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Boileryard Clarke

William Jones Clarke

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 18, 1868 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1893
Teams (by GP): Senators/Orioles/Beaneaters/Giants 1893-1905

Final Game: October 7, 1905
Died: July 29, 1959 in Princeton, NJ
Buried: Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1893 24 BLN NL 49 208 183 23 32 1 3 1 24 2 19 14 .175 .274 .230 .504 34 42 6 23
1894 25 BLN NL 28 122 100 18 24 8 0 1 19 2 16 14 .240 .361 .350 .711 69 35 3 3 2/3
1895 26 BLN NL 67 267 241 38 70 15 3 0 35 8 13 18 .290 .350 .378 .727 85 91 9 4 2/3
1896 27 BLN NL 80 330 300 48 89 14 7 2 71 7 14 12 .297 .345 .410 .755 97 123 8 8 23
1897 28 BLN NL 64 259 241 32 65 7 1 1 38 5 9 12 .270 .320 .320 .640 69 77 9 0 2/3
1898 29 BLN NL 82 308 285 26 69 5 2 0 27 2 4 14 .242 .289 .274 .563 60 78 15 4 23
1899 30 BSN NL 60 243 223 25 50 3 2 2 32 2 10 17 .224 .270 .283 .553 46 63 4 6 2
1900 31 BSN NL 81 291 270 35 85 5 2 1 30 0 9 16 .315 .344 .359 .703 86 97 3 9 2/3
1901 32 WSH AL 110 465 422 58 118 15 5 3 54 7 23 32 .280 .335 .360 .695 93 152 12 8 *2/3
1902 33 WSH AL 87 323 291 31 78 15 0 6 40 1 23 15 .268 .330 .381 .712 96 111 4 5 2
1903 34 WSH AL 126 494 465 35 111 14 6 2 38 12 15 28 .239 .273 .308 .581 73 143 7 7 32
1904 35 WSH AL 85 301 275 23 58 8 1 0 17 5 17 21 .211 .269 .247 .517 65 68 5 4 23
1905 36 NYG NL 31 56 50 2 9 0 0 1 4 1 4 5 .180 .241 .240 .481 42 12 0 2 32
13 Yrs 950 3667 3346 394 858 110 32 20 429 54 176 218 .256 .310 .326 .637 75 1092 85 60
162 Game Avg. 162 625 571 67 146 19 5 3 73 9 30 37 .256 .310 .326 .637 75 186 14
BLN (6 yrs) 370 1494 1350 185 349 50 16 5 214 26 75 84 .259 .321 .330 .652 72 446 50 19
WSH (4 yrs) 408 1583 1453 147 365 52 12 11 149 25 78 96 .251 .302 .326 .628 83 474 28 24
BSN (2 yrs) 141 534 493 60 135 8 4 3 62 2 19 33 .274 .310 .325 .635 67 160 7 15
NYG (1 yr) 31 56 50 2 9 0 0 1 4 1 4 5 .180 .241 .240 .481 42 12 0 2
NL (9 yrs) 542 2084 1893 247 493 58 20 9 280 29 98 122 .260 .316 .326 .643 70 618 57 36
AL (4 yrs) 408 1583 1453 147 365 52 12 11 149 25 78 96 .251 .302 .326 .628 83 474 28 24

