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Donn Clendenon

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Baseball Player

The Resume

    (July 15, 1935-September 17, 2005)
    Born in Neosho, Missouri
    First baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1961-68), Montreal Expos (1969), New York Mets (1969-71) and St. Louis Cardinals (1972)
    .274 batting average
    159 home runs
    982 RBIs
    World Series MVP (1969)

Why he might be annoying:

    What's with the extra 'n' in 'Donn'?
    He twice led the league in strikeouts (1963,1968).
    He became addicted to cocaine in his 50s and was busted for possession (1987).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a multi-sport athlete at both Booker T. Washington High School and Morehouse College.
    After graduating college, he received contract offers from the Cleveland Browns and Harlem Globetrotters.
    Fellow 'Miracle Met' Art Shamsky said, 'He was the catalyst on the team.... Until June, we were just a potentially good team. When Clendenon joined us, he gave us the right-handed power we needed, some more experience, and we we became a really good team from that point on.'
    He earned a law degree after his baseball career ended.
    After successfully completing rehab, he became a drug counselor.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying