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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 (Toledo, OH)
School: Ohio State University (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:20AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1921 22 BOS AL 40 98 91 6 18 1 0 0 5 3 2 4 13 .198 .232 .209 .440 14 19 0 3 O7/85964
1922 23 BOS AL 66 203 186 16 48 3 0 0 7 2 5 9 10 .258 .299 .274 .574 51 51 2 6 56/9
1923 24 BOS AL 60 187 177 15 38 5 0 0 15 3 1 5 10 .215 .236 .243 .479 26 43 0 5 46/5
1925 26 CHC NL 59 195 173 21 54 7 2 0 15 5 4 12 7 .312 .364 .376 .739 88 65 2 8 56
1927 28 CIN NL 31 90 84 17 23 5 0 1 10 4 2 5 .274 .291 .369 .660 78 31 0 4 4/65
1928 29 CIN NL 40 38 38 12 9 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 .237 .237 .289 .526 38 11 0 0 6/45
1929 30 CIN NL 77 227 210 31 62 11 0 0 27 8 5 4 .295 .318 .348 .666 68 73 2 10 6/54
7 Seasons 373 1038 959 118 252 32 3 1 83 27 12 37 50 .263 .294 .306 .600 56 293 6 36
162 Game Avg. 162 451 417 51 109 14 1 0 36 12 16 22 .263 .294 .306 .600 56 127 3 16
BOS (3 yrs) 166 488 454 37 104 9 0 0 27 8 8 18 33 .229 .262 .249 .511 34 113 2 14
CIN (3 yrs) 148 355 332 60 94 16 1 1 41 14 7 10 .283 .302 .346 .648 67 115 2 14
CHC (1 yr) 59 195 173 21 54 7 2 0 15 5 4 12 7 .312 .364 .376 .739 88 65 2 8
NL (4 yrs) 207 550 505 81 148 23 3 1 56 19 4 19 17 .293 .324 .356 .680 74 180 4 22
AL (3 yrs) 166 488 454 37 104 9 0 0 27 8 8 18 33 .229 .262 .249 .511 34 113 2 14

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1921 22 BOS AL 98 -12 0 0 0 1 -1 3 -9 -0.8 -10 -1.0 0.2 $ O7/85964
1922 23 BOS AL 203 -13 -2 0 0 -3 3 7 -8 -0.8 -5 -0.5 -0.3 $ 56/9
1923 24 BOS AL 187 -18 0 0 0 -4 2 6 -14 -1.4 -10 -1.0 -0.4 $ 46/5
1925 26 CHC NL 195 -2 -1 0 0 2 2 6 7 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $ 56
1927 28 CIN NL 90 -3 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 4/65
1928 29 CIN NL 38 -3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 6/45
1929 30 CIN NL 227 -10 1 0 0 1 4 7 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 6/54
7 Seasons 1038 -61 0 0 0 -1 12 33 -17 -1.6 -16 -1.6 0.0 $
BOS (3 yrs) 488 -43 -2 0 0 -6 4 16 -31 -3.0 -25 -2.5 -0.5 $
CIN (3 yrs) 355 -16 3 0 0 3 6 11 7 0.7 4 0.4 0.3 $
CHC (1 yr) 195 -2 -1 0 0 2 2 6 7 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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