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1893 24 BLN NL 49 208 -19 -0 0 -4 2 -21 -1.7 6 -15 -1.1 .466 .490 -0.7 -0.1 -11 $ 23
1894 25 BLN NL 28 122 -6 -0 0 -2 2 -7 -0.5 4 -4 -0.2 .482 .497 0.0 -0.0 -2 $ 2/3
1895 26 BLN NL 67 267 -6 -1 0 2 4 -1 -0.1 8 6 0.7 .499 .499 0.5 0.4 4 $ 2/3
1896 27 BLN NL 80 330 -2 -1 0 -2 4 -1 -0.1 10 9 0.9 .499 .500 1.1 0.2 11 $ 23
1897 28 BLN NL 64 259 -11 -1 0 -1 4 -8 -0.7 8 -1 0.0 .489 .496 0.1 0.2 0 $ 2/3
1898 29 BLN NL 82 308 -14 0 0 -1 5 -10 -1.0 10 -1 0.0 .488 .494 0.1 0.3 0 $2,250 23
1899 30 BSN NL 60 243 -19 0 0 -1 4 -16 -1.5 8 -8 -0.7 .476 .491 -0.6 0.3 -7 $ 2
1900 31 BSN NL 81 291 -6 1 0 -2 4 -2 -0.2 8 6 0.6 .498 .499 0.8 0.2 8 $ 2/3
1901 32 WSH AL 110 465 -3 -0 0 3 7 7 0.6 15 22 2.1 .506 .504 1.9 0.9 19 $ *2/3
1902 33 WSH AL 87 323 -0 1 0 4 5 10 0.9 10 20 2.0 .511 .506 1.6 0.9 16 $2,123 2
1903 34 WSH AL 126 494 -13 -1 0 -6 -0 -20 -2.4 16 -4 -0.7 .482 .486 0.0 -0.8 2 $ 32
1904 35 WSH AL 85 301 -9 -0 0 0 2 -7 -0.9 10 3 0.1 .490 .495 0.2 0.3 3 $ 23
1905 36 NYG NL 31 56 -3 -0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .485 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ 32
13 Seasons 950 3667 -112 -2 0 -11 44 -80 -8.2 113 33 3.4 .492 .496 4.8 2.7 44 $4,373
BLN (6 yrs) 370 1494 -59 -2 0 -8 21 -48 -4.2 44 -5 0.3 .489 .496 1.1 1.0 3 $2,250
WSH (4 yrs) 408 1583 -25 -1 0 1 14 -10 -1.8 52 42 3.5 .496 .498 3.7 1.3 41 $2,123
BSN (2 yrs) 141 534 -24 1 0 -3 8 -18 -1.7 16 -2 -0.1 .488 .495 0.2 0.5 1 $
NYG (1 yr) 31 56 -3 -0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .485 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1893 24 BLN NL 208 151 11 1.9 107 .185 .175 .287 .274 .366 .230 .391 .504 .756 34 .153 -18.1 -1.8 .457 .169 .055 1.3
1894 25 BLN NL 122 79 12 3.9 130 .271 .240 .321 .361 .393 .350 .452 .711 .845 69 .318 -4.6 -0.4 .737 .290 .110 1.3
1895 26 BLN NL 267 175 30 4.4 115 .314 .290 .306 .350 .373 .378 .414 .727 .786 85 .432 -5.3 -0.5 .708 .174 .087 .0
1896 27 BLN NL 330 219 40 4.8 109 .304 .297 .300 .345 .365 .410 .400 .755 .766 97 .491 -2.5 -0.2 .720 .183 .113 3.1
1897 28 BLN NL 259 176 23 3.4 107 .281 .270 .298 .320 .362 .320 .396 .640 .759 69 .347 -10.9 -1.0 .568 .108 .050 1.7
1898 29 BLN NL 308 220 20 2.4 93 .255 .242 .280 .289 .345 .274 .360 .563 .705 60 .281 -15.4 -1.6 .458 .053 .032 .0
1899 30 BSN NL 243 179 16 2.3 108 .235 .224 .302 .270 .366 .283 .393 .553 .759 46 .243 -18.2 -1.9 .457 .112 .058 2.0
1900 31 BSN NL 291 194 33 4.4 107 .332 .315 .300 .344 .363 .359 .396 .703 .758 86 .519 -6.2 -0.6 .589 .078 .044 .0
1901 32 WSH AL 465 312 48 4.0 96 .297 .280 .283 .335 .339 .360 .380 .695 .719 93 .467 -3.4 -0.4 .638 .152 .081 4.2
1902 33 WSH AL 323 218 36 4.4 98 .267 .268 .284 .330 .341 .381 .383 .712 .724 96 .512 -1.1 -0.1 .653 .196 .113 1.7
1903 34 WSH AL 494 361 38 2.8 83 .251 .239 .264 .273 .314 .308 .357 .581 .671 73 .388 -16.0 -1.8 .500 .127 .069 3.4
1904 35 WSH AL 301 221 17 2.0 72 .228 .211 .249 .269 .301 .247 .327 .517 .628 65 .309 -10.2 -1.2 .438 .116 .036 .0
1905 36 NYG NL 56 43 3 1.9 85 .182 .180 .267 .241 .329 .240 .348 .481 .678 42 .237 -3.7 -0.4 .415 .160 .060 1.0
13 Yrs 3667 2548 327 3.4 99 .270 .256 .285 .310 .346 .326 .381 .637 .727 75 .389 -115.7 -11.9 .566 .139 .070 29.2
162 Game Avg. 625 435 56 3.4 99 .270 .256 .285 .310 .346 .326 .381 .637 .727 75 .389 -115.7 -11.9 .566 .139 .070 5
BLN (6 yrs) 1494 1020 136 3.5 108 .273 .259 .296 .321 .364 .330 .396 .652 .760 72 .356 -56.8 -5.5 .596 .147 .072 8.4
WSH (4 yrs) 1583 1112 139 3.3 88 .263 .251 .271 .302 .324 .326 .363 .628 .688 83 .429 -30.8 -3.5 .556 .146 .075 15.3
BSN (2 yrs) 534 373 49 3.4 107 .289 .274 .301 .310 .364 .325 .395 .635 .759 67 .398 -24.4 -2.5 .525 .093 .051 2.4
NYG (1 yr) 56 43 3 1.9 85 .182 .180 .267 .241 .329 .240 .348 .481 .678 42 .237 -3.7 -0.4 .415 .160 .060 1.0
NL (9 yrs) 2084 1436 188 3.4 107 .275 .260 .297 .316 .363 .326 .394 .643 .758 70 .363 -85.0 -8.5 .573 .133 .066 13.7
AL (4 yrs) 1583 1112 139 3.3 88 .263 .251 .271 .302 .324 .326 .363 .628 .688 83 .429 -30.8 -3.5 .556 .146 .075 15.3

