Clyde Shoun

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 188lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: March 20, 1912 in Mountain City, TN us

Died: March 20, 1968 in Mountain Home, TN

Buried: Sunset Cemetery, Mountain City, TN

Debut: August 7, 1935 (Age 23-140d, 7,895th in major league history)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 19, 1949 (Age 37-121d)
vs. BOS 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Clyde Mitchell Shoun

Nicknames: Hardrock

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.2

ERA

3.91

454

1287.0

483

WHIP

1.343

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1935	23	PIT-min	A	12	8	.600	3.83	33						169.0	176	81	72		58									1.385	9.4		3.1			BIR SOUA
1935	23	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	2.84	5	1	3	0	0	0	12.2	14	4	4	2	5	0	5	0	0	0	53	143	5.63	1.500	9.9	1.4	3.6	3.6	1.00
1936	24	CHC-min	A1	15	11	.577	3.44	32			17			204.1	203	90	78		52		84	3	0	0				1.248	8.9		2.3	3.7	1.62	BIR SOUA
1936	24	CHC	NL	0	0		12.46	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	6	6	0	6	1	1	0	0	1	21	35	7.01	2.077	6.2	0.0	12.5	2.1	0.17
1937	25	CHC	NL	7	7	.500	5.61	37	9	12	2	0	0	93.0	118	65	58	9	45	7	43	0	0	4	438	71	4.99	1.753	11.4	0.9	4.4	4.2	0.96
1938	26	STL	NL	6	6	.500	4.14	40	12	17	3	0	1	117.1	130	58	54	8	43	4	37	1	0	1	509	95	4.43	1.474	10.0	0.6	3.3	2.8	0.86
1939	27	STL	NL	3	1	.750	3.76	53	2	25	0	0	9	103.0	98	51	43	4	42	3	50	2	1	1	449	110	3.41	1.359	8.6	0.3	3.7	4.4	1.19
1940	28	STL	NL	13	11	.542	3.92	54	19	22	13	1	6	197.1	193	96	86	13	46	3	82	2	1	4	816	101	3.20	1.211	8.8	0.6	2.1	3.7	1.78
1941	29	STL	NL	3	5	.375	5.66	26	6	7	0	0	1	70.0	98	48	44	9	20	2	34	0	0	0	320	67	3.89	1.686	12.6	1.2	2.6	4.4	1.70
1942	30	TOT	NL	1	3	.250	2.18	36	0	27	0	0	0	74.1	56	23	18	2	24	4	32	0	0	0	292	153	2.53	1.076	6.8	0.2	2.9	3.9	1.33
1942	30	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7		2.07	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1942	30	CIN	NL	1	3	.250	2.23	34	0	25	0	0	0	72.2	55	23	18	2	24	4	32	0	0	0	285	148	2.54	1.087	6.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	1.33
1943	31	CIN	NL	14	5	.737	3.06	45	5	29	2	0	7	147.0	131	52	50	5	46	3	61	0	0	0	601	109	3.21	1.204	8.0	0.3	2.8	3.7	1.33	MVP-10
1944	32	CIN	NL	13	10	.565	3.02	38	21	14	12	1	2	202.2	193	83	68	10	42	5	55	3	0	2	834	116	3.44	1.160	8.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	1.31
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1946	34	CIN	NL	1	6	.143	4.10	27	5	11	0	0	0	79.0	87	42	36	3	26	5	20	1	0	0	334	82	3.59	1.430	9.9	0.3	3.0	2.3	0.77
1947	35	TOT	NL	5	3	.625	4.50	36	3	17	1	1	1	88.0	89	49	44	8	26	4	30	1	0	0	369	89	4.09	1.307	9.1	0.8	2.7	3.1	1.15
1947	35	CIN	NL	0	0		5.02	10	0	8	0	0	0	14.1	16	8	8	2	5	0	7	1	0	0	57	85	4.76	1.465	10.0	1.3	3.1	4.4	1.40
1947	35	BSN	NL	5	3	.625	4.40	26	3	9	1	1	1	73.2	73	41	36	6	21	4	23	0	0	0	312	90	3.96	1.276	8.9	0.7	2.6	2.8	1.10
1948	36	BSN	NL	5	1	.833	4.01	36	2	16	1	0	4	74.0	77	37	33	7	20	3	25	0	0	2	310	97	4.12	1.311	9.4	0.9	2.4	3.0	1.25
1949	37	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	5.55	17	0	11	0	0	0	24.1	38	17	15	1	13	0	8	0	0	0	120	77	3.99	2.096	14.1	0.4	4.8	3.0	0.62
1949	37	BSN	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		2.51	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1949	37	CHW	AL	1	1	.500	5.79	16	0	10	0	0	0	23.1	37	17	15	1	13	0	8	0	0	0	116	73	4.05	2.143	14.3	0.4	5.0	3.1	0.62
14 Yrs				73	59	.553	3.91	454	85	212	34	3	31	1287.0	1325	631	559	81	404	44	483	10	2	15	5466	96	3.68	1.343	9.3	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.20
162 Game Avg.				9	7	.553	3.91	57	11	27	4	0	4	162	167	80	71	10	51	6	61	1	0	2	690	96	3.68	1.343	9.3	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.20
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
STL (5 yrs)				25	23	.521	4.18	175	39	73	16	1	17	489.1	520	253	227	34	151	12	203	5	2	6	2101	95	3.64	1.371	9.6	0.6	2.8	3.7	1.34
CIN (5 yrs)				29	24	.547	3.14	154	31	87	14	1	9	515.2	482	208	180	22	143	17	175	5	0	2	2111	109	3.31	1.212	8.4	0.4	2.5	3.1	1.22
BSN (3 yrs)				10	4	.714	4.18	63	5	26	2	1	5	148.2	151	78	69	13	41	7	48	0	0	2	626	94	4.03	1.291	9.1	0.8	2.5	2.9	1.17
CHC (3 yrs)				8	7	.533	5.56	46	10	16	2	0	0	110.0	135	75	68	11	56	8	49	0	0	5	512	72	5.14	1.736	11.0	0.9	4.6	4.0	0.88
CHW (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.79	16	0	10	0	0	0	23.1	37	17	15	1	13	0	8	0	0	0	116	73	4.05	2.143	14.3	0.4	5.0	3.1	0.62

NL (14 yrs)				72	58	.554	3.87	438	85	202	34	3	31	1263.2	1288	614	544	80	391	44	475	10	2	15	5350	97	3.68	1.329	9.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.21
AL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.79	16	0	10	0	0	0	23.1	37	17	15	1	13	0	8	0	0	0	116	73	4.05	2.143	14.3	0.4	5.0	3.1	0.62

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