Clay Bryant
[edit] Biography
Born on November 26, 1911 in Madison Heights, Virginia, Clay Bryant (Claiborne Henry Bryant) played for the Chicago Cubs for his entire 6 year career. Bryant broke into the bigs on April 19, 1935 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.30 ERA in 57.1 innings pitched in 1936, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Clay Bryant's best season was 1938, when he posted a 3.10 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 135 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1935
| CHI
| N
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 5.16
| 13
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 22.2
| 34
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1936
| CHI
| N
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3.30
| 35
| 25
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 57.1
| 57
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1937
| CHI
| N
| 38
| 9
| 9
| 3
| 4.26
| 75
| 69
| 64
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 135.1
| 117
| 1
| 78
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1938
| CHI
| N
| 44
| 30
| 19
| 11
| 3.10
| 135
| 105
| 93
| 17
| 3
| 2
| 270.1
| 235
| 6
| 125
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1939
| CHI
| N
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 5.74
| 9
| 23
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 31.1
| 42
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4.78
| 5
| 17
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 26.1
| 26
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 129
| 44
| 32
| 20
| 3.73
| 272
| 254
| 225
| 23
| 4
| 7
| 543.1
| 511
| 13
| 262
| 0
| 14
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1935
| CHI
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| CHI
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1937
| CHI
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 13
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1938
| CHI
| N
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 38
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1939
| CHI
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1939
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 74
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1935
| CHI
| N
| 12
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 2
| .333
| .500
| .833
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CHI
| N
| 32
| 12
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .417
| .417
| .417
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| CHI
| N
| 47
| 45
| 13
| 14
| 1
| 7
| .311
| .340
| .467
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1938
| CHI
| N
| 50
| 106
| 16
| 24
| 3
| 15
| .226
| .241
| .349
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1939
| CHI
| N
| 28
| 14
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .214
| .267
| .286
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| 16
| 9
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 185
| 192
| 48
| 51
| 5
| 28
| .266
| .291
| .391
| 5
| 2
| 7
| 21
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to Chicago Cubs (July 30, 1934).
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