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Pinky Pittenger

Clarke Alonzo Pittenger
name previously thought to be Pittinger

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 24, 1899 in Hudson, MI
High School: Waite HS (Toledo, OH)
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1921
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Reds/Cubs 1921-1929

Final Game: September 22, 1929
Died: November 4, 1977 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Cremated
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1921 BOS AL 22 OF 27 19 17 65 60 4 1 0 .985 2.37 .960 2.33
1921 BOS AL 22 LF 20 13 11 43 41 2 0 0 1.000 2.15 .958 2.38
1921 BOS AL 22 CF 4 3 3 13 12 0 1 0 .923 3.00 .962 2.68
1921 BOS AL 22 3B 3 2 2 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.00 .952 3.40
1921 BOS AL 22 RF 3 3 3 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .958 1.97
1921 BOS AL 22 SS 2 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .942 5.35
1921 BOS AL 22 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
1922 BOS AL 23 3B 33 28 24 112 41 62 9 5 .920 3.12 .950 3.45
1922 BOS AL 23 SS 29 25 19 146 47 86 13 15 .911 4.59 .946 5.20
1922 BOS AL 23 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
1923 BOS AL 24 2B 42 33 30 170 77 86 7 12 .959 3.88 .965 5.68
1923 BOS AL 24 SS 10 4 2 33 12 20 1 1 .970 3.20 .946 5.02
1923 BOS AL 24 3B 3 4 4 14 8 6 0 0 1.000 4.67 .945 3.47
1925 CHC NL 26 3B 24 20 19 76 23 50 3 4 .961 3.04 .939 2.98
1925 CHC NL 26 SS 24 24 22 133 48 77 8 10 .940 5.21 .942 5.73
1927 CIN NL 28 2B 20 17 13 107 37 66 4 15 .963 5.15 .966 5.93
1927 CIN NL 28 SS 9 7 5 37 17 17 3 4 .919 3.78 .944 5.50
1927 CIN NL 28 3B 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 .945 2.95
1928 CIN NL 29 SS 12 4 4 37 9 24 4 7 .892 2.75 .950 5.61
1928 CIN NL 29 2B 4 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.75 .970 5.92
1928 CIN NL 29 3B 4 3 3 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 .942 3.05
1929 CIN NL 30 SS 50 46 44 272 107 153 12 37 .956 5.20 .950 5.61
1929 CIN NL 30 3B 8 7 7 23 6 16 1 1 .957 2.75 .953 2.88
1929 CIN NL 30 2B 4 3 3 15 4 10 1 2 .933 3.50 .968 5.82
7 Seasons SS 136 110 96 664 245 378 41 74 .938 4.58 .947 5.49
7 Seasons 3B 77 64 59 244 84 146 14 11 .943 2.99 .946 3.21
5 Seasons 2B 71 53 46 299 120 167 12 29 .960 4.04 .966 5.77
1 Season OF 27 19 17 65 60 4 1 0 .985 2.37 .960 2.33
1 Season LF 20 13 11 43 41 2 0 0 1.000 2.15 .958 2.38
2 Seasons RF 4 3 3 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 .958 1.92
1 Season CF 4 3 3 13 12 0 1 0 .923 3.00 .962 2.68
7 Seasons TOT 311 246 218 1272 509 695 68 114 .947 3.87 .952 4.71
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1921 BOS AL 22 40 21 40 33 0 0 0 1 3 2 20 4 3 27 0 5 2
1922 BOS AL 23 66 53 66 61 0 0 0 0 33 28 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
1923 BOS AL 24 60 41 60 55 0 0 0 40 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1925 CHC NL 26 59 44 59 47 0 0 0 0 22 26 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
1927 CIN NL 28 31 24 31 30 0 0 0 20 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1928 CIN NL 29 42 7 42 19 0 0 0 4 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 21
1929 CIN NL 30 77 56 77 62 0 0 0 4 8 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
7 Seasons 375 246 375 307 0 0 0 69 77 137 20 4 4 28 0 17 52
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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