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John Clapp
John Edgar Clapp

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 194 lb.

Debut April 26, 1872
Final Game September 28, 1883
Born July 17, 1851 in Ithaca, NY
Died December 18, 1904 in Ithaca, NY

Brother of Aaron Clapp

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1872 20 MAN NA  19   97   28   28   6  1   1   10   2  1   1   0  .289  .296  .402  118   39                    
 1873 21 ATH NA  45  204   36   62  10  2   1   28   4  5   2   2  .304  .311  .387   99   79                    
 1874 22 ATH NA  39  165   46   48   7  4   3   20   2  0   1   1  .291  .295  .436  122   72                    
 1875 23 ATH NA  60  292   65   77   8  7   0   39   9  5   7   1  .264  .281  .339  108   99                    
 1876 24 STL NL  64  298   60   91   4  2   0   29          8   2  .305  .324  .332  125   99                    
 1877 25 STL NL  60  255   47   81   6  6   0   34          8   6  .318  .338  .388  133   99                    
 1878 26 IND NL  63  263   42   80  10  2   0   29         13   8  .304  .337  .357  142   94                    
 1879 27 BUF NL  70  292   47   77  12  5   1   36         11  11  .264  .290  .349  108  102                    
 1880 28 CIN NL  80  323   33   91  16  4   1   20         21  10  .282  .326  .365  135  118                    
 1881 29 CLV NL  68  261   47   66  12  2   0   25         35   6  .253  .341  .314  111   82                    
 1883 31 NYG NL  20   73    6   13   0  0   0    5          5   4  .178  .231  .178   27   13                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     588 2523  457  714  91 35   7  275  17 11 112  51  .283  .313  .355  117  896   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        695  126  197  25 10   2   76   5  3  31  14  .283  .313  .355  117  247   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     80  323   65   91  16  7   3   39   9  5  35  11  .318  .341  .436  142  118   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1872 20 MAN NA   98   70   11   4.2    73| .289  .282| .296  .293| .402  .344| .698  .637| 118  .459   2.1   0.2  66%
 1873 21 ATH NA  206  147   23   4.2    91| .304  .307| .311  .321| .387  .380| .698  .700|  99  .444  -0.3   0.0  44%
 1874 22 ATH NA  166  117   22   5.1    78| .291  .289| .295  .298| .436  .354| .731  .652| 122  .601   3.9   0.4 100%
 1875 23 ATH NA  299  220   27   3.3    62| .264  .265| .281  .272| .339  .325| .620  .597| 108  .499   2.1   0.2  64%
 1876 24 STL NL  306  207   32   4.2    60| .305  .259| .324  .271| .332  .314| .656  .585| 125  .571   7.6   0.8     
 1877 25 STL NL  263  174   34   5.3    70| .318  .270| .338  .288| .388  .337| .726  .625| 133  .641   9.0   1.0     
 1878 26 IND NL  276  183   32   4.7    57| .304  .250| .337  .268| .357  .308| .694  .576| 142  .643  12.1   1.4     
 1879 27 BUF NL  303  215   30   3.8    68| .264  .262| .290  .278| .349  .339| .639  .617| 108  .535   2.5   0.3     
 1880 28 CIN NL  344  232   38   4.4    60| .282  .245| .326  .267| .365  .322| .691  .589| 135  .643  12.6   1.5     
 1881 29 CLV NL  296  195   28   3.8    71| .253  .259| .341  .289| .314  .339| .655  .628| 111  .519   5.6   0.6     
 1883 31 NYG NL   78   60    3   1.3    80| .178  .267| .231  .294| .178  .368| .409  .662|  27  .118  -6.3  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2635 1820  280   4.1    68| .283  .265| .313  .282| .355  .334| .668  .616| 117  .552  50.9   5.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1872 20 MAN NA C 19 64 28 15 1 .860 .847 4.84 5.03 0 SS 2 0 5 1 2 .833 .769 2.50 4.60 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.80 0 1 0 1873 21 ATH NA C 43 182 34 22 2 .908 .841 5.02 4.60 0 SS 6 1 15 7 0 .696 .777 2.67 4.77 2B 1 0 2 2 0 .500 .833 2.00 5.50 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 1 0 1874 22 ATH NA C 27 126 23 24 3 .861 .801 5.52 4.78 0 OF 15 19 1 10 1 .667 .803 1.33 1.89 0 1 14 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .769 1.00 4.50 1875 23 ATH NA C 60 305 62 53 4 .874 .823 6.12 5.20 0 1876 24 STL NL C 61 333 56 