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Fred Clarke
Fred Clifford Clarke (Cap)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 3, 1872 in Winterset, IA
Signed as a Free Agent with the Louisville Colonels in 1894. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1894
Final Game: September 23, 1915
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1945.
Died: August 14, 1960 in Winfield, KS
Relatives: Brother of Josh Clarke and Brother-In-Law of Chick Fraser
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Standard Batting

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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
1894 21 LOU NL 75 339 310 54 83 11 7 7 48 25 25 27 .268 .330 .416 .747 84 129 4 O
1895 22 LOU NL 132 597 550 96 191 21 5 4 82 40 34 24 .347 .396 .425 .821 117 234 10 3 *O
1896 23 LOU NL 131 581 517 96 168 15 18 9 79 34 43 34 .325 .392 .476 .868 132 246 14 7 *O
1897 24 LOU NL 128 590 518 120 202 30 13 6 67 57 45 .390 .462 .533 .994 165 276 24 3 *O
1898 25 LOU NL 149 667 599 116 184 23 12 3 47 40 48 .307 .373 .401 .774 122 240 15 5 *O
1899 26 LOU NL 148 677 602 122 206 23 9 5 70 49 49 .342 .406 .435 .842 131 262 16 10 *O/6
1900 27 PIT NL 106 466 399 84 110 15 12 3 32 21 51 .276 .368 .396 .764 109 158 7 9 *O
1901 28 PIT NL 129 601 527 118 171 24 15 6 60 23 51 .324 .395 .461 .856 145 243 10 13 *O/56
1902 29 PIT NL 113 530 459 103 145 27 14 2 53 29 51 .316 .401 .449 .850 157 206 14 6 *O
1903 30 PIT NL 104 486 427 88 150 32 15 5 70 21 41 .351 .414 .532 .946 165 227 5 13 *O/6
1904 31 PIT NL 72 313 278 51 85 7 11 0 25 11 22 .306 .367 .410 .777 136 114 5 8 O
1905 32 PIT NL 141 604 525 95 157 18 15 2 51 24 55 .299 .368 .402 .770 126 211 2 22 *O
1906 33 PIT NL 118 478 417 69 129 14 13 1 39 18 40 .309 .371 .412 .784 140 172 1 20 *O
1907 34 PIT NL 148 593 501 97 145 18 13 2 59 37 68 .289 .383 .389 .772 140 195 8 16 *O
1908 35 PIT NL 151 644 551 83 146 18 15 2 53 24 65 .265 .349 .363 .712 127 200 6 22 *O
1909 36 PIT NL 152 660 550 97 158 16 11 3 68 31 80 .287 .384 .373 .756 130 205 6 24 *O
1910 37 PIT NL 123 515 429 57 113 23 9 2 63 12 53 23 .263 .350 .373 .723 105 160 4 29 *O
1911 38 PIT NL 110 460 392 73 127 25 13 5 49 10 53 27 .324 .407 .492 .900 147 193 2 13 O
1913 40 PIT NL 9 14 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .154 .231 -34 2 0 1 /O
1914 41 PIT NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1915 42 PIT NL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 204 1 0 0 /O
21 Seasons 2242 9819 8568 1619 2672 361 220 67 1015 506 874 135 .312 .386 .429 .814 132 3674 153 224
162 Game Avg. 162 709 619 117 193 26 16 5 73 37 63 .312 .386 .429 .814 132 265 11
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
PIT (15 yrs) 1479 6368 5472 1015 1638 238 156 33 622 261 630 50 .299 .379 .418 .797 135 2287 70 196
LOU (6 yrs) 763 3451 3096 604 1034 123 64 34 393 245 244 85 .334 .398 .448 .846 128 1387 83 28

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1903 30 PIT NL WS BOS L 8 35 34 3 9 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 5 .265 .286 .382 .668 13 0 0 0 0 0
1909 36 PIT NL WS DET W 7 30 19 7 4 0 0 2 7 3 0 5 3 .211 .385 .526 .911 10 0 1 4 1 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 15 65 53 10 13 2 1 2 9 4 0 6 8 .245 .328 .434 .762 23 0 1 4 1 0
2 WS 15 65 53 10 13 2 1 2 9 4 0 6 8 .245 .328 .434 .762 23 0 1 4 1 0

