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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 31)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	9	0	0	9	2	1B
2	2	Apr 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	56	15.0	18	0	1	19	1	1B
3	3	Apr 13	PIT	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
4	4	Apr 14	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
5	5	Apr 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	31	8.2	10	1	0	11	0	1B
6	6	Apr 17	PIT		HOU	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 19	PIT		SFG	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
8	8	Apr 20	PIT		SFG	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
9	9	Apr 21	PIT		SFG	W,10-0	GS	22	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
10	10	Apr 22	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
11	11	Apr 24	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
12	12	Apr 26	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
13	13	Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
14	14	Apr 28	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
15	15	Apr 29	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
16	16	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
18	18	May 2	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
19	19	May 3	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	43	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
20	20	May 4	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	10	2	1	13	3	1B
21	21	May 5	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
22	22	May 6	PIT	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
23	23	May 7	PIT	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	14	0	0	14	0	1B
24	24	May 8	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	49	14.0	18	3	0	21	2	1B
25	25	May 9	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
26	26	May 10	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
27	27	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
28	28	May 13	PIT		STL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
29	29	May 15	PIT		STL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
30	30	May 16	PIT		STL	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
31	31	May 17	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
32	32	May 18	PIT		CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
33	34 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
34	35	May 21	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	65	16.2	16	2	0	18	1	1B
35	36	May 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
36	37	May 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
37	38	May 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
38	39	May 26	PIT	@	CIN	T,8-8	CG	35	7.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
39	40	May 30 (1)	PIT		NYM	L,3-6	GS	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
40	41	May 30 (2)	PIT		NYM	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
41	42	May 31	PIT		ATL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45 (2)	Jun 3	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
43	46	Jun 4	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-5	GF	32	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
44	47	Jun 5	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	14	1	0	15	0	1B
45	48	Jun 6	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
46	49	Jun 7	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
47	50	Jun 8	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
48	51	Jun 9	PIT	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
49	52	Jun 10	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
50	53	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
51	54	Jun 12	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
52	55	Jun 13	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
53	56	Jun 14	PIT		HOU	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
54	57	Jun 15	PIT		HOU	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
55	58	Jun 16 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
56	59	Jun 16 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
57	60	Jun 17	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
58	61	Jun 18	PIT		LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
59	62	Jun 19	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
60	63	Jun 20 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
61	64	Jun 20 (2)	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	14	2	0	16	3	1B
62	65	Jun 21	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
63	66	Jun 22	PIT		SFG	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
64	67	Jun 23	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
65	68	Jun 25	PIT	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
66	69	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
67	70	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
68	71	Jun 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
69	72	Jun 29	PIT	@	PHI	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	74 (1)	Jul 2	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	3	0	15	0	1B
71	75	Jul 3	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
72	76	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
73	77	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	22	5.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
74	78	Jul 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
75	79	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
76	80	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
77	81	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
78	82	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	11	1	0	12	1	1B
79	83	Jul 11 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	84	Jul 11 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
81	85	Jul 12	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
82	86	Jul 13	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	63	16.0	21	2	0	23	0	1B
83	87	Jul 14	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	16	2	0	18	3	1B
84	88	Jul 15	PIT		CHC	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
85	89	Jul 16	PIT		NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
86	90	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
87	91	Jul 17 (2)	PIT		NYM	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
88	92	Jul 18	PIT		NYM	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
89	93	Jul 19	PIT	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
90	94	Jul 20	PIT	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
91	95	Jul 21	PIT	@	ATL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
92	96	Jul 23	PIT		CIN	L,6-7	CG	54	12.0	16	2	1	19	4	1B
93	97	Jul 25	PIT		CIN	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
94	98	Jul 26 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
95	99	Jul 26 (2)	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
96	100	Jul 27	PIT		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
97	101	Jul 28	PIT		STL	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
98	102	Jul 29	PIT		ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
99	103	Jul 30 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
100	104	Jul 30 (2)	PIT		ATL	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
101	105	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
102	106	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	107	Aug 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
104	108	Aug 2	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
105	109	Aug 3	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
106	110	Aug 4	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
107	111	Aug 5	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	35	9.2	12	1	0	13	3	1B
108	112	Aug 6	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
109	113	Aug 7	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
110	114	Aug 8	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
111	115	Aug 9	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
112	116	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-16	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
113	117	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
114	118	Aug 11	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
115	119	Aug 13	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
116	120	Aug 14	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	CG	41	10.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
117	121	Aug 15	PIT		SFG	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
118	122	Aug 16	PIT		LAD	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
119	123	Aug 17	PIT		LAD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
120	124	Aug 18	PIT		LAD	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
121	125	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
122	126	Aug 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
123	127	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,19-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
124	128	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
125	129	Aug 23	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.2	12	1	0	13	0	1B
126	130	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
127	131	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
128	132	Aug 26	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
129	133	Aug 27	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	52	11.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
130	134	Aug 28	PIT		STL	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
131	135	Aug 29	PIT		STL	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	139 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
133	140	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
134	142 (1)	Sep 6	PIT		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
135	143	Sep 7	PIT		NYM	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
136	144	Sep 8	PIT		NYM	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
137	145	Sep 9	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	CG	63	15.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
138	146	Sep 11 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,6-8	CG	54	12.0	9	0	2	11	3	1B
139	147	Sep 11 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
140	148	Sep 13	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
141	149	Sep 14	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
142	150	Sep 15	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
143	151	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	14	3	0	17	1	1B
144	152	Sep 17	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
145	153	Sep 18	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
146	154	Sep 20	PIT		CHC	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
147	155	Sep 21	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
148	156	Sep 22	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
149	157	Sep 23 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
150	158	Sep 23 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
151	159	Sep 24	PIT		CIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
152	160	Sep 25	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
153	161	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	4	0	10	0	1B
154	162	Sep 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
155	163	Sep 29	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
							155gm		1388.1	1587	128	17	1732	134