Dain Clay Stats

Dain Clay was born on Thursday, July 10, 1919, in Hicksville, Ohio. Clay was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 12, 1943, with the Cincinnati Reds. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dain Clay baseball stats page.

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Dain Clay
 
 
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Birth Name:   Dain Elmer Clay
Nickname:   Ding-A-Ling
Born On:   07-10-1919  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Hicksville, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-28-1994 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Chula Vista, California
Cemetery:   Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, California
High School:   Cuyahoga Falls High School (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   160
First Game:   06-12-1943 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-29-1946
Draft:   Not Applicable
Dain Clay

Dain Clay Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Dain Clay

Dain Clay Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1943 24 Reds 49 93 19 25 2 4 0 0 9 8 - 14 4 - 1 1 .269 .333 .376
1944 25 Reds 110 356 51 89 15 0 0 0 17 17 - 18 15 - 3 6 .250 .290 .292
1945 26 Reds 153 656 81 184 29 2 1 1 50 37 - 58 5 - 2 10 .280 .321 .335
1946 27 Reds 121 435 52 99 17 0 2 0 22 53 - 40 9 - 5 5 .228 .318 .280
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
4 Years 433 1,540 203 397 63 6 3 1 98 115 - 130 33 - 11 22 .258 .314 .312
Dain Clay

Dain Clay Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1943 Reds CF 28 17 453 136 4.9 134 132 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 7.99
1943 Reds LF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1943 Reds RF 4 4 87 11 2.8 10 10 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 3.10
1944 Reds CF 92 84 2,223 273 3.0 271 267 4 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .993 3.29
1944 Reds LF 5 1 - 4 0.8 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1944 Reds RF 1 1 27 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1945 Reds CF 152 152 4,045 461 3.0 456 446 10 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .989 3.04
1946 Reds CF 110 104 2,787 2,311 21.0 2,307 2,298 9 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .998 22.35
1946 Reds LF 13 6 111 17 1.3 17 16 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.14
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
CF Totals 382 357 9,508 3,181 8.3 3,168 3,143 25 13 6 n/a n/a n/a .996 9.00
LF Totals 19 7 111 21 1.1 21 20 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.11
RF Totals 5 5 114 12 2.4 11 11 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.61
4 Years 406 369 9,733 3,214 7.9 3,200 3,174 26 14 6 n/a n/a n/a .996 8.88
Dain Clay

Dain Clay Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1943 Reds 1 - - 11 5 n/a 0.0 6.6 10.3 - - -
1944 Reds 8 - - 5 9 n/a 0.0 19.8 20.9 - - -
1945 Reds 19 - - 0 1 n/a 656.0 11.3 13.1 - - -
1946 Reds 11 - - 0 1 n/a 217.5 10.9 19.8 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
4 Years 39 - - 16 16 n/a 513.3 11.8 15.7 - - -
Dain Clay

Dain Clay Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1943 Cincinnati Reds 20 Undetermined - -
1944 Cincinnati Reds 20 Undetermined - -
1945 Cincinnati Reds 20 Undetermined n/a -
1946 Cincinnati Reds 20 Undetermined - -


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