Donn Clendenon
1961–1972 · bats R / throws R · Montreal Expos, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
1,362G
.274AVG
.328OBP
.442SLG
More career statistics
1,273H
159HR
682RBI
90SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 57 | 56 |
| Batting · Runs | 594 | 591 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,362 | 5,112 | 4,648 | 594 | 1,273 | 192 | 57 | 159 | 682 | 379 | 1,140 | 90 | 57 | 21 | 47 | 2,056 | .274 | .328 | .442 | .770 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1968-07-21 to 1968-07-31
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1970-07-28 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1966-05-01 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1964-09-04 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 674 | 2477 | 600 | 58 | 321 | 187 | 549 | .268 | .318 | .417 |
| Away | 688 | 2635 | 673 | 101 | 361 | 192 | 591 | .280 | .328 | .466 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 134 | 521 | 127 | 15 | 62 | 42 | 112 | .270 | .324 | .411 |
| May | 244 | 918 | 212 | 24 | 108 | 69 | 210 | .255 | .306 | .403 |
| June | 228 | 782 | 190 | 20 | 87 | 54 | 187 | .266 | .312 | .416 |
| July | 257 | 955 | 270 | 39 | 149 | 66 | 186 | .309 | .352 | .504 |
| August | 240 | 898 | 221 | 33 | 148 | 61 | 208 | .269 | .314 | .470 |
| September | 244 | 978 | 243 | 28 | 126 | 83 | 228 | .276 | .333 | .444 |
| October | 15 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .179 | .233 | .232 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 151 | 580 | 144 | 17 | 81 | 49 | 127 | .280 | .333 | .449 |
| chicago-cubs | 149 | 541 | 154 | 24 | 75 | 42 | 113 | .314 | .362 | .521 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 148 | 563 | 131 | 15 | 75 | 54 | 135 | .261 | .329 | .423 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 144 | 565 | 133 | 15 | 70 | 33 | 130 | .253 | .294 | .379 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 142 | 528 | 131 | 16 | 75 | 33 | 124 | .267 | .311 | .420 |
| san-francisco-giants | 140 | 555 | 130 | 17 | 66 | 37 | 133 | .254 | .301 | .403 |
| houston-astros | 130 | 478 | 121 | 11 | 58 | 18 | 105 | .268 | .291 | .436 |
| new-york-mets | 112 | 440 | 115 | 15 | 61 | 28 | 83 | .285 | .325 | .494 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 | 35 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .314 | – | – |
| 1962 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 222 | 67 | 7 | 28 | 16 | .302 | – | – |
| 1963 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 154 | 563 | 155 | 15 | 57 | 22 | .275 | – | – |
| 1964 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 133 | 457 | 129 | 12 | 64 | 12 | .282 | – | – |
| 1965 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 162 | 612 | 184 | 14 | 96 | 9 | .301 | – | – |
| 1966 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 155 | 571 | 171 | 28 | 98 | 8 | .299 | – | – |
| 1967 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 131 | 478 | 119 | 13 | 56 | 4 | .249 | – | – |
| 1968 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 158 | 584 | 150 | 17 | 87 | 10 | .257 | – | – |
| 1969 | Montreal Expos, New York Mets | 110 | 331 | 82 | 16 | 51 | 3 | .248 | – | – |
| 1970 |  New York Mets | 121 | 396 | 114 | 22 | 97 | 4 | .288 | – | – |
| 1971 | New York Mets | 88 | 263 | 65 | 11 | 37 | 1 | .247 | – | – |
| 1972 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 61 | 136 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .191 | – | – |