56 5 .874 .805 6.38 5.40 52 OF 4 2 0 1 0 .667 .833 0.50 2.02 0 1 3 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.60 1877 25 STL NL C 53 269 44 40 2 .887 .876 5.91 5.72 45 OF 10 7 0 2 0 .778 .833 0.70 1.84 2 0 9 1B 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 .952 10.00 10.60 1878 26 IND NL OF 44 60 5 8 0 .890 .834 1.48 1.72 44 0 0 1B 12 143 2 5 6 .967 .956 12.08 11.42 C 9 29 11 3 0 .930 .891 4.44 6.54 10 SS 3 1 8 3 0 .750 .874 3.00 4.27 2B 1 1 7 2 0 .800 .870 8.00 6.30 1879 27 BUF NL C 63 286 60 36 4 .906 .889 5.49 6.24 56 OF 7 11 0 4 0 .733 .840 1.57 1.86 0 0 7 1880 28 CIN NL C 73 420 121 62 5 .897 .894 7.41 6.37 56 OF 10 16 0 1 0 .941 .856 1.60 1.76 1 9 0 1881 29 CLV NL C 48 211 73 35 8 .890 .912 5.92 5.94 55 OF 21 37 6 9 2 .827 .870 2.05 2.00 15 6 0 1883 31 NYG NL C 16 80 31 13 1 .895 .884 6.94 5.85 26 OF 5 7 1 2 0 .800 .851 1.60 1.86 0 3 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1877 25 STL NL 1B 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 .952 10.00 10.60 1878 26 IND NL 1B 12 143 2 5 6 .967 .956 12.08 11.42 1873 21 ATH NA 2B 1 0 2 2 0 .500 .833 2.00 5.50 1876 24 STL NL 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.60 1878 26 IND NL 2B 1 1 7 2 0 .800 .870 8.00 6.30 1872 20 MAN NA C 19 64 28 15 1 .860 .847 4.84 5.03 0 1873 21 ATH NA C 43 182 34 22 2 .908 .841 5.02 4.60 0 1874 22 ATH NA C 27 126 23 24 3 .861 .801 5.52 4.78 0 1875 23 ATH NA C 60 305 62 53 4 .874 .823 6.12 5.20 0 1876 24 STL NL C 61 333 56 56 5 .874 .805 6.38 5.40 52 1877 25 STL NL C 53 269 44 40 2 .887 .876 5.91 5.72 45 1878 26 IND NL C 9 29 11 3 0 .930 .891 4.44 6.54 10 1879 27 BUF NL C 63 286 60 36 4 .906 .889 5.49 6.24 56 1880 28 CIN NL C 73 420 121 62 5 .897 .894 7.41 6.37 56 1881 29 CLV NL C 48 211 73 35 8 .890 .912 5.92 5.94 55 1883 31 NYG NL C 16 80 31 13 1 .895 .884 6.94 5.85 26 1872 20 MAN NA OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.80 0 1 0 1873 21 ATH NA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 1 0 1874 22 ATH NA OF 15 19 1 10 1 .667 .803 1.33 1.89 0 1 14 1876 24 STL NL OF 4 2 0 1 0 .667 .833 0.50 2.02 0 1 3 1877 25 STL NL OF 10 7 0 2 0 .778 .833 0.70 1.84 2 0 9 1878 26 IND NL OF 44 60 5 8 0 .890 .834 1.48 1.72 44 0 0 1879 27 BUF NL OF 7 11 0 4 0 .733 .840 1.57 1.86 0 0 7 1880 28 CIN NL OF 10 16 0 1 0 .941 .856 1.60 1.76 1 9 0 1881 29 CLV NL OF 21 37 6 9 2 .827 .870 2.05 2.00 15 6 0 1883 31 NYG NL OF 5 7 1 2 0 .800 .851 1.60 1.86 0 3 2 1872 20 MAN NA SS 2 0 5 1 2 .833 .769 2.50 4.60 1873 21 ATH NA SS 6 1 15 7 0 .696 .777 2.67 4.77 1874 22 ATH NA SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .769 1.00 4.50 1878 26 IND NL SS 3 1 8 3 0 .750 .874 3.00 4.27
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 472 2305 543 359 35 .888 .859 6.03 5.64 300 OF 118 160 13 37 3 .824 .842 1.47 1.83 62 22 35 1B 13 152 3 5 6 .969 .956 11.92 11.35 SS 12 2 29 11 2 .738 .801 2.58 4.59 2B 3 1 9 5 0 .667 .862 3.33 5.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 618 2620 597 417 46 .885 .862 5.21 5.01
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1877 NL-.318-8

On-base %
1877 NL-.338-9
1878 NL-.337-9
1880 NL-.326-8

Slugging %
1874 NA-.436-7

Games
1877 NL-60-10
1878 NL-63-1

At Bats
1878 NL-263-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1878 NL-276-7

Runs
1877 NL-47-9

Hits
1877 NL-81-10

Triples
1875 NA-7-6

Home Runs
1872 NA-1-9
1874 NA-3-2

RBI
1878 NL-29-10

Bases on Balls
1875 NA-7-6
1876 NL-8-10
1878 NL-13-3
1880 NL-21-2
1881 NL-35-1

Singles
1876 NL-85-5
1877 NL-69-8
1878 NL-68-8

Adjusted OPS+
1877 NL-133-10

Times on Base
1877 NL-89-10
1878 NL-93-8
1880 NL-112-9

Offensive Win%
1877 NL-.641-10

Caught Stealing
1873 NA-5-3

Power/Speed Number
1874 NA-2.4-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1874 NA-165.0-7
1875 NA-292.0-2
1876 NL-149.0-3
1877 NL-42.5-9
1878 NL-32.9-5
1880 NL-32.3-6
1881 NL-43.5-7

At Bats per Home Run
1874 NA-55.0-1

       

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 39 (617) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2278) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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