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Donn Clendenon

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 209lb (193cm, 94kg)

Born: July 15, 1935 in Neosho, MO us

Died: September 17, 2005 in Sioux Falls, SD

Buried: Cremated

High School: Booker T. Washington HS (Atlanta, GA)

Schools: Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: September 22, 1961 (Age 26-069d, 11,909th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 5, 1972 (Age 37-021d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Donn Alvin Clendenon

Nicknames: Clink

Pronunciation: \clen-DEN-un\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.0

4648

1273

159

.274

594

RBI

682

OBP

.328

SLG

.442

OPS

.771

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 14	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	6 (2)	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	15 (8)	Apr 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	41	8.2	2	0	1	3	0	LF
4	16	Apr 29 (1)	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (2)	May 1	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	22 (2)	May 4	PIT		LAD	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	25 (2)	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
8	26	May 11	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	11	1.2	2	1	0	3	0	PR 1B
9	32 (5)	May 18	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
10	37 (4)	May 24	PIT	@	STL	W,5-2		18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	38	May 25	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	47 (8)	Jun 3 (1)	PIT		HOU	L,6-10	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
13	55 (7)	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,12-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
14	60 (4)	Jun 14	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	71 (10)	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	4	1	2	7	0	1B
16	72	Jun 25	PIT		NYM	W,13-3	GS	26	6.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
17	73	Jun 26	PIT		NYM	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
18	74	Jun 27	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
19	75	Jun 29	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	78 (2)	Jul 2	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	79	Jul 3	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
22	85 (5)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	LF
23	102 (16)	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	110 (7)	Aug 5	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
25	113 (2)	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
26	114	Aug 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
27	115	Aug 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
28	116	Aug 14	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
29	117	Aug 15	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
30	118	Aug 16	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
31	119	Aug 17	PIT		PHI	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
32	120	Aug 18	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
33	121	Aug 19	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
34	122	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
35	124 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-6	GS	39	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
36	126 (1)	Aug 22	PIT		HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
37	127	Aug 23	PIT		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
38	129 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-0	GS	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	LF 1B
39	130	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	PR 1B
40	131	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
41	133 (1)	Aug 29	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
42	134	Aug 30	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
43	135	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	136	Sep 1	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
45	137	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
46	139 (1)	Sep 4	PIT		NYM	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
47	140	Sep 5	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	141	Sep 6	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	142	Sep 7	PIT	@	LAD	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
50	143	Sep 8	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
51	144	Sep 9	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
52	145	Sep 10	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
53	146	Sep 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
54	147	Sep 14	PIT		SFG	W,5-1	GS	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF 1B
55	148	Sep 15	PIT		SFG	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
56	149	Sep 16	PIT		SFG	W,6-4	CG	39	10.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
57	150	Sep 17	PIT		SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
58	151	Sep 18	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	CG	49	10.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
59	152	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
60	153	Sep 20	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
61	154	Sep 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
62	155	Sep 22	PIT		MLN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
63	156	Sep 23	PIT		MLN	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	4	1B
64	157	Sep 25	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
65	158	Sep 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	36	11.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
66	159	Sep 28	PIT	@	MLN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	160	Sep 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	161	Sep 30	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
							71gm		521.0	414	25	6	445	44