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1893 24 49 208 183 23 32 1 3 1 24 2 19 14 .175 .274 .230 .504 34 42 6
1894 25 77 330 283 41 56 9 3 2 43 4 35 28 .198 .306 .272 .578 47 77 9 3
1895 26 144 597 524 79 126 24 6 2 78 12 48 46 .240 .325 .321 .646 65 168 18 7
1896 27 224 927 824 127 215 38 13 4 149 19 62 58 .261 .332 .353 .685 76 291 26 15
1897 28 288 1186 1065 159 280 45 14 5 187 24 71 70 .263 .330 .346 .675 74 368 35 15
1898 29 370 1494 1350 185 349 50 16 5 214 26 75 84 .259 .321 .330 .652 72 446 50 19
1899 30 430 1737 1573 210 399 53 18 7 246 28 85 101 .254 .314 .324 .638 68 509 54 25
1900 31 511 2028 1843 245 484 58 20 8 276 28 94 117 .263 .318 .329 .647 71 606 57 34
1901 32 621 2493 2265 303 602 73 25 11 330 35 117 149 .266 .322 .335 .656 75 758 69 42
1902 33 708 2816 2556 334 680 88 25 17 370 36 140 164 .266 .322 .340 .662 77 869 73 47
1903 34 834 3310 3021 369 791 102 31 19 408 48 155 192 .262 .315 .335 .650 77 1012 80 54
1904 35 919 3611 3296 392 849 110 32 19 425 53 172 213 .258 .311 .328 .639 76 1080 85 58
1905 36 950 3667 3346 394 858 110 32 20 429 54 176 218 .256 .310 .326 .637 75 1092 85 60

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1893 24 61 242 218 19 31 1 3 1 20 2 18 17 .142 .227 .188 .415 9 49
1894 25 34 135 114 13 21 7 0 1 13 2 14 17 .184 .290 .272 .562 9 28
1895 26 82 299 274 30 66 14 3 0 27 8 12 22 .241 .293 .314 .606 23 67
1896 27 98 381 349 42 90 14 7 2 63 7 14 15 .258 .302 .355 .657 36 80
1897 28 77 295 277 29 66 7 1 1 34 5 9 14 .238 .285 .282 .566 20 64
1898 29 86 317 294 24 67 5 2 0 25 2 4 15 .228 .275 .259 .533 18 82
1899 30 63 245 226 19 44 3 2 2 25 2 9 18 .195 .238 .252 .491 13 60
1900 31 92 316 294 31 83 5 2 1 26 0 9 18 .282 .310 .323 .634 29 81
1901 32 130 530 484 57 125 16 5 3 53 7 24 38 .258 .311 .331 .642 47 110
1902 33 102 371 336 33 86 17 0 7 42 1 25 18 .256 .315 .369 .684 38 87
1903 34 147 581 547 43 134 17 7 2 47 14 18 33 .245 .279 .313 .592 47 126
1904 35 88 322 292 30 68 9 1 0 22 6 20 22 .233 .296 .271 .566 23 85
1905 36 32 59 53 2 10 0 0 1 4 1 4 5 .189 .246 .245 .491 3 31
13 Yrs 1092 4093 3758 372 891 115 33 21 401 57 180 252 .237 .288 .302 .590 315 950
162 Game Avg. 162 607 558 55 132 17 5 3 59 8 27 37 .237 .288 .302 .590 47 950

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1901 AL  0.9 (6th)
1902 AL  0.9 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1902 AL  6 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1898 NL  15 (10th)
1901 AL  12 (4th)
1903 AL  7 (7th)
Career  85 (127th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1903 AL  16.6 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1902 AL  48.5 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1903 AL  born 1868-10-18 (10th)
1904 AL  born 1868-10-18 (9th)
1905 NL  born 1868-10-18 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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