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Bill Clarkson
William Henry Clarkson (Blackie)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.

Debut May 2, 1927
Final Game October 6, 1929
Born September 27, 1898 in Portsmouth, VA
Died August 27, 1971 in Raleigh, NC

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1927 28 NYG NL   3   9  26   7   2   0  11  2   86.7   92   50   42   3   52   28   1   5   397       0  4.36  3.84   88 1.662
 1928 29 TOT NL   0   2  23   1   0   0  10  0   40.3   63   35   31   2   23   11   1   2   211       0  6.92  3.90   56 2.132
         NYG NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    5.7   10    6    5   0    1    3   0   0    25       0  7.94  3.90   49 1.941
         BSN NL   0   2  19   1   0   0   9  0   34.7   53   29   26   2   22    8   1   2   186       0  6.75  3.90   58 2.163
 1929 30 BSN NL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    7.0   16   10    8   0    4    0   0   1    40       0 10.29  4.66   45 2.857
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .200   3  12  51   9   2   0  22  2  134.0  171   95   81   5   79   39   2   8   648       0  5.44  3.90   72 1.866
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3  13  57  10   2   0  24  2  151.7  193  107   91   5   89   44   2   9   734   0   0  5.44  3.90   72 1.866
 Career High      3   9  26   7   2   0  11  2   86.7   92   50   42   3   52   28   1   5   397   0   0  4.36  3.90   88 1.662

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 28 NYG NL  28   20    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      4   7  .050  .208  .050  -28    1   0           0    
 1928 29 TOT NL  23    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         BSN NL  19    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1929 30 BSN NL   2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .500  .500  .500  153    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       53   25    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   8  .080  .207  .080  -21    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         76    3    6   0  0   0    0   0  0  12  24  .080  .207  .080  -21    6   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     28   20    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   7                           1   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 28 NYG NL   24   19    0   0.0   104| .050  .290| .208  .349| .050  .400| .258  .749| -28  .000  -3.6  -0.4     
 1928 29 TOT NL    3    3    0   0.0   105| .000  .284| .000  .348| .000  .404| .000  .752|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         BSN NL    3    3    0   0.0   105| .000  .284| .000  .348| .000  .404| .000  .752|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
 1929 30 BSN NL    2    1    1  26.6   117| .500  .299| .500  .362| .500  .436|1.000  .798| 153  .948   0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        29   23    1   1.2   105| .080  .290| .207  .350| .080  .403| .287  .753| -21  .073  -4.3  -0.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1927 28 NYG NL P 26 2 20 0 0 1.000 .957 0.85 1.29 2.28 2.33 7 86.7 1928 29 TOT NL P 23 2 15 1 1 .944 .966 0.74 1.27 3.79 2.41 1 40.4 NYG NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.27 1.58 2.37 0 5.7 BSN NL P 19 2 14 1 1 .941 .964 0.84 1.27 4.15 2.41 1 34.7 1929 30 BSN NL P 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 1.25 3.86 2.44 1 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1927 28 NYG NL P 26 2 20 0 0 1.000 .957 0.85 1.29 2.28 2.33 7 86.7 1928 29 TOT NL P 23 2 15 1 1 .944 .966 0.74 1.27 3.79 2.41 1 40.4 NYG NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.27 1.58 2.37 0 5.7 BSN NL P 19 2 14 1 1 .941 .964 0.84 1.27 4.15 2.41 1 34.7 1929 30 BSN NL P 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 1.25 3.86 2.44 1 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 51 5 37 2 1 .955 .961 0.82 1.28 2.82 2.36 9 134.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 51 5 37 2 1 .955 .961 0.82 1.28 2.82 2.36 9 134
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.

Wild Pitches
1927 NL-5-6

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

June 15, 1928: Traded by the New York Giants with Virgil Barnes, Ben Cantwell, and Al Spohrer to the Boston Braves for Joe Genewich.


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