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Boileryard Clarke
William Jones Clarke

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 18, 1868 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1893
Final Game: October 7, 1905
Died: July 29, 1959 in Princeton, NJ
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1893	24	BLN	NL	49	208	183	23	32	1	3	1	24	2	19	14	.175	.274	.230	.504	33	42	6		23
1894	25	BLN	NL	28	119	100	18	24	8	0	1	19	2	16	14	.240	.361	.350	.711	69	35	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		.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		.242	.289	.274	.563	60	78	15	4	23
1899	30	BSN	NL	60	243	223	25	50	3	2	2	32	2	10		.224	.270	.283	.553	46	63	4	6	2
1900	31	BSN	NL	81	291	270	35	85	5	2	1	30	0	9		.315	.344	.359	.703	85	97	3	9	2/3
1901	32	WSH	AL	110	465	422	58	118	15	5	3	54	7	23		.280	.335	.360	.695	94	152	12	8	*2/3
1902	33	WSH	AL	87	323	291	31	78	15	0	6	40	1	23		.268	.330	.381	.712	96	111	4	5	2
1903	34	WSH	AL	126	494	465	35	111	14	6	2	38	12	15		.239	.273	.308	.581	72	143	7	7	32
1904	35	WSH	AL	85	301	275	23	58	8	1	0	17	5	17		.211	.269	.247	.517	65	68	5	4	23
1905	36	NYG	NL	31	56	50	2	9	0	0	1	4	1	4		.180	.241	.240	.481	42	12	0	2	32
13 Seasons				950	3664	3346	394	858	110	32	20	429	54	176	58	.256	.310	.326	.637	75	1092	85	57
162 Game Avg.				162	625	571	67	146	19	5	3	73	9	30		.256	.310	.326	.637	75	186	14

BLN (6 yrs)				370	1491	1350	185	349	50	16	5	214	26	75	58	.259	.321	.330	.652	72	446	50	16
WSH (4 yrs)				408	1583	1453	147	365	52	12	11	149	25	78		.251	.302	.326	.628	83	474	28	24
BSN (2 yrs)				141	534	493	60	135	8	4	3	62	2	19		.274	.310	.325	.635	67	160	7	15
NYG (1 yr)				31	56	50	2	9	0	0	1	4	1	4		.180	.241	.240	.481	42	12	0	2

NL (9 yrs)				542	2081	1893	247	493	58	20	9	280	29	98	58	.260	.316	.326	.643	70	618	57	33
AL (4 yrs)				408	1583	1453	147	365	52	12	11	149	25	78		.251	.302	.326	.628	83	474	28	24

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1893	BLN	NL	24	C	38			198	135	45	18	3	.909		4.74	.938		4.51	17
1893	BLN	NL	24	1B	11			102	97	3	2	5	.980		9.09	.978		10.46
1894	BLN	NL	25	C	23			113	80	22	11	1	.903		4.43	.927		4.32	5
1894	BLN	NL	25	1B	5			41	40	0	1	5	.976		8.00	.976		9.54
1895	BLN	NL	26	C	60			259	176	67	16	8	.938		4.05	.937		4.30	9
1895	BLN	NL	26	1B	6			46	43	2	1	5	.978		7.50	.978		9.92
1896	BLN	NL	27	C	67			270	203	53	14	5	.948		3.82	.943		4.33	14
1896	BLN	NL	27	1B	14			123	116	2	5	11	.959		8.43	.980		10.21
1897	BLN	NL	28	C	59			244	191	38	15	2	.939		3.88	.948		4.54	8
1897	BLN	NL	28	1B	4			37	35	2	0	4	1.000		9.25	.978		10.00
1898	BLN	NL	29	C	70			372	289	69	14	6	.962		5.11	.952		4.60	19
1898	BLN	NL	29	1B	10			92	87	2	3	4	.967		8.90	.977		10.06
1899	BSN	NL	30	C	60			300	213	69	18	4	.940		4.70	.953		4.38	8
1900	BSN	NL	31	C	67			377	246	104	27	8	.928		5.22	.950		4.73	22
1900	BSN	NL	31	1B	8			64	60	4	0	1	1.000		8.00	.978		10.24
1901	WSH	AL	32	C	107			504	358	122	24	11	.952		4.49	.950		4.79	10
1901	WSH	AL	32	1B	3			25	24	0	1	1	.960		8.00	.976		10.53
1902	WSH	AL	33	C	87			396	288	97	11	8	.972		4.43	.956		4.70	8
1903	WSH	AL	34	1B	88			953	891	44	18	44	.981		10.63	.981		10.59
1903	WSH	AL	34	C	37			208	148	46	14	1	.933		5.24	.972		5.75	2
1904	WSH	AL	35	C	52			308	229	72	7	9	.977		5.79	.969		5.90	6
1904	WSH	AL	35	1B	29			308	288	14	6	15	.981		10.41	.982		10.78
1905	NYG	NL	36	1B	15			113	106	4	3	4	.973		7.33	.981		10.48
1905	NYG	NL	36	C	12			34	31	2	1	0	.971		2.75	.962		5.91	0
13 Seasons				C	739			3583	2587	806	190	66	.947		4.59	.951		4.74	128
11 Seasons				1B	193			1904	1787	77	40	99	.979		9.66	.980		10.47
13 Seasons				TOT	932			5487	4374	883	230	165	.958		5.64	.919		5.92	128
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (117th)

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 (9th)
1904 AL  born 1868-10-18 (8th)
1905 NL  born 1868-10-18 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Larry McLean (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lew Drill (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Pagnozzi (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Archer (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pop Schriver (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Sugden (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pop Schriver (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pop Schriver (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Ganzel (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Ganzel (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Heinie Wagner (927) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

March 2, 1899: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Baltimore Orioles.

March 3, 1901: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Washington Senators. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 6, 1905: Released by the Washington Senators.

April 6, 1905: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

February, 1906: Purchased by Toledo (American Association) from the New York Giants.

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Uniforms

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Name and misspellings: William Boileryard Jones Clarke

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50