Cliff Mapes
[edit] Biography
Cliff Mapes (Clifford Franklin Mapes) was born on March 13, 1922 in Sutherland, Nebraska. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1948 for the New York Yankees. In 1949, his rookie year, he hit .247 with 7 home runs and 38 RBI. Mapes played for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 5 year career.
Most people believe that Cliff Mapes's best season was 1950, when he knocked in 61 runs.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1948
| NY
| A
| 53
| 88
| 19
| 22
| 1
| 12
| .250
| .298
| .432
| 11
| 1
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1949
| NY
| A
| 111
| 304
| 56
| 75
| 7
| 38
| .247
| .369
| .378
| 13
| 3
| 58
| 50
| 1
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 4
|
| 1950
| NY
| A
| 108
| 356
| 60
| 88
| 12
| 61
| .247
| .338
| .421
| 14
| 6
| 47
| 61
| 2
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 14
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 56
| 201
| 32
| 55
| 7
| 30
| .274
| .360
| .433
| 7
| 2
| 26
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1951
| NY
| A
| 45
| 51
| 6
| 11
| 2
| 8
| .216
| .273
| .431
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 101
| 252
| 38
| 66
| 9
| 38
| .262
| .343
| .433
| 10
| 3
| 30
| 47
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| 1952
| DET
| A
| 86
| 193
| 26
| 38
| 9
| 23
| .197
| .295
| .373
| 7
| 0
| 27
| 42
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 459
| 1193
| 199
| 289
| 38
| 172
| .242
| .338
| .406
| 55
| 13
| 168
| 213
| 4
| 17
| 8
| 0
| 28
|
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| 1948
| NY
| A
| OF
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1949
| NY
| A
| OF
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 228
| 14
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1950
| NY
| A
| OF
| 102
| 0
| 0
| 183
| 8
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| OF
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 111
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1951
| NY
| A
| OF
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 136
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1952
| DET
| A
| OF
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 381
| 0
| 0
| 675
| 33
| 23
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1940).
- Selected by New York Yankees from Cleveland Indians in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 1, 1946).
- Sold by New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns (July 31, 1951).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Dick Littlefield, Ben Taylor and Matt Batts to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Gene Bearden, Bob Cain and Dick Kryhoski (February 14, 1952).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Neil Berry and $25000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Jake Crawford (October 27, 1952).
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