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John Clarkson
John Gibson Clarkson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 155 lb.

Debut May 2, 1882
Final Game July 12, 1894
Born July 1, 1861 in Cambridge, MA
Died February 4, 1909 in Belmont, MA

Brother of Dad Clarkson, Brother of Walter Clarkson, Cousin of Mert Hackett, and Cousin of Walter Hackett

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1963.

Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs in 1882. (All Transactions)

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        Won 328 games in his career (12th on the all-time list), including 53 in the 1885 season. Hit 24 home runs in his career.

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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1882 20 WOR NL   1   2   3   3   2   0   0  0   24.0   49   31   12   0    2    3       3   127       0  4.50  3.09   69 2.125
 1884 22 CHC NL  10   3  14  13  12   0   1  0  118.0   94   64   28  10   25  102   0   7   478       0  2.14  3.12  146 1.008
 1885 23 CHC NL  53  16  70  70  68  10   0  0  623.0  497  255  128  21   97  308   0  14  2487       0  1.85  3.04  165 0.953
 1886 24 CHC NL  36  17  55  55  50   3   0  0  466.7  419  248  125  20   86  313   0  17  1914       0  2.41  3.62  150 1.082
 1887 25 CHC NL  38  21  60  59  56   2   1  0  523.0  513  283  179  20   92  237   8  25  2183       0  3.08  4.45  145 1.157
 1888 26 BSN NL  33  20  54  54  53   3   0  0  483.3  448  239  148  17  119  223  10  33  2029       0  2.76  2.89  105 1.173
 1889 27 BSN NL  49  19  73  72  68   8   1  1  620.0  589  280  188  16  203  284  17  16  2736       0  2.73  4.18  153 1.277
 1890 28 BSN NL  26  18  44  44  43   2   0  0  383.0  370  186  139  14  140  138   0  21     0       0  3.27  3.74  114 1.332
 1891 29 BSN NL  33  19  55  51  47   3   4  3  460.7  435  244  143  18  154  141   0  14     0       0  2.79  3.65  130 1.279
 1892 30 TOT NL  25  16  45  44  42   5   1  1  389.0  350  197  107   8  132  139   0   9     0       0  2.48  3.43  139 1.239
         BSN NL   8   6  16  16  15   4   0  0  145.7  115   65   38   4   60   48   0   5     0       0  2.35  3.51  150 1.201
         CLV NL  17  10  29  28  27   1   1  1  243.3  235  132   69   4   72   91   0   4     0       0  2.55  3.38  133 1.262
 1893 31 CLV NL  16  17  36  35  31   0   1  0  295.0  358  240  146  11   95   62   0  15     0       0  4.45  4.89  110 1.536
 1894 32 CLV NL   8  10  22  18  13   1   3  0  150.7  173  109   74   6   46   28   0   8     0       0  4.42  5.47  124 1.454
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .648 328 178 531 518 485  37  12  5 4536.3 4295 2376 1417 161 1191 1978  35 182 11954       0  2.81  3.76  134 1.209
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    21  11  34  33  31   2   0  0  294.0  278  154   91  10   77  128   2  11   774   0   0  2.81  3.76  134 1.209
 Career High     53  21  73  72  68  10   4  3  623.0  589  283  188  21  203  313  17  33  2736   0   0  1.85  5.47  165 0.953