Standard Fielding

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1894 LOU NL 21 OF 75 200 162 15 23 2 .885 2.36 .918 2.24 75-0-0
1895 LOU NL 22 OF 132 413 344 20 49 4 .881 2.76 .920 2.14 132-0-0
1896 LOU NL 23 OF 131 325 277 18 30 2 .908 2.25 .935 2.12 131-0-0
1897 LOU NL 24 OF 127 324 282 18 24 0 .926 2.36 .935 2.06 126-3-0
1898 LOU NL 25 OF 149 386 344 19 23 3 .940 2.44 .937 2.03 148-0-2
1899 LOU NL 26 OF 144 360 327 20 13 2 .964 2.41 .943 2.11 144-0-0
1899 LOU NL 26 SS 3 29 13 9 7 0 .759 7.33 .924 5.53
1900 PIT NL 27 OF 104 287 263 8 16 2 .944 2.61 .940 2.13 104-0-0
1901 PIT NL 28 OF 127 304 282 13 9 0 .970 2.32 .940 2.03 127-0-0
1901 PIT NL 28 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
1901 PIT NL 28 SS 1 6 1 2 3 1 .500 3.00 .967 5.70
1902 PIT NL 29 OF 113 238 215 13 10 2 .958 2.02 .944 1.93 110-0-4
1903 PIT NL 30 OF 101 185 168 10 7 3 .962 1.76 .941 1.91 101-0-0
1903 PIT NL 30 SS 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .900 5.35
1904 PIT NL 31 OF 70 142 135 4 3 2 .979 1.99 .945 1.86 70-0-0
1905 PIT NL 32 OF 137 293 270 16 7 4 .976 2.09 .954 1.93 137-0-0
1906 PIT NL 33 OF 110 230 209 15 6 3 .974 2.04 .958 1.86 110-0-0
1907 PIT NL 34 OF 144 317 298 15 4 2 .987 2.17 .959 1.94 144-0-0
1908 PIT NL 35 OF 151 375 350 15 10 2 .973 2.42 .959 1.99 150-1-0
1909 PIT NL 36 OF 152 384 362 17 5 2 .987 2.49 .960 2.01 152-0-0
1910 PIT NL 37 OF 118 304 284 10 10 4 .967 2.49 .959 2.10 118-0-0
1911 PIT NL 38 OF 101 231 216 8 7 3 .970 2.22 .960 2.07 101-0-0
1913 PIT NL 40 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.10 2-0-0
1915 PIT NL 42 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1-0-0
20 Seasons OF 2189 5300 4790 254 256 42 .952 2.30 .945 2.03 2183-4-6
3 Seasons SS 6 39 17 12 10 1 .744 4.83 .928 5.50
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
21 Seasons TOT 2196 5339 4807 266 266 43 .950 2.31 .895 2.04 2183-4-6
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1936 Veterans (11.5%)
1937 BBWAA (10.9%)
1938 BBWAA (24.0%)
1939 BBWAA (21.5%)
1942 BBWAA (24.9%)
1945 BBWAA (21.5%)
1945 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1945 by Old Timers Committee

Batting Average s c a p y
1897 NL  .390 (2nd)
1899 NL  .342 (10th)
1902 NL  .316 (6th)
1903 NL  .351 (2nd)
1906 NL  .309 (7th)
1907 NL  .289 (8th)
1909 NL  .287 (9th)
1911 NL  .324 (4th)
Career  .312 (89th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1897 NL  .462 (5th)
1901 NL  .395 (10th)
1902 NL  .401 (4th)
1903 NL  .414 (7th)
1907 NL  .383 (5th)
1908 NL  .349 (10th)
1909 NL  .384 (4th)
1911 NL  .407 (4th)
Career  .386 (132nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1897 NL  .533 (4th)
1901 NL  .461 (9th)
1902 NL  .449 (3rd)
1903 NL  .532 (1st)
1906 NL  .412 (8th)
1907 NL  .389 (8th)
1911 NL  .492 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1897 NL  .994 (2nd)
1901 NL  .856 (8th)
1902 NL  .850 (2nd)
1903 NL  .946 (1st)
1906 NL  .784 (7th)
1907 NL  .772 (4th)
1909 NL  .756 (8th)
1911 NL  .900 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1895 NL  132 (4th)
1907 NL  148 (10th)
1909 NL  152 (4th)
Career  2242 (116th)

At Bats s c a p y
1895 NL  550 (5th)
1898 NL  599 (9th)
1899 NL  602 (7th)
Career  8568 (92nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1898 NL  667 (7th)
1899 NL  677 (6th)
1908 NL  644 (8th)
1909 NL  660 (5th)
Career  9819 (84th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1898 NL  116 (7th)
1899 NL  122 (6th)
1901 NL  118 (4th)
1902 NL  103 (2nd)
1903 NL  88 (10th)
1905 NL  95 (9th)
1907 NL  97 (4th)
1908 NL  83 (4th)
1909 NL  97 (2nd)
Career  1619 (42nd)

Hits s c a p y
1895 NL  191 (10th)
1897 NL  202 (2nd)
1899 NL  206 (6th)
1907 NL  145 (8th)
1909 NL  158 (8th)
Career  2672 (64th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1896 NL  246 (10th)
1897 NL  276 (4th)
1899 NL  262 (8th)
1902 NL  206 (7th)
1903 NL  227 (6th)
1907 NL  195 (8th)
1908 NL  200 (9th)
Career  3674 (117th)

Doubles s c a p y
1897 NL  30 (10th)
1902 NL  27 (2nd)
1903 NL  32 (1st)
Career  361 (228th)

