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Lou
Clinton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 13, 1937 in Usa, OK, PONCA CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 22 CIN NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1961 23 CIN NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1962 24 COL NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1963 25 COL NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6
1964 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 4 4 6 6 6
1965 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1966 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 4 4 6 6 6
1967 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1968 30 NYG NL $ 3,432,857   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 6 6
1969 31 NYG NL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 3 3 5 5 5
1970 32 NYG NL $ 1,900,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 4 3 3 5 5 5
1971 33 NYG NL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 3 3 3 4 4 4
1972 34 NYG NL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4
1973 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4
1974 36 LAD NL $ 340,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,432,857   6 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6
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
1960 22 AA   134 512 70 124 30 4 29 74 7 7 42 99 .242 .300 .486 .786 74.1  
1961 23 AAA   134 500 76 149 31 6 27 84 16 7 43 112 .298 .354 .546 .900 91.5  
1962 24 AAA   137 512 70 147 43 5 16 63 11 8 50 82 .287 .351 .484 .835 82.1  
1963 25 AAA   137 516 76 146 46 8 19 88 8 11 50 82 .283 .346 .514 .860 84.7  
1964 26 OAK AL 112 389 47 91 20 5 10 31 7 13 28 68 .234 .286 .388 .675 40.8 6.5
    AAA   19 64 11 19 6 1 4 15 1 0 12 9 .297 .408 .609 1.017 15.1  
1965 27 KCR AL 154 581 65 137 32 7 13 81 3 2 39 106 .236 .282 .382 .664 59.3 7.3
1966 28 KCR AL 49 113 14 26 5 0 4 15 0 0 6 22 .230 .273 .381 .653 11.2 1.1
  NYG NL 46 139 19 32 4 1 5 16 1 0 13 25 .230 .299 .381 .680 16.2 2.4
  TOT   95 252 33 58 9 1 9 31 1 0 19 47 .230 .287 .381 .668 27.3 3.5
1967 29 NYG NL 132 354 58 115 26 3 22 64 0 2 26 64 .325 .368 .602 .970 68.4 17.5
1968 30 NYG NL 129 349 56 87 17 6 13 43 2 0 22 73 .249 .293 .444 .737 44.7 7.9
1969 31 NYG NL 153 525 58 116 37 10 12 68 2 2 33 125 .221 .270 .398 .668 53.4 4.8
1970 32 NYG NL 115 389 55 91 16 5 22 60 3 0 22 88 .234 .273 .470 .743 48.9 6.4
1971 33 NYG NL 154 597 82 143 35 6 21 89 1 0 38 141 .240 .284 .424 .708 69.6 11.5
1972 34 NYG NL 148 526 48 111 29 5 15 64 4 3 33 128 .211 .258 .371 .629 48.9 4.7
1973 35 NYG NL 69 178 18 37 10 0 3 22 1 0 15 49 .208 .267 .315 .581 14.6 0.3
1974 36 AAA   134 574 65 147 25 1 23 81 5 8 44 139 .256 .309 .423 .732 73.5  
10 Years Sim 1261 4140 520 986 231 48 140 553 24 22 275 889 .238 .285 .419 .704 475.9 70.3
5 Years AAA 561 2166 298 608 151 21 89 331 41 34 199 424 .281 .344 .493 .837 346.8  
1 Years AA 134 512 70 124 30 4 29 74 7 7 42 99 .242 .302 .486 .788 74.1  
6 Years Minors 695 2678 368 732 181 25 118 405 48 41 241 523 .273 .336 .492 .828 420.9  
162 Game Average 531 66 126 29 6 17 71 3 2 35 114 .238 .285 .419 .704 61.1  
Career Highs 154 597 82 143 37 10 22 89 7 13 39 141 .325 .368 .602 .970 69.6  
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   2134 269 505 119 31 75 293 17 14 136 477 .237 .282 .427 .709 254.4
vs LH   2006 251 481 112 17 65 260 7 8 139 412 .240 .289 .410 .699 235.0
Home 635 2090 272 494 119 28 69 280 15 15 143 455 .236 .284 .419 .703 246.5
Away 626 2050 248 492 112 20 71 273 9 7 132 434 .240 .286 .418 .704 242.9
RISP   957 0 227 41 8 38 372 0 0 65 212 .237 .279 .416 .695 114.6
Pinch Hitting   186 30 51 10 2 6 38 0 0 11 36 .274 .317 .446 .763 25.2
Close/Late   544 67 129 24 6 20 73 0 0 39 113 .237 .288 .414 .702 65.2
Mar/Apr 215 739 86 168 40 5 24 100 4 3 35 189 .227 .262 .392 .654 74.9
May 207 686 89 174 38 12 29 107 4 4 42 134 .254 .297 .471 .768 93.7
June 207 682 86 157 35 14 23 99 3 5 42 127 .230 .274 .424 .698 78.2
July 197 616 66 137 39 8 11 56 5 4 56 138 .222 .286 .365 .651 64.4
August 225 782 109 203 43 4 34 107 3 4 45 170 .260 .298 .455 .753 104.1
Sep/Oct 210 635 84 147 36 5 19 84 5 2 55 131 .231 .296 .394 .690 74.1
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
1964 26 OAK AL 2B 91 91 803.0 178 230 13 68 .969 4.57   1.0
    RF 14 0 35.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.51   0.1