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1882 20 WOR NL   3   11    0    4   2  0   0    2          0   3  .364  .364  .545  185    6                    
 1884 22 CHC NL  21   84   16   22   6  2   3   17          2  16  .262  .279  .488  129   41                    
 1885 23 CHC NL  72  283   34   61  11  5   4   32          3  44  .216  .224  .332   67   94                    
 1886 24 CHC NL  55  210   21   49   9  1   3   23   2      0  38  .233  .233  .329   59   69                    
 1887 25 CHC NL  63  215   40   52   5  5   6   25   6     11  25  .242  .279  .395   76   85               0    
 1888 26 BSN NL  55  205   20   40   9  1   1   17   5      7  48  .195  .222  .263   51   54               0    
 1889 27 BSN NL  73  262   36   54   9  3   2   23   8     11  59  .206  .238  .286   43   75               0    
 1890 28 BSN NL  45  173   18   43   6  3   2   26   2      8  31  .249  .286  .353   80   61               1    
 1891 29 BSN NL  55  187   28   42   7  4   0   26   2     18  50  .225  .293  .305   66   57               0    
 1892 30 TOT NL  45  158   15   27   3  0   1   17   3     11  39  .171  .225  .209   28   33               0    
         BSN NL  16   57    7   13   3  0   1   13   1      3  15  .228  .267  .333   75   19               0    
         CLV NL  29  101    8   14   0  0   0    4   2      8  24  .139  .202  .139    2   14               0    
 1893 31 CLV NL  37  131   18   27   6  2   1   17   2      4  20  .206  .230  .305   38   40               0    
 1894 32 CLV NL  22   55    8   11   0  0   1    7   1      6   9  .200  .279  .255   27   14               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     546 1974  254  432  73 26  24  232  31  0  81 382  .219  .250  .319   60  629   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        586   75  128  22  8   7   69   9  0  24 113  .219  .250  .319   60  187   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     73  283   40   61  11  5   6   32   8  0  18  59  .242  .279  .395   76   94   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1882 20 WOR NL   11    7    2   7.7    72| .364  .256| .364  .284| .545  .349| .909  .632| 185  .795   1.1   0.1     
 1884 22 CHC NL   86   62   11   4.7    79| .262  .259| .279  .300| .488  .359| .767  .659| 129  .611   2.6   0.3     
 1885 23 CHC NL  286  222   21   2.5    80| .216  .262| .224  .307| .332  .351| .556  .659|  67  .366 -11.3  -1.3     
 1886 24 CHC NL  210  161   16   2.6    91| .233  .274| .233  .325| .329  .375| .562  .700|  59  .340 -11.1  -1.2     
 1887 25 CHC NL  226  163   24   3.9   107| .242  .289| .279  .349| .395  .412| .674  .761|  76  .436  -8.6  -0.9     
 1888 26 BSN NL  212  165   12   1.9    75| .195  .250| .222  .298| .263  .342| .485  .641|  51  .276 -11.3  -1.3     
 1889 27 BSN NL  273  208   18   2.3   100| .206  .280| .238  .352| .286  .382| .524  .734|  43  .237 -22.1  -2.3     
 1890 28 BSN NL  182  130   17   3.4    94| .249  .268| .286  .346| .353  .363| .639  .709|  80  .438  -5.8  -0.6     
 1891 29 BSN NL  205  145   17   3.1    97| .225  .273| .293  .349| .305  .372| .598  .721|  66  .392  -8.8  -0.9     
 1892 30 TOT NL  169  131    8   1.6    86| .171  .258| .225  .332| .209  .345| .434  .678|  28  .182 -14.3  -1.6     
         BSN NL   60   44    5   3.0    88| .228  .261| .267  .336| .333  .350| .600  .686|  75  .409  -2.0  -0.2     
         CLV NL  109   87    3   0.9    84| .139  .256| .202  .330| .139  .343| .341  .673|   2  .072 -12.3  -1.4     
 1893 31 CLV NL  135  104    9   2.3   111| .206  .293| .230  .372| .305  .399| .535  .772|  38  .198 -13.0  -1.3     
 1894 32 CLV NL   61   44    4   2.4   130| .200  .321| .279  .393| .255  .452| .534  .845|  27  .155  -7.0  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2056 1542  159   2.7    93| .219  .272| .250  .335| .319  .372| .569  .707|  60  .334 -109.5 -11.6     

