Otis Clymer

{{Short description|American baseball player (1876–1926)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Otis Clymer

|image=Otis_Clymer_baseball_sitting.jpg

|position=Right fielder

|bats=Both

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1876|1|27}}

|birth_place=Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1926|2|27|1876|1|27}}

|death_place=Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 14

|debutyear=1905

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 8

|finalyear=1913

|finalteam=Boston Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.267

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=98

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1905}}–{{baseball year|1907}})
• Washington Senators ({{baseball year|1907}}–{{baseball year|1909}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1913}})
• Boston Braves ({{baseball year|1913}})

}}

Otis Edgar Clymer (January 27, 1876 – February 27, 1926) was an American Major League Baseball player who was primarily a right fielder for four teams during his six-season career.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pclymo101.htm|title=Otis Clymer's career statistics|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2009-02-26}} Born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs, and the Boston Braves from 1905 to 1913.

Clymer's most notable moment came on October 2, 1908, when he hit for the cycle.{{cite web|url=https://baseballbiography.com/otis-clymer-1880|title=Otis Clymer's Chronology|publisher=baseballbiography.com|accessdate=2009-02-26}} When he left Major League baseball, he played for the minor league Minneapolis Millers of the American Association from 1911 to 1914.{{cite web|url=http://stewthornley.net/millers_1911_1920.html|title=Minneapolis Millers individual statistics: 1911-1920|last=Thornley|first=Stew|publisher=stewthornley.net|accessdate=2009-02-26}}

In 385 games over six seasons, Clymer posted a .267 batting average (355-for-1330) with 182 runs, 2 home runs, 98 RBI, 83 stolen bases and 99 bases on balls.

After his baseball career, which was hampered by constant leg injuries, Clymer became a car dealer.{{cite web|url=https://baseballbiography.com/otis-clymer-1880|title=The Ballplayers: Otis Clymer|publisher=baseballbiography.com|accessdate=2009-02-26}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/HeadingHome.html|title=Heading Home|publisher=thedeadballera.com|accessdate=2006-10-12}} He died at age 50 from an automobile accident in St. Paul, Minnesota.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/accidents.html|title=Accidents|publisher=thedeadballera.com|accessdate=2006-10-12}} He is interred at Willow River Cemetery in Hudson, Wisconsin.