Clyde Kluttz

Clyde Franklin Kluttz (December 12, 1917 - May 12, 1979) born in Rockwell, North Carolina was a catcher for the Boston Braves (1942–45), New York Giants (1945–46), St. Louis Cardinals (1946), Pittsburgh Pirates (1947–48), St. Louis Browns (1951) and Washington Senators (1951–52).

He helped the Cardinals win the 1946 World Series.

In 9 seasons Kluttz played in 656 games, and had 1,903 at-bats, 172 runs, 510 hits, 90 doubles, 8 triples, 19 home runs, 212 RBI, 5 stolen bases, 132 walks, .268 batting average, .318 on-base percentage, .354 slugging percentage, 673 total bases and 30 sacrifice hits.

Kluttz served as scouting director for the New York Yankees in 1974.^[1]

He died in Salisbury, North Carolina at the age of 61.

References

1. ^ "Clyde Kluttz: Baseball America Executive Database". Baseball America. http://www.baseballamerica.com/execdb/?show=exec&eid=kluttcl01. Retrieved 2009-08-16. 

Sources

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

External links

Biography portal

• Clyde Kluttz at Find a Grave

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Name	Kluttz, Clyde
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Date of birth	December 12, 1917
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Date of death	May 12, 1979
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