* 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 ------+

 1882 20 WOR NL   P    3      1    6    1    0  .875  .909  2.33  2.07  2.62  2.21    3   24.0
                 1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00 10.30                        
 1884 22 CHC NL   P   14      6   38   11    5  .800  .892  3.14  2.12  3.36  2.29   13  118.0
                 OF    8      5    5    4    1  .714  .870  1.25  1.76                            0    0    8
                 3B    2      0    2    2    0  .500  .833  1.00  3.10                        
                 1B    1      3    0    3    0  .500  .968  3.00 10.30                        
 1885 23 CHC NL   P   70     26  174   20    8  .909  .899  2.86  2.30  2.89  2.43   70  623.0
                 OF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.33  1.83                            0    0    3
                 3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .833  1.00  3.20                        
 1886 24 CHC NL   P   55     19  114   19    3  .875  .915  2.42  2.07  2.56  2.26   55  466.7
                 OF    5      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.20  1.72                            2    0    3
 1887 25 CHC NL   P   60     34  125    7    5  .958  .902  2.65  1.86  2.74  2.02   59  523.0
                 OF    5      5    0    1    0  .833  .877  1.00  1.92                            1    0    4
 1888 26 BSN NL   P   54     22  117   19    3  .880  .895  2.57  2.23  2.59  2.36   54  483.3
                 OF    1      1    0    2    0  .333  .909  1.00  1.90                            0    0    1
 1889 27 BSN NL   P   73     36  172   27    8  .885  .905  2.85  1.93  3.02  2.22   72  620.0
                 OF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  1.95                        
                 3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.50                        
 1890 28 BSN NL   P   44     21   72   14    3  .869  .898  2.11  2.01  2.19  2.24   44  383.0
                 OF    1      1    0    3    0  .250  .909  1.00  1.90                            1    0    0
 1891 29 BSN NL   P   55     27  114   13    2  .916  .915  2.56  1.96  2.75  2.29   51  460.7
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            0    1    0
 1892 30 TOT NL   P   45     11   87   15    4  .867  .901  2.18  2.17  2.27  2.49   44  389.0
         BSN NL   P   16      2   36    5    3  .884  .900  2.38  2.17  2.35  2.49   16  145.7
         CLV NL   P   29      9   51   10    1  .857  .901  2.07  2.17  2.22  2.49   28  243.3
 1893 31 CLV NL   P   36     15   82    7    1  .933  .913  2.69  2.07  2.96  2.50   35  295.0
                 OF    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  2.10                            0    0    1
 1894 32 CLV NL   P   22      3   42    9    2  .833  .913  2.05  1.74  2.69  2.18   18  150.7

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1882 20 WOR NL  1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00 10.30                        
 1884 22 CHC NL  1B    1      3    0    3    0  .500  .968  3.00 10.30                        

 1884 22 CHC NL  3B    2      0    2    2    0  .500  .833  1.00  3.10                        
 1885 23 CHC NL  3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .833  1.00  3.20                        
 1889 27 BSN NL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.50                        

 1884 22 CHC NL  OF    8      5    5    4    1  .714  .870  1.25  1.76                            0    0    8
 1885 23 CHC NL  OF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.33  1.83                            0    0    3
 1886 24 CHC NL  OF    5      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.20  1.72                            2    0    3
 1887 25 CHC NL  OF    5      5    0    1    0  .833  .877  1.00  1.92                            1    0    4
 1888 26 BSN NL  OF    1      1    0    2    0  .333  .909  1.00  1.90                            0    0    1
 1889 27 BSN NL  OF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  1.95                        
 1890 28 BSN NL  OF    1      1    0    3    0  .250  .909  1.00  1.90                            1    0    0
 1891 29 BSN NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            0    1    0
 1893 31 CLV NL  OF    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  2.10                            0    0    1

