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Jack Clements
John J. Clements

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 204 lb.

Debut April 22, 1884
Final Game October 2, 1900
Born July 24, 1864 in Philadelphia, PA
Died May 23, 1941 in Norristown, PA

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        The only left-handed throwing catcher with more than 1000 games--heck, with more than 300 games--in major league history. And that's no left-handed compliment...

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 19 TOT     50  207   40   57  13  2   3    0   0     13      .275  .318  .401  147   83                    
         PHK UA  41  177   37   50  13  2   3        0      9      .282  .317  .429  159   76                    
         PHI NL   9   30    3    7   0  0   0    0          4   8  .233  .324  .233   83    7                    
 1885 20 PHI NL  52  188   14   36  11  3   1   14          2  30  .191  .200  .298   61   56                    
 1886 21 PHI NL  54  185   15   38   5  1   0   11   4      7  34  .205  .234  .243   45   45                    
 1887 22 PHI NL  66  246   48   69  13  7   1   47   7      9  24  .280  .317  .402   93   99               4    
 1888 23 PHI NL  86  326   26   80   8  4   1   32   3     10  36  .245  .276  .304   81   99               4    
 1889 24 PHI NL  78  310   51   88  17  1   4   35   3     29  21  .284  .347  .384   97  119               1    
 1890 25 PHI NL  97  381   64  120  23  8   7   74  10     45  30  .315  .392  .472  148  180               3    
 1891 26 PHI NL 107  423   58  131  29  4   4   75   3     43  19  .310  .380  .426  131  180               5    
 1892 27 PHI NL 109  402   50  106  25  6   8   76   7     43  40  .264  .339  .415  128  167               3    
 1893 28 PHI NL  94  376   64  107  20  3  17   80   3     39  29  .285  .360  .489  123  184               5    
 1894 29 PHI NL  45  159   26   55   6  5   3   36   6     24   7  .346  .455  .503  135   80               8    
 1895 30 PHI NL  88  322   64  127  27  2  13   75   3     22   7  .394  .446  .612  171  197   3           8    
 1896 31 PHI NL  57  184   35   66   5  7   5   45   2     17  14  .359  .427  .543  156  100   6           5    
 1897 32 PHI NL  55  185   18   44   4  2   6   36   3     12      .238  .305  .378   82   70   4           6    
 1898 33 STL NL  99  335   39   86  19  5   3   41   1     21      .257  .314  .370   94  124   8           7    
 1899 34 CLV NL   4   12    1    3   0  0   0    0   0      0      .250  .308  .250   61    3   0           1    
 1900 35 BSN NL  16   42    6   13   1  0   1   10   0      3      .310  .370  .405  104   17   0           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1157 4283  619 1226 226 60  77  687  55  0 339 291  .286  .347  .421  117 1803  21   0   0  61   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        600   87  172  32  8  11   96   8  0  47  41  .286  .347  .421  117  252   3   0   0   9   0
 Career High    109  423   64  131  29  8  17   80  10  0  45  40  .394  .446  .612  171  197   8   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 19 TOT     220  150   26   4.5    58| .275  .239| .318  .267| .401  .312| .719  .580| 147  .635  12.2   1.4     
         PHK UA  186  127   24   4.9    56| .282  .238| .317  .264| .429  .308| .746  .572| 159  .678  12.6   1.4     
         PHI NL   34   23    2   2.3    69| .233  .244| .324  .283| .233  .338| .557  .621|  83  .299  -0.3   0.0     
 1885 20 PHI NL  190  152   11   1.9    67| .191  .244| .200  .287| .298  .326| .498  .612|  61  .261  -8.2  -0.9     
 1886 21 PHI NL  192  147   11   1.9    80| .205  .258| .234  .307| .243  .353| .477  .660|  45  .234 -12.2  -1.3     
 1887 22 PHI NL  259  177   30   4.4   102| .280  .282| .317  .341| .402  .401| .719  .741|  93  .500  -3.0  -0.3     
 1888 23 PHI NL  340  246   27   2.9    75| .245  .251| .276  .300| .304  .344| .580  .643|  81  .446  -7.6  -0.9     
 1889 24 PHI NL  340  222   41   4.9   103| .284  .283| .347  .356| .384  .387| .731  .742|  97  .555  -1.2  -0.1     
 1890 25 PHI NL  429  261   70   7.1    90| .315  .262| .392  .340| .472  .355| .864  .695| 148  .744  23.7   2.5     
 1891 26 PHI NL  471  292   67   6.1    90| .310  .263| .380  .338| .426  .358| .806  .696| 131  .688  18.3   1.9     
 1892 27 PHI NL  448  296   56   5.0    81| .264  .252| .339  .325| .415  .337| .754  .662| 128  .638  13.4   1.5     
 1893 28 PHI NL  420  269   65   6.4   108| .285  .288| .360  .367| .489  .393| .849  .760| 123  .619  10.3   1.0     
