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Boileryard Clarke
William Jones Clarke

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.

Debut May 1, 1893
Final Game October 7, 1905
Born October 18, 1868 in New York, NY
Died July 29, 1959 in Princeton, NJ

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1893 24 BLN NL  49  183   23   32   1  3   1   24   2     19  14  .175  .274  .230   33   42               6    
 1894 25 BLN NL  28  100   18   24   8  0   1   19   2     16  14  .240  .361  .350   69   35               3    
 1895 26 BLN NL  67  241   38   70  15  3   0   35   8     13  18  .290  .350  .378   85   91   4           9    
 1896 27 BLN NL  80  300   48   89  14  7   2   71   7     14  12  .297  .345  .410   97  123   8           8    
 1897 28 BLN NL  64  241   32   65   7  1   1   38   5      9      .270  .320  .320   69   77   0           9    
 1898 29 BLN NL  82  285   26   69   5  2   0   27   2      4      .242  .289  .274   60   78   4          15    
 1899 30 BSN NL  60  223   25   50   3  2   2   32   2     10      .224  .270  .283   46   63   6           4    
 1900 31 BSN NL  81  270   35   85   5  2   1   30   0      9      .315  .344  .359   85   97   9           3    
 1901 32 WSH AL 110  422   58  118  15  5   3   54   7     23      .280  .335  .360   94  152   8          12    
 1902 33 WSH AL  87  291   31   78  15  0   6   40   1     23      .268  .330  .381   96  111   5           4    
 1903 34 WSH AL 126  465   35  111  14  6   2   38  12     15      .239  .273  .308   72  143   7           7    
 1904 35 WSH AL  85  275   23   58   8  1   0   17   5     17      .211  .269  .247   65   68   4           5    
 1905 36 NYG NL  31   50    2    9   0  0   1    4   1      4      .180  .241  .240   42   12   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     950 3346  394  858 110 32  20  429  54  0 176  58  .256  .310  .326   75 1092  57   0   0  85   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        571   67  146  19  5   3   73   9  0  30  10  .256  .310  .326   75  186  10   0   0  14   0
 Career High    126  465   58  118  15  7   6   71  12  0  23  18  .315  .350  .410   97  152   9   0   0  15   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1893 24 BLN NL  208  151   11   1.9   108| .175  .288| .274  .367| .230  .393| .504  .760|  33  .153 -18.3  -1.8     
 1894 25 BLN NL  119   76   12   4.1   130| .240  .321| .361  .393| .350  .452| .711  .845|  69  .335  -4.6  -0.4     
 1895 26 BLN NL  267  175   30   4.4   115| .290  .306| .350  .373| .378  .413| .728  .786|  85  .432  -5.3  -0.5     
 1896 27 BLN NL  330  219   40   4.8   109| .297  .300| .345  .365| .410  .400| .755  .765|  97  .492  -2.5  -0.2     
 1897 28 BLN NL  259  176   23   3.4   107| .270  .298| .320  .363| .320  .397| .640  .759|  69  .346 -11.0  -1.0     
 1898 29 BLN NL  308  220   20   2.4    93| .242  .280| .289  .345| .274  .360| .563  .705|  60  .281 -15.4  -1.6     
 1899 30 BSN NL  243  179   16   2.3   107| .224  .301| .270  .364| .283  .392| .553  .756|  46  .243 -18.0  -1.8     
 1900 31 BSN NL  291  194   33   4.4   108| .315  .301| .344  .364| .359  .397| .703  .761|  85  .518  -6.5  -0.7     
 1901 32 WSH AL  465  312   48   4.0    95| .280  .282| .335  .338| .360  .378| .695  .716|  94  .467  -2.9  -0.3     
 1902 33 WSH AL  323  218   36   4.4    98| .268  .285| .330  .342| .381  .384| .711  .727|  96  .512  -1.5  -0.2     
 1903 34 WSH AL  494  361   38   2.8    84| .239  .265| .273  .315| .308  .359| .581  .674|  72  .388 -16.5  -1.8     
 1904 35 WSH AL  301  221   17   2.0    72| .211  .249| .269  .301| .247  .327| .516  .628|  65  .309 -10.2  -1.2     
