985 5.15 4 29 29 50%
1954 BAL AL 27 C 111 105 937.2 598 539 53 6 8 .990 2 3 5.68 5.33 .986 5.40 5.36 9 39 31 44%
1955 TOT AL 28 C 84 71 625.1 339 301 33 5 6 .985 0 0 4.81 3.98 .988 5.58 5.54 6 22 16 42%
1955 CHW AL 28 C 17 10 95.0 53 49 4 0 2 1.000 0 0 5.02 3.12 .989 5.58 5.54 2 2 1 33%
1955 WSH AL 28 C 67 61 530.1 286 252 29 5 4 .983 0 0 4.77 4.19 .988 5.58 5.54 4 20 15 43%
1956 WSH AL 29 C 76 66 583.1 332 290 35 7 7 .979 -2 -4 5.01 4.28 .988 5.91 5.86 3 24 17 41%
1957 WSH AL 30 C 59 51 474.1 325 288 35 2 6 .994 1 3 6.13 5.47 .991 5.92 5.94 6 22 22 50%
1958 WSH AL 31 C 128 122 1086.2 753 682 64 7 17 .991 -5 -6 6.18 5.83 .990 6.01 5.95 9 54 32 37%
1959 WSH AL 32 C 53 48 410.2 227 213 11 3 2 .987 -7 -20 4.91 4.23 .989 6.08 6.04 5 28 2 7%
1960 BAL AL 33 C 58 43 382.0 276 246 23 7 2 .975 0 0 6.34 4.64 .987 5.93 5.92 3 23 14 38%
1961 BAL AL 34 C 16 10 111.1 79 71 8 0 1 1.000 -1 -11 6.39 4.94 .989 6.21 6.14 3 4 2 33%
11 Seasons C 802 516 4611.1 3985 3556 379 50 63 .987 -12 -3 5.64 4.91 .988 5.81 5.65 57 280 198 41%
11 Seasons TOT 802 516 4611.1 3985 3556 379 50 63 .987 -12 -3 5.64 4.91 .988 5.81 5.65 57 280 198 41%

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1967 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (24, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

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)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1952 AL  113 (4th)
1953 AL  103 (5th)
1954 AL  111 (4th)
1958 AL  128 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1952 AL  487 (4th)
1953 AL  436 (5th)
1954 AL  539 (4th)
1958 AL  682 (2nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1952 AL  69 (2nd)
1953 AL  47 (4th)
1954 AL  53 (4th)
1958 AL  64 (1st)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1953 AL  10 (2nd)
1954 AL  6 (4th)
1956 AL  7 (4th)
1958 AL  7 (3rd)
1960 AL  7 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1952 AL  9 (1st)
1954 AL  9 (2nd)
1955 AL  6 (5th)
1958 AL  9 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1952 AL  35 (3rd)
1953 AL  29 (3rd)
1954 AL  39 (2nd)
1955 AL  22 (5th)
1958 AL  54 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1952 AL  32 (2nd)
1953 AL  29 (1st)
1954 AL  31 (1st)
1957 AL  22 (4th)
1958 AL  32 (1st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1952 AL  47.8 (4th)
1953 AL  50.0 (3rd)
1954 AL  44.3 (4th)
1957 AL  50.0 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1954 AL  2 (4th)
1957 AL  1 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1954 AL  5.68 (3rd)
1958 AL  6.18 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1952 AL  4.92 (4th)
1954 AL  5.33 (2nd)
1958 AL  5.83 (3rd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1952 AL  .996 (1st)
1954 AL  .990 (4th)
1958 AL  .991 (3rd)

                           
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 (1866), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2166), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

November 23, 1951: Traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Browns for Jim McDonald.

December 6, 1954: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Jim Brideweser and Bob Chakales to the Chicago White Sox for Matt Batts, Don Ferrarese, Don Johnson and Fred Marsh.

June 7, 1955: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bob Chakales and Johnny Groth to the Washington Senators for Jim Busby.

April 3, 1960: Traded by the Washington Senators with Ron Samford to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Gardner.

April 14, 1961: Sent by the Kansas City Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles to complete an earlier deal made on January 24, 1961. The Kansas City Athletics sent to the Baltimore Orioles for . Clint Courtney returned to original team on April 14, 1961.

July 1, 1961: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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