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Clayland Maffitt Touchstone

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 24, 1903 in Moore Township, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1928
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Braves 1928-1945

Final Game: September 8, 1945
Died: April 28, 1949 in Beaumont, TX
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, TX
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1925	22	WBY	A	10	11	.476	3.73	46						217.0	209	115	90		95							1.401	8.7		3.9			WBY · EL
1927	24	PRV	A	17	17	.500	3.73	44						270.0	280	142	112		128							1.511	9.3		4.3			PRV · EL
1928	25	PRV	A	16	13	.552	3.27	31						220.0	201	101	80		77							1.264	8.2		3.2			PRV · EL
1928	25	BSN	NL	0	0		4.50	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	15	8	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	40	89	2.125	16.9	0.0	2.3	1.1	0.50
1929	26	PRV	A	22	12	.647	3.39	40						292.0	290	124	110		90							1.301	8.9		2.8			PRV · EL
1929	26	BSN	NL	0	0		16.88	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	6	5	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	31	2.250	20.3	3.4	0.0	3.4

1930	27	BIR,NWK	A,AA	16	8	.667	3.45	33						211.0	217	105	81		52							1.275	9.3		2.2			BIR,NWK · SOUA,IL
1931	28	BIR	A	15	11	.577	4.76	29	28					223.0	255	126	118		60							1.413	10.3		2.4			BIR · SOUA
1932	29	BIR	A	16	15	.516	5.56	36						225.0	265	151	139		73							1.502	10.6		2.9			BIR · SOUA
1933	30	BIR	A	21	13	.618	3.21	37						283.0	281	119	101		56							1.191	8.9		1.8			BIR · SOUA
1934	31	MEM	A	16	18	.471	2.78	42						275.0	290	122	85		62							1.280	9.5		2.0			MEM · SOUA
1935	32	MEM	A	22	11	.667	4.01	36						283.0	316	144	126		44							1.272	10.0		1.4			MEM · SOUA
1936	33	SFG-min	A1	12	18	.400	4.57	39						222.2	255	139	113		56							1.397	10.3		2.3			MEM · SOUA
1937	34	OKC	A1	19	11	.633	2.53	43	31					277.0	218	105	78		97							1.137	7.1		3.2			OKC · TL
1938	35	OKC	A1	16	11	.593	2.42	37	26					242.0	184	75	65		57							0.996	6.8		2.1			OKC · TL
1939	36	DAL	A1	20	12	.625	2.70	40	32					253.0	204	93	76		77							1.111	7.3		2.7			DAL · TL
1940	37	DAL	A1	11	14	.440	3.67	34						218.0	228	109	89		46							1.257	9.4		1.9			DAL · TL
1941	38	CLE-min	A1	13	18	.419	2.99	44						241.0	238	108	80		58							1.228	8.9		2.2			OKC · TL
1942	39	SFG-min	A1	10	17	.370	3.11	56						223.0	207	103	77		68							1.233	8.4		2.7			OKC · TL
1945	42	CHW	AL	0	0		5.40	6	0	5	0	0	0	10.0	14	10	6	1	6	4	1	0	0	53	64	2.000	12.6	0.9	5.4	3.6	0.67
3 Yrs				0	0		6.53	12	0	8	0	0	0	20.2	35	23	15	2	8	6	2	0	0	107	60	2.081	15.2	0.9	3.5	2.6	0.75
162 Game Avg.				0	0		6.53	68	0	45	0	0	0	117	198	130	85	11	45	34	11	0	0	606	60	2.081	15.2	0.9	3.5	2.6	0.75

BSN (2 yrs)				0	0		7.59	6	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	0	0	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00
CHW (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	6	0	5	0	0	0	10.0	14	10	6	1	6	4	1	0	0	53	64	2.000	12.6	0.9	5.4	3.6	0.67

NL (2 yrs)				0	0		7.59	6	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	0	0	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00
AL (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	6	0	5	0	0	0	10.0	14	10	6	1	6	4	1	0	0	53	64	2.000	12.6	0.9	5.4	3.6	0.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1928	25	BSN	NL	8.0	5	0	8	9.00	5.06	-0.29	0.00	94.7	5.06	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.433	.498	$
1929	26	BSN	NL	2.2	1	0	5	16.88	5.76	-0.13	0.00	104.0	6.13	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.272	.499	$

1945	42	CHW	AL	10.0	6	0	10	9.00	3.54	-0.14	0.00	101.8	3.75	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.399	.496	$
3 Seasons				20.2	12	0	23	10.02	4.41	-0.20	0.00	99.3	4.56	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-1.1	-11	.403	.498	$

BSN (2 yrs)				10.2	6	0	13	10.97	5.23	-0.25	0.00	97.0	5.33	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.407	.498	$
CHW (1 yr)				10.0	6	0	10	9.00	3.54	-0.14	0.00	101.8	3.75	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.399	.496	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1928	25	BSN	NL	39	0.0%	2.6%	5.1%			87%
1929	26	BSN	NL	14	7.1%	7.1%	0.0%			86%

1945	42	CHW	AL	53	1.9%	7.6%	11.3%			75%
3 Yrs				106	1.9%	5.7%	7.6%			81%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.5%	8.4%	3.1%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1928	25	4.50	5	2	8.0	15	8	4	0	2	1	1	40	89	2.125	16.9	0.0	2.3	1.1	0.50	89
1929	26	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1930	27	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1931	28	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1932	29	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1933	30	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1934	31	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1935	32	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1936	33	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1937	34	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1938	35	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1939	36	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1940	37	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1941	38	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1942	39	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1943	40	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1944	41	7.59	6	3	10.2	21	13	9	1	2	2	1	54	57	2.156	17.7	0.8	1.7	1.7	1.00	57
1945	42	6.53	12	8	20.2	35	23	15	2	8	6	2	107	60	2.081	15.2	0.9	3.5	2.6	0.75	60

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1928	25	0	0		4.50	8.0	15	4	4	0	2	1	1	2.125	16.9	2.3	1.1	0.50	0.0	5
1929	26	0	0		9.00	5.0	0	6	5	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	3.6		0.0	1

1945	42	0	1	.000	5.73	11.0	16	8	7	1	7	4	1	2.091	13.1	5.7	3.3	0.57	0.8	6
3 Yrs		0	1	.000	6.00	24.0	31	18	16	1	9	7	2	1.667	11.6		2.6	0.78	0.4	12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Oldest s c a p y 1945 AL born 1903-01-24 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1945 AL born 1903-01-24 (2nd)

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