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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	WSH		NYY	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 20	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	6 (1)	Apr 22 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-7	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
4	7	Apr 22 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
5	8	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	9	Apr 25	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
7	10	Apr 27	WSH		BAL	W,8-5	GS	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	16 (5)	May 4	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
9	17	May 5	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	18	May 6 (1)	WSH		KCA	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
11	20 (1)	May 8	WSH		DET	L,6-14	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	21	May 9	WSH		DET	L,3-7	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
13	22	May 11	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	23	May 12	WSH		BOS	W,12-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	24	May 13	WSH		BOS	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
16	25	May 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
17	27 (1)	May 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	55	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	29 (1)	May 20 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	31 (1)	May 22	WSH	@	KCA	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
20	32	May 23	WSH	@	KCA	L,6-7	GF	32	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
21	33	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
22	34	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	35	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	36	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-10	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
25	37	May 28	WSH	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
26	39 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	17	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	C
27	40	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-12	CG	48	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	41	May 31	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-9	GS	26	5.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	52 (10)	Jun 10 (1)	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
30	54 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	WSH		KCA	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	56 (1)	Jun 12	WSH		KCA	L,3-9	CG	69	15.0	10	2	1	13	0	C
32	60 (3)	Jun 17 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-20	CG	51	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	64 (3)	Jun 20	WSH	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	66 (1)	Jun 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	67	Jun 23	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-9	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	68	Jun 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	26	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	70 (1)	Jun 26	WSH	@	DET	T,2-2	CG	21	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
38	71	Jun 27	WSH	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	72	Jun 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
40	73	Jun 30	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	75 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	76	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	78 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		BAL	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	80 (1)	Jul 6	WSH		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
45	82 (1)	Jul 8	WSH		NYY	L,2-8	GF	24	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
46	84 (1)	Jul 13	WSH		DET	W,12-11	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
47	86 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	WSH		KCA	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	90 (3)	Jul 19	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	C
49	91	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	93 (1)	Jul 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	95 (1)	Jul 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	24	6.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
52	96	Jul 27	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	104 (7)	Aug 4	WSH	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
54	105	Aug 5	WSH	@	KCA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	107 (1)	Aug 9	WSH		NYY	L,7-15	CG	52	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
56	108	Aug 10	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	109	Aug 11	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	111 (1)	Aug 14	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
59	113 (1)	Aug 17	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	115 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	116	Aug 19 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-10	GF	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
62	117	Aug 21	WSH		DET	L,3-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
63	118	Aug 22	WSH		DET	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	120 (1)	Aug 24	WSH		KCA	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	123 (2)	Aug 27	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	124	Aug 28 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
67	126 (1)	Aug 29	WSH		CHW	L,7-9	CG	49	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	128 (1)	Sep 1	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	133 (4)	Sep 5	WSH		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	135 (1)	Sep 7	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	136	Sep 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-16	GF	17	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
72	140 (3)	Sep 13	WSH	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
73	144 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	146 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	150 (3)	Sep 23	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
76	151	Sep 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							76gm		583.1	290	35	7	332	7