Clint Courtney

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-8, 180lb (173cm, 81kg)

Born: March 16, 1927 in Hall Summit, LA us

Died: June 16, 1975 in Rochester, NY

Buried: Mount Zion Cemetery, Hall Summit, LA

High School: Hall Summit HS (Hall Summit, LA)

Debut: September 29, 1951 (Age 24-197d, 10,864th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 24, 1961 (Age 34-100d)
vs. LAA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Clinton Dawson Courtney

Nicknames: Scrap Iron or The Toy Bulldog

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

2796

750

.268

260

RBI

313

OBP

.339

SLG

.366

OPS

.705

OPS+

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

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	5	Apr 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	12 (6)	Apr 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (2)	May 1 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,8-9	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	16	May 1 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	GS	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	19 (2)	May 6	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
7	20	May 7	CHW		DET	L,1-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
8	22 (1)	May 8 (2)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
9	25 (2)	May 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	28 (2)	May 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	29	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
12	33 (3)	May 22 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	35 (1)	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
14	38 (2)	May 28	CHW	@	DET	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	39	May 29	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	40	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	44 (3)	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Washington Nationals
18	50	Jun 8	WSH	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
19	51	Jun 9	WSH	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	52	Jun 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-10	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
21	54 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
22	55	Jun 14 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-6	CG	49	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	57 (1)	Jun 15	WSH		CLE	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
24	58	Jun 16	WSH		CLE	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
25	59	Jun 17	WSH		KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	60	Jun 18	WSH		KCA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
27	61	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
28	62	Jun 22	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	C
29	65 (2)	Jun 25	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	66	Jun 26 (1)	WSH		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	67	Jun 26 (2)	WSH		DET	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	68	Jun 28 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	69	Jun 28 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-8	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
34	70	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
35	71	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	74 (2)	Jul 3	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	75	Jul 4	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	76	Jul 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	36	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	79 (2)	Jul 9	WSH		NYY	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	81 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
41	82	Jul 14 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
42	84 (1)	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	85	Jul 16	WSH	@	KCA	W,8-7	GF	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
44	86	Jul 17	WSH	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	87	Jul 18	WSH	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	88	Jul 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	89	Jul 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	90	Jul 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
49	91	Jul 22	WSH	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	92	Jul 23	WSH	@	DET	L,4-10	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	93	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	94	Jul 24 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	95	Jul 26 (1)	WSH		KCA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	96	Jul 26 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
55	97	Jul 27 (1)	WSH		KCA	L,4-6	GF	18	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH C
56	98	Jul 27 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
57	99	Jul 29	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
58	102 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	103	Aug 2	WSH		DET	L,10-13	CG	49	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
60	105 (1)	Aug 4	WSH		DET	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	106	Aug 5	WSH		CLE	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	108 (1)	Aug 7	WSH		CLE	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
63	109	Aug 9 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	110	Aug 9 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	111	Aug 13	WSH	@	BOS	W,18-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	112	Aug 14 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-9	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
67	113	Aug 14 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	115 (1)	Aug 16	WSH		BAL	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
69	116	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
70	117	Aug 20	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
71	120 (2)	Aug 24	WSH	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
72	121	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	122	Aug 26	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	124 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	125	Aug 28 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	127 (1)	Aug 31	WSH	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	129 (1)	Sep 3	WSH	@	NYY	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	130	Sep 4	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
79	131	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-10	GS	29	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	132	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	134 (1)	Sep 8	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
82	135	Sep 9 (1)	WSH		KCA	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
83	136	Sep 9 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
84	139 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	WSH		DET	W,1-0	GS	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
							84gm		625.1	301	33	5	339	6