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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

2796

750

.268

260

RBI

313

OBP

.339

SLG

.366

OPS

.705

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 38 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 12 go ahead

3 Tms
WSH	23
BAL/SLB	14
CHW	1

Platoon
vs RHP	35
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Away	27
Home	11

Outs
0	17
1	15
2	6

8 Opps
DET	11
NYY	8
PHA/KCA	6
CLE	5
BOS	3
BAL	2
CHW	2
WSH	1

31 Pitchers
Duke Maas	3
Willard Nixon	2
Art Ditmar	2
Paul Foytack	2
Bob Grim	2
Ned Garver	2
Dave Madison	1
Jim Wilson	1
Harry Byrd	1
Allie Reynolds	1
Tom Morgan	1
Ray Semproch	1
Art Houtteman	1
Jim Constable	1
Tom Herrin	1
Johnny Sain	1
Whitey Ford	1
Spec Shea	1
Bob Keegan	1
Ken Johnson	1
Jim Bunning	1
Frank Lary	1
Gary Bell	1
Billy Hoeft	1
Bob Hooper	1
Bob Lemon	1
Virgil Trucks	1
Dave Hoskins	1
Johnny Kucks	1
Cloyd Boyer	1
Milt Pappas	1

9 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	10
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
GriffithStad (WAS)	5
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	5
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Munic. Stad (KAN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2

Where Hit
9	36
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	13
-23	3
--3	2
123	1
12-	1
-2-	1

65 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	17
1 on	16
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	21

Inning
1	1
2	7
3	3
4	9
5	5
6	3
7	2
8	5
9	3

1-3	11
4-6	17
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	1
+2	5
+1	4
Tied	8
-1	5
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	14
Tied	8
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	35
PH	3

OrderPos
5th	13
6th	8
4th	7
7th	6
9th	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1952-05-06	SLB	@	PHA	Bob Hooper	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	2	7	2	0.173	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Thomas Scores
2	2	2	1	1952-06-06	SLB	@	NYY	Tom Morgan	behind 2-3	t 5	1	-23	3	5	2	0.278	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Goldsberry Scores; J. Delsing Scores
3	3	3	1	1952-07-29	SLB		WSH	Spec Shea	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	1--	2	4	2	0.085	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Nieman Scores
4	4	4	1	1952-08-01	SLB		NYY	Allie Reynolds	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	2	0.111	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1952-09-01 (2)	SLB		CLE	Bob Lemon	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	5	2	0.168	76%		Home Run; J. Dyck Scores
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1953-06-28 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	Harry Byrd	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	5	2	0.123	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	2	1	1953-07-08	SLB		CLE	Dave Hoskins	ahead 5-3	b 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.054	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	3	1	1953-07-10	SLB	@	DET	Dave Madison	ahead 5-3	t 5	1	---	1	6	2	0.091	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	4	1	1953-07-16 (1)	SLB		NYY	Johnny Sain	behind 2-3	b 1	2	---	1	5	2	0.104	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1954-04-15	BAL		CHW	Virgil Trucks	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.128	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	2	1	1954-06-02	BAL	@	PHA	Art Ditmar	ahead 5-0	t 8	0	12-	3	7	2	0.008	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Kennedy Scores; J. Fridley Scores
12	12	3	1	1954-06-10 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	Tom Herrin	ahead 4-0	t 5	2	1--	2	5	2	0.071	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Kennedy Scores
13	13	4	1	1954-07-10	BAL	@	DET	Ned Garver	behind 0-2	t 9	2	---	1	5	2	0.024	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1955-05-18	CHW	@	NYY	Bob Grim	behind 1-5	t 4	1	--3	2	7	2	0.096	24%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Marshall Scores
15	15	2	1	1955-06-08	WSH	@	KCA	Cloyd Boyer	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	7	2	0.182	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Sievers Scores
16	16	3	1	1955-08-28 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	Art Houtteman	behind 0-2	t 4	1	--3	2	6	2	0.156	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Paula Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1956-04-20	WSH	@	BAL	Jim Wilson	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.115	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	2	1	1956-06-25	WSH	@	DET	Billy Hoeft	behind 2-3	t 8	1	1--	2	9	PH	0.452	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. FitzGerald Scores
19	19	3	1	1956-06-29	WSH	@	NYY	Bob Grim	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	1	5	2	0.094	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	4	1	1956-06-30	WSH	@	NYY	Johnny Kucks	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	2	0.044	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	5	1	1956-08-28 (1)	WSH		CHW	Bob Keegan	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	-23	3	5	2	0.101	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Runnels Scores; R. Sievers Scores
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1957-04-25	WSH		BOS	Willard Nixon	behind 3-7	b 4	0	1--	2	7	2	0.133	29%		Home Run (RF Line); J. Lemon Scores
23	23	2	1	1957-06-04	WSH	@	DET	Duke Maas	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.200	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	1957-07-21	WSH	@	DET	Jim Bunning	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.140	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Berberet Scores
25	25	4	1	1957-07-27	WSH		KCA	Ned Garver	behind 3-5	b 6	0	---	1	5	2	0.140	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	5	1	1957-08-23	WSH	@	DET	Duke Maas	behind 0-4	t 4	1	-23	3	4	2	0.162	34%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Plews Scores; R. Sievers Scores
27	27	6	2	1957-08-23	WSH	@	DET	Duke Maas	behind 3-13	t 9	0	---	1	4	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1958-04-26	WSH	@	BOS	Willard Nixon	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1--	2	4	2	0.136	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Sievers Scores
29	29	2	1	1958-06-19	WSH	@	DET	Paul Foytack	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	2	0.108	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	3	1	1958-06-21	WSH	@	CLE	Jim Constable	ahead 8-0	t 4	2	1--	2	5	2	0.010	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Sievers Scores
31	31	4	1	1958-07-10	WSH		DET	Frank Lary	tied 2-2	b 6	0	1--	2	4	2	0.233	86%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Sievers Scores
32	32	5	1	1958-08-13	WSH	@	NYY	Whitey Ford	ahead 6-4	t 8	2	-2-	2	6	2	0.094	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Sievers Scores/unER; C. Courtney Scores/unER
33	33	6	1	1958-08-25	WSH		CLE	Gary Bell	behind 1-4	b 5	0	---	1	6	2	0.097	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	7	1	1958-09-10	WSH	@	DET	Paul Foytack	behind 3-4	t 8	1	1--	2	5	2	0.467	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Sievers Scores
35	35	8	1	1958-09-13	WSH	@	KCA	Ken Johnson	ahead 3-1	t 2	1	123	4	4	2	0.151	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Valentinetti Scores; E. Yost Scores; A. Pearson Scores
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1959-08-15	WSH	@	BAL	Milt Pappas	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	1	7	2	0.117	35%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	2	1	1959-09-03	WSH	@	NYY	Art Ditmar	behind 1-5	t 8	0	---	1	8	PH	0.032	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1960-05-21	BAL	@	DET	Ray Semproch	ahead 4-3	t 6	1	1--	2	6	2	0.191	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Woodling Scores

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

More Courtney Pages

Clint Courtney Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Clint Courtney Pages at Baseball Reference

Clint Courtney

Summary of 38 Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 12 go ahead

Play By Play

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

More Courtney Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks