Clarence Mitchell

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1911-1932)

Clarence Mitchell was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1932 for 6 teams, including the Detroit Tigers, a span of 22 seasons. Across 390 career appearances, he went 125-139 with a 4.12 ERA and 543 strikeouts. He also batted .252 with 7 home runs.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 125–139
ERA 4.12
WHIP 1.46
SO 543
Pitcher PIV -12390.4
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
5'11" / 190 lb
Born
2/22/1891 in Franklin, NE, USA
Died
11/6/1963 in Grand Island, NE, USA
MLB Debut
1911-06-02
Last Game
1932-06-21

Full name: Clarence Elmer Mitchell

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Career Pitching Statistics

Clarence Mitchell — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
125 139 390 278 145 12 9 2217.0 2,613 1,016 116 624 543 4.12 -12390.4

Career ERA 4.12 vs. league average 3.89 across their career seasons — 5.9% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Clarence Mitchell (b. 1891) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1911 DET AL 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 14.1 20 13 7 4 8.16 3.37 (-142%) -444.9
1916 CIN NL 11 10 29 24 17 1 0 194.2 211 68 45 52 3.14 2.78 (-13%) -852.3
1917 CIN NL 9 15 32 20 10 2 1 159.1 166 57 34 37 3.22 2.69 (-20%) -521.5
1918 BRO NL 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.1 4 4 0 0 108.00 — 0.0
1919 BRO NL 7 5 23 11 9 0 0 108.2 123 37 23 43 3.06 3.09 (+1%) 2050.6
1920 BRO NL 5 2 19 7 3 1 1 78.2 85 27 23 18 3.09 3.45 (+10%) 134.2
1921 BRO NL 11 9 37 18 13 3 2 190.0 206 61 46 39 2.89 4.02 (+28%) -91.8
1922 BRO NL 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 12.2 28 20 7 1 14.21 4.18 (-240%) -238.3
1923 PHI NL 9 10 29 19 8 1 0 139.1 170 73 46 41 4.72 4.03 (-17%) -820.5
1924 PHI NL 6 13 30 26 9 1 1 165.0 223 103 58 36 5.62 4.13 (-36%) -2450.9
1925 PHI NL 10 17 32 26 12 1 1 199.1 245 117 51 46 5.28 4.55 (-16%) -4642.2
1926 PHI NL 9 14 28 25 12 0 1 178.2 232 91 55 52 4.58 4.11 (-12%) 555.5
1927 PHI NL 6 3 13 12 8 1 0 94.2 99 43 28 17 4.09 4.08 (avg) -1326.4
1928 PHI NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5.2 13 6 2 0 9.53 — 0.0
1928 SLN NL 8 9 19 18 9 1 0 150.0 149 55 38 31 3.30 4.13 (+20%) -225.9
1929 SLN NL 8 11 25 22 16 0 0 173.0 221 82 60 39 4.27 4.60 (+7%) -1717.3
1930 SLN NL 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 1 6.00 — 0.0
1930 NY1 NL 10 3 24 16 5 0 0 129.0 151 57 36 40 3.98 4.80 (+17%) -178.7
1931 NY1 NL 13 11 27 25 13 0 0 190.1 221 86 52 39 4.07 4.10 (+1%) -1503.0
1932 NY1 NL 1 3 8 3 1 0 2 30.1 41 14 11 7 4.15 4.13 (-1%) -117.0
Career · 20 seasons 125 139 390 278 145 12 9 2,217.0 2,613 1,016 624 543 4.12 — -12,390

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Clarence Mitchell — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
650 1,287 138 324 41 10 7 133 9 72 93 .252 .293 .315 .609 -2,742

Career AVG .252 vs. league average .277 across their career seasons — 9.1% below league average.

Career OBP .293 vs. league average .339 across their career seasons — 13.5% below league average.

Career SLG .315 vs. league average .383 across their career seasons — 17.6% below league average.

