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Donn Clendenon

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Full Name: Donn Alvin Clendenon Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/209 First Game: September 22, 1961
Birthdate: July 15, 1935 Final Game: August 5, 1972
Birthplace: Neosho, Missouri MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: September 17, 2005
Deathplace: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Donn Clendenon (Donn Alvin Clendenon) was born on July 15, 1935 in Neosho, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on September 22, 1961 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .302 with 7 home runs and 28 RBI. Clendenon played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Montreal Expos and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 12 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Donn Clendenon's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1966, when he slugged 28 home runs, hit for a .299 average and knocked in 98 runs. However, others believe that it was 1965, when he hit for a .301 average and knocked in 96 runs.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1961 PIT N 9 35 7 11 0 2 .314 .400 .400 1 1 5 10 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT N 80 222 39 67 7 28 .302 .376 .477 8 5 26 58 1 1 16 3 3
1963 PIT N 154 563 65 155 15 57 .275 .326 .430 28 7 39 136 5 3 22 3 14
1964 PIT N 133 457 53 129 12 64 .282 .321 .446 23 8 26 96 2 3 12 2 10
1965 PIT N 162 612 89 184 14 96 .301 .351 .467 32 14 48 128 5 1 9 7 10
1966 PIT N 155 571 80 171 28 98 .299 .358 .520 22 10 52 142 2 1 8 7 14
1967 PIT N 131 478 46 119 13 56 .249 .298 .370 15 2 34 107 1 1 4 4 15
1968 PIT N 158 584 63 150 17 87 .257 .309 .399 20 6 47 163 1 5 10 4 14
1969 NY N 72 202 31 51 12 37 .252 .321 .455 5 0 19 62 2 2 3 4 3
1969 MON N 38 129 14 31 4 14 .240 .272 .395 6 1 6 32 0 0 0 1 6
1969 TOT N 110 331 45 82 16 51 .248 .303 .432 11 1 25 94 2 2 3 5 9
1970 NY N 121 396 65 114 22 97 .288 .348 .515 18 3 39 91 1 0 4 4 15
1971 NY N 88 263 29 65 11 37 .247 .302 .411 10 0 21 78 1 0 1 3 12
1972 STL N 61 136 13 26 4 9 .191 .279 .309 4 0 17 37 0 0 1 4 7
Total 1362 4648 594 1273 159 682 .274 .328 .442 192 57 379 1140 21 17 90 46 123

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1961 PIT N LF 1 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 PIT N OF 8 8 78.1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 PIT N RF 7 7 69.1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 PIT N LF 17 17 130.2 31 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1962 PIT N 1B 52 41 378.1 382 24 4 44 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1962 PIT N RF 2 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 PIT N OF 19 18 142.2 32 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1963 PIT N 1B 151 146 1324 1450 118 15 154 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1964 PIT N 1B 119 113 1017.2 1153 75 14 116 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1965 PIT N 3B 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 PIT N 1B 158 156 1401 1572 119 28 161 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1966 PIT N 1B 152 148 1332.1 1452 96 24 182 1 0 0 0 0 .985
1967 PIT N 1B 123 119 1074.1 1199 89 15 122 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1968 PIT N 1B 155 152 1388.1 1587 128 17 134 1 0 0 0 0 .990
1969 NY N 1B 58 46 436 418 25 7 46 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1969 NY N LF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1969 NY N OF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1969 MON N LF 9 9 77 13 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .882
1969 MON N 1B 24 21 189.2 214 20 3 22 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1969 MON N RF 1 1 9.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 MON N OF 11 10 87.2 16 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1969 MON N CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1969 TOT N 1B 82 67 625.2 632 45 10 68 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1969 TOT N LF 10 9 79 13 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .882
1969 TOT N OF 12 10 89.2 16 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1970 NY N 1B 100 96 826.2 722 62 7 72 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1971 NY N 1B 72 55 548.2 505 37 8 49 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1972 STL N 1B 36 31 279 259 26 4 34 0 0 0 0 0 .986
Total 1B 1200 1124 10196 10913 819 146 1136 2 0 0 0 0 .988
Total LF 28 27 218.2 48 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .927
Total 3B 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 39 36 310.2 63 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .944
Total CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 10 9 91 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1957).
  • Selected by Montreal Expos from Pittsburgh Pirates (11th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
  • Traded by Montreal Expos with Jesus Alou to Houston Astros in exchange for Rusty Staub (January 22, 1969); Donn Clendenon refused to report to Houston Astros and Montreal Expos sent Jack Billingham, Skip Guinn and $100000 (April 8, 1969) to complete trade. Traded by Montreal Expos to New York Mets in exchange for Steve Renko, Kevin Collins, Bill Carden and Dave Colon (June 15, 1969).
  • Released by New York Mets (October 28, 1971).
  • Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 9, 1971).
  • Released by St. Louis Cardinals (August 7, 1972).

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