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Donn Clendenon

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Full name Donn Alvin Clendenon
Born July 15, 1935, Neosho, Missouri
Died September 17, 2005, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Cremated (ashes retained by family)
First Game: September 22, 1961; Final Game: August 5, 1972
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 4" Weight: 209
Named World Series Most Valuable Player (1969)
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1961 PIT N Daily Splits 9 35 7 11 1 1 0 2 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 .400 .400 0.0 1961 PIT N 1962 PIT N Daily Splits 80 222 39 67 8 5 7 28 26 3 58 1 1 1 0 4 3 16 4 .302 .376 .477 0.5 1962 PIT N 1963 PIT N Daily Splits 154 563 65 155 28 7 15 57 39 3 136 5 3 4 0 8 14 22 13 .275 .326 .430 0.7 1963 PIT N 1964 PIT N Daily Splits 133 457 53 129 23 8 12 64 26 2 96 2 3 4 0 8 10 12 8 .282 .321 .446 0.0 1964 PIT N 1965 PIT N Daily Splits 162 612 89 184 32 14 14 96 48 7 128 5 1 10 0 13 10 9 9 .301 .351 .467 1.5 1965 PIT N 1966 PIT N Daily Splits 155 571 80 171 22 10 28 98 52 7 142 2 1 3 0 9 14 8 7 .299 .358 .520 2.0 1966 PIT N 1967 PIT N Daily Splits 131 478 46 119 15 2 13 56 34 4 107 1 1 4 0 12 15 4 4 .249 .298 .370 -1.1 1967 PIT N 1968 PIT N Daily Splits 158 584 63 150 20 6 17 87 47 4 163 1 5 8 0 8 14 10 3 .257 .309 .399 0.9 1968 PIT N 1969 MON N Daily Splits 38 129 14 31 6 1 4 14 6 1 32 0 0 1 0 3 6 0 2 .240 .272 .395 -0.3 1969 MON N 1969 NY N Daily Splits 72 202 31 51 5 0 12 37 19 4 62 2 2 1 0 2 3 3 2 .252 .321 .455 -0.5 1969 NY N 1969 TOT N 110 331 45 82 11 1 16 51 25 5 94 2 2 2 0 5 9 3 4 .248 .303 .432 -0.8 1969 TOT N 1970 NY N Daily Splits 121 396 65 114 18 3 22 97 39 4 91 1 0 7 0 5 15 4 1 .288 .348 .515 0.7 1970 NY N 1971 NY N Daily Splits 88 263 29 65 10 0 11 37 21 3 78 1 0 3 0 2 12 1 2 .247 .302 .411 -0.8 1971 NY N 1972 STL N Daily Splits 61 136 13 26 4 0 4 9 17 4 37 0 0 1 0 3 7 1 2 .191 .279 .309 -0.7 1972 STL N Total (12 Years) Splits 1362 4648 594 1273 192 57 159 682 379 46 1140 21 17 47 0 77 123 90 57 .274 .328 .442 2.9 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1969 NY N Daily Splits 4 14 4 5 1 0 3 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .438 1.071 1969 NY N

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1961 PIT N Daily Splits OF 8 8 8 78.1 15 1 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 7 1961 PIT N RF 7 7 7 69.1 12 1 0 0 0 1.000 1961 PIT N LF 1 1 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1962 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 52 41 39 378.1 382 24 4 44 0 .990 1962 PIT N OF 19 18 8 142.2 32 1 2 0 0 .943 17 0 2 1962 PIT N LF 17 17 8 130.2 31 1 2 0 0 .941 1962 PIT N RF 2 1 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1963 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 151 146 146 1324 1450 118 15 154 0 .991 1964 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 119 113 112 1017.2 1153 75 14 116 0 .989 1965 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 158 156 150 1401 1572 119 28 161 0 .984 1965 PIT N 3B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1966 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 152 148 143 1331.1 1452 96 24 182 1 .985 1967 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 123 119 112 1074.1 1199 89 15 122 0 .988 1968 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 155 152 149 1388.1 1587 128 17 134 1 .990 1969 MON N Daily Splits 1B 24 21 21 189.2 214 20 3 22 0 .987 1969 MON N OF 11 10 9 87.2 16 2 2 2 0 .900 9 1 1 1969 MON N LF 9 9 8 77 13 2 2 2 0 .882 1969 MON N RF 1 1 1 9.2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1969 MON N CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1969 NY N Daily Splits 1B 58 46 40 435.1 418 25 7 46 0 .984 1969 NY N LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1969 NY N OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 1969 TOT N 1B 82 67 61 625 632 45 10 68 0 .985 1969 TOT N LF 10 9 8 79 13 2 2 2 0 .882 1969 TOT N OF 12 10 9 89.2 16 2 2 2 0 .900 10 1 1 1970 NY N Daily Splits 1B 100 96 73 826.2 722 62 7 72 0 .991 1971 NY N Daily Splits 1B 72 55 54 548.2 505 37 8 49 0 .985 1972 STL N Daily Splits 1B 36 31 23 279 259 26 4 34 0 .986 Total (11 Years) Splits 1B 1200 1124 1062 10194.1 10913 819 146 1136 2 .988 Total ( 3 Years) OF 39 36 25 310.2 63 4 4 2 0 .944 28 1 10 Total ( 3 Years) LF 28 27 17 218.2 48 3 4 2 0 .927 Total ( 3 Years) RF 10 9 8 91 15 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1969 NY N Daily Splits 1B 4 4 4 36 30 4 0 0 0 1.000

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1957).

Selected by Montreal Expos from Pittsburgh Pirates (11th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).

Traded by Montreal Expos with Jesus Alou to Houston Astros in exchange for Rusty Staub (January 22, 1969); Donn Clendenon refused to report to Houston Astros and Montreal Expos sent Jack Billingham, Skip Guinn and $100000 (April 8, 1969) to complete trade.

Traded by Montreal Expos to New York Mets in exchange for Steve Renko, Kevin Collins, Jay Carden, David Colon and a player to be named later (June 15, 1969); Montreal Expos received Terry Dailey (May 16, 1970).

Released by New York Mets (October 28, 1971).

Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 9, 1971).

Released by St. Louis Cardinals (August 7, 1972).

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