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Walter Clarkson
Walter Hamilton Clarkson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 150 lb.
School Harvard University

Debut July 2, 1904
Final Game April 28, 1908
Born November 3, 1878 in Cambridge, MA
Died October 10, 1946 in Cambridge, MA

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

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1904 25 NYY AL   1   2  13   4   2   0   9  1   66.3   63   42   37   3   25   43  10   1   294       0  5.02  2.70   54 1.327
 1905 26 NYY AL   3   3   9   4   3   0   4  0   46.0   40   26   20   1   13   35   2   3     0       0  3.91  2.91   74 1.152
 1906 27 NYY AL   9   4  32  16   9   3  10  0  151.0  135   59   39   6   55   64   5   5     0       0  2.32  2.96  127 1.258
 1907 28 TOT AL   5   7  22  12   9   1   8  0  108.0   96   52   32   2   37   35   5   1   450       0  2.67  2.56   96 1.231
         NYY AL   1   1   5   2   0   0   3  0   17.3   19   12   12   1    8    3   2   0    73       0  6.23  2.79   45 1.558
         CLE AL   4   6  17  10   9   1   5  0   90.7   77   40   20   1   29   32   3   1   377       0  1.99  2.51  127 1.169
 1908 29 CLE AL   0   0   2   1   0   0   1  0    3.3    6    4    4   0    2    1   2   0    19       0 10.80  2.39   22 2.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .529  18  16  78  37  23   4  32  1  374.7  340  183  132  12  132  178  24  10   763       0  3.17  2.79   88 1.260
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   9  46  21  13   2  18  0  221.3  201  108   78   7   78  105  14   5   451   0   0  3.17  2.79   88 1.260
 Career High      9   7  32  16   9   3  10  1  151.0  135   59   39   6   55   64  10   5   450   0   0  2.32  2.96  127 1.152

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1904 25 NYY AL  13   26    3    7   0  2   0    3   0      1      .269  .296  .423  121   11   0           0    
 1905 26 NYY AL   9   19    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .053  .053  .053  -68    1   0           0    
 1906 27 NYY AL  32   51    3    8   2  2   0    4   0      0      .157  .157  .275   29   14   3           0    
 1907 28 TOT AL  22   35    2    3   0  0   0    3   0      0      .086  .086  .086  -46    3   1           0    
         NYY AL   5    7    1    2   0  0   0    1   0      0      .286  .286  .286   76    2   0           0    
         CLE AL  17   28    1    1   0  0   0    2   0      0      .036  .036  .036  -77    1   1           0    
 1908 29 CLE AL   2    1    0    1   0  0   0    2   0      0     1.000 1.000 1.000  547    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       78  132    9   20   2  4   0   12   0  0   1   0  .152  .158  .227   18   30   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        274   19   42   4  8   0   25   0  0   2   0  .152  .158  .227   18   62   8   0   0   0   0
 Career High     32   51    3    8   2  2   0    4   0  0   1   0                          14   3   0   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1904 25 NYY AL   27   19    3   4.2    77| .269  .257| .296  .309| .423  .337| .719  .647| 121  .625   0.3   0.0     
 1905 26 NYY AL   19   18    0   0.0    80| .053  .260| .053  .321| .053  .339| .106  .659| -68  .000  -3.8  -0.5     
 1906 27 NYY AL   54   46    2   1.2    82| .157  .267| .157  .324| .275  .342| .432  .666|  29  .134  -4.7  -0.6     
 1907 28 TOT AL   36   33    1   0.8    74| .086  .257| .086  .312| .086  .321| .172  .633| -46  .078  -5.8  -0.7     
         NYY AL    7    5    1   5.4    77| .286  .263| .286  .319| .286  .329| .572  .648|  76  .728  -0.2   0.0     
         CLE AL   29   28    0   0.0    73| .036  .255| .036  .311| .036  .319| .072  .630| -77  .000  -5.6  -0.7     
 1908 29 CLE AL    1    0    1          69|1.000  .247|1.000  .304|1.000  .314|2.000  .618| 547         0.5   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       137  116    7   1.6    78| .152  .261| .158  .317| .227  .335| .385  .652|  18  .224 -13.5  -1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1904 25 NYY AL P 13 2 14 1 0 .941 .952 1.23 3.01 2.17 3.45 4 66.3 1905 26 NYY AL P 9 1 11 2 0 .857 .945 1.33 2.61 2.35 3.25 4 46.0 1906 27 NYY AL P 32 3 39 1 1 .977 .948 1.31 2.52 2.50 3.22 16 151.0 1907 28 TOT AL P 22 10 30 3 3 .930 .946 1.82 2.43 3.33 3.28 12 108.0 NYY AL P 5 1 6 0 1 1.000 .946 1.40 2.44 3.64 3.28 2 17.3 CLE AL P 17 9 24 3 2 .917 .946 1.94 2.43 3.27 3.28 10 90.7 1908 29 CLE AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 3.27 1 3.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1904 25 NYY AL P 13 2 14 1 0 .941 .952 1.23 3.01 2.17 3.45 4 66.3 1905 26 NYY AL P 9 1 11 2 0 .857 .945 1.33 2.61 2.35 3.25 4 46.0 1906 27 NYY AL P 32 3 39 1 1 .977 .948 1.31 2.52 2.50 3.22 16 151.0 1907 28 TOT AL P 22 10 30 3 3 .930 .946 1.82 2.43 3.33 3.28 12 108.0 NYY AL P 5 1 6 0 1 1.000 .946 1.40 2.44 3.64 3.28 2 17.3 CLE AL P 17 9 24 3 2 .917 .946 1.94 2.43 3.27 3.28 10 90.7 1908 29 CLE AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 3.27 1 3.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 78 16 94 7 4 .940 .947 1.41 2.58 2.64 3.28 37 374.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 78 16 94 7 4 .940 .947 1.41 2.58 2.64 3.28 37 375
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.

Won-Loss %
1906 AL-.692-4

Saves
1904 AL-1-2

Home Runs Allow.
1906 AL-6-3

Games Finished
1904 AL-9-2
1906 AL-10-3
1907 AL-8-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1728) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1831) (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 

August, 1905: Purchased by the New York Highlanders from the Jersey City (Eastern). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 16, 1907: Traded by the New York Highlanders with Frank Delahanty to the Cleveland Naps for Earl Moore.


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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