Clyde King
[edit] Biography
Born on May 23, 1924 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Clyde King (Clyde Edward King) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 7 year career. King broke into the bigs on June 21, 1944 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 4.09 ERA in 112.1 innings pitched in 1945, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Clyde King's best season was 1951, when he posted a 4.15 ERA and won 14 games.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| 14
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 3.09
| 14
| 18
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 43.2
| 42
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1945
| BRO
| N
| 42
| 2
| 5
| 5
| 4.09
| 29
| 64
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 112.1
| 131
| 8
| 48
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1947
| BRO
| N
| 29
| 9
| 6
| 5
| 2.77
| 31
| 34
| 27
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 87.2
| 85
| 11
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| BRO
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8.03
| 5
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.1
| 14
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1951
| BRO
| N
| 48
| 3
| 14
| 7
| 4.15
| 33
| 64
| 56
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 121.1
| 118
| 15
| 50
| 0
| 6
| 3
|
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 5.06
| 17
| 25
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42.2
| 56
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1953
| CIN
| N
| 35
| 4
| 3
| 6
| 5.21
| 21
| 47
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 76
| 78
| 15
| 32
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 200
| 21
| 32
| 25
| 4.14
| 150
| 263
| 228
| 4
| 0
| 11
| 496
| 524
| 58
| 189
| 0
| 8
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1945
| BRO
| N
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 27
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1947
| BRO
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1948
| BRO
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| BRO
| N
| P
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 21
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1953
| CIN
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 200
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 88
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| 14
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| BRO
| N
| 43
| 32
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| BRO
| N
| 29
| 26
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 4
| .115
| .148
| .154
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| BRO
| N
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| BRO
| N
| 48
| 29
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .138
| .219
| .207
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| 23
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| CIN
| N
| 35
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .167
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 201
| 114
| 9
| 13
| 0
| 5
| .114
| .158
| .140
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 36
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1944).
- Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Brooklyn Dodgers (June 9, 1948).
- Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Dodgers from Philadelphia Phillies (June 14, 1948).
- Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Cincinnati Reds (October 10, 1952).
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