Dain Clay

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: July 10, 1919 in Hicksville, OH us

Died: August 28, 1994 in Chula Vista, CA

Buried: Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, CA

High School: Cuyahoga Falls HS (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)

Debut: June 12, 1943 (Age 23-337d, 9,477th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1946 (Age 27-081d)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Dain Elmer Clay

Nicknames: Sniffy or Ding-A-Ling

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.3

1540

397

.258

203

RBI

OBP

.314

SLG

.312

OPS

.626

OPS+

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

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CIN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 19	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 20	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 21	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 25	CIN		STL	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 26	CIN		STL	W,1-0	CG	47	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 27	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	11 (3)	Apr 30 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12	May 3	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	13	May 6	CIN	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	14	May 7 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	15	May 7 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	16	May 10	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	17	May 11	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	18	May 12	CIN		NYG	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	19	May 13	CIN		NYG	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	20	May 14 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	21	May 14 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	22	May 15	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	23	May 16	CIN		BSN	L,0-1	GS	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	25 (1)	May 18	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	32 (6)	May 28 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-8	GF	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	36 (3)	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	40 (3)	Jun 3	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	42 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-3	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	44 (1)	Jun 8	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
27	45	Jun 10	CIN		STL	L,0-18	GF	19	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	47 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	48	Jun 13	CIN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	49	Jun 14	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	50	Jun 15	CIN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
32	53 (2)	Jun 18 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	54	Jun 18 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	T,6-6	GS	54	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	56 (1)	Jun 21	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	61 (4)	Jun 25 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	63 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	64	Jun 28 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	65	Jun 30	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	66	Jul 1	CIN		NYG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	67	Jul 2 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	68	Jul 2 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	75 (6)	Jul 9 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,9-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	76	Jul 9 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	78 (1)	Jul 14	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	79	Jul 15	CIN	@	STL	L,1-12	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
46	80	Jul 16 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	81	Jul 16 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	82	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	87 (4)	Jul 23 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	89 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-9	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	90	Jul 26 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-5	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	95 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	98 (2)	Aug 4	CIN		STL	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	102 (3)	Aug 11	CIN		BSN	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	103	Aug 12	CIN		BSN	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	104	Aug 13 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	105	Aug 13 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	106	Aug 14	CIN		NYG	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	107	Aug 15	CIN		NYG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	108	Aug 16	CIN		BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	109	Aug 18 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	110	Aug 18 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	111	Aug 19	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	112	Aug 20 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	113	Aug 20 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	115 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	GF	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	124 (8)	Sep 4	CIN		STL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	125	Sep 5 (1)	CIN		STL	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
69	126	Sep 5 (2)	CIN		STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	127	Sep 7	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	128	Sep 9	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	129	Sep 10 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	130	Sep 10 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	131	Sep 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
75	132	Sep 13 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	133	Sep 13 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	134	Sep 14 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	55	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	135	Sep 14 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	136	Sep 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	137	Sep 16 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	138	Sep 16 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	139	Sep 17 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	140	Sep 17 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	141	Sep 20 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	23	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	142	Sep 20 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	143	Sep 21 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	44	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	144	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	145	Sep 23	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	146	Sep 24 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	147	Sep 24 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	148	Sep 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	149	Sep 26 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	150	Sep 26 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	151	Sep 27	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	152	Sep 28	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	153	Sep 29	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	154	Sep 30	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
98	155	Oct 1	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							98gm			269	3	2	274	0