Career OPS .609 vs. league average .722 across their career seasons — 15.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Clarence Mitchell (b. 1891) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1911 DET AL 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 — — — — 0.0
1916 CIN NL 56 117 11 28 2 1 0 11 1 4 6 .239 .248 (-4%) .314 (-16%) .326 (-16%) .640 (-16%) -288.4
1917 CIN NL 47 90 13 25 3 0 0 5 0 5 5 .278 .248 (+12%) .312 (+1%) .323 (-4%) .635 (-1%) -20.5
1918 BRO NL 10 24 2 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 .250 — — — — 0.0
1919 BRO NL 34 49 7 18 1 0 1 2 0 4 4 .367 — — — — 236.7
1920 BRO NL 55 107 9 25 2 2 0 11 1 8 9 .234 .271 (-14%) .331 (-14%) .363 (-20%) .694 (-17%) -284.7
1921 BRO NL 46 91 11 24 5 0 0 12 3 5 7 .264 .286 (-8%) .344 (-8%) .395 (-19%) .739 (-14%) -199.3
1922 BRO NL 56 155 21 45 6 3 3 28 0 19 6 .290 .285 (+2%) .345 (+7%) .397 (+7%) .743 (+7%) 229.6
1923 PHI NL 53 78 10 21 3 2 1 9 0 4 11 .269 .282 (-5%) .344 (-12%) .390 (+2%) .734 (-4%) -80.8
1924 PHI NL 69 102 7 26 3 0 0 13 1 2 7 .255 .283 (-10%) .345 (-20%) .389 (-27%) .734 (-24%) -394.0
1925 PHI NL 52 92 7 18 2 0 0 13 2 5 9 .196 .288 (-32%) .349 (-32%) .407 (-47%) .756 (-40%) -607.6
1926 PHI NL 39 78 8 19 4 0 0 6 0 5 5 .244 .279 (-13%) .345 (-16%) .390 (-24%) .735 (-21%) -263.6
1927 PHI NL 18 42 5 10 2 0 1 6 0 2 1 .238 — — — — 0.0
1928 PHI NL 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
1928 SLN NL 19 56 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .125 .280 (-56%) .342 (-63%) .395 (-64%) .737 (-64%) 0.0
1929 SLN NL 26 66 9 18 3 1 0 9 1 4 6 .273 .289 (-6%) .353 (-11%) .415 (-16%) .769 (-14%) -160.3
1930 SLN NL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
1930 NY1 NL 24 47 9 12 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 .255 — — — — 0.0
1931 NY1 NL 27 73 5 16 2 0 1 4 0 2 4 .219 .276 (-21%) .338 (-29%) .388 (-26%) .726 (-27%) -328.2
1932 NY1 NL 8 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 — — — — 0.0
Career · 20 seasons 650 1,287 138 324 41 10 7 133 9 72 93 .252 — — — — -2,161

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Clarence Mitchell — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Playoff Batting by Year

Clarence Mitchell — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1928 WS SLN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1920 WS BRO 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Playoff Career Pitching

Clarence Mitchell — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 2 0 0 10.1 5 1 5 4 0.87

Playoff Pitching by Year

Clarence Mitchell — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1928 WS SLN 0 0 1 0 0 5.2 2 1 2 3 1.59
1920 WS BRO 0 0 1 0 0 4.2 3 0 3 1 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Clarence Mitchell — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home34562772175378.279
Away30666165149459.225

Pitching — Home / Away

Clarence Mitchell — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home1971123.013284992932944.00
Away1931096.012925123312594.20

Last 10 Games — Batting

Clarence Mitchell — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1932-06-21 NY1STLL 100000001
1932-05-27 NY1BROL 000000000
1932-05-24 NY1PHIL 201000000
1932-05-18 NY1CINW 100000000
1932-05-06 NY1STLW 100000000
1932-05-03 NY1BROL 000000000
1932-04-20 NY1PHIW 421000010
1932-04-12 NY1PHIL 100000000
1931-09-18 NY1STLL 000000000
1931-09-06 NY1BSNL 200000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Clarence Mitchell — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1932-06-21 NY1STL L 6.0754121
1932-05-27 NY1BRO — 1.0000000
1932-05-24 NY1PHI L 3.01174100
1932-05-18 NY1CIN SV 3.0300300
1932-05-06 NY1STL SV 4.0300100
1932-05-03 NY1BRO L 0.1333010
1932-04-20 NY1PHI W 9.01053430
1932-04-12 NY1PHI — 4.0410110
1931-09-18 NY1STL — 0.2000000
1931-09-06 NY1BSN L 8.01254110

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Clarence Mitchell — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 80 0 599 39 10 48
OF 18 0 27 0 1 0
P 390 0 104 615 21 42

