Donn Clendenon

Full Name: Donn Alvin Clendenon	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/209	First Game: September 22, 1961
Birthdate: July 15, 1935	Final Game: August 5, 1972
Birthplace: Neosho, Missouri	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: September 17, 2005
Deathplace: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Donn Clendenon (Donn Alvin Clendenon) was born on July 15, 1935 in Neosho, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on September 22, 1961 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .302 with 7 home runs and 28 RBI. Clendenon played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Montreal Expos and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 12 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Donn Clendenon's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1966, when he slugged 28 home runs, hit for a .299 average and knocked in 98 runs. However, others believe that it was 1965, when he hit for a .301 average and knocked in 96 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1961	PIT	N	9	35	7	11	0	2	.314	.400	.400	1	1	5	10	0	0	0	0	0
1962	PIT	N	80	222	39	67	7	28	.302	.376	.477	8	5	26	58	1	1	16	3	3
1963	PIT	N	154	563	65	155	15	57	.275	.326	.430	28	7	39	136	5	3	22	3	14
1964	PIT	N	133	457	53	129	12	64	.282	.321	.446	23	8	26	96	2	3	12	2	10
1965	PIT	N	162	612	89	184	14	96	.301	.351	.467	32	14	48	128	5	1	9	7	10
1966	PIT	N	155	571	80	171	28	98	.299	.358	.520	22	10	52	142	2	1	8	7	14
1967	PIT	N	131	478	46	119	13	56	.249	.298	.370	15	2	34	107	1	1	4	4	15
1968	PIT	N	158	584	63	150	17	87	.257	.309	.399	20	6	47	163	1	5	10	4	14
1969	NY	N	72	202	31	51	12	37	.252	.321	.455	5	0	19	62	2	2	3	4	3
1969	MON	N	38	129	14	31	4	14	.240	.272	.395	6	1	6	32	0	0	0	1	6
1969	TOT	N	110	331	45	82	16	51	.248	.303	.432	11	1	25	94	2	2	3	5	9
1970	NY	N	121	396	65	114	22	97	.288	.348	.515	18	3	39	91	1	0	4	4	15
1971	NY	N	88	263	29	65	11	37	.247	.302	.411	10	0	21	78	1	0	1	3	12
1972	STL	N	61	136	13	26	4	9	.191	.279	.309	4	0	17	37	0	0	1	4	7
Total			1362	4648	594	1273	159	682	.274	.328	.442	192	57	379	1140	21	17	90	46	123

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1961	PIT	N	LF	1	1	9	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	PIT	N	OF	8	8	78.1	15	1	0	0	0	1.000
1961	PIT	N	RF	7	7	69.1	12	1	0	0	0	1.000
1962	PIT	N	LF	17	17	130.2	31	1	2	0	0	.941
1962	PIT	N	1B	52	41	378.1	382	24	4	44	0	.990
1962	PIT	N	RF	2	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	PIT	N	OF	19	18	142.2	32	1	2	0	0	.943
1963	PIT	N	1B	151	146	1324	1450	118	15	154	0	.991
1964	PIT	N	1B	119	113	1017.2	1153	75	14	116	0	.989
1965	PIT	N	3B	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1965	PIT	N	1B	158	156	1401	1572	119	28	161	0	.984
1966	PIT	N	1B	152	148	1332.1	1452	96	24	182	1	.985
1967	PIT	N	1B	123	119	1074.1	1199	89	15	122	0	.988
1968	PIT	N	1B	155	152	1388.1	1587	128	17	134	1	.990
1969	NY	N	1B	58	46	436	418	25	7	46	0	.984
1969	NY	N	LF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1969	NY	N	OF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1969	MON	N	LF	9	9	77	13	2	2	2	0	.882
1969	MON	N	1B	24	21	189.2	214	20	3	22	0	.987
1969	MON	N	RF	1	1	9.2	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	MON	N	OF	11	10	87.2	16	2	2	2	0	.900
1969	MON	N	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1969	TOT	N	1B	82	67	625.2	632	45	10	68	0	.985
1969	TOT	N	LF	10	9	79	13	2	2	2	0	.882
1969	TOT	N	OF	12	10	89.2	16	2	2	2	0	.900
1970	NY	N	1B	100	96	826.2	722	62	7	72	0	.991
1971	NY	N	1B	72	55	548.2	505	37	8	49	0	.985
1972	STL	N	1B	36	31	279	259	26	4	34	0	.986
Total			1B	1200	1124	10196	10913	819	146	1136	2	.988
Total			LF	28	27	218.2	48	3	4	2	0	.927
Total			3B	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	39	36	310.2	63	4	4	2	0	.944
Total			CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	10	9	91	15	1	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1957).
Selected by Montreal Expos from Pittsburgh Pirates (11th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
Traded by Montreal Expos with Jesus Alou to Houston Astros in exchange for Rusty Staub (January 22, 1969); Donn Clendenon refused to report to Houston Astros and Montreal Expos sent Jack Billingham, Skip Guinn and $100000 (April 8, 1969) to complete trade. Traded by Montreal Expos to New York Mets in exchange for Steve Renko, Kevin Collins, Bill Carden and Dave Colon (June 15, 1969).
Released by New York Mets (October 28, 1971).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 9, 1971).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (August 7, 1972).

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