Horace Clarke

Horace Meredith Clarke

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 2, 1940 in Frederiksted, V.I.
High School: Christiansted (St. Croix, VI)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1965
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Padres 1965-1974
Final Game: September 15, 1974
About biographical information

Horace Clarke
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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1965
- 1970
- 1966
- 1971
- 1967
- 1972
- 1968
- 1973
- 1969
- 1974
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- 1965
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- 1966
- 1971
- 1967
- 1972
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- 1974
HR Log
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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
1965	25	NYY	AL	51	116	108	13	28	1	0	1	9	2	1	6	6	.259	.296	.296	.592	70	32	2	0	1	1	0	5/46
1966	26	NYY	AL	96	344	312	37	83	10	4	6	28	5	3	27	24	.266	.324	.381	.705	107	119	2	1	1	3	4	64/5
1967	27	NYY	AL	143	633	588	74	160	17	0	3	29	21	4	42	64	.272	.321	.316	.637	94	186	5	0	3	0	2	*4
1968	28	NYY	AL	148	607	579	52	133	6	1	2	26	20	7	23	46	.230	.258	.254	.512	59	147	8	0	3	2	0	*4
1969	29	NYY	AL	156	699	641	82	183	26	7	4	48	33	13	53	41	.285	.339	.367	.706	101	235	8	0	3	2	1	*4
1970	30	NYY	AL	158	732	*686*	81	172	24	2	4	46	23	7	35	35	.251	.286	.309	.595	68	212	12	2	2	7	5	*4
1971	31	NYY	AL	159	696	625	76	156	23	7	2	41	17	7	64	43	.250	.321	.318	.639	87	199	14	2	4	1	2	*4
1972	32	NYY	AL	147	613	547	65	132	20	2	3	37	18	6	56	44	.241	.315	.302	.616	87	165	7	4	3	3	4	*4
1973	33	NYY	AL	148	650	590	60	155	21	0	2	35	11	10	47	48	.263	.317	.308	.625	80	182	18	2	6	5	0	*4
1974	34	TOT	MLB	66	152	137	8	28	2	0	0	5	1	0	12	11	.204	.268	.219	.487	42	30	1	0	3	0	0	4/D
1974	34	NYY	AL	24	53	47	3	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	5	.234	.294	.255	.549	61	12	1	0	2	0	0	4/D
1974	34	SDP	NL	42	99	90	5	17	1	0	0	4	0	0	8	6	.189	.255	.200	.455	32	18	0	0	1	0	0	4
10 Seasons				1272	5242	4813	548	1230	150	23	27	304	151	58	365	362	.256	.308	.313	.621	83	1507	77	11	29	24	18
162 Game Avg.				162	668	613	70	157	19	3	3	39	19	7	46	46	.256	.308	.313	.621	83	192	10	1	4	3	2

NYY (10 yrs)				1230	5143	4723	543	1213	149	23	27	300	151	58	357	356	.257	.309	.315	.624	84	1489	77	11	28	24	18
SDP (1 yr)				42	99	90	5	17	1	0	0	4	0	0	8	6	.189	.255	.200	.455	32	18	0	0	1	0	0

