| Clay Bryant | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born:(1911-11-16)November 16, 1911 Madison Heights, Virginia, U.S. | |
| Died: April 9, 1999(1999-04-09) (aged 87) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. | |
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 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
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Claiborne Henry Bryant (November 16, 1911 – April 9, 1999) was an Americanpitcher inMajor League Baseball who played from 1935 through 1940 for theChicago Cubs. Listed at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 195 lb (88 kg), Bryant batted and threw right handed. He was born inMadison Heights, Virginia.[1]
Bryant spent parts of six seasons in the Minor Leagues before joining the Cubs in 1935.[1] His most productive season came in 1938, when he won 19 games with a 3.10earned run average and led the National League with 135strikeouts, while pitching seven consecutivecomplete 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 .266batting average (51-for-192), scoring 48runs, with 5home runs and 28RBI.[1]
Afterwards, Bryant was a longtimemanager in theBrooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers minor league system, and also served as apitching coach for the Dodgers in 1961 and theCleveland Indians in 1967 and 1974.[1] He also was a roving pitching instructor in the Cleveland organization.Ned Garver said he learned the fundamentals of pitching from Bryant when he managed theNewark Moundsmen.[3]
Bryant managed winter ball for theLeones del Caracas club of theVenezuelan League, guiding his team tothe 1956–1957 pennant[4] while advancing to the1957 Caribbean Series.
Bryant died in 1999 inBoca Raton, Florida, at the age of 87.[1]
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