This week’s Terrible Card is from 1934 and belongs to Herman ‘Flea’ Clifton. So named, I suppose, because of light weight of 160 pounds.
His hitting was a bit lightweight too. He hit .063 (1 for 16) in his rookie year in 1934. While it improved to .255 in 110 at bats the next year, he never hit above .200 again nor did he manage to hit one out of the park in his four-year career with the Detroit Tigers.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 Totals | 16 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .063 | .118 | .063 |
Herman Clifton’s 1934 isn’t much to look at. He simply has a 7-8-9 and right away he has a 22-14. Yes, I found another position player with an automatic out at 55 with a 55-13.
Clifton does have only three 13s to go with his two 14s. While this would normally make him a decent bunter, there is a matter of his pop fly numbers. He’s got two 33s and two 34s. The extra set are at 26 and 46 respectively.
On a side note, it’s always interesting to see what number results APBA would give low average hitters especially those who don’t strike out a lot. If you think it through, the hits and in some cases walks, aren’t there so they have to replace them with something, right?
For a lot of the middle infielders in the 60s and 70s who didn’t whiff so much (think Belanger or Maxvill), APBA was forced to fill in the gaps with extra fly out or groundout numbers. A lot of times, the result 29 was used quite frequently (Clifton has it on his card three times here).
Thanks once again to John Williams for suggesting this card!
You are an asshole. Herm was a great man, you need to do some research before you make up stupid comments. He has a World Series ring. Ask a lazy ass like Griffey Jr. how his World Series ring feels.