Jack Clements
American baseball player (1864–1941) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Australian rules footballer, see Jack Clements (footballer).
John J. Clements (July 24, 1864 – May 23, 1941) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for 17 seasons. Despite being left-handed, Clements caught 1,076 games, almost four times as many as any other left-handed player in major league history [1] and was the last left-hander to catch on a regular basis.[2] He is credited with being the first catcher to wear a chest protector.[3]
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Jack Clements | |
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Catcher | |
Born: (1864-07-24)July 24, 1864 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Died: May 23, 1941(1941-05-23) (aged 76) Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 22, 1884, for the Philadelphia Keystones | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 2, 1900, for the Boston Beaneaters | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .287 |
Home runs | 77 |
Runs batted in | 687 |
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