AL (10 yrs)				1230	5143	4723	543	1213	149	23	27	300	151	58	357	356	.257	.309	.315	.624	84	1489	77	11	28	24	18
NL (1 yr)				42	99	90	5	17	1	0	0	4	0	0	8	6	.189	.255	.200	.455	32	18	0	0	1	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1965	25	NYY	AL	116	85	10	3.2	91	.265	.259	.250	.296	.319	.296	.382	.592	.702	70	.392	-4.4	-0.5	.470	.102	.037	1.3
1966	26	NYY	AL	344	238	40	4.5	86	.270	.266	.242	.324	.308	.381	.374	.705	.682	107	.567	2.7	0.3	.637	.208	.115	5.5
1967	27	NYY	AL	633	440	64	3.9	80	.301	.272	.238	.321	.306	.316	.356	.637	.662	94	.523	-4.8	-0.5	.561	.145	.044	5.3
1968	28	NYY	AL	607	466	39	2.2	77	.246	.230	.233	.258	.302	.254	.346	.512	.648	59	.307	-30.1	-3.4	.397	.086	.024	3.6
1969	29	NYY	AL	699	484	83	4.6	91	.299	.285	.250	.339	.326	.367	.377	.706	.702	101	.542	0.8	0.1	.643	.195	.081	7.1
1970	30	NYY	AL	732	*542*	62	3.1	93	.257	.251	.252	.286	.325	.309	.385	.595	.710	68	.352	-29.6	-3.1	.497	.133	.058	6.8
1971	31	NYY	AL	696	495	66	3.6	87	.265	.250	.248	.321	.319	.318	.368	.639	.687	87	.447	-9.7	-1.0	.561	.187	.069	3.6
1972	32	NYY	AL	613	434	56	3.5	81	.256	.241	.243	.315	.311	.302	.351	.616	.662	87	.479	-7.4	-0.8	.554	.185	.060	5.1
1973	33	NYY	AL	650	474	56	3.2	91	.281	.263	.256	.317	.324	.308	.376	.625	.701	80	.360	-14.6	-1.5	.501	.127	.046	3.4
1974	34	TOT	MLB	152	113	9	2.2	90	.222	.204	.257	.268	.325	.219	.370	.487	.696	42	.226	-10.5	-1.1	.391	.109	.015	.0
1974	34	NYY	AL	53	39	4	2.8	88	.262	.234	.257	.294	.321	.255	.370	.549	.691	61	.324	-2.4	-0.2	.459	.128	.021	.0
1974	34	SDP	NL	99	74	5	1.8	90	.202	.189	.256	.255	.328	.200	.371	.455	.698	32	.174	-8.1	-0.8	.356	.100	.011
10 Seasons				5242	3771	485	3.5	86	.270	.256	.246	.308	.316	.313	.367	.621	.684	83	.435	-107.6	-11.6	.531	.153	.058	45.8
162 Game Avg.				668	480	62	3.5	86	.270	.256	.246	.308	.316	.313	.367	.621	.684	83	.435	-107.6	-11.6	.531	.153	.058	6

NYY (10 yrs)				5143	3697	480	3.5	86	.272	.257	.246	.309	.316	.315	.367	.624	.684	84	.441	-99.5	-10.7	.535	.154	.058	45.8
SDP (1 yr)				99	74	5	1.8	90	.202	.189	.256	.255	.328	.200	.371	.455	.698	32	.175	-8.1	-0.8	.356	.100	.011

AL (10 yrs)				5143	3697	480	3.5	86	.272	.257	.246	.309	.316	.315	.367	.624	.684	84	.441	-99.5	-10.7	.535	.154	.058	45.8
NL (1 yr)				99	74	5	1.8	90	.202	.189	.256	.255	.328	.200	.371	.455	.698	32	.175	-8.1	-0.8	.356	.100	.011

