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Dad Clarke
William H. Clarke

Bats Both, Throws Right

Debut April 23, 1888
Final Game April 18, 1898
Born January 7, 1865 in Oswego, NY
Died June 3, 1911 in Lorain, OH

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1888 23 CHC NL   1   0   2   2   1   0   0  0   16.0   23   17    9   2    6    6   2   3    81       0  5.06  3.00   59 1.813
 1891 26 COL AA   1   2   4   3   2   0   1  0   21.0   30   21   16   0   16    2   0   0     0       0  6.86  3.46   50 2.190
 1894 29 NYG NL   3   4  15   6   5   0   9  1   84.0  114   76   46   3   26   15   0   3     0       0  4.93  5.26  107 1.667
 1895 30 NYG NL  18  15  37  30  27   1   6  1  281.7  336  174  106   5   60   67   0   3     0       0  3.39  4.63  137 1.406
 1896 31 NYG NL  17  24  48  40  33   1   8  1  351.0  431  246  166   9   60   66   0  13     0       0  4.26  4.18   98 1.399
 1897 32 TOT NL   4   5  13  10   8   0   3  0   85.7  117   67   45   4   21   17   4   3     0       0  4.73  4.22   89 1.611
         NYG NL   2   1   6   4   2   0   2  0   31.0   43   34   21   1   11   10   2   1     0       0  6.10  4.14   68 1.742
         LOU NL   2   4   7   6   6   0   1  0   54.7   74   33   24   3   10    7   2   2     0       0  3.95  4.26  108 1.537
 1898 33 LOU NL   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0   10    7    5   1    2    1   2   0     0       0  5.00  3.57   71 1.333
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .463  44  51 120  92  77   2  27  3  848.3 1061  608  393  24  191  174   8  25    81       0  4.17  4.40  105 1.476
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  16  38  29  24   0   8  0  272.0  340  195  126   7   61   55   2   8    25   0   0  4.17  4.40  105 1.476
 Career High     18  24  48  40  33   1   9  1  351.0  431  246  166   9   60   67   4  13    81   0   0  3.39  5.26  137 1.399