Season-by-Season Fielding

Clarence Mitchell — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1911 DET P 5 0 0 2 0 0
1916 CIN 1B 9 0 55 1 2 4
1916 CIN OF 3 0 3 0 0 0
1916 CIN P 29 0 10 55 1 5
1917 CIN 1B 6 0 53 4 3 3
1917 CIN OF 5 0 10 0 0 0
1917 CIN P 32 0 10 45 1 2
1918 BRO 1B 2 0 3 0 0 0
1918 BRO OF 6 0 3 0 1 0
1918 BRO P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1919 BRO P 23 0 4 36 1 1
1920 BRO 1B 11 0 85 6 2 8
1920 BRO OF 4 0 11 0 0 0
1920 BRO P 19 0 2 30 0 0
1921 BRO 1B 4 0 24 1 0 1
1921 BRO P 37 0 6 63 4 7
1922 BRO 1B 42 0 365 27 3 32
1922 BRO P 5 0 1 7 0 0
1923 PHI P 29 0 4 18 3 2
1924 PHI P 30 0 10 51 0 3
1925 PHI 1B 2 0 7 0 0 0
1925 PHI P 32 0 13 62 0 9
1926 PHI 1B 4 0 7 0 0 0
1926 PHI P 28 0 11 62 1 3
1927 PHI P 13 0 1 25 1 1
1928 PHI P 3 0 0 3 0 0
1928 SLN P 19 0 6 48 1 3
1929 SLN P 25 0 1 37 1 3
1930 SLN P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1930 NY1 P 24 0 10 35 0 1
1931 NY1 P 27 0 13 33 6 2
1932 NY1 P 8 0 2 3 1 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Clarence Mitchell (b. 1891) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 390
First Base 76
Left Field 13
Right Field 7

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Clarence Mitchell (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Tommy Thomas
    117-128, 4.11 ERA
  2. 94
    George Blaeholder
    104-125, 4.54 ERA
  3. 89
    Flint Rhem
    105-97, 4.20 ERA
  4. 88
    Danny MacFayden
    132-159, 3.96 ERA
  5. 87
    Joe Shaute
    99-109, 4.15 ERA
  6. 85
    Si Johnson
    101-165, 4.09 ERA

Clarence Mitchell: the record in brief

Clarence Mitchell played a first major league game on June 2, 1911 and a last one on June 21, 1932. The team column moves through the Detroit Tigers (1911), the Cincinnati Reds (1916 through 1917), the Brooklyn Robins (1918 through 1922), the Philadelphia Phillies (1923 to 1928), the St. Louis Cardinals (1928 through 1930), and the New York Giants (1930 through 1932). Listed as a pitcher, Mitchell batted and threw left-handed. Mitchell is listed at 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds. Mitchell was born on February 22, 1891, in Franklin, NE, USA. The bio records the death on November 6, 1963, in Grand Island, NE, USA. The given name on file is Clarence Elmer Mitchell.

Mitchell's career pitching line is 125 wins, 139 losses and a 4.12 ERA over 390 appearances. The totals include 543 strikeouts, 145 complete games, and 12 shutouts. The league ERA over Mitchell's seasons was 3.89, so the 4.12 figure ran 5.9% worse than average. 1931 brought Mitchell a season-high 13 wins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Clarence Mitchell

What years did Clarence Mitchell play?
Clarence Mitchell played in Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1932.
Was Clarence Mitchell a pitcher?
Yes. Clarence Mitchell pitched in the major leagues, recording 125 wins and 543 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Clarence Mitchell hit?
Clarence Mitchell hit 7 career home runs with 324 hits.
What teams did Clarence Mitchell play for?
Clarence Mitchell played for 6 teams: the Detroit Tigers (1911), the Cincinnati Reds (1916–1917), the Brooklyn Robins (1918–1922), the Philadelphia Phillies (1923–1928), the St. Louis Cardinals (1928–1930), and the New York Giants (1930–1932).
What were Clarence Mitchell's career stats?
In 390 games, Clarence Mitchell went 125-139 with a 4.12 ERA, 543 strikeouts, 2,217.0 innings pitched, and 9 saves. At the plate he had 324 hits and 7 home runs.
What position did Clarence Mitchell play?
Clarence Mitchell played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Clarence Mitchell and how much did he weigh?
Clarence Mitchell was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 190 pounds.
What was Clarence Mitchell's career ERA?
Clarence Mitchell finished with a 4.12 career ERA, going 125-139 with 543 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Clarence Mitchell have?
Clarence Mitchell recorded 543 career strikeouts.
Is Clarence Mitchell in the Hall of Fame?
No. Clarence Mitchell has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.