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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	SLB	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
2	2	Apr 16	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 18	SLB		CHW	W,7-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	5	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	6	Apr 20 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	7	Apr 20 susp	SLB		CHW	L,5-10	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
7	8	Apr 22	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	9	Apr 23	SLB		CLE	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
9	10	Apr 26	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
10	11	Apr 27 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
11	13 (1)	Apr 30 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	14	Apr 30 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	15	May 1	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	17 (1)	May 3	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	18	May 4 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	19	May 4 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-15	CG	50	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	20	May 5	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-13	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
18	21	May 6	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	23 (1)	May 8	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
20	24	May 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
21	25	May 11 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	8.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
22	26	May 11 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	28 (1)	May 14	SLB		PHA	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	30 (1)	May 16	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	31	May 17	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	9	4	0	13	0	C
26	32	May 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	33	May 18 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	34	May 20	SLB		WSH	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
29	35	May 21	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	36	May 22	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
31	37	May 23	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	38	May 24	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	39	May 25 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	40	May 25 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	42 (1)	May 27	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	43	May 28	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	44	May 30 (1)	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
38	45	May 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,5-8	CG	61	12.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	46	Jun 2	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
40	47	Jun 3	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	66	17.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
41	48	Jun 6	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	49	Jun 7	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	50	Jun 8 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	51	Jun 8 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
45	52	Jun 10	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
46	53	Jun 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	44	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	54	Jun 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	71 (16)	Jun 29	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	72	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	78	18.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
50	73	Jul 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	74	Jul 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	75	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	77 (1)	Jul 5	SLB	@	DET	L,0-5	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	79 (1)	Jul 10	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
55	80	Jul 11	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	81	Jul 12	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	82	Jul 13 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	44	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	87 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	89 (1)	Jul 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	90	Jul 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
61	91	Jul 20 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
62	95 (3)	Jul 24	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	96	Jul 25	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
64	98 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,8-1	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
65	99	Jul 27 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	101 (1)	Jul 29	SLB		WSH	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	102	Jul 30	SLB		WSH	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
68	103	Jul 31	SLB		WSH	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	104	Aug 1	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	106 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	107	Aug 3 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
72	109 (1)	Aug 6	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	0	12.0	11	2	0	13	1
73	111 (1)	Aug 8	SLB		CLE	L,9-10	CG	53	12.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
74	112	Aug 9	SLB		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
75	113	Aug 10	SLB		CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
76	115 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	116	Aug 13 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	117	Aug 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS	49	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	119 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	120	Aug 17 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
81	121	Aug 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
82	122	Aug 21 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
83	123	Aug 21 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
84	124	Aug 22 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
85	125	Aug 22 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-9	GS	21	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	126	Aug 23	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-11	CG	50	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	127	Aug 24 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	44	9.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
88	128	Aug 24 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-12	GS	31	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
89	129	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
90	130	Aug 27	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-12	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	131	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
92	132	Aug 31	SLB		DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	133	Sep 1 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
94	134	Sep 1 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG	19	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	135	Sep 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
96	136	Sep 4	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
97	137	Sep 6	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
98	138	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
99	139	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
100	140	Sep 9	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
101	141	Sep 10	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	142	Sep 12	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	8	1	0	9	0
103	143	Sep 14 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	145 (1)	Sep 16	SLB		BOS	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
105	146	Sep 17	SLB		BOS	W,10-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	147	Sep 20 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
107	148	Sep 20 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	149	Sep 21	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
109	150	Sep 23	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
110	151	Sep 24	SLB	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
111	152	Sep 25	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	153	Sep 26	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
113	154	Sep 27	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
							113gm		948.1	487	69	2	558	7