"Pitching for a championship club has been a new experience for Truman 'Tex' Clevenger. The lanky Californian was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels last spring. In 1958, Tex led the league in games pitched with 55. With a club like the Yankees, Tex soon found that almost every time he was called on, it was to 'save' a 'big' game. In this changed atmosphere, Clevenger hopes to develop into a top-notch relief expert who will help in the Yankees' pennant drive."
-The New York Yankees Official 1962 Yearbook
"Tex Clevenger came to the Yankees last summer along with Bob Cerv in the deal that saw Ryne Duren, Lee Thomas and Johnny James go to Los Angeles. The 29-year-old right-handed moundsman had seen previous American League service with both the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators.
Clevenger, a native of California, broke into Organized Ball with a bang, posting a 16-2 record with San Jose of the California State League in 1953. The Red Sox were so impressed by the youngster that they promoted him to the varsity the following spring.
The Los Angeles Angels drafted him in the Junior Circuit's expansion program and he toiled for the Cherubs until the Yankees made the deal that brought him across the continent.
His 1961 slate showed a 3-2 record and a 3.75 earned run average. One of his wins was against the Baltimore Orioles and the other two were against Kansas City. The Yanks handed him one of his reverses, early in the season, when he faced them as a member of the Angels.
Clevenger, along with Arroyo, Roberts and Reniff, gives the Yankees that added bullpen strength which could well add up to another pennant."
-The 1962 Jay Publishing New York Yankees Yearbook
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