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Nig Clarke
Jay Justin Clarke

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 26, 1905
Final Game April 24, 1920
Born December 15, 1882 in Amherstburg, Ontario, CAN
Died June 15, 1949 in River Rouge, MI

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 22 TOT AL  45  130   12   27   6  1   1   10   0  0  11      .208  .275  .292   79   38   2   0   0   1    
         CLE AL   5    9    2    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   1      .111  .200  .222   33    2   0   0   0   0    
         DET AL   3    7    1    3   0  0   1    1   0      0      .429  .500  .857  326    6   0           1    
         CLE AL  37  114    9   23   5  1   0    8   0     10      .202  .266  .263   67   30   2           0    
 1906 23 CLE AL  57  179   22   64  12  4   1   21   3     13      .358  .404  .486  179   87   2           1    
 1907 24 CLE AL 120  390   44  105  19  6   3   33   3     35      .269  .333  .372  124  145   3           2    
 1908 25 CLE AL  97  290   34   70   8  6   1   27   6     30      .241  .315  .321  106   93   7           1    
 1909 26 CLE AL  55  164   15   45   4  2   0   14   1      9      .274  .316  .323   98   53   5           1    
 1910 27 CLE AL  21   58    4    9   2  0   0    2   0      8      .155  .258  .190   40   11   3           0    
 1911 28 SLB AL  82  256   22   55  10  1   0   18   2     26      .215  .287  .262   56   67   7           0    
 1919 36 PHI NL  26   62    4   15   3  0   0    2   1      4   5  .242  .299  .290   72   18   1           1    
 1920 37 PIT NL   3    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .000  .222  .000  -33    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      506 1536  157  390  64 20   6  127  16  0 138   9  .254  .318  .333  102  512  30   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        492   50  125  20  6   2   41   5  0  44   3  .254  .318  .333  102  164  10   0   0   2   0
 Career High    120  390   44  105  19  6   3   33   6  0  35   5  .269  .333  .372  124  145   7   0   0   2   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 22 TOT AL  144  105   11   2.8    73| .208  .249| .275  .308| .292  .325| .567  .634|  79  .451  -3.0  -0.4   0%
         CLE AL   10    8    0   0.0    73| .111  .249| .200  .308| .222  .325| .422  .634|  33  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         DET AL    8    4    3  20.0    73| .429  .249| .500  .308| .857  .325|1.357  .634| 326  .968   1.8   0.2     
         CLE AL  126   93    8   2.3    73| .202  .249| .266  .308| .263  .325| .529  .634|  67  .364  -4.1  -0.5     
 1906 23 CLE AL  195  117   35   8.0    74| .358  .255| .404  .310| .486  .326| .890  .637| 179  .839  16.2   1.9     
 1907 24 CLE AL  430  288   48   4.5    73| .269  .255| .333  .311| .372  .319| .705  .630| 124  .658  10.6   1.3     
 1908 25 CLE AL  328  227   29   3.4    69| .241  .247| .315  .304| .321  .314| .636  .618| 106  .570   2.1   0.3     
 1909 26 CLE AL  179  124   17   3.7    76| .274  .257| .316  .318| .323  .326| .639  .644|  98  .581  -0.6  -0.1     
 1910 27 CLE AL   69   52    3   1.6    76| .155  .251| .258  .317| .190  .324| .448  .642|  40  .210  -3.8  -0.5     
 1911 28 SLB AL  289  208   19   2.4    93| .215  .276| .287  .342| .262  .363| .549  .705|  56  .276 -14.3  -1.5     
 1919 36 PHI NL   68   48    5   2.8    87| .242  .272| .299  .327| .290  .358| .589  .685|  72  .395  -2.0  -0.2     
 1920 37 PIT NL    9    7    0   0.0    93| .000  .280| .222  .334| .000  .372| .222  .706| -33  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1711 1176  167   3.8    77| .254  .257| .318  .316| .333  .330| .651  .646| 102  .566   4.1   0.7     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 22 TOT AL C 44 178 41 8 3 .965 .971 4.98 5.96 13 CLE AL C 5 7 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.80 5.96 0 DET AL C 2 12 2 0 0 1.000 .972 7.00 5.95 1 CLE AL C 37 159 37 8 3 .961 .971 5.30 5.96 12 1906 23 CLE AL C 54 211 58 5 4 .982 .961 4.98 5.46 2 1907 24 CLE AL C 115 470 119 24 9 .961 .968 5.12 5.46 25 1908 25 CLE AL C 90 327 108 14 6 .969 .969 4.83 5.55 12 1909 26 CLE AL C 44 192 65 13 2 .952 .969 5.84 5.79 13 1910 27 CLE AL C 17 82 32 3 0 .974 .968 6.71 6.14 1 1911 28 SLB AL C 73 251 111 29 15 .926 .965 4.96 5.89 12 1B 4 37 1 3 2 .927 .977 9.50 9.97 1919 36 PHI NL C 22 63 30 3 1 .969 .972 4.23 4.78 3 1920 37 PIT NL C 3 12 4 0 0 1.000 .970 5.33 4.60 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 28 SLB AL 1B 4 37 1 3 2 .927 .977 9.50 9.97 1905 22 TOT AL C 44 178 41 8 3 .965 .971 4.98 5.96 13 CLE AL C 5 7 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.80 5.96 0 DET AL C 2 12 2 0 0 1.000 .972 7.00 5.95 1 CLE AL C 37 159 37 8 3 .961 .971 5.30 5.96 12 1906 23 CLE AL C 54 211 58 5 4 .982 .961 4.98 5.46 2 1907 24 CLE AL C 115 470 119 24 9 .961 .968 5.12 5.46 25 1908 25 CLE AL C 90 327 108 14 6 .969 .969 4.83 5.55 12 1909 26 CLE AL C 44 192 65 13 2 .952 .969 5.84 5.79 13 1910 27 CLE AL C 17 82 32 3 0 .974 .968 6.71 6.14 1 1911 28 SLB AL C 73 251 111 29 15 .926 .965 4.96 5.89 12 1919 36 PHI NL C 22 63 30 3 1 .969 .972 4.23 4.78 3 1920 37 PIT NL C 3 12 4 0 0 1.000 .970 5.33 4.60 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 462 1786 568 99 40 .960 .967 5.10 5.61 81 1B 4 37 1 3 2 .927 .977 9.50 9.97 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 466 1823 569 102 42 .959 .968 5.13 5.65
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.

Slugging %
1907 AL-.372-8

OPS
1907 AL-.704-9

Home Runs
1907 AL-3-8

Adjusted OPS+
1907 AL-124-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1906 AL-16-10

Batting Wins
1906 AL-1.9-9

Offensive Win%
1907 AL-.658-7

At Bats per Home Run
1907 AL-130.0-5

Oldest Player
1919 NL-36-5
1920 NL-37-4

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1562) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3477) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August, 1904: Purchased by the Cleveland Naps from the Atlanta (Southern Association).

August 1, 1905: Loaned to the Detroit Tigers by the Cleveland Naps.

August 11, 1905: Nig Clarke returned to the Cleveland Naps by the Detroit Tigers as part of earlier loan.

December 14, 1910: Traded by the Cleveland Naps to the St. Louis Browns for Art Griggs.

November, 1919: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Philadelphia Phillies.


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