Clyde
King
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 175
 
Born: May 23, 1924 in Usa, NC, GOLDSBORO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 20 CLE AL   6 3 4 4 5 7 6 4 5 4
1945 21 CLE AL   6 4 4 4 5 7 6 4 5 5
1946 22 CLE AL   6 4 4 4 6 8 7 4 5 5
1947 23 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 4 5 5
1948 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 5 4
1949 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 8 9 8 3 3 3
1950 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 3 4 3 8 9 8 3 3 3
1951 27 CLE AL $ 350,000 6 3 3 3 8 9 8 3 3 3
1952 28 CLE AL $ 350,000 6 3 3 3 8 9 8 3 3 3
1953 29 CLE AL $ 350,000 5 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3
1954 30 CLE AL $ 350,000 5 3 4 3 7 8 8 3 3 3
1955 31 CLE AL $ 350,000 5 2 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3
1956 32 CLE AL $ 350,000 5 2 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3
1957 33 CLE AL $ 350,000 5 2 2 2 7 8 8 3 3 3
1958 34 CLE AL $ 350,000 5 2 2 2 7 8 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 2 2 2 5 7 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 8 9 8 4 5 5
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
1944 20 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 21 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 22 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 27 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 28 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 30 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 31 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 32 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 33 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 34 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1944 20 AA   2 3 .400 47 0 0 0 4 52.3 60 26 6 23 45 4.47 .282 .352 .427 .779  
1945 21 A   2 1 .667 70 0 0 0 3 62.7 40 5 1 11 49 0.72 .187 .227 .224 .451  
1946 22 AA   1 0 1.000 68 0 0 0 13 55.7 46 17 5 23 38 2.75 .228 .307 .327 .633  
1947 23 CLE AL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 10.3 13 5 0 6 4 4.36 .317 .404 .439 .843 0.6
    AAA   3 1 .750 29 0 0 0 3 32.3 33 9 3 7 18 2.51 .270 .310 .393 .704  
1948 24 CLE AL 3 8 .273 58 2 0 0 17 79.7 75 35 7 36 18 3.95 .248 .325 .361 .685 10.6
1949 25 CLE AL 4 1 .800 36 0 0 0 7 34.0 45 22 5 11 10 5.82 .331 .381 .485 .866 2.9
1950 26 CLE AL 2 2 .500 57 0 0 0 2 72.7 91 37 10 17 25 4.58 .314 .347 .486 .833 5.3
1951 27 CLE AL 1 2 .333 9 0 0 0 0 14.0 14 11 3 7 2 7.07 .255 .339 .418 .757 0.1
    AA   5 1 .833 61 0 0 0 5 55.0 69 29 7 16 46 4.75 .321 .368 .484 .852  
1952 28 AA   4 0 1.000 58 0 0 0 2 58.7 53 18 7 14 34 2.76 .250 .296 .382 .679  
1953 29 AAA   2 2 .500 40 0 0 0 1 29.0 33 18 4 6 16 5.59 .295 .331 .438 .768  
    AA   2 1 .667 19 0 0 0 1 16.0 24 14 3 4 11 7.88 .338 .373 .465 .838  
1954 30 AAA   0 2 .000 28 0 0 0 2 53.3 55 16 2 9 21 2.70 .268 .299 .322 .621  
1955 31 AAA   1 2 .333 29 0 0 0 1 46.7 53 20 7 11 21 3.86 .294 .335 .472 .807  
1956 32 AAA   2 0 1.000 47 0 0 0 5 48.0 62 20 6 15 23 3.75 .323 .372 .495 .867  
1957 33 AAA   0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 0 19.7 24 9 4 5 7 4.12 .320 .363 .507 .869  
1958 34 AAA   2 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 0 29.3 35 18 7 4 21 5.52 .294 .317 .529 .846  
5 Years Sim 10 13 .435 168 2 0 0 26 210.7 238 110 25 77 59 4.70 .289 .347 .433 .780 19.5
7 Years AAA 10 8 .556 202 0 0 0 12 258.3 295 110 33 57 127 3.83 .294 .331 .442 .773  
5 Years AA 14 5 .737 253 0 0 0 25 237.7 252 104 28 80 174 3.94 .276 .334 .411 .745  
1 Years A 2 1 .667 70 0 0 0 3 62.7 40 5 1 11 49 0.72 .187 .227 .224 .451  
13 Years Minors 26 14 .650 525 0 0 0 40 558.6 587 219 62 148 350 3.53 .275 .322 .407 .729  
Season Average 2 2 .500 33 0 0 0 5 42.1 47 22 5 15 11 4.70 .289 .347 .433 .780  
Career Highs 4 8 .800 58 2 0 0 17 79.7 91 37 10 36 25 7.07 .331 .404 .486 .866  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   113 60 14 25 35   .282 .324 .429 .753
vs LH   125 50 11 52 24   .296 .373 .437 .810
Home 6 6 .500 79 1 0 0 10 105.3 126 61 12 41 36 5.21 .301 .364 .445 .809
Away 4 7 .364 89 1 0 0 16 105.3 112 49 13 36 23 4.19 .276 .335 .421 .756
Mar/Apr 1 2 .333 31 0 0 0 1 39.7 44 25 6 17 8 5.67 .282 .353 .449 .801
May 2 1 .667 18 0 0 0 6 20.7 24 14 3 10 5 6.10 .300 .378 .488 .865
June 3 6 .333 21 0 0 0 6 21.7 27 15 5 9 3 6.23 .307 .371 .489 .860
July 1 1 .500 19 0 0 0 4 23.3 37 14 4 2 6 5.40 .352 .364 .524 .888
August 1 0 1.000 42 0 0 0 5 52.7 58 19 5 12 20 3.25 .284 .324 .412 .736
Sep/Oct 2 3 .400 37 2 0 0 4 52.7 48 23 2 27 17 3.93 .251 .344 .346 .690
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
1947 23 CLE AL 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0
1948 24 CLE AL 58 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0
1949 25 CLE AL 36 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.2
1950 26 CLE AL 57 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2
1951 27 CLE AL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
5 Years Sim 168 16 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .250 .294 .313 .607 1.5 0.4
162 Game Average 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 .294 .313 .607 1.4  
Career Highs 58 9 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   11 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .273 .333 .364 .697 1.3
vs LH   5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Home 75 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5
Away 61 9 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .333 .633 0.9
RISP   7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 29 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5
May 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
June 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
July 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Sep/Oct 25 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 23 CLE AL P 8 0 10.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.74    
1948 24 CLE AL P 58 2 79.7 1 11 2 0 .857 1.36    
1949 25 CLE AL P 36 0 34.0 2 8 0 2 1.000 2.65    
1950 26 CLE AL P 57 0 72.7 2 22 0 3 1.000 2.97    
1951 27 CLE AL P 9 0 14.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.57    
Career Totals   168 2 210.7 6 46 2 6 .963 2.22    
Career Highs   58 2 79.7 2 22 2 3 1.000 2.97    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1948-3-17
1949-7-7
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1944
Injured on 5/2/1944 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 5/9/1948
Had first career hit on 9/7/1948, off Lou Kretlow (STL)
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/13/1954 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/21/1955 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration