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Clyde King

Clyde Edward King

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 23, 1924 in Goldsboro, NC
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1944
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Reds 1944-1953

Final Game: September 27, 1953
Died: November 2, 2010 in Goldsboro, NC
Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, NC
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Standard Batting

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
1944 20 BRO NL 14 11 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 2 0 0 1 1
1945 21 BRO NL 43 34 32 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 4 0 0 2 1
1947 23 BRO NL 29 28 26 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 12 .115 .148 .154 .302 -21 4 0 0 1 1
1948 24 BRO NL 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1951 27 BRO NL 48 36 29 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 .138 .219 .207 .426 14 6 0 1 4 1
1952 28 BRO NL 23 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1953 29 CIN NL 35 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 0 1 1
7 Yrs 201 129 114 9 13 1 1 0 5 0 0 5 36 .114 .158 .140 .299 -19 16 0 1 9
162 Game Avg. 162 104 92 7 10 1 1 0 4 0 4 29 .114 .158 .140 .299 -19 13 0 1 7
BRO (6 yrs) 166 116 104 9 13 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 34 .125 .157 .154 .311 -15 16 0 1 8
CIN (1 yr) 35 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1944 20 BRO NL 14 11 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1945 21 BRO NL 43 34 -6 0 0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1947 23 BRO NL 29 28 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1948 24 BRO NL 9 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1951 27 BRO NL 48 36 -4 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $13,000 1
1952 28 BRO NL 23 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1953 29 CIN NL 35 13 -3 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 1
7 Seasons 201 129 -20 0 0 0 13 -7 -0.8 4 -3 -0.7 .496 .499 -0.7 -0.0 -3 $13,000
BRO (6 yrs) 166 116 -18 0 0 0 11 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.6 .496 .499 -0.6 0.0 -2 $13,000
CIN (1 yr) 35 13 -3 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $

Advanced Batting

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
1944 20 BRO NL 11 9 0 0.0 93 .200 .200 .266 .200 .332 .200 .373 .400 .706 14 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1945 21 BRO NL 34 30 1 0.9 96 .211 .125 .272 .125 .342 .125 .375 .250 .717 -30 .054 -5.7 -0.6 .143 .000 .000
1947 23 BRO NL 28 24 1 1.1 108 .214 .115 .278 .148 .353 .154 .412 .302 .765 -21 .068 -4.6 -0.5 .217 .077 .038
1948 24 BRO NL 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .274 .000 .348 .000 .405 .000 .754 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1951 27 BRO NL 36 29 1 0.9 105 .182 .138 .270 .219 .344 .207 .409 .426 .753 14 .052 -3.8 -0.4 .360 .138 .069
1952 28 BRO NL 5 5 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .264 .000 .337 .000 .393 .000 .730 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1953 29 CIN NL 13 11 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .274 .167 .345 .000 .427 .167 .773 -52 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .200 .200 .000
7 Yrs 129 110 3 0.7 102 .167 .114 .272 .158 .345 .140 .398 .299 .742 -19 .035 -19.5 -2.0 .218 .070 .026
162 Game Avg. 104 89 2 0.7 102 .167 .114 .272 .158 .345 .140 .398 .299 .742 -19 .035 -19.5 -2.0 .218 .070 .026
BRO (6 yrs) 116 99 3 0.8 102 .186 .125 .272 .157 .344 .154 .395 .311 .739 -15 .043 -17.2 -1.8 .220 .058 .029
CIN (1 yr) 13 11 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .274 .167 .345 .000 .427 .167 .773 -52 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .200 .200 .000

Ratio Batting*

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
1944 20 BRO NL 11 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 91%
1945 21 BRO NL 34 0.0% 38.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 56%
1947 23 BRO NL 28 0.0% 42.9% 3.6% 3.6% 33% 12.00 2.2 6.5 50%
1948 24 BRO NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 50%
1951 27 BRO NL 36 0.0% 19.4% 5.6% 2.8% 25% 3.50 4.1 29.0 3.40 61%
1952 28 BRO NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 3.00 80%
1953 29 CIN NL 13 0.0% 15.4% 15.4% 0.0% 1.00 5.0 0.50 62%
7 Yrs 129 0.0% 27.9% 3.9% 1.6% 15% 7.20 3.2 22.8 1.77 60%
MLB Averages 1.7% 9.7% 9.5% 6.2% 27% 1.02 9.2 53.6 8.3 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1944 20 BRO NL -1.2 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 21 BRO NL -5.7 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 23 BRO NL -4.7 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 24 BRO NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.03 -0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.12 -0.6 0
1951 27 BRO NL -3.8 -0.4 36 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 .93 -0.4 -0.2 -4.5 -0.4 1.00 -3.8 0
1952 28 BRO NL -1.4 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .80 -0.1 -0.0 -1.5 -0.2 1.06 -1.3 0
1953 29 CIN NL -2.3 -0.2 13 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .83 -0.2 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 0.81 -2.7 0
7 Yrs -19.6 -2.0 56 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 .90 -0.8 -0.2 -9.3 -0.9 0.96 -8.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1948 24 BRO NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 27 BRO NL 0 0 57% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1952 28 BRO NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 29 CIN NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 0 0 47% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

Situational Hitting*

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
1948 24 BRO NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1951 27 BRO NL 36 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 9 0 0% 10 2 20% 27 1 4% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
1952 28 BRO NL 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1953 29 CIN NL 13 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 56 100% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 113% 12 0 0% 15 2 13% 40 1 3% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
MLB Averages 51% 180% 21% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1944 20 14 11 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 2 0 0 1
1945 21 57 45 42 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 6 0 0 3
1946 22 57 45 42 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 6 0 0 3
1947 23 86 73 68 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 25 .132 .145 .147 .292 -20 10 0 0 4
1948 24 95 75 70 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 26 .129 .141 .143 .284 -22 10 0 0 4
1949 25 95 75 70 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 26 .129 .141 .143 .284 -22 10 0 0 4
1950 26 95 75 70 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 26 .129 .141 .143 .284 -22 10 0 0 4
1951 27 143 111 99 9 13 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 33 .131 .165 .162 .327 -11 16 0 1 8
1952 28 166 116 104 9 13 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 34 .125 .157 .154 .311 -15 16 0 1 8
1953 29 201 129 114 9 13 1 1 0 5 0 0 5 36 .114 .158 .140 .299 -19 16 0 1 9

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1944 20 15 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
1945 21 45 37 35 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .171 .171 .171 .343 1 43
1947 23 30 30 28 2 4 1 0 0 7 0 1 13 .143 .172 .179 .351 1 29
1948 24 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1951 27 50 37 30 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 .133 .212 .200 .412 1 48
1952 28 24 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
1953 29 36 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 35
7 Yrs 209 135 120 10 14 1 1 0 8 0 5 38 .117 .159 .142 .300 3 201
162 Game Avg. 162 105 93 8 11 1 1 0 6 0 4 29 .117 .159 .142 .300 2 201

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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