Donn Clendenon

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 209lb (193cm, 94kg)

Born: July 15, 1935 in Neosho, MO us

Died: September 17, 2005 in Sioux Falls, SD

Buried: Cremated

High School: Booker T. Washington HS (Atlanta, GA)

Schools: Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: September 22, 1961 (Age 26-069d, 11,909th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 5, 1972 (Age 37-021d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Donn Alvin Clendenon

Nicknames: Clink

Pronunciation: \clen-DEN-un\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.0

4648

1273

159

.274

594

RBI

682

OBP

.328

SLG

.442

OPS

.771

OPS+

117

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

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 19	MON		CHC	L,5-6	CG	53	11.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
2	11	Apr 20 (1)	MON		CHC	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
3	12	Apr 20 (2)	MON		CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
4	13	Apr 21	MON	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	10	1	0	11	0	1B
5	14	Apr 22	MON	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
6	15	Apr 24	MON		PHI	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
7	16	Apr 25	MON	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
8	17	Apr 26	MON	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
9	18	Apr 27	MON	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
10	19	Apr 29	MON		NYM	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	12	3	0	15	3	1B
11	20	Apr 30	MON		NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	21	May 1	MON		NYM	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
13	22	May 2	MON		PIT	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
14	23	May 3	MON		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
15	24	May 4	MON		PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
16	25	May 6	MON	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
17	26	May 7	MON	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
18	27	May 9	MON		CIN	L,5-8	CG	35	7.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
19	28	May 10	MON		CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
20	29	May 13	MON		HOU	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
21	30	May 14	MON		HOU	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	15	0	1	16	0	1B
22	32 (1)	May 18	MON		ATL	L,3-8	CG	35	7.1	9	0	1	10	2	1B
23	34 (1)	May 21	MON	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	38 (3)	May 25	MON	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	39	May 27	MON		LAD	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	40	May 28	MON		LAD	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	LF
27	41	May 29	MON		LAD	L,3-5	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
28	42	May 30	MON		SDP	L,2-3	GS	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	44 (1)	Jun 1	MON		SDP	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	45	Jun 3	MON		SFG	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
31	46	Jun 4	MON		SFG	L,3-8	GF	12	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
32	48 (1)	Jun 7	MON	@	LAD	L,5-9	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	50 (1)	Jun 10	MON	@	SDP	W,7-4	GF	6	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	1B
34	51	Jun 11	MON	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	46	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
				Player went from Montreal Expos to New York Mets
35	58	Jun 17 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
36	63 (4)	Jun 22 (1)	NYM		STL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
37	64	Jun 22 (2)	NYM		STL	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
38	65	Jun 24 (1)	NYM		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
39	68 (2)	Jun 26	NYM		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
40	71 (2)	Jun 29	NYM		PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
41	72	Jun 30	NYM	@	STL	W,10-2	GF	6	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	73	Jul 1 (1)	NYM	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
43	74	Jul 1 (2)	NYM	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
44	75	Jul 2	NYM	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	64	14.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
45	76	Jul 3	NYM	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
46	77	Jul 4 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
47	79 (1)	Jul 6	NYM	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
48	81 (1)	Jul 9	NYM		CHC	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
49	85 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	NYM		MON	W,9-7	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
50	88 (2)	Jul 16	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-5	GF	22	6.0	8	1	0	9	2	PH 1B
51	89	Jul 18	NYM	@	MON	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
52	92 (2)	Jul 20 (2)	NYM	@	MON	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
53	93	Jul 24	NYM		CIN	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	9	2	1	12	0	1B
54	96 (2)	Jul 27	NYM		CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
55	98 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,5-11	GF	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	102 (3)	Aug 3	NYM		ATL	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
57	105 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
58	106	Aug 6	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
59	107	Aug 8 (1)	NYM	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
60	108	Aug 8 (2)	NYM	@	ATL	L,0-1	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
61	114 (5)	Aug 16 (1)	NYM		SDP	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
62	115	Aug 16 (2)	NYM		SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
63	116	Aug 17 (1)	NYM		SDP	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	117	Aug 17 (2)	NYM		SDP	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	4	0	1	5	1	1B
65	120 (2)	Aug 21	NYM		SFG	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
66	124 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	NYM	@	SDP	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
67	128 (3)	Aug 30	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
68	129	Aug 31 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-0	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
69	130	Aug 31 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	131	Sep 1	NYM	@	LAD	L,6-10	GS	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B LF
71	132	Sep 2	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
72	133	Sep 3	NYM	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	11	0	0	11	1	1B
73	134	Sep 5 (1)	NYM		PHI	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
74	135	Sep 5 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
75	136	Sep 6	NYM		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
76	137	Sep 7	NYM		PHI	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
77	138	Sep 8	NYM		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
78	139	Sep 9	NYM		CHC	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
79	140	Sep 10 (1)	NYM		MON	W,3-2	CG	45	12.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
80	141	Sep 10 (2)	NYM		MON	W,7-1	GS	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
81	143 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	1	13	3	1B
82	144	Sep 12 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
83	145	Sep 13	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
84	147 (1)	Sep 15	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
85	148	Sep 17	NYM	@	MON	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
86	149	Sep 18	NYM	@	MON	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
87	150	Sep 19 (1)	NYM		PIT	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
88	151	Sep 19 (2)	NYM		PIT	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
89	157 (5)	Sep 24	NYM		STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
90	158	Sep 26	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-0	GS	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
91	159	Sep 27	NYM	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
92	161 (1)	Oct 1	NYM	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	1	1B
							94gm		715.1	647	47	12	706	70