Clyde Mashore

Who is Clyde Mashore?

Clyde Wayne Mashore is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played in 241 games over five seasons for the Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos of the National League. He batted and threw right-handed.

Mashore played football, basketball, track and baseball at Clayton Valley High School in Concord, California, graduating in 1964. He was signed by the Reds prior to the 1964 season as an amateur free agent. He was then drafted by the New York Mets in the 1967 Rule 5 draft, but was returned to the Reds the following spring. He made his major league debut over a year later on July 11, 1969 at age 24. In his first major league at bat against the Houston Astros at the Astrodome, he pinch-hit for pitcher Camilo Pascual against pitcher Don Wilson and flied out to right field in a 13-2 Reds loss.

During the 1970 season he was traded to the Expos for Ty Cline. His first career hit, RBI and run scored all came on one swing of the bat on September 14, 1970 against the New York Mets at Montreal's Jarry Park. Starting in centerfield and batting seventh, he slugged a two-run homer off Ray Sadecki in the second inning.