Clint Courtney Notable

b. March 16, 1927 · New York Yankees 1951, St. Louis Browns 1952–1953, Baltimore Orioles 1954, 1960–1961, Chicago White Sox 1955, Washington Senators 1955–1959, Kansas City Athletics 1961

Clint Courtney played for six clubs across 11 seasons as a catcher, opening with the New York Yankees in 1951 and closing with the Kansas City Athletics in 1961. His longest stay was with the Washington Senators, from 1955 to 1959.

Across 946 games he batted .268, with 750 hits and 260 runs. He finished with 38 home runs, 126 doubles and 3 stolen bases.

He played 802 games behind the plate, with 3,556 putouts and 50 errors. He turned 63 double plays.

He was born in Hall Summit, LA, USA on March 16, 1927, and died on June 16, 1975. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
The Sporting News Rookie of the Year	1	1952

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1951	NYY	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1952	SLB	119	413	38	118	24	3	5	50	39	26	0	.286
1953	SLB	106	355	28	89	12	2	4	19	25	20	0	.251
1954	BAL	122	397	25	107	18	3	4	37	30	7	2	.270
1955	CHW/WSH	94	275	33	85	11	4	3	40	26	9	0	.309
1956	WSH	101	283	31	85	20	3	5	44	20	10	0	.300
1957	WSH	91	232	23	62	14	1	6	27	16	11	0	.267
1958	WSH	134	450	46	113	18	0	8	62	48	23	1	.251
1959	WSH	72	189	19	44	4	1	2	18	20	19	0	.233
1960	BAL	83	154	14	35	3	0	1	12	30	14	0	.227
1961	BAL/KCA	23	46	3	12	2	0	0	4	10	3	0	.261
Career	—	946	2796	260	750	126	17	38	313	264	143	3	.268

On this day & linked events

1927

Born March 16, 1927

Hall Summit, LA, USA

1975

Died June 16, 1975

1951

Major-league debut: Clint Courtney

Clint Courtney made a major-league debut on September 29, 1951.

1961

Final major-league game: Clint Courtney

Clint Courtney played a final major-league game on June 24, 1961.

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain