Verne Clemons
1916–1924 · bats R / throws R · St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
474G
.286AVG
.348OBP
.360SLG
More career statistics
364H
5HR
140RBI
6SB
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 · Games | 474 | 473 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,271 | 1,270 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 4 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 62 | 61 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,415 | 1,414 |
| Batting · RBI | 140 | 145 |
| Batting · Walks | 119 | 118 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 474 | 1,415 | 1,271 | 78 | 364 | 56 | 11 | 5 | 140 | 119 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 457 | .286 | .348 | .360 | .708 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1923-09-07 to 1924-04-21
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1922-08-26 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1924-08-24 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1921-08-23 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 247 | 737 | 207 | 1 | 73 | 60 | 22 | .312 | .362 | .391 |
| Away | 226 | 677 | 157 | 4 | 72 | 58 | 39 | .259 | .318 | .326 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 46 | 133 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 8 | .230 | .278 | .279 |
| May | 83 | 250 | 51 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 11 | .231 | .300 | .317 |
| June | 78 | 236 | 68 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 8 | .327 | .394 | .428 |
| July | 75 | 212 | 53 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | .279 | .311 | .332 |
| August | 85 | 245 | 67 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 14 | .294 | .335 | .360 |
| September | 102 | 323 | 93 | 0 | 37 | 30 | 13 | .323 | .381 | .396 |
| October | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .308 | .400 | .385 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 75 | 224 | 59 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 8 | .299 | .344 | .391 |
| boston-braves | 72 | 214 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 7 | .245 | .318 | .303 |
| new-york-giants | 71 | 193 | 56 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 4 | .316 | .363 | .401 |
| cincinnati-reds | 70 | 206 | 48 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 12 | .259 | .330 | .346 |
| chicago-cubs | 68 | 201 | 48 | 1 | 21 | 20 | 9 | .273 | .338 | .335 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 63 | 195 | 53 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 15 | .293 | .333 | .326 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 51 | 175 | 53 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 5 | .331 | .371 | .425 |
| cleveland-guardians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 |  St. Louis Browns | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1919 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 239 | 63 | 2 | 24 | 4 | .264 | – | – |
| 1920 | St. Louis Cardinals | 112 | 338 | 95 | 1 | 36 | 1 | .281 | – | – |
| 1921 | St. Louis Cardinals | 117 | 341 | 109 | 2 | 50 | – | .320 | – | – |
| 1922 | St. Louis Cardinals | 71 | 160 | 41 | – | 16 | 1 | .256 | – | – |
| 1923 | St. Louis Cardinals | 57 | 130 | 37 | – | 13 | – | .285 | – | – |
| 1924 | St. Louis Cardinals | 25 | 56 | 18 | – | 6 | – | .321 | – | – |