Triples s c a p y
1896 NL  18 (5th)
1900 NL  12 (9th)
1901 NL  15 (7th)
1902 NL  14 (4th)
1903 NL  15 (4th)
1905 NL  15 (6th)
1906 NL  13 (1st)
1907 NL  13 (5th)
1908 NL  15 (5th)
1909 NL  11 (8th)
1911 NL  13 (8th)
Career  220 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1896 NL  9 (5th)
1897 NL  6 (7th)
1901 NL  6 (9th)
1903 NL  5 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1907 NL  59 (10th)
1909 NL  68 (7th)
Career  1015 (250th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1902 NL  51 (7th)
1907 NL  68 (9th)
1908 NL  65 (4th)
1909 NL  80 (1st)
Career  874 (172nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1897 NL  57 (8th)
1898 NL  40 (7th)
1899 NL  49 (5th)
1902 NL  29 (8th)
1907 NL  37 (6th)
Career  506 (34th)

Singles s c a p y
1895 NL  161 (5th)
1897 NL  153 (5th)
1899 NL  169 (4th)
1909 NL  128 (4th)
Career  2024 (43rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1897 NL  165 (1st)
1901 NL  145 (9th)
1902 NL  157 (2nd)
1903 NL  165 (1st)
1906 NL  140 (8th)
1907 NL  140 (5th)
1909 NL  130 (8th)
1911 NL  147 (4th)
Career  132 (133rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1897 NL  121 (3rd)
1899 NL  103 (9th)
1901 NL  93 (8th)
1902 NL  79 (5th)
1903 NL  93 (6th)
1907 NL  73 (5th)
1908 NL  69 (7th)
1909 NL  77 (6th)
Career  1392 (105th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1897 NL  52 (2nd)
1901 NL  31 (8th)
1902 NL  34 (2nd)
1903 NL  36 (7th)
1906 NL  19 (10th)
1907 NL  26 (4th)
1908 NL  18 (9th)
1909 NL  23 (6th)
1911 NL  25 (7th)
Career  373 (80th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1897 NL  4.8 (2nd)
1901 NL  3.2 (8th)
1902 NL  3.7 (2nd)
1903 NL  3.8 (7th)
1906 NL  2.2 (10th)
1907 NL  3.1 (4th)
1908 NL  2.2 (9th)
1909 NL  2.7 (6th)
1911 NL  2.7 (7th)
Career  39.5 (72nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1897 NL  49 (7th)
1901 NL  45 (10th)
1902 NL  43 (2nd)
1903 NL  52 (3rd)
1908 NL  35 (9th)
Career  648 (219th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1897 NL  271 (4th)
1899 NL  271 (8th)
1901 NL  232 (9th)
1902 NL  210 (8th)
1907 NL  221 (7th)
1908 NL  217 (5th)
1909 NL  244 (1st)
Career  3699 (70th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1897 NL  .788 (2nd)
1901 NL  .725 (8th)
1902 NL  .765 (4th)
1903 NL  .801 (2nd)
1906 NL  .734 (8th)
1907 NL  .723 (4th)
1909 NL  .688 (8th)
1911 NL  .761 (3rd)
Career  .683 (106th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1895 NL  10 (10th)
1896 NL  14 (6th)
1897 NL  24 (2nd)
1898 NL  15 (10th)
1899 NL  16 (8th)
1901 NL  10 (5th)
1902 NL  14 (1st)
1907 NL  8 (7th)
Career  153 (18th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1905 NL  22 (5th)
1910 NL  29 (8th)
Career  224 (58th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1896 NL  14.2 (5th)
1897 NL  10.9 (5th)
1903 NL  8.1 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1910 NL  18.7 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1896 NL  57.4 (8th)
1903 NL  85.4 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  6120 (117th)

Oldest s c a p y
1909 NL  born 1872-10-03 (8th)
1910 NL  born 1872-10-03 (7th)
1911 NL  born 1872-10-03 (5th)
1913 NL  born 1872-10-03 (2nd)
1914 NL  born 1872-10-03 (1st)
1915 NL  born 1872-10-03 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 160 (73), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 84 (204), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 50 (79), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. George Van Haltren (920)
  2. Jesse Burkett (891) *
  3. Jimmy Ryan (877)
  4. Sam Rice (865) *
  5. Joe Kelley (860) *
  6. Jim O'Rourke (858) *
  7. Max Carey (849) *
  8. Harry Hooper (845) *
  9. Kenny Lofton (840)
  10. Willie Keeler (833) *
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  3. Elmer Flick (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ross Youngs (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jesse Burkett (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ginger Beaumont (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ross Youngs (938) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ross Youngs (938) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Elmer Flick (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Elmer Flick (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Elmer Flick (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Elmer Flick (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Edd Roush (909) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Joe Kelley (909) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. George Van Haltren (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. George Van Haltren (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Max Carey (848) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Jimmy Ryan (877)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  20. Sam Rice (885) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 28, 1894: Signed as a Free Agent with the Louisville Colonels.

December 8, 1899: Traded by the Louisville Colonels with Bert Cunningham, Mike Kelley, Tacks Latimer, Tommy Leach, Tom Messitt, Deacon Phillippe, Claude Ritchey, Rube Waddell, Jack Wadsworth, Honus Wagner and Chief Zimmer to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jack Chesbro, Paddy Fox, Art Madison, John O'Brien and $25,000.

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