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Clint Courtney

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Full name Clinton Dawson Courtney
Born March 16, 1927, Hall Summit, Louisiana
Died June 16, 1975, Rochester, New York
Buried at Mount Zion Cemetery, Hall Summit, Louisiana
First Game: September 29, 1951; Final Game: June 24, 1961
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 8" Weight: 180
Named AL Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News (1952)
Ejections as player: 1952 (2), 1953 (1), 1956 (1), 1960 (1). Total: 5
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 1951 NY A Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 -0.1 1951 NY A 1952 STL A Daily Splits 119 413 38 118 24 3 5 50 39 4 26 1 5 0 3 9 0 2 .286 .349 .395 1.1 1952 STL A 1953 STL A Daily Splits 106 355 28 89 12 2 4 19 25 2 20 1 3 0 7 14 0 1 .251 .302 .330 -1.7 1953 STL A 1954 BAL A Daily Splits 122 397 25 107 18 3 4 37 30 9 7 3 4 3 0 5 10 2 1 .270 .323 .360 -0.1 1954 BAL A 1955 CHI A Daily Splits 19 37 7 14 3 0 1 10 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .378 .467 .541 0.4 1955 CHI A 1955 WAS A Daily Splits 75 238 26 71 8 4 2 30 19 4 9 1 3 3 0 2 4 0 0 .298 .349 .391 -0.7 1955 WAS A 1955 TOT A 94 275 33 85 11 4 3 40 26 6 9 1 3 4 0 2 6 0 0 .309 .366 .411 -0.3 1955 TOT A 1956 WAS A Daily Splits 101 283 31 85 20 3 5 44 20 4 10 9 1 3 0 4 9 0 5 .300 .362 .445 -0.5 1956 WAS A 1957 WAS A Daily Splits 91 232 23 62 14 1 6 27 16 5 11 12 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 .267 .346 .414 0.5 1957 WAS A 1958 WAS A Daily Splits 134 450 46 113 18 0 8 62 48 3 23 9 3 5 0 6 11 1 5 .251 .332 .344 -0.5 1958 WAS A 1959 WAS A Daily Splits 72 189 19 44 4 1 2 18 20 1 19 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 .233 .308 .296 -1.9 1959 WAS A 1960 BAL A Daily Splits 83 154 14 35 3 0 1 12 30 3 14 8 1 3 0 1 5 0 1 .227 .374 .266 0.1 1960 BAL A 1961 KC A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1961 KC A 1961 BAL A Daily Splits 22 45 3 12 2 0 0 4 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .267 .400 .311 0.2 1961 BAL A 1961 TOT A 23 46 3 12 2 0 0 4 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .261 .393 .304 0.2 1961 TOT A Total (11 Years) Splits 946 2796 260 750 126 17 38 313 264 37 143 46 22 19 0 34 74 3 16 .268 .339 .366 -3.2 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

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1951 NY A Daily Splits C 1 1 1 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .800 1952 STL A Daily Splits C 113 108 96 948.1 487 69 2 7 0 9 35 32 1 .996 1953 STL A Daily Splits C 103 93 82 824.2 436 47 10 7 0 4 29 30 2 .980 1954 BAL A Daily Splits C 111 105 99 937.2 539 53 6 8 0 9 36 37 2 .990 1955 CHI A Daily Splits C 17 10 8 95 49 4 0 2 0 2 3 1 1 1.000 1955 WAS A Daily Splits C 67 61 56 530.1 252 29 5 4 0 4 22 16 4 .983 1955 TOT A C 84 71 64 625.1 301 33 5 6 0 6 25 17 5 .985 1956 WAS A Daily Splits C 76 66 58 583.1 290 35 7 7 0 3 22 16 1 .979 1957 WAS A Daily Splits C 59 51 49 474.1 288 35 2 6 0 6 22 23 0 .994 1958 WAS A Daily Splits C 128 122 113 1086.2 682 64 7 17 0 9 54 32 5 .991 1959 WAS A Daily Splits C 53 48 35 410.2 213 11 3 2 0 5 28 2 2 .987 1960 BAL A Daily Splits C 59 43 32 382 246 23 7 2 0 3 23 14 1 .975 1961 BAL A Daily Splits C 16 10 6 111.1 71 8 0 1 0 3 4 2 0 1.000 Total (11 Years) Splits C 803 718 635 6393.1 3556 379 50 63 0 57 278 206 19 .987 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1965 HOU N 4-12 10- 3 Total ( 1 Year )

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 7-12-1952 BOX STL A Bill Summers Fighting 8-26-1952 BOX STL A Bill Grieve Balls and strikes 7- 5-1953(1) BOX STL A Art Passarella Fighting 7- 4-1956(2) BOX WAS A Eddie Hurley Batter didn't avoid HBP 6-19-1960(1) BOX BAL A Eddie Hurley Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1947).

Traded by New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Jim McDonald (November 23, 1951).

Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Jim Brideweser and Bob Chakales to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Don Ferrarese, Don Johnson, Matt Batts and Fred Marsh (December 6, 1954).

Traded by Chicago White Sox with Johnny Groth and Bob Chakales to Washington Senators in exchange for Jim Busby (June 7, 1955).

Traded by Washington Senators with Ron Samford to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Billy Gardner (April 3, 1960).

Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Bob Boyd, Al Pilarcik, Jim Archer and Wayne Causey to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Russ Snyder and Whitey Herzog (January 24, 1961); Clint Courtney returned to Baltimore Orioles (April 15, 1961).

Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 1, 1961).

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