 1905 36 NYG NL   56   43    3   1.9    85| .180  .267| .241  .329| .240  .349| .481  .678|  42  .236  -3.7  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     3664 2545  327   3.4    99| .256  .286| .310  .347| .326  .381| .636  .728|  75  .389 -116.4 -11.9     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1893 24 BLN NL C 38 135 45 18 3 .909 .936 4.74 4.51 17 1B 11 97 3 2 5 .980 .978 9.09 10.46 1894 25 BLN NL C 23 80 22 11 1 .903 .925 4.43 4.32 5 1B 5 40 0 1 5 .976 .976 8.00 9.54 1895 26 BLN NL C 60 176 67 16 8 .938 .937 4.05 4.30 9 1B 6 43 2 1 5 .978 .978 7.50 9.92 1896 27 BLN NL C 67 203 53 14 5 .948 .943 3.82 4.33 14 1B 14 116 2 5 11 .959 .980 8.43 10.21 1897 28 BLN NL C 59 191 38 15 2 .939 .948 3.88 4.54 8 1B 4 35 2 0 4 1.000 .979 9.25 10.00 1898 29 BLN NL C 70 289 69 14 6 .962 .953 5.11 4.60 19 1B 10 87 2 3 4 .967 .977 8.90 10.06 1899 30 BSN NL C 60 213 69 18 4 .940 .952 4.70 4.38 8 1900 31 BSN NL C 67 246 104 27 8 .928 .949 5.22 4.73 22 1B 8 60 4 0 1 1.000 .979 8.00 10.24 1901 32 WSH AL C 107 358 122 24 11 .952 .950 4.49 4.79 10 1B 3 24 0 1 1 .960 .976 8.00 10.53 1902 33 WSH AL C 87 288 97 11 8 .972 .957 4.43 4.70 8 1903 34 WSH AL 1B 88 891 44 18 44 .981 .981 10.62 10.59 C 37 148 46 14 1 .933 .971 5.24 5.75 2 1904 35 WSH AL C 52 229 72 7 9 .977 .969 5.79 5.90 6 1B 29 288 14 6 15 .981 .982 10.41 10.78 1905 36 NYG NL 1B 15 106 4 3 4 .973 .981 7.33 10.48 C 12 31 2 1 0 .971 .962 2.75 5.91 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1893 24 BLN NL 1B 11 97 3 2 5 .980 .978 9.09 10.46 1894 25 BLN NL 1B 5 40 0 1 5 .976 .976 8.00 9.54 1895 26 BLN NL 1B 6 43 2 1 5 .978 .978 7.50 9.92 1896 27 BLN NL 1B 14 116 2 5 11 .959 .980 8.43 10.21 1897 28 BLN NL 1B 4 35 2 0 4 1.000 .979 9.25 10.00 1898 29 BLN NL 1B 10 87 2 3 4 .967 .977 8.90 10.06 1900 31 BSN NL 1B 8 60 4 0 1 1.000 .979 8.00 10.24 1901 32 WSH AL 1B 3 24 0 1 1 .960 .976 8.00 10.53 1903 34 WSH AL 1B 88 891 44 18 44 .981 .981 10.62 10.59 1904 35 WSH AL 1B 29 288 14 6 15 .981 .982 10.41 10.78 1905 36 NYG NL 1B 15 106 4 3 4 .973 .981 7.33 10.48 1893 24 BLN NL C 38 135 45 18 3 .909 .936 4.74 4.51 17 1894 25 BLN NL C 23 80 22 11 1 .903 .925 4.43 4.32 5 1895 26 BLN NL C 60 176 67 16 8 .938 .937 4.05 4.30 9 1896 27 BLN NL C 67 203 53 14 5 .948 .943 3.82 4.33 14 1897 28 BLN NL C 59 191 38 15 2 .939 .948 3.88 4.54 8 1898 29 BLN NL C 70 289 69 14 6 .962 .953 5.11 4.60 19 1899 30 BSN NL C 60 213 69 18 4 .940 .952 4.70 4.38 8 1900 31 BSN NL C 67 246 104 27 8 .928 .949 5.22 4.73 22 1901 32 WSH AL C 107 358 122 24 11 .952 .950 4.49 4.79 10 1902 33 WSH AL C 87 288 97 11 8 .972 .957 4.43 4.70 8 1903 34 WSH AL C 37 148 46 14 1 .933 .971 5.24 5.75 2 1904 35 WSH AL C 52 229 72 7 9 .977 .969 5.79 5.90 6 1905 36 NYG NL C 12 31 2 1 0 .971 .962 2.75 5.91 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 739 2587 806 190 66 .947 .951 4.59 4.74 128 1B 193 1787 77 40 99 .979 .980 9.66 10.47 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 932 4374 883 230 165 .958 .961 5.64 5.92
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.

Home Runs
1902 AL-6-10

Hit By Pitch
1898 NL-15-10
1901 AL-12-4
1903 AL-7-7

At Bats per Home Run
1902 AL-48.5-3

Oldest Player
1903 AL-34-9
1904 AL-35-8
1905 NL-36-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3868) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

March 2, 1899: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Baltimore Orioles.

March 3, 1901: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Washington Senators. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 6, 1905: Released by the Washington Senators.

April 6, 1905: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

February, 1906: Purchased by the Toledo (American Association) from the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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