Clemons, who came up with the Kansas City Royals in 1971 for his first taste of the Big Leagues, came over to St. Louis as part of the John Mayberry trade, and proceeded to go 0-1 with a bloated 10.13 earned run average over 5.1 innings of work.
He’d spend all of 1973 in the Minor Leagues playing in the Boston Red Sox organization before making it back to the Majors in 1974, appearing in six games for Boston, going 1-0 with a 9.95 ERA over 6.1 innings.
That would be the last MLB action he’d see, spending all of 1975 in the Minors before retiring as a player.
All told his MLB tenure resulted in a record of 2-1, with a 6.06 ERA in 19 appearances, four of them starts, in 35.2 innings pitched.
