Ken Cluley

Kenneth Riebel Cluley

• Bats Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.
• High School Mount Pleasant High School
• Born July 22, 1928 in Rosebush, MI USA
• Died April 4, 2012

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Biographical Information

Outfielder Ken Cluley played in the minor leagues from 1948 to 1954, spending most of his career in the high-flying leagues of Texas and New Mexico. That is evidenced by the .318 batting average and 183 hits he managed as a 19-year-old rookie with the San Angelo Colts in 1948. In 1949, he was taken by the Abilene Blue Sox in that year's Rule V Draft; he hit .302 with 183 hits for Abilene in 1950. The next year, he batted .314 with 56 doubles (out of just 149 hits) with the Artesia Drillers, prompting the Burlington Bees to take him in that years Rule V Draft. In his first and only year outside of the Longhorn League and West Texas-New Mexico League, he slipped to .290 with just 88 hits in 84 games. He returned to the Longhorn League in 1954, slashing .360/.400/.560 with 14 home runs, 97 RBI, 94 runs, 31 walks and just 8 strikeouts in 110 games in what would be his final season.

Overall, he batted .306 with 981 hits, 196 doubles, 37 triples and 38 home runs in 789 games over 7 seasons. He was 0-1 in 4 games on the mound.

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