    LF 3 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1965 27 KCR AL RF 137 136 1225.7 259 2 4 0 .985 1.92   4.4
    LF 14 13 113.0 26 1 1 1 .964 2.15    
1966 28 KCR AL RF 27 24 178.7 34 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.7
    LF 10 3 40.8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.0
    CF 2 2 11.9 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.03   0.0
    1B 1 0 0.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 20.00   0.0
  NYG NL RF 25 23 227.0 43 1 1 1 .978 1.74   0.7
    LF 9 3 51.8 9 0 1 0 .900 1.56   0.0
    CF 1 1 15.1 5 0 1 0 .833 2.98   0.0
    1B 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 16.36   0.0
  TOT   RF 52 47 405.7 77 1 1 1 .987 1.73   1.4
      LF 19 6 92.6 16 0 1 0 .941 1.56   0.0
      CF 3 3 27.0 9 0 1 0 .900 3.00   0.0
      1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1967 29 NYG NL RF 75 73 635.3 117 3 0 1 1.000 1.70   1.6
    LF 27 2 69.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.22    
1968 30 NYG NL RF 69 69 612.3 125 1 0 0 1.000 1.85   1.2
    LF 34 0 59.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.68    
1969 31 NYG NL RF 126 124 1019.7 212 6 3 1 .986 1.92   2.7
    LF 32 27 230.3 42 3 0 0 1.000 1.76    
1970 32 NYG NL LF 54 50 432.0 76 4 3 1 .964 1.67   0.8
    RF 5 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1971 33 NYG NL RF 51 50 449.0 87 2 5 0 .947 1.78   0.7
    LF 4 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 34 NYG NL CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 35 NYG NL RF 23 18 151.7 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.02   0.5
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 553 517 4547.7 921 15 13 3 .986 1.85   12.5
  LF 188 99 1023.9 190 9 5 2 .975 1.75   0.8
  2B 91 91 803.0 178 230 13 68 .969 4.57   1.0
  CF 5 3 32.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.53   0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   838 710 6408.6 1302 254 32 73 .980 2.19   14.3
Career Highs   158 151 1338.7 285 230 13 68 1.000 4.41    
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
1967 29 NYG NL 17 52 11 15 6 1 1 6 0 0 4 13 .288 .339 .500 .839
1968 30 NYG NL 11 36 4 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 8 8 .250 .386 .417 .803
Career Post-Season Batting 28 88 15 24 9 1 2 11 0 0 12 21 .273 .360 .466 .826
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.
At-Bats
1965-8-581
1971-5-597
 Doubles
1965-10-32
1969-6-37
1971-3-35
 Triples
1965-6-7
1968-5-6
1969-1-10
1970-6-5
1971-3-6
 Caught Stealing
1964-5-13
 Strikeouts
1969-8-125
1971-3-141
1972-6-128
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1960
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on 4/2/1960 (Going to PIT: LF Willie Mays. Going to CIN: LF Ken Hunt, RF Lou Clinton, 1B Deron Johnson, 1B Gordy Coleman)
Injured on 3/14/1962 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Colorado to Oakland on 4/2/1964 (Going to COL: SS Jim Brideweser, SS Leo Cardenas, P Gene Conley. Going to OAK: C Andy Etchebarren, 1B Billy Klaus, RF Lou Clinton, P Mickey Lolich)
Injured on 4/5/1964 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 5/1/1964, off Ralph Terry (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1964, off Johnny Podres (CLE)
Injured on 5/4/1964 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (A), driving in 3 runs on 5/21/1964
Traded from Oakland to Kansas City on 2/13/1965 (Going to OAK: P Steve Carlton, P Dave Mcnally. Going to KCR: RF Lou Clinton)
Traded from Kansas City to New York (N) on 7/31/1966 (Going to NYG: RF Lou Clinton. Going to KCR: P Ron Willis, P Jim Roland, LF Mickey Stanley)
Hit 3 homeruns against Los Angeles, driving in 8 runs on 8/8/1967
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1967, hitting .625 with 6 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1967, hitting .436 with 8 HR, 23 RBI
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,432,857 through salary arbitration
10/3/1968: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,900,000 per year, for 4 years
4/2/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1972, hitting .450 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
7/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $340,000 per year, for 1 years
Traded from New York (N) to Los Angeles on 2/13/1974 (Going to LAD: RF Lou Clinton. Going to NYG: P Mike Wegener)
Injured on 8/30/1974 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
 
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