Born:(1908-12-12)December 12, 1908 Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Died: December 22, 1997(1997-12-22) (aged 89) Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 29, 1934, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
July 1, 1937, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average
.200
Hits
39
Runs batted in
13
Teams
Detroit Tigers (1934–1937)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1935)
Herman Earl "Flea" Clifton (December 12, 1908 – December 22, 1997), was a professional baseball player for 13 years from 1930 to 1943. He played parts of four season in Major League Baseball as an infielder for the Detroit Tigers from 1934 to 1937. He was a member of the 1935 Detroit Tigers team and was the starting third baseman in the 1935 World Series.
Clifton also played 12 years of minor league baseball, including stints with Raleigh Capitals (1930–1931), Beaumont Exporters (1932–1933), Toledo Mud Hens (1936–1937), Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–1941), Oklahoma City Indians (1941–1942), Fort Worth Cats (1942), and Minneapolis Millers (1943). After retiring from baseball in 1944, Clifton worked in the insurance business in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 40 years.
Herman Earl "Flea" Clifton (December 12, 1908 – December 22, 1997), was a professional baseball player for 13 years from 1930 to 1943. He played parts...
between hits with 31. Rounding out the infield was utility infielder FleaClifton. Clifton played in 43 games during the 1935 regular season, with a .255 batting...
his team's first run on Charlie Gehringer's RBI double, and getting FleaClifton home as the go-ahead run with a groundout in the sixth off of Tex Carleton...
Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs from 1948 to 1954. December 22 – FleaClifton, 89, backup infielder who played for the Detroit Tigers from 1934 through...
English boxer. Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, 66, Cuban human rights activist. FleaClifton, 89, American baseball player. Francis Haar, 89, Hungarian socio-photographer...
Mango Clifton Young as Bonedust Buster the Dog as Magnolia Lassie Lou Ahern as Flower girl Harry Bowen as Flea circus spectator Sammy Brooks Flea circus...
Cochrane 23 Ray Hayworth 28 Birdie Tebbetts 20 Rudy York Infielders -- FleaClifton 24 Gil English 2 Charlie Gehringer 30 Charlie Gelbert 5 Hank Greenberg...
19 Joe Sullivan 21 Frank Reiber 22 Heinie Schuble 23 Ray Hayworth 24 FleaClifton 25 Jo-Jo White 26 Roxie Lawson 27 Chet Morgan 30 Hub Walker Manager 3...
Myatt 21 Frank Reiber -- Birdie Tebbetts Infielders 22,29 Jack Burns 24 FleaClifton 26 Gil English 2 Charlie Gehringer 5 Hank Greenberg 8 Marv Owen 24...
that year included Hank Greenberg, Schoolboy Rowe, Elden Auker, and FleaClifton. Each of these players would play together on Detroit's 1934 and 1935...
Gehringer .... Himself – interviewee (also archive footage) Herman 'Flea' Clifton .... Himself – interviewee Billy Rogell .... Himself – interviewee Birdie...
Simmons December 1 – Les Munns December 10 – Earl Cook December 12 – FleaClifton December 14 – Terry Lyons December 16 – Emil Mailho December 18 – Jimmy...
inning of game three of the World Series. An inning later, he misplays FleaClifton's ground ball to allow the Detroit Tigers to take the 6–5 victory. October...
gardening as a form of biological pest control. They are used to control ants, fleas, moths, beetles, flies, weevils, and other pests. These beneficial nematodes...
Centreville Amusement Park at Toronto Islands Chippewa Park, Thunder Bay Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls Funhaven, Ottawa House of Frankenstein, Niagara Falls...
Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson, Lea Thompson, James Tolkan, Elisabeth Shue, Flea, Burton Gilliam, Donovan Scott, Hugh Gillin United States Science fiction/comedy...
in Akaroa. The relatively small Pōhatu Marine Reserve centres on Pōhatu / Flea Bay on the south-east side of the peninsula and the larger Akaroa Marine...
Sam Elliott, Philip Moon, Mark Pellegrino, Peter Stormare, Torsten Voges, Flea, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jack Kehler, David Thewlis, Ben Gazzara, Jon Polito...
(First Official), Robert James (Carruthers), Patrick Troughton (Pete, the Flea [Voice Only]), George Woodbridge (Lord Bancroft), Gerald Turner (Clown),...
Walker, Marshall Bell, Claudia Christian, Natalia Nogulich, Cary Elwes, Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Cassian Elwes, Ron Jeremy, Marco Perella, John S. Davies...
Mike Watson, Hugh Gillin, Burton Gilliam, Bill McKinney, Donovan Scott, Flea, J.J. Cohen, Ricky Dean Logan, Marvin J. McIntyre, Dean Cundey, ZZ Top Fire...
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