Clinton Astor Conatser is a retired American

United States

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 professional baseball

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 player. An outfielder

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, Conatser played 1½ seasons for the Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 of Major League Baseball

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 and was a member of the 1948 Braves

1948 Boston Braves season

- Offseason :* October 28, 1947: Hoyt Wilhelm was purchased by the Braves from the Mooresville Moores....

, the last Boston-based team to win a National League

National League

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 pennant.

Born in Los Angeles, California

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, Conatser stood 5 inch tall, weighed 182 lb (82.6 kg), and threw and batted right-handed. His professional career began in 1939, and he bounced around in the farm systems of the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 and Detroit Tigers

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 before being drafted by the Braves from the Seattle Rainiers

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 of the Pacific Coast League

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 after the 1947 season. He was a member of the Braves for the entire campaign as a platoon outfielder, batting

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 .277 in 77 games with three home runs and 23 runs batted in. He was hitless in four at bats in the 1948 World Series

1948 World Series

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, which Boston lost to the Indians in six games. Conatser added three more home runs in 1949

1949 Boston Braves season

- Offseason :* December 15, 1948: Mike McCormick and Nanny Fernandez were traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Pete Reiser.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

 and batted .263, but was demoted to the Braves' Milwaukee Brewers

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Triple-A affiliate in July. All told, he batted .271 in 143 Major League games with six homers and 39 RBI.

He spent the remainder of his playing career at the Triple-A level, retiring after the 1952 Pacific Coast League season.