 1882 20 WOR NL   P    3      1    6    1    0  .875  .909  2.33  2.07  2.62  2.21    3   24.0
 1884 22 CHC NL   P   14      6   38   11    5  .800  .892  3.14  2.12  3.36  2.29   13  118.0
 1885 23 CHC NL   P   70     26  174   20    8  .909  .899  2.86  2.30  2.89  2.43   70  623.0
 1886 24 CHC NL   P   55     19  114   19    3  .875  .915  2.42  2.07  2.56  2.26   55  466.7
 1887 25 CHC NL   P   60     34  125    7    5  .958  .902  2.65  1.86  2.74  2.02   59  523.0
 1888 26 BSN NL   P   54     22  117   19    3  .880  .895  2.57  2.23  2.59  2.36   54  483.3
 1889 27 BSN NL   P   73     36  172   27    8  .885  .905  2.85  1.93  3.02  2.22   72  620.0
 1890 28 BSN NL   P   44     21   72   14    3  .869  .898  2.11  2.01  2.19  2.24   44  383.0
 1891 29 BSN NL   P   55     27  114   13    2  .916  .915  2.56  1.96  2.75  2.29   51  460.7
 1892 30 TOT NL   P   45     11   87   15    4  .867  .901  2.18  2.17  2.27  2.49   44  389.0
         BSN NL   P   16      2   36    5    3  .884  .900  2.38  2.17  2.35  2.49   16  145.7
         CLV NL   P   29      9   51   10    1  .857  .901  2.07  2.17  2.22  2.49   28  243.3
 1893 31 CLV NL   P   36     15   82    7    1  .933  .913  2.69  2.07  2.96  2.50   35  295.0
 1894 32 CLV NL   P   22      3   42    9    2  .833  .913  2.05  1.74  2.69  2.18   18  150.7

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 531    221 1143  162   44  .894  .904  2.57  2.05              518 4536.3
                 OF   27     15    5   11    1  .645  .881  0.74  1.83                            4    1   20
                 3B    4      0    3    2    0  .600  .833  0.75  3.23                        
                 1B    2      3    0    3    0  .500  .968  1.50 10.30                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       564    239 1151  178   45  .886  .904  2.46  2.08
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    CHC STL     T   2   2   1.12  0  1  0  2  16    15   2   1  15 
 1886   WS    CHC STL     L   4   4   2.03  2  2  0  3  31    25   7  12  28 
 1892   CS    CLV BSN     L   2   2   5.29  0  2  0  2  17    24  10   5   9 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-1   6   6   1.72  2  3  0  5  47    40   9  13  43 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    CHC STL     T   4  13   1   2  1  0  0   0   0   0  .154  .154  .231   0                
 1886   WS    CHC STL     L   4  15   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   2  .067  .067  .067   1                
 1892   CS    CLV BSN     L   2   8   1   2  0  0  1   3   0   1  .250  .250  .625   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-1   8  28   1   3  1  0  0   1   0   2  .107  .107  .143   1                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Awards
1889-NL-Triple Crown

Strikeouts
1889 NL-59-7

At Bats per Home Run
1885 NL-70.8-8

ERA
1884 NL-2.14-6
1885 NL-1.85-3
1886 NL-2.41-5
1887 NL-3.08-4
1889 NL-2.73-1
1891 NL-2.79-6
1892 NL-2.48-3
1894 NL-4.42-8

Wins
1885 NL-53-1
1886 NL-36-3
1887 NL-38-1
1888 NL-33-2
1889 NL-49-1
1890 NL-26-7
1891 NL-33-2
Car-328-12

Won-Loss %
1884 NL-.769-2
1885 NL-.768-3
1886 NL-.679-6
1887 NL-.644-6
1888 NL-.623-6
1889 NL-.721-1
1890 NL-.591-9
1891 NL-.635-5
Car-.648-29

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1884 NL-1.008-7
1885 NL-.953-2
1886 NL-1.082-4
1887 NL-1.157-2
1889 NL-1.277-1
1891 NL-1.279-5
1894 NL-1.454-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1884 NL-7.17-3
1885 NL-7.18-4
1886 NL-8.08-9
1887 NL-8.83-5
1889 NL-8.55-3
1891 NL-8.50-6
1894 NL-10.33-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1885 NL-1.40-3
1886 NL-1.66-3
1887 NL-1.58-4
1891 NL-3.01-8
1893 NL-2.90-6
1894 NL-2.75-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1884 NL-7.78-1
1885 NL-4.45-5
1886 NL-6.04-2
1887 NL-4.08-5
1888 NL-4.15-9
1889 NL-4.12-5

