Clement Comly, IV (December 31, 1954 – August 6, 2014) was a baseball researcher, author and statistician.

Personal life

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Comly earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. He died in Wallingford, Pennsylvania.[1]

Baseball work

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He served as the vice president of Retrosheet from 2004 to 2013 and did extensive data entry work for the organization.[2][3]

He co-authored numerous books, including The Year of Blue Snow: The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies, Sweet '60: The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates and The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series Champions.[4]

He was a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, joining in 1982 and serving as co-chair of the Statistical Analysis Committee.

He also did statistical work for MLB.com.[5]

His work has been used and cited by many publications.

References

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  1. ^ "In Memoriam: Clem Comly - SABR". sabr.org. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Retrosheet Board of Directors". retrosheet.org. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. ^ Fox Sports. "clem conly retrosheet baseball researcher obituary". FOX Sports. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Amazon.com: Clem Comly: Books". amazon.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Clement Comly IV". urbanfuneralhome.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.