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 23 CHC NL   2    7    4    2   0  1   1    2   0      1   2  .286  .375 1.000  313    7               0    
 1891 26 COL AA   4    9    2    1   1  0   0    0   0      2   5  .111  .273  .222   45    2               0    
 1894 29 NYG NL  16   37    4    8   2  1   0    3   1      4   4  .216  .293  .324   49   12               0    
 1895 30 NYG NL  37  121   16   29   2  1   0   10   0      8  15  .240  .292  .273   47   33   0           1    
 1896 31 NYG NL  49  147   11   30   0  1   0   10   0     12  19  .204  .269  .218   31   32   1           1    
 1897 32 TOT NL  14   40    4    8   0  0   0    3   0      1      .200  .220  .200   12    8   0           0    
         NYG NL   7   18    4    3   0  0   0    1   0      1      .167  .211  .167    1    3   0           0    
         LOU NL   7   22    0    5   0  0   0    2   0      0      .227  .227  .227   21    5   0           0    
 1898 33 LOU NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      123  364   41   78   5  4   1   28   1  0  28  45  .214  .274  .258   41   94   1   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        479   54  103   7  5   1   37   1  0  37  59  .214  .274  .258   41  124   1   0   0   3   0
 Career High     49  147   16   30   2  1   1   10   1  0  12  19                          33   1   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 23 CHC NL    8    5    3  15.8    77| .286  .253| .375  .302|1.000  .347|1.375  .649| 313  .948   1.6   0.2     
 1891 26 COL AA   11    8    1   3.3    87| .111  .255| .273  .338| .222  .345| .495  .682|  45  .404  -0.5  -0.1     
 1894 29 NYG NL   41   29    4   3.6   126| .216  .314| .293  .385| .324  .443| .617  .828|  49  .282  -3.2  -0.3     
 1895 30 NYG NL  130   92    9   2.5   110| .240  .300| .292  .366| .273  .405| .565  .770|  47  .213  -9.6  -0.9     
 1896 31 NYG NL  161  118    8   1.8   105| .204  .293| .269  .358| .218  .392| .487  .750|  31  .137 -14.7  -1.4     
 1897 32 TOT NL   41   32    2   1.6   105| .200  .295| .220  .358| .200  .392| .420  .750|  12  .121  -5.1  -0.5     
         NYG NL   19   15    1   1.7   105| .167  .295| .211  .358| .167  .392| .378  .750|   1  .134  -2.6  -0.3     
         LOU NL   22   17    1   1.5   105| .227  .295| .227  .358| .227  .392| .454  .750|  21  .109  -2.5  -0.2     
 1898 33 LOU NL    3    3    0   0.0    91| .000  .277| .000  .341| .000  .355| .000  .696|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       395  287   27   2.4   108| .214  .296| .274  .362| .258  .399| .532  .761|  41  .213 -32.4  -3.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1888 23 CHC NL P 2 2 4 2 1 .750 .896 3.00 2.25 3.38 2.36 2 16.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 1 0 1891 26 COL AA P 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .909 1.25 2.15 2.14 2.57 3 21.0 1894 29 NYG NL P 15 6 15 2 1 .913 .913 1.40 1.74 2.25 2.18 6 84.0 1895 30 NYG NL P 37 13 49 7 6 .899 .917 1.68 2.01 1.98 2.52 30 281.7 1896 31 NYG NL P 48 12 72 8 1 .913 .916 1.75 2.20 2.15 2.72 40 351.0 1897 32 TOT NL P 13 9 17 3 0 .897 .919 2.00 2.10 2.73 2.55 10 85.7 NYG NL P 6 3 7 3 0 .769 .917 1.67 2.10 2.90 2.55 4 31.0 1B 1 12 1 0 0 1.000 .977 13.00 10.00 LOU NL P 7 6 10 0 0 1.000 .920 2.29 2.10 2.63 2.55 6 54.7 1898 33 LOU NL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.20 2.00 2.60 1 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1897 32 NYG NL 1B 1 12 1 0 0 1.000 .977 13.00 10.00 1888 23 CHC NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 1 0 1888 23 CHC NL P 2 2 4 2 1 .750 .896 3.00 2.25 3.38 2.36 2 16.0 1891 26 COL AA P 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .909 1.25 2.15 2.14 2.57 3 21.0 1894 29 NYG NL P 15 6 15 2 1 .913 .913 1.40 1.74 2.25 2.18 6 84.0 1895 30 NYG NL P 37 13 49 7 6 .899 .917 1.68 2.01 1.98 2.52 30 281.7 1896 31 NYG NL P 48 12 72 8 1 .913 .916 1.75 2.20 2.15 2.72 40 351.0 1897 32 TOT NL P 13 9 17 3 0 .897 .919 2.00 2.10 2.73 2.55 10 85.7 NYG NL P 6 3 7 3 0 .769 .917 1.67 2.10 2.90 2.55 4 31.0 LOU NL P 7 6 10 0 0 1.000 .920 2.29 2.10 2.63 2.55 6 54.7 1898 33 LOU NL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.20 2.00 2.60 1 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 120 42 164 22 9 .904 .916 1.72 2.07 92 848.3 1B 1 12 1 0 0 1.000 .977 13.00 10.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 122 54 165 22 9 .909 .919 1.80 2.14
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.

ERA
1895 NL-3.39-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1895 NL-1.406-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1895 NL-1.92-2
1896 NL-1.54-2

Games
1896 NL-48-5

Saves
1894 NL-1-9
1896 NL-1-4

Innings
1896 NL-351.0-8

Games Started
1896 NL-40-10

Hits Allowed
1896 NL-431-5

SO to Walk
1895 NL-1.12-6
1896 NL-1.10-6

Losses
1896 NL-24-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1896 NL-166-7

Wild Pitches
1896 NL-13-4

Games Finished
1894 NL-9-5
1896 NL-8-3

Adjusted ERA+
1895 NL-137-8

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 19 (1086) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1189) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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Transactions 

May, 1888: Purchased by the Chicago White Stockings from the Omaha (Western Association).

July 20, 1891: Signed as a Free Agent with the Columbus Solons.

August 14, 1891: Released by the Columbus Solons.

August 4, 1897: Traded by the New York Giants with cash to the Louisville Colonels for Tom McCreery.


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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