 1894 29 PHI NL  191  104   35   8.7   123| .346  .310| .455  .381| .503  .437| .958  .818| 135  .668  10.7   0.9     
 1895 30 PHI NL  355  198   85  11.1   112| .394  .302| .446  .369| .612  .408|1.058  .777| 171  .803  34.0   3.1     
 1896 31 PHI NL  212  124   41   8.6   107| .359  .296| .427  .361| .543  .395| .970  .756| 156  .742  14.4   1.3     
 1897 32 PHI NL  207  145   20   3.6   105| .238  .295| .305  .358| .378  .392| .683  .750|  82  .369  -5.7  -0.5     
 1898 33 STL NL  371  257   37   3.7    93| .257  .280| .314  .345| .370  .359| .684  .704|  94  .476  -3.4  -0.4     
 1899 34 CLV NL   13    9    1   2.9    90| .250  .276| .308  .337| .250  .359| .558  .696|  61  .323  -0.6  -0.1     
 1900 35 BSN NL   46   29    6   5.4   108| .310  .301| .370  .364| .405  .397| .775  .761| 104  .607   0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     4704 3078  629   5.4    93| .286  .273| .347  .338| .421  .369| .768  .707| 117  .609  95.3   9.1     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 19 TOT C 29 165 48 32 1 .869 .895 7.34 7.63 57 PHK UA OF 22 28 14 13 2 .764 .816 1.91 1.47 5 0 17 C 20 114 32 18 0 .890 .895 7.30 7.91 45 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.90 PHI NL C 9 51 16 14 1 .827 .895 7.44 7.02 12 1885 20 PHI NL C 41 181 47 28 2 .891 .893 5.56 6.36 44 OF 11 15 2 4 1 .810 .881 1.55 1.82 2 7 2 1886 21 PHI NL C 47 318 52 28 3 .930 .918 7.87 6.74 30 OF 7 16 2 2 0 .900 .891 2.57 1.71 1 0 6 1887 22 PHI NL C 59 328 79 26 8 .940 .906 6.90 5.91 40 3B 4 3 2 0 0 1.000 .877 1.25 3.38 SS 3 7 10 0 2 1.000 .890 5.67 4.93 1888 23 PHI NL C 85 494 104 47 6 .927 .912 7.04 6.72 39 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 1.90 0 0 1 1889 24 PHI NL C 78 380 77 42 7 .916 .910 5.86 5.71 34 1890 25 PHI NL C 91 503 92 35 12 .944 .926 6.54 6.04 36 1B 5 46 3 0 2 1.000 .976 9.80 10.26 1891 26 PHI NL C 107 415 108 41 10 .927 .926 4.89 5.45 31 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.50 1892 27 PHI NL C 109 557 107 35 12 .950 .935 6.09 5.58 29 1893 28 PHI NL C 92 329 75 25 5 .942 .936 4.39 4.51 17 1B 1 1 1 1 1 .667 1.000 2.00 10.50 1894 29 PHI NL C 45 178 32 12 4 .946 .925 4.67 4.32 12 1895 30 PHI NL C 88 280 69 11 7 .969 .937 3.97 4.30 13 1896 31 PHI NL C 53 149 51 7 3 .966 .943 3.77 4.33 9 1897 32 PHI NL C 49 163 40 8 3 .962 .948 4.14 4.54 7 1898 33 STL NL C 86 287 81 11 8 .971 .953 4.28 4.60 17 1899 34 CLV NL C 4 8 7 1 0 .938 .949 3.75 4.38 1 1900 35 BSN NL C 10 45 10 3 2 .948 .948 5.50 4.73 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1890 25 PHI NL 1B 5 46 3 0 2 1.000 .976 9.80 10.26 1891 26 PHI NL 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.50 1893 28 PHI NL 1B 1 1 1 1 1 .667 1.000 2.00 10.50 1887 22 PHI NL 3B 4 3 2 0 0 1.000 .877 1.25 3.38 1884 19 TOT C 29 165 48 32 1 .869 .895 7.34 7.63 57 PHK UA C 20 114 32 18 0 .890 .895 7.30 7.91 45 PHI NL C 9 51 16 14 1 .827 .895 7.44 7.02 12 1885 20 PHI NL C 41 181 47 28 2 .891 .893 5.56 6.36 44 1886 21 PHI NL C 47 318 52 28 3 .930 .918 7.87 6.74 30 1887 22 PHI NL C 59 328 79 26 8 .940 .906 6.90 5.91 40 1888 23 PHI NL C 85 494 104 47 6 .927 .912 7.04 6.72 39 1889 24 PHI NL C 78 380 77 42 7 .916 .910 5.86 5.71 34 1890 25 PHI NL C 91 503 92 35 12 .944 .926 6.54 6.04 36 1891 26 PHI NL C 107 415 108 41 10 .927 .926 4.89 5.45 31 1892 27 PHI NL C 109 557 107 35 12 .950 .935 6.09 5.58 29 1893 28 PHI NL C 92 329 75 25 5 .942 .936 4.39 4.51 17 1894 29 PHI NL C 45 178 32 12 4 .946 .925 4.67 4.32 12 1895 30 PHI NL C 88 280 69 11 7 .969 .937 3.97 4.30 13 1896 31 PHI NL C 53 149 51 7 3 .966 .943 3.77 4.33 9 1897 32 PHI NL C 49 163 40 8 3 .962 .948 4.14 4.54 7 1898 33 STL NL C 86 287 81 11 8 .971 .953 4.28 4.60 17 1899 34 CLV NL C 4 8 7 1 0 .938 .949 3.75 4.38 1 1900 35 BSN NL C 10 45 10 3 2 .948 .948 5.50 4.73 1 1884 19 PHK UA OF 22 28 14 13 2 .764 .816 1.91 1.47 5 0 17 1885 20 PHI NL OF 11 15 2 4 1 .810 .881 1.55 1.82 2 7 2 1886 21 PHI NL OF 7 16 2 2 0 .900 .891 2.57 1.71 1 0 6 1888 23 PHI NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 1.90 0 0 1 1884 19 PHK UA SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.90 1887 22 PHI NL SS 3 7 10 0 2 1.000 .890 5.67 4.93
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 1073 4780 1079 392 93 .937 .924 5.46 5.41 417 OF 41 61 18 19 3 .806 .848 1.93 1.61 8 7 26 1B 8 47 4 1 3 .981 .977 6.38 10.35 SS 4 7 10 0 2 1.000 .890 4.25 4.67 3B 4 3 2 0 0 1.000 .877 1.25 3.38 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1130 4898 1113 412 101 .936 .924 5.32 5.30
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.

