Clay Bryant
Clay Bryant | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Madison Heights, Virginia, U.S. | November 16, 1911|
Died: April 9, 1999 Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. | (aged 87)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 19, 1935, for the Chicago Cubs | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 26, 1940, for the Chicago Cubs | |
Career statistics | |
Win–loss record | 32–20 |
Earned run average | 3.73 |
Strikeouts | 272 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Claiborne Henry Bryant (November 16, 1911 – April 9, 1999) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1935 through 1940 for the Chicago Cubs. Listed at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 195 lb (88 kg), Bryant batted and threw right handed. He was born in Madison Heights, Virginia.[1]
Bryant spent parts of six seasons in the Minor Legues before joining the Cubs in 1935.[1] His most productive season came in 1938, when he won 19 games with a 3.10 earned run average and led the National League with 135 strikeouts, while pitching seven consecutive complete games, winning six of them in the first 25 days in September, to help the Cubs erase a nine-game deficit and capture an unlikely pennant.[2]
Bryant went 32–20 with a 3.73 ERA in parts of six seasons for the Cubs. He began to experience elbow and shoulder pain, and this led to his retirement from baseball in 1940.[1]
Bryant was an exceptionally good hitting pitcher in his six-year major league career, posting a .266
Afterwards, Bryant was a longtime
Bryant managed winter ball for the Leones del Caracas club of the Venezuelan League, guiding his team to the 1956–1957 pennant[4] while advancing to the 1957 Caribbean Series.
Bryant died in 1999 in Boca Raton, Florida, at the age of 87.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Clay Bryant Stats". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ^ "Clay Bryant 1938 Pitching Game Logs". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ASIN B00B6JBVV6.
- ISBN 978-980-6996-01-4.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project
- Clay Bryant at Find a Grave