MLB / Players

Clay Bryant

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 195 lb
BornNovember 16, 1911 · Madison Heights, VA, USA
MLB debutApril 19, 1935
Final gameSeptember 26, 1940
Seasons6 (1935–1940)

Chicago Cubs 1935–1940

Percentile snapshot

1938 season — qualified pitchers

G
44
92.6
GS
30
79.8
W
19
95.7
L
11
28.7
SV
2
74.5
CG
17
84
SHO
3
81.9
H
235
21.3
ER
93
26.6
BB
125
2.1
SO
135
97.9
HR
6
69.1
IP
270.3
94.7
ERA
3.10
81.9
WHIP
1.332
58.5
K/9
4.49
66
FIP
3.42
94.7
FIP-
89.2
71.3
ERA+
124.0
69.1
sWAR
5.4
94.7

of 95 qualified 1938 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
7.7
83.9

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
193512962200122200.333.500.8331.333240.0255.0.5570.1
19363213124500020000.417.417.417.833126.2125.1.3861.1
1937474945131421172400.311.340.467.807112.9115.3.3641.4
19385010910616242131521000.226.241.349.59049.959.4.2665.4
19392815149310011100.214.267.286.55242.948.1.261-0.4
194016994300010400.333.333.333.66782.286.2.3070.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
193591122003413713122.75.161.8095.163.3785.676.40.1
19362601200057212435057.33.301.4135.493.1879.3121.81.1
19373810933411176478751135.34.261.4414.993.6992.793.51.4
1938443019112173235931251356270.33.101.3324.493.4289.2124.05.4
193944210204220149331.35.741.7872.594.92124.968.5-0.4
194080010002614145226.34.781.5191.714.95131.278.90.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
185
PA
204
AB
192
R
48
H
51
2B
5
3B
2
HR
5
RBI
28
BB
7
SO
21
SB
0
BA
.2656
OBP
.2915
SLG
.3906
OPS
.6821

Pitching

G (P)
129
GS
45
W
32
L
20
SV
7
CG
23
SHO
4
IP
543
SO (P)
272
BB allowed
262
ERA
3.727
WHIP
1.4227
K/9
4.51

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1938-08-07CHC @ ATL Gameday413010105
1937-08-28CHC @ ATL Gameday111001404
1935-06-13CHC @ PHI Gameday221001114
1938-04-19CHC @ CIN Gameday111001104
1938-06-19CHC @ LAD Gameday411001104

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1938-05-22CHC @ ATL Gameday10.1922780
1938-05-17CHC @ SF Gameday11.1633770
1937-08-11PIT @ CHC Gameday9.0510270
1938-05-12LAD @ CHC Gameday9.0522870
1938-09-01ATL @ CHC Gameday9.0722371

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.