Batting Average
1890 NL-.315-3
1891 NL-.310-4
1895 NL-.394-3

On-base %
1890 NL-.392-6
1891 NL-.380-6
1895 NL-.446-8

Slugging %
1890 NL-.472-2
1891 NL-.426-6
1892 NL-.415-10
1893 NL-.489-8
1895 NL-.612-3

OPS
1890 NL-.864-2
1891 NL-.806-7
1895 NL-1.058-3

Doubles
1891 NL-29-5

Home Runs
1890 NL-7-5
1892 NL-8-6
1893 NL-17-2
1895 NL-13-3
1897 NL-6-7

Adjusted OPS+
1890 NL-148-3
1891 NL-131-7
1895 NL-171-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1890 NL-24-7
1891 NL-18-9

Batting Wins
1890 NL-2.5-7
1891 NL-1.9-8

Offensive Win%
1890 NL-.744-2
1891 NL-.688-7
1895 NL-.803-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1891 NL-22.3-8
1895 NL-46.0-9

At Bats per Home Run
1890 NL-54.4-5
1892 NL-50.3-5
1893 NL-22.1-1
1895 NL-24.8-1

Oldest Player
1900 NL-35-6

Youngest Player
1884 NL-19-8

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 49 (499) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.9 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 11, 1884: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Quakers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 10, 1897: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Jack Taylor, and $1,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Monte Cross, Klondike Douglass, and Red Donahue.

March 29, 1899: Assigned to the Cleveland Spiders by the St. Louis Perfectos.

May 18, 1899: Released by the Cleveland Spiders.


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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