Baseball Canada announced earlier today that Stubby Clapp (Windsor, Ont.) will be inducted into the Wall of Excellence at their annual January Awards Banquet and Fundraiser. Clapp will become the 13th inductee and joins fellow recent inductees Michael Saunders, Paul Quantrill, and Adam Loewen.

Playing hockey and baseball growing up in Windsor, Clapp took his talents to Texas Tech University and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1996 MLB Draft, a product of the 36th round. He ground through the minor leagues from 1996 to 2001 and made his MLB debut in 2001, suiting up in 23 games for the Cardinals.

Clapp produced five hits through 25 at-bats (.200) while collecting two doubles, one RBI and one walk. Outside of the Cardinals, Clapp also played in the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays farm systems and had a two-year stint with the Edmonton Cracker-Cats in the Northern League from 2005 through 2006 before hanging up his spikes and pursuing a coaching career. The Memphis Redbirds retired his #10 jersey number in 2007, with the Canadian being a popular figure in the Tennesse city and dubbed the “Mayor of Memphis”.

Following his playing career, Clapp turned to coaching – starting as a hitting coach in the Houston Astros organization and began working his way up the Astros org chart. He managed the single-A affiliate – the Tri-City ValleyCats – from 2011 to 2012 – and later joined the Blue Jays as a hitting coach for the Dunedin Blue Jays in 2013. By 2014, he was moved to New Hampshire to continue his hitting coach duties.

During the 2016/2017 offseason, Clapp became the manager of the Memphis Redbirds, leading the team to the 2017 American Conference Southern Division title and the PCL championship while earning the 2017 PCL Manager of the Year Award and the Baseball America Minor League Manager of the Year Award. He would win another PCL title with Memphis the following year and won another PCL Manager of the Year Award. For the 2019 season, Clapp would be named the St. Louis Cardinals first base coach and he has been a part of the Cardinals coaching staff since then.

Internationally, Clapp has represented Canada at numerous tournaments and programs. A member of the Junior National Team, he won a championship with the squad at the 1991 World Junior Baseball Championships. He also won a bronze medal with Team Canada at the 1999 Pan Am games and represented the nation at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics as well as the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic tournaments. Once retired from playing, Clapp turned his coaching attention to the international stage, being part of the 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup, the 2013 WBC, and the 2015 Pan Am games.

The banquet will be held in Toronto where Clapp will receive the Award as well as numerous Canadian baseball players will be present and honoured for their achievements in 2024, including Tyler Black, Cade Smith, Michael Soroka, Mitch Bratt, Denzel Clarke, and Sean Duncan as well as Women’s National Team members Sena Catterall and Mia Valcke.