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Tex Clevenger

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Full Name: Truman Eugene Clevenger Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180 First Game: April 18, 1954
Birthdate: July 9, 1932 Final Game: September 30, 1962
Birthplace: Visalia, California MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on July 9, 1932 in Visalia, California, Tex Clevenger (Truman Eugene Clevenger) played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels over the course of his 8 year career. Clevenger broke into the bigs on April 18, 1954 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.79 ERA in 67.2 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tex Clevenger's best season was 1959, when he posted a 3.91 ERA and struck out 71 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1954 BOS A 23 8 2 4 4.79 43 42 36 1 0 0 67.2 67 9 29 0 1 2
1956 WAS A 20 1 0 0 5.40 17 22 19 0 0 0 31.2 33 4 21 0 1 0
1957 WAS A 52 9 7 6 4.19 75 69 65 2 0 8 139.2 139 11 47 4 3 4
1958 WAS A 55 4 9 9 4.35 70 65 60 0 0 6 124 119 12 50 6 2 1
1959 WAS A 50 7 8 5 3.91 71 56 51 2 2 8 117.1 114 9 51 3 3 2
1960 WAS A 53 11 5 11 4.20 49 77 60 1 0 7 128.2 150 10 49 10 5 3
1961 NY A 21 0 1 1 4.83 14 20 17 0 0 0 31.2 35 3 21 1 2 1
1961 LA A 12 0 2 1 1.69 11 5 3 0 0 1 16 13 1 13 1 1 0
1961 TOT A 33 0 3 2 3.78 25 25 20 0 0 1 47.2 48 4 34 2 3 1
1962 NY A 21 0 2 0 2.84 11 14 12 0 0 0 38 36 3 17 5 0 1
Total 307 40 36 37 4.18 361 370 323 6 2 30 694.2 706 62 298 30 18 14

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1954 BOS A P 23 0 0 6 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .895
1956 WAS A P 20 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1957 WAS A P 52 9 139.2 10 27 3 6 0 2 5 3 0 .925
1958 WAS A P 55 4 124.1 8 31 1 4 0 2 9 4 0 .975
1959 WAS A P 50 7 117.1 10 35 1 3 0 2 6 3 0 .978
1960 WAS A P 53 11 128.2 3 21 0 3 0 1 3 3 0 1.000
1961 NY A P 21 0 31.2 5 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1.000
1961 LA A P 12 0 16 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1.000
1961 TOT A P 33 0 47.2 5 12 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 1.000
1962 NY A P 21 0 38 4 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 307 31 595.2 50 146 8 20 0 8 26 16 0 .961

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1954 BOS A 25 14 2 3 0 0 .214 .214 .286 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1956 WAS A 20 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 WAS A 52 33 2 7 0 5 .212 .270 .273 2 0 3 12 0 4 0 0 0
1958 WAS A 55 22 1 3 0 0 .136 .208 .227 0 1 2 12 0 2 0 0 0
1959 WAS A 50 23 2 4 0 4 .174 .310 .217 1 0 5 9 0 4 0 0 0
1960 WAS A 53 22 0 2 0 1 .091 .167 .091 0 0 2 11 0 4 0 0 0
1961 NY A 21 4 1 1 0 1 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LA A 12 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 TOT A 33 7 1 1 0 1 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NY A 22 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total 310 127 8 20 0 11 .157 .232 .213 5 1 13 53 0 14 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1953).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Karl Olson, Dick Brodowski, Neil Chrisley and Al Curtis to Washington Senators in exchange for Mickey Vernon, Bob Porterfield, Johnny Schmitz and Tom Umphlett (November 8, 1955).
  • Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Minnesota Twins in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
  • Traded by Los Angeles Angels with Bob Cerv to New York Yankees in exchange for Lee Thomas, Ryne Duren and Johnny James (May 8, 1961).

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