Games
1885 NL-70-1
1886 NL-55-5
1887 NL-60-1
1888 NL-54-2
1889 NL-73-1
1890 NL-44-9
1891 NL-55-3

Saves
1889 NL-1-4
1891 NL-3-1
1892 NL-1-3

Innings
1885 NL-623.0-1
1886 NL-466.7-5
1887 NL-523.0-1
1888 NL-483.3-1
1889 NL-620.0-1
1890 NL-383.0-7
1891 NL-460.7-3
Car-4536.3-23

Strikeouts
1885 NL-308-1
1886 NL-313-2
1887 NL-237-1
1888 NL-223-2
1889 NL-284-1
1890 NL-138-10
1891 NL-141-7
Car-1978-65

Games Started
1885 NL-70-1
1886 NL-55-5
1887 NL-59-1
1888 NL-54-2
1889 NL-72-1
1890 NL-44-8
1891 NL-51-3
Car-518-40

Comp. Games
1885 NL-68-1
1886 NL-50-5
1887 NL-56-1
1888 NL-53-2
1889 NL-68-1
1890 NL-43-7
1891 NL-47-4
Car-485-9

Shutouts
1885 NL-10-1
1886 NL-3-4
1887 NL-2-5
1889 NL-8-1
1890 NL-2-8
1891 NL-3-5
1892 NL-5-4
1894 NL-1-7
Car-37-57

Home Runs Allow.
1885 NL-21-1
1886 NL-20-1
1887 NL-20-4
1888 NL-17-4
1889 NL-16-3
1890 NL-14-2
1891 NL-18-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1885 NL-97-6
1887 NL-92-9
1888 NL-119-1
1889 NL-203-1
1890 NL-140-7
1891 NL-154-6
Car-1191-54

Hits Allowed
1885 NL-497-2
1886 NL-419-6
1887 NL-513-1
1888 NL-448-2
1889 NL-589-1
1890 NL-370-7
1891 NL-435-2
Car-4295-25

SO to Walk
1884 NL-4.08-7
1885 NL-3.18-3
1886 NL-3.64-1
1887 NL-2.58-3
1889 NL-1.40-2
1890 NL-.99-10

Losses
1887 NL-21-6
1888 NL-20-9
1889 NL-19-5
1890 NL-18-7
1891 NL-19-9
Car-178-76

Earned Runs Allow.
1885 NL-128-4
1886 NL-125-9
1887 NL-179-3
1888 NL-148-2
1889 NL-188-1
1890 NL-139-6
1891 NL-143-6
Car-1417-54

Wild Pitches
1887 NL-25-5
1888 NL-33-1
1889 NL-16-7
1890 NL-21-7
1893 NL-15-6
Car-182-12

Hit Batsmen
1888 NL-10-10
1889 NL-17-3

Batters Faced
1885 NL-2487-1
1886 NL-1914-6
1887 NL-2183-1
1888 NL-2029-1
1889 NL-2736-1

Games Finished
1887 NL-1-10

Adjusted ERA+
1884 NL-146-5
1885 NL-165-2
1886 NL-150-4
1887 NL-145-2
1889 NL-153-1
1891 NL-130-4
1892 NL-139-2
1894 NL-124-7
Car-134-24

Youngest Player
1882 NL-20-4

  

Black Ink: Pitching - 60 (19) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 204 (35) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 65.0 (12) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 251.5 (12) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1882 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs.

May, 1882: Released by the Worcester Ruby Legs.

August 24, 1884: Purchased by the Chicago White Stockings from the Saginaw (Northwestern). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 3, 1888: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Chicago White Stockings for $10,000.

June 30, 1892: Released by the Boston Beaneaters.

July 5, 1892: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Spiders.

July 13, 1894: Traded by the Cleveland Spiders to the Baltimore Orioles for Tony Mullane.

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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