Clyde Manion

Clyde Jennings Manion
(Pete)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.
• Debut May 5, 1920
• Final Game September 30, 1934
• Born October 30, 1896 in Big River, MO USA
• Died September 4, 1967 in Detroit, MI USA

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Biographical Information

Clyde Manion was a catcher who played 13 years in the major leagues. He was not much of a hitter, with a .218 career average, and oddly enough, he batted better at the start of his career than in the middle or end of it.

With a lifetime .253 slugging percentage, he had only 3 major league home runs.

Only once did he have more than 200 at-bats in a season, and that was in 1928 when he came to the St. Louis Browns. He had 2 of his career 3 home runs that season, when he had 243 at-bats.

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Find-A-Grave Memorial for Clyde Manion