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Bubber Jonnard

American baseball player and coach

PersonDied aged 79humanQ4982184

Also known as Clarence James Jonnard

Born: November 27, 1897
Died: August 23, 1977
Birthplace: Nashville
Place of death: New York City
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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1.Stated in Baseball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-21
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Clarence James "Bubber" Jonnard was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1920, the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1922, the Philadelphia Phillies in 1926, 1927 and 1935, and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1929. He played 103 Major League games with 235 at bats, 54 hits, no home runs and 20 RBIs. His lifetime batting average was .230, with a .267 on-base percentage and a .268 slugging percentage. As a fielder, he caught 86 games with a fielding percentage of .960. On December 13, 1927, he was part of a trade in which the Phillies received pitcher Jimmy Ring and catcher Johnny Schulte from the Cardinals in exchange for Jonnard, infielder Jimmy Cooney and outfielder Johnny Mokan.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

6 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1920	Chicago White Sox	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1922	Pittsburgh Pirates	10	21	4	5	0	1	2	2	4	.238	.304	.333	.638
1926	Philadelphia Phillies	19	34	3	4	1	0	2	3	4	.118	.189	.147	.336
1927	Philadelphia Phillies	53	143	18	42	6	0	14	7	7	.294	.327	.336	.662
1929	St. Louis Cardinals	18	31	1	3	0	0	2	0	6	.097	.097	.097	.194
1935	Philadelphia Phillies	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		103	235	26	54	7	1	20	12	23	.230	.267	.268	.535

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago White Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates
Given name: Bubber
Position played on team / speciality: catcher
Sport: baseball
League: Major League Baseball
Place of burial: Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
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