Lester Clinkscales
Lester Joe Clinkscales
Born: June 9, 1941
Anderson, SC US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 163
Career: 1960-1969
Lester Clinkscales compiled a career record of 63 wins and 49 losses and a 3.22 ERA in his 318-game pitching career with the Clinton C-Sox, Morristown Cubs, Daytona Beach Islanders, Visalia White Sox, Portsmouth Tides, Lynchburg White Sox, Indianapolis Indians, Evansville White Sox and Columbus White Sox. He began playing during the 1960 season and last took the field during the 1969 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | D | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.80 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 | 46 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1960 | D | APPY | Morristown Cubs | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.98 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 52.0 | 53 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 21 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1961 | D | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.75 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 53.0 | 54 | 33 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 1961 | D | FLOR | Daytona Beach Islanders | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.86 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 56.0 | 63 | 35 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | C | CALL | Visalia White Sox | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1963 | A | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.21 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 46 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1964 | A | CARL | Portsmouth Tides | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.63 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 137.0 | 126 | 50 | 40 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 1965 | AAA | PCL | Indianapolis Indians | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.60 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 90 | 51 | 47 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 1965 | AA | SOUL | Lynchburg White Sox | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.41 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | AAA | PCL | Indianapolis Indians | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.04 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1966 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.95 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 1967 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.15 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 120.0 | 116 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.94 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 90 | 42 | 32 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1969 | AA | SOUL | Columbus White Sox | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.48 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85.0 | 66 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1969 | A | CARL | Lynchburg White Sox | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.66 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 65 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 49 | .562 | 3.22 | 318 | 95 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1005.0 | 954 | 450 | 360 | 63 | 278 | 31 | 835 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | D | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | 9 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | D | APPY | Morristown Cubs | 10 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .273 | .333 | .318 | .652 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | D | FLOR | Daytona Beach Islanders | 26 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961 | D | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | 9 | 15 | 15 | 1 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1962 | C | CALL | Visalia White Sox | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1963 | A | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | 33 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1964 | A | CARL | Portsmouth Tides | 40 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .116 | .136 | .140 | .276 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | AAA | PCL | Indianapolis Indians | 29 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .304 | .360 | .435 | .795 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | AA | SOUL | Lynchburg White Sox | 6 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1966 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 32 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .267 | .267 | .333 | .600 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1966 | AAA | PCL | Indianapolis Indians | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .636 | .429 | 1.065 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1967 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 37 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .200 | .200 | .275 | .475 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 57 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1969 | A | CARL | Lynchburg White Sox | 13 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .200 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1969 | AA | SOUL | Columbus White Sox | 19 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 341 | 325 | 294 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 96 | .160 | .198 | .194 | .392 | 57 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | D | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| 1960 | D | APPY | Morristown Cubs | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 |
| 1961 | D | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| 1961 | D | FLOR | Daytona Beach Islanders | P | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .154 |
| 1962 | C | CALL | Visalia White Sox | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| 1963 | A | MIDW | Clinton C-Sox | P | 32 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 |
| 1964 | A | CARL | Portsmouth Tides | P | 33 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .545 |
| 1965 | AAA | PCL | Indianapolis Indians | P | 20 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .800 |
| 1966 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | P | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .355 |
| 1966 | AAA | PCL | Indianapolis Indians | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 |
| 1967 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | P | 37 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .432 |
| 1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | P | 56 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .232 |
| 1969 | AA | SOUL | Columbus White Sox | P | 19 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.053 |
| 1969 | A | CARL | Lynchburg White Sox | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 |
| Totals | 312 | 29 | 94 | 8 | 3 | .939 | .394 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | D | Midwest League | Clinton C-Sox | CHA | ||
| 1960 | D | Appalachian League | Morristown Cubs | CHN | ||
| 1961 | D | Midwest League | Clinton C-Sox | CHA | ||
| 1961 | D | Florida State League | Daytona Beach Islanders | CHA | ||
| 1962 | C | California League | Visalia White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1963 | A | Midwest League | Clinton C-Sox | CHA | ||
| 1964 | A | Carolina League | Portsmouth Tides | CHA | ||
| 1965 | AA | Southern League | Lynchburg White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1965 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Indianapolis Indians | CHA | ||
| 1966 | AA | Southern League | Evansville White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1966 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Indianapolis Indians | CHA | ||
| 1967 | AA | Southern League | Evansville White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1968 | AA | Southern League | Evansville White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1969 | A | Carolina League | Lynchburg White Sox | CHA | ||
| 1969 | AA | Southern League | Columbus White Sox | CHA |
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