Clint Courtney

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-8, 180lb (173cm, 81kg)

Born: March 16, 1927 in Hall Summit, LA us

Died: June 16, 1975 in Rochester, NY

Buried: Mount Zion Cemetery, Hall Summit, LA

High School: Hall Summit HS (Hall Summit, LA)

Debut: September 29, 1951 (Age 24-197d, 10,864th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 24, 1961 (Age 34-100d)
vs. LAA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Clinton Dawson Courtney

Nicknames: Scrap Iron or The Toy Bulldog

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

2796

750

.268

260

RBI

313

OBP

.339

SLG

.366

OPS

.705

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	GF	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
2	7	Apr 21	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	8	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
4	11 (2)	Apr 26 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	12	Apr 28	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	5	0	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	14 (1)	May 1	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
7	15	May 2	SLB		WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	16	May 3 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-14	CG	53	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
9	17	May 3 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
10	20 (2)	May 8	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	GF	13	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	21	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
12	22	May 10	SLB		CLE	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	25 (2)	May 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	26	May 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	27	May 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
16	28	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
17	29	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	30	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	27	7.2	5	1	0	6	0	PH C
19	31	May 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
20	32	May 24 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
21	33	May 24 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
22	34	May 25	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	GF	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
23	35	May 26	SLB		CHW	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
24	36	May 27	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	37	May 28	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	38	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,11-5	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	39	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	42 (2)	May 31 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	43	Jun 2	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
30	44	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	45	Jun 4	SLB		WSH	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	46	Jun 5	SLB		NYY	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
33	47	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	52 (4)	Jun 10 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	53	Jun 11	SLB		BOS	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
36	56 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	57	Jun 14 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	59 (1)	Jun 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
39	61 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
40	63 (1)	Jun 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	64	Jun 21 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
42	65	Jun 21 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
43	67 (1)	Jun 24	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
44	68	Jun 25	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
45	70 (1)	Jun 27	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	71	Jun 28 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	72	Jun 28 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	73	Jun 30	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	74	Jul 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-13	GS	39	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	75	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,0-13	GS	37	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	76	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
52	77	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10	GS	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
53	79 (1)	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,7-8	GS	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	80	Jul 7	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
55	81	Jul 8	SLB		CLE	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	82	Jul 9	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	83	Jul 10	SLB	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
58	84	Jul 11	SLB	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	85	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
60	86	Jul 12 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
61	87	Jul 16 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
62	88	Jul 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	89	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
64	90	Jul 18	SLB		NYY	L,2-13	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	92 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,4-13	CG	51	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	93	Jul 22	SLB		PHA	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
67	94	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	GS	47	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	95	Jul 24 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	97 (1)	Jul 25	SLB		BOS	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	98	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	100 (1)	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
72	101	Jul 29	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	102	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
74	103	Jul 31	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	107 (3)	Aug 5	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
76	108	Aug 6	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	109	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-12	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
78	110	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
79	113 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	39	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
80	114	Aug 12	SLB		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
81	115	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,1-0	GS	40	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
82	116	Aug 14	SLB		CLE	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
83	117	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
84	118	Aug 16 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	119	Aug 18 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
86	120	Aug 18 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	122 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	123	Aug 21 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	47	11.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
89	124	Aug 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	126 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
91	127	Aug 27 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
92	128	Aug 27 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	GS	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
93	129	Aug 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-3	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	130	Aug 30 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
95	132 (1)	Aug 31	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	133	Sep 2	SLB		NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	138 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
98	139	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
99	141 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	GF	16	3.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
100	145 (3)	Sep 13 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
101	147 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
102	150 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
103	153 (2)	Sep 26	SLB		CHW	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							103gm		824.2	436	47	10	493	7