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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BAL	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 14	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	3	Apr 15	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 17	BAL		DET	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 18	BAL		DET	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 21	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
7	7	Apr 22	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	9 (1)	Apr 24	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-14	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	10	Apr 25 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	11	Apr 25 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	4	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	13 (1)	Apr 30	BAL	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	16 (2)	May 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	17	May 8	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	18	May 9	BAL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	19	May 10	BAL		PHA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
16	20	May 11	BAL		PHA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	22 (1)	May 14	BAL		BOS	W,7-2	GS	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
18	23	May 15	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
19	24	May 16 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
20	26 (1)	May 18	BAL		WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	27	May 19	BAL		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	28	May 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
23	29	May 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	46	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	30	May 23 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	31	May 23 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	45	11.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	32	May 25	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
27	33	May 26	BAL	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
28	34	May 27	BAL	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	35	May 28 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,6-11	GS	26	5.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
30	36	May 28 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,8-14	CG	51	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	42 (5)	Jun 2	BAL	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
32	43	Jun 3	BAL	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	44	Jun 4	BAL	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
34	45	Jun 5 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	46	Jun 5 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
36	47	Jun 6 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
37	48	Jun 6 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	52 (3)	Jun 10 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
39	56 (3)	Jun 13 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	57	Jun 15	BAL		NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
41	59 (1)	Jun 17	BAL		NYY	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	60	Jun 18	BAL		WSH	L,5-7	CG	61	13.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	62 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	BAL		WSH	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	64 (1)	Jun 22	BAL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	54	12.0	8	0	2	10	0	C
45	65	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	GS	71	15.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	66	Jun 25	BAL		PHA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	68 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	BAL		PHA	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
48	70 (1)	Jun 29	BAL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	71	Jun 30	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	74 (2)	Jul 4	BAL		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
51	76 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	77	Jul 6	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	78	Jul 7	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	79	Jul 8	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	80	Jul 9	BAL	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	81	Jul 10	BAL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
57	86 (4)	Jul 18 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	87	Jul 18 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
59	88	Jul 19 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	40	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
60	92 (3)	Jul 22	BAL	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	93	Jul 23	BAL	@	PHA	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
62	94	Jul 24	BAL	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	95	Jul 25 (1)	BAL	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	47	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
64	96	Jul 25 (2)	BAL	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
65	98 (1)	Jul 28	BAL		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
66	100 (1)	Jul 30	BAL		NYY	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	101	Jul 31	BAL		NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	102	Aug 1 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	103	Aug 1 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	104	Aug 2	BAL		PHA	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
71	105	Aug 3	BAL		PHA	L,2-6	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
72	106	Aug 4	BAL		PHA	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
73	107	Aug 6	BAL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	43	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
74	109 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	47	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
75	110	Aug 8 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
76	111	Aug 10	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
77	112	Aug 11	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	113	Aug 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
79	114	Aug 14	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	45	10.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
80	115	Aug 15 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
81	116	Aug 15 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
82	118 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
83	119	Aug 18	BAL		CHW	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	121 (1)	Aug 20	BAL		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
85	122	Aug 21	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	GS	30	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
86	123	Aug 22	BAL		CLE	L,1-12	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	126 (2)	Aug 26	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	127	Aug 27	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
89	128	Aug 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	12	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
90	129	Aug 29 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	130	Aug 29 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
92	132 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	BAL	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	133	Aug 31 (2)	BAL	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	134	Sep 3	BAL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	137 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
96	138	Sep 6 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
97	139	Sep 8	BAL		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
98	140	Sep 9	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	141	Sep 10	BAL		WSH	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
100	142	Sep 11	BAL		WSH	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
101	143	Sep 12 (1)	BAL		PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
102	144	Sep 12 (2)	BAL		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
103	145	Sep 14	BAL		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
104	146	Sep 15	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
105	147	Sep 17	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
106	148	Sep 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
107	149	Sep 19	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	150	Sep 20	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
109	151	Sep 21	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
110	152	Sep 22	BAL		DET	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
111	153	Sep 24	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
							111gm		937.2	539	53	6	598	8