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Dad Clarkson
Arthur Hamilton Clarkson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut August 20, 1891
Final Game August 8, 1896
Born August 31, 1866 in Cambridge, MA
Died February 5, 1911 in Somerville, MA
Brother of John Clarkson, Brother of Walter Clarkson, Cousin of Mert Hackett, and Cousin of Walter Hackett

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1891 24 NYG NL   1   2   5   2   1   0   2  0   28.0   24   23    9   0   18   11   0   4     0       0  2.89  3.21  111 1.500
 1892 25 BSN NL   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  0    7.0    5    1    1   0    3    0   0   1     0       0  1.29  3.51  273 1.143
 1893 26 STL NL  12   9  24  21  17   1   3  0  186.3  194  116   72   4   79   37   0  10     0       0  3.48  4.71  135 1.465
 1894 27 STL NL   8  17  32  32  24   1   0  0  233.3  318  236  165   9  117   46   0  11     0       0  6.36  5.42   85 1.864
 1895 28 TOT NL  13   9  27  21  17   0   6  0  203.0  260  150  111  12   90   32   0   9     0       0  4.92  4.79   97 1.724
         STL NL   1   6   7   7   7   0   0  0   61.0   91   66   50   7   26    9   0   4     0       0  7.38  4.82   65 1.918
         BLN NL  12   3  20  14  10   0   6  0  142.0  169   84   61   5   64   23   0   5     0       0  3.87  4.78  124 1.641
 1896 29 BLN NL   4   2   7   4   3   0   3  0   47.0   72   40   26   1   18    7   0   2     0       0  4.98  4.27   86 1.915
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .500  39  39  96  81  63   2  14  0  704.7  873  566  384  26  325  133   0  37     0       0  4.90  4.87   99 1.700
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  14  36  31  24   0   5  0  270.7  335  217  147   9  124   51   0  14     0   0   0  4.90  4.87   99 1.700
 Career High     13  17  32  32  24   1   6  0  233.3  318  236  165  12  117   46   0  11     0   0   0  3.48  5.42  135 1.465

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1891 24 NYG NL   5    9    0    4   0  0   0    0   0      2   2  .444  .545  .444  194    4               0    
 1892 25 BSN NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
 1893 26 STL NL  25   75    8   10   1  0   0    5   0      9  16  .133  .226  .147   -0   11               0    
 1894 27 STL NL  33   88   11   16   0  1   0    7   1     16  28  .182  .314  .205   27   18               1    
 1895 28 TOT NL  27   80   10    9   1  0   1    4   0      8  21  .113  .202  .163   -6   13   3           1    
         STL NL   7   23    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      3   4  .043  .154  .043  -47    1   0           0    
         BLN NL  20   57   10    8   1  0   1    4   0      5  17  .140  .222  .211   11   12   3           1    
 1896 29 BLN NL   7   18    4    5   0  0   0    2   0      2   3  .278  .350  .278   65    5   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons       98  273   33   44   2  1   1   18   1  0  37  73  .161  .266  .187   17   51   4   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        451   55   73   3  2   2   30   2  0  61 121  .161  .266  .187   17   84   7   0   0   3   0
 Career High     33   88   11   16   1  1   1    7   1  0  16  28                          18   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1891 24 NYG NL   11    5    2  10.6    85| .444  .255| .545  .328| .444  .347| .989  .676| 194  .859   1.3   0.1     
 1892 25 BSN NL    3    3    0   0.0    88| .000  .261| .000  .336| .000  .350| .000  .686|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1893 26 STL NL   84   65    2   0.8   106| .133  .286| .226  .364| .147  .389| .373  .753|  -0  .036 -10.9  -1.1     
 1894 27 STL NL  105   72    6   2.2   127| .182  .316| .314  .387| .205  .445| .519  .832|  27  .135 -10.4  -0.9     
 1895 28 TOT NL   92   74    3   1.0   114| .113  .305| .202  .371| .163  .411| .365  .783|  -6  .051 -13.2  -1.3     
         STL NL   26   22    0   0.0   111| .043  .301| .154  .367| .043  .406| .197  .774| -47  .000  -5.2  -0.5     
         BLN NL   66   52    3   1.5   115| .140  .306| .222  .373| .211  .413| .433  .786|  11  .093  -8.0  -0.8     
 1896 29 BLN NL   21   14    2   3.7   109| .278  .300| .350  .365| .278  .400| .628  .765|  65  .382  -0.8  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       316  233   15   1.7   114| .161  .301| .266  .372| .187  .413| .453  .785|  17  .110 -34.8  -3.4     

* 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 ------+
 1891 24 NYG NL   P    5      2    6    2    0  .800  .920  1.60  1.96  2.57  2.28    2   28.0
 1892 25 BSN NL   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .909  2.00  2.20  2.57  2.44    1    7.0
 1893 26 STL NL   P   24     11   47    8    1  .879  .913  2.42  2.07  2.80  2.50   21  186.3
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                            0    0    1
 1894 27 STL NL   P   32     11   46    5    5  .919  .912  1.78  1.74  2.20  2.18   32  233.3
 1895 28 TOT NL   P   27      6   51    4    1  .934  .916  2.11  2.01  2.53  2.52   21  203.0
         STL NL   P    7      1   10    0    0 1.000  .917  1.57  2.01  1.62  2.52    7   61.0
         BLN NL   P   20      5   41    4    1  .920  .916  2.30  2.01  2.92  2.52   14  142.0
 1896 29 BLN NL   P    7      0   11    1    0  .917  .917  1.57  2.20  2.11  2.72    4   47.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1893 26 STL NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                            0    0    1

 1891 24 NYG NL   P    5      2    6    2    0  .800  .920  1.60  1.96  2.57  2.28    2   28.0
 1892 25 BSN NL   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .909  2.00  2.20  2.57  2.44    1    7.0
 1893 26 STL NL   P   24     11   47    8    1  .879  .913  2.42  2.07  2.80  2.50   21  186.3
 1894 27 STL NL   P   32     11   46    5    5  .919  .912  1.78  1.74  2.20  2.18   32  233.3
 1895 28 TOT NL   P   27      6   51    4    1  .934  .916  2.11  2.01  2.53  2.52   21  203.0
         STL NL   P    7      1   10    0    0 1.000  .917  1.57  2.01  1.62  2.52    7   61.0
         BLN NL   P   20      5   41    4    1  .920  .916  2.30  2.01  2.92  2.52   14  142.0
 1896 29 BLN NL   P    7      0   11    1    0  .917  .917  1.57  2.20  2.11  2.72    4   47.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P*  96     31  162   20    7  .906  .914  2.01  1.95               81  704.7
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                            0    0    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total        97     31  162   20    7  .906  .914  1.99  1.95

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
1893 NL-3.48-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1893 NL-1.465-10

Shutouts
1893 NL-1-9
1894 NL-1-7

Home Runs Allow.
1895 NL-12-9

Wild Pitches
1895 NL-9-9

Adjusted ERA+
1893 NL-135-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1729) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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.

Transactions
June 8, 1895: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Baltimore Orioles for Frank Bonner and Bill Kissinger.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Dad Clarkson's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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