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Clyde Milan

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b. March 25, 1887 · Washington Senators 1907–1922

He stole 88 bases in 1912 and 75 in 1913, the most in the league both years, and the 88 stood as the American League record until Ty Cobb passed it in 1915. He hit .306 that season with 184 hits and finished fourth in the Chalmers Award voting.

Sixteen seasons gave him 2,100 hits, 240 doubles, 105 triples, 1,004 runs, 495 stolen bases and a .285 average, every game of it for Washington. He played center field close enough to the infield that they called him Deerfoot, and he played 1,903 games there.

He and Walter Johnson came up together, roomed together on the road for their whole careers and stayed friends afterward. He managed Washington in 1922, coached there for twenty years, and died of a heart attack during spring training in 1953, at sixty-five, hitting fungoes in Orlando. Eight ballots listed him.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1907 WSH 481832251 330 98288 .279
1908 WSH 13048555116 10121 32384129 .239
1909 WSH 1304003680 1241 15313310 .200
1910 WSH 14253189148 1760 16713744 .279
1911 WSH 154616109194 2483 35744058 .315
1912 WSH 154601105184 19111 79633188 .306
1913 WSH 15457992174 1893 54582575 .301
1914 WSH 11543763129 19111 39322638 .295
1915 WSH 15357383165 1372 66533240 .288
1916 WSH 15056558154 1431 45563134 .273
1917 WSH 15557960170 1540 48582620 .294
1918 WSH 12850356146 1850 56361426 .290
1919 WSH 883214392 1260 37401611 .287
1920 WSH 12650670163 2253 41281210 .322
1921 WSH 11340655117 19111 4037134 .288
1922 WSH 4274817 500 5220 .230
Career 1982735910042100 24010517 617685407495 .285

On this day & linked events

1887

Born March 25, 1887

Linden, TN, USA

1953

Died March 3, 1953

1907

Major-league debut: Clyde Milan

Clyde Milan made a major-league debut on August 19, 1907.

1922

Final major-league game: Clyde Milan

Clyde Milan played a final major-league game on September 22, 1922.

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