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Harlond
Clift		  
Nickname: Darkie
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: August 12, 1912 in Usa, OK, ELRENO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1935   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1935 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1936 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 7 7 7
1937 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1938 25 SEM AL $ 492,857   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5
1939 26 SEM AL $ 1,800,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5
1940 27 SEM AL $ 1,800,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 4 4
1941 28 SEM AL $ 1,800,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5
1942 29 SEM AL $ 1,800,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5
1943 30 CIN NL $ 1,800,000   3 3 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1944 31 BSN NL $ 528,000   3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 3 4
1945 32 NYG NL     2 2 2 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1934 21 SEM AL 85 257 44 75 15 3 13 33 0 0 40 34 .292 .389 .525 .915 49.6 9.4
    AAA   37 128 27 35 6 0 6 19 5 1 38 19 .273 .440 .461 .901 29.0  
1935 22 SEM AL 153 607 98 140 26 7 19 72 4 3 91 83 .231 .334 .390 .724 79.4 9.2
1936 23 SEM AL 73 176 25 41 9 2 5 20 1 0 32 21 .233 .349 .392 .741 24.4 3.8
1937 24 SEM AL 53 126 32 26 9 0 1 9 0 0 27 21 .206 .346 .302 .648 15.2 2.0
    AAA   29 105 26 36 8 2 6 20 1 1 19 11 .343 .444 .629 1.072 26.2  
1938 25 SEM AL 148 502 75 124 32 4 13 57 0 0 85 102 .247 .356 .404 .760 74.3 14.5
1939 26 SEM AL 151 498 66 118 35 2 12 77 0 0 78 128 .237 .340 .388 .727 67.0 8.7
1940 27 SEM AL 157 495 74 111 27 3 18 74 0 0 93 129 .224 .345 .400 .745 67.9 8.2
1941 28 SEM AL 139 437 60 98 31 3 10 59 1 0 76 107 .224 .339 .378 .717 58.2 7.5
1942 29 SEM AL 99 266 34 50 14 2 9 25 0 0 34 77 .188 .287 .357 .644 26.1 1.2
1943 30 CIN NL 23 42 9 7 0 0 5 9 0 0 7 14 .167 .286 .524 .810 7.4 1.0
1944 31 AAA   88 131 24 28 3 1 6 16 0 2 42 43 .214 .405 .389 .794 24.6  
1945 32 AAA   137 389 70 84 28 5 12 50 5 7 102 109 .216 .379 .406 .785 66.2  
10 Years Sim 1081 3406 517 790 198 26 105 435 6 3 563 716 .232 .341 .398 .739 469.3 65.5
4 Years AAA 291 753 147 183 45 8 30 105 11 11 201 182 .243 .402 .444 .846 146.0  
162 Game Average 510 77 118 29 3 15 65 0 0 84 107 .232 .341 .398 .739 70.3  
Career Highs 157 607 98 140 35 7 19 77 4 3 93 129 .292 .389 .525 .915 79.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2262 324 524 134 18 69 292 4 2 364 484 .232 .339 .398 .737 323.1
vs LH   1144 193 266 64 8 36 143 2 1 199 232 .233 .346 .397 .743 168.7
Home 541 1684 278 392 106 15 58 241 2 2 268 367 .233 .339 .417 .756 248.7
Away 540 1722 239 398 92 11 47 194 4 1 295 349 .231 .344 .379 .723 243.0
RISP   884 0 198 48 4 27 310 0 0 161 206 .224 .338 .379 .717 126.0
Pinch Hitting   89 14 27 6 0 2 14 1 0 18 15 .303 .421 .438 .859 17.0
Close/Late   329 53 85 21 0 9 41 0 0 48 67 .258 .352 .404 .756 48.5
Mar/Apr 179 577 88 136 27 10 27 82 1 1 86 118 .236 .337 .458 .795 91.5
May 194 612 108 151 42 2 24 90 1 1 110 151 .247 .363 .440 .803 101.4
June 187 592 92 137 37 4 14 70 2 0 99 112 .231 .341 .378 .720 82.3
July 188 606 75 118 28 1 13 54 0 0 101 122 .195 .310 .309 .619 65.4
August 160 490 79 131 33 5 15 83 1 1 83 107 .267 .372 .447 .819 83.2
Sep/Oct 173 529 75 117 31 4 12 56 1 0 84 106 .221 .328 .363 .691 67.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1934 21 SEM AL 3B 54 49 433.3 47 123 5 6 .971 3.53   3.7
