Clint Courtney
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Courtney in about 1953.
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: March 16, 1927 Hall Summit, Louisiana |
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Died: June 16, 1975 (aged 48) Rochester, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 29, 1951, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 24, 1961, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .268 | ||
| Home runs | 38 | ||
| Runs batted in | 313 | ||
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Clinton Dawdson Courtney (March 16, 1927 – June 16, 1975) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees (1951), St. Louis Browns (1952-1953), Baltimore Orioles (1954, 1960, 1961), Chicago White Sox (1955), Washington Senators (1955-1959) and Kansas City Athletics (1961). Courtney batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Hall Summit, a village in tiny Red River Parish, Louisiana.
Listed at 5' 8" and 180 pounds, Courtney was an American League catcher whose pugnacity and timely base hits made headlines in the 1950s. Fiercely combative, he played his position under unusual handicaps. A natural left-hander, he taught himself to use his right arm, and he also was myopic, being widely considered as the first Major League catcher to wear eyeglasses.
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