Clay Bryant
Clay Bryant | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Madison Heights, Virginia | November 16, 1911|||
Died: April 9, 1999 87) Boca Raton, Florida | (aged|||
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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 a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1935 through 1940 for the Chicago Cubs. Listed at 6' 2", 195 lb, 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]
Overall, Bryant went 32-20 with a 3.73 ERA in parts of six seasons for the Cubs, due to chronic elbow and shoulder pain ended his career at the age of 28 in 1940.[1]
Afterwards, Bryant was a longtime manager in the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers Minor League system, and also served as a pitching coach for the Dodgers in 1961 and the Cleveland Indians in 1967 and 1974.[1]
In between, Bryant managed winter ball for the Leones del Caracas club of the Venezuelan League, guiding his team to the 1956–1957 pennant[3] while advancing to the 1957 Caribbean Series.
Bryant died in 1999 in Boca Raton, Florida, at the age of 87.[1]
See also
Sources
- 1 2 3 4 5 Career Statistics and History. Baseball Reference. Retrieved on January 27, 2018.
- ↑ 1938 Pitching Game Log. Baseball Reference. Retrieved on January 27, 2018.
- ↑ Gutiérrez, Daniel; González, Javier (2006); Records de la Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (LVBP). ISBN 978-980-6996-01-4
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project
Preceded by Early Wynn Warren Spahn |
Cleveland Indians pitching coach 1967 1974 |
Succeeded by Jack Sanford Harvey Haddix |