    1B 11 11 99.0 132 11 4 8 .973 13.00   0.3
1935 22 SEM AL 3B 152 152 1361.3 103 358 22 38 .954 3.05   5.8
1936 23 SEM AL 3B 44 39 357.7 27 102 5 7 .963 3.25   1.4
    1B 2 2 18.0 28 1 0 1 1.000 14.50   0.1
1937 24 SEM AL 3B 39 34 269.3 19 77 7 10 .932 3.21   0.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 25 SEM AL 3B 141 139 1161.7 76 306 19 24 .953 2.96   4.9
1939 26 SEM AL 3B 111 106 917.3 60 240 15 26 .952 2.94   3.8
    1B 37 37 320.0 414 23 8 50 .982 12.29   0.7
1940 27 SEM AL 3B 111 110 912.7 67 241 13 20 .960 3.04   5.1
    1B 44 44 375.7 494 35 6 42 .989 12.67   1.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 28 SEM AL 3B 115 114 945.0 72 256 22 22 .937 3.12   4.0
    1B 24 23 201.0 266 18 9 21 .969 12.72   0.4
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 29 SEM AL 3B 84 81 642.0 26 178 17 18 .923 2.86   1.9
    1B 1 1 7.0 8 0 0 2 1.000 10.29   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1943 30 CIN NL 3B 14 12 110.7 4 33 1 1 .974 3.01   0.6
    1B 3 0 3.3 5 1 0 0 1.000 16.22   0.0
  3B 865 836 7111.0 501 1914 126 172 .950 3.06   31.7
  1B 122 118 1024.0 1347 89 27 124 .982 12.62   2.4
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   991 954 8140.0 1848 2004 153 296 .962 4.26   34.1
Career Highs   156 154 1361.3 561 358 31 76 .978 5.84    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1934 21 SEM AL 7 26 7 8 0 0 3 6 0 0 4 5 .308 .375 .654 1.029
1935 22 SEM AL 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .571 .821
1936 23 SEM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1938 25 SEM AL 9 33 6 8 1 0 2 7 0 0 4 13 .242 .316 .455 .770
1939 26 SEM AL 11 37 6 14 6 1 0 8 0 0 7 4 .378 .477 .595 1.072
1940 27 SEM AL 8 29 8 9 3 0 5 11 0 0 5 6 .310 .429 .931 1.360
1941 28 SEM AL 4 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .273 .500 .773
Career Post-Season Batting 42 143 30 42 10 1 12 34 0 0 22 33 .294 .385 .629 1.014
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1940-2-157
 At-Bats
1935-10-607
 Homeruns
1935-6-19
 Walks
1935-3-91
1938-9-85
1939-7-78
1940-5-93
1941-8-76
 Strikeouts
1935-3-83
1938-3-102
1939-1-128
1940-2-129
1941-3-107
1942-9-77
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Bob Oliver (951)
  2. Al Smith (939)
  3. Nick Esasky (933)
  4. Mack Jones (926)
  5. Ron Cey (920)
  6. Lloyd Moseby (918)
  7. Toby Harrah (916)
  8. Jim Hickman (910)
  9. George Altman (910)
  10. Rene Lachemann (909)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1934
Had first career hit (triple) on 5/16/1934, off Luke Hamlin (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/26/1934, off Garland Buckeye (ATL)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 8/15/1934
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $492,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1938: Signed a contract extension with Seattle (M), $1,800,000 per year, for 5 years
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1938
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1939
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 9/20/1941
Traded from Seattle to Cincinnati on 4/2/1943 (Going to CIN: 3B Harlond Clift. Going to SEM: SS Dib Williams)
Injured on 6/1/1943 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/17/1944 to a 1-year deal worth $528,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1945 to a minor league deal
 
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