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1965	25	NYY	AL	116	0.9%	5.2%	5.2%	1.7%	7%	1.00	18.0	108.0	12.0	1.24	88%
1966	26	NYY	AL	344	1.7%	7.0%	7.9%	5.8%	24%	0.89	13.0	52.0	11.1	0.92	83%
1967	27	NYY	AL	633	0.5%	10.1%	6.6%	3.2%	13%	1.52	9.2	196.0	20.3	1.36	82%
1968	28	NYY	AL	607	0.3%	7.6%	3.8%	1.5%	7%	2.00	12.6	289.5	22.3	1.10	88%
1969	29	NYY	AL	699	0.6%	5.9%	7.6%	5.3%	20%	0.77	15.6	160.3	13.4	1.05	86%
1970	30	NYY	AL	732	0.6%	4.8%	4.8%	4.1%	17%	1.00	19.6	171.5	14.9	0.88	89%
1971	31	NYY	AL	696	0.3%	6.2%	9.2%	4.6%	21%	0.67	14.5	312.5	15.2	1.45	83%
1972	32	NYY	AL	613	0.5%	7.2%	9.1%	4.1%	19%	0.79	12.4	182.3	14.8	1.04	82%
1973	33	NYY	AL	650	0.3%	7.4%	7.2%	3.5%	15%	1.02	12.3	295.0	16.9	1.08	84%
1974	34	TOT	MLB	152	0.0%	7.2%	7.9%	1.3%	7%	0.92	12.5		27.4	1.34	83%
1974	34	NYY	AL	53	0.0%	9.4%	7.6%	1.9%	9%	1.25	9.4		47.0	1.58	79%
1974	34	SDP	NL	99	0.0%	6.1%	8.1%	1.0%	6%	0.75	15.0		22.5	1.24	85%
10 Seasons				5242	0.5%	6.9%	7.0%	3.8%	16%	0.99	13.3	178.3	15.8	1.11	85%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1965	25	NYY	AL	3	0	36%	64	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	50%	8	7	1	2	1	1	6	0	6
1966	26	NYY	AL	4	0	30%	130	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	9	64%	18	9	9	1	1	0	9	0	9
1967	27	NYY	AL	8	0	36%	304	21	4	84%	18	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	10	26	47%	41	27	13	7	2	5	23	6	15
1968	28	NYY	AL	7	0	33%	225	20	7	74%	18	6	2	1	0	0	2	0	8	15	52%	29	17	11	2	1	1	11	1	10
1969	29	NYY	AL	10	0	34%	306	33	13	72%	30	12	3	1	0	0	6	2	10	30	42%	33	21	11	12	8	4	24	8	14
1970	30	NYY	AL	11	0	38%	283	23	7	77%	23	7	0	0	0	0	7	0	11	22	52%	32	16	15	9	7	2	28	8	19
1971	31	NYY	AL	8	0	34%	302	17	7	71%	17	6	0	1	0	0	3	2	18	27	44%	34	21	13	7	7	0	29	7	18
1972	32	NYY	AL	8	0	33%	240	18	6	75%	18	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	20	46%	33	20	11	7	6	1	29	9	20
1973	33	NYY	AL	7	0	29%	300	11	10	52%	11	10	0	0	0	0	4	1	7	17	38%	47	35	12	2	2	0	27	8	17
1974	34	TOT	MLB	6	0	20%	64	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	53%	9	4	5	2	2	0	4	0	3
1974	34	NYY	AL	3	0	20%	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	38%	5	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	1
1974	34	SDP	NL	3	0	20%	42	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	71%	4	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	2
10 Seasons				72	0	33%	2218	151	58	72%	143	54	8	3	0	0	29	5	78	173	47%	284	177	101	51	37	14	190	47	131
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1965	25	NYY	AL	115	100%	28			26	9	0	2	1.96	1	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	24	2	8%	11	3	27%	61	8	13%	4	2	50%	7	3	43%	0
1966	26	NYY	AL	344	100%	83			11	0	0	0	0.86	6	1	10	4	2	2	4	0	1	1	100%	60	2	3%	25	8	32%	174	24	14%	14	9	64%	15	6	40%	0
1967	27	NYY	AL	633	100%	160			2	2	0	0	1.28	3	0	4	3	0	2	1	0	5	3	60%	73	5	7%	18	3	17%	263	28	11%	12	3	25%	30	7	23%	0
1968	28	NYY	AL	607	100%	133			6	2	0	0	2.26	2	0	14	1	1	0	2	0	4	3	75%	76	8	11%	37	10	27%	235	27	11%	19	8	42%	25	6	24%	0
1969	29	NYY	AL	700	100%	183			0	0	0	0		4	0	13	0	4	1	3	0	3	3	100%	89	8	9%	40	9	23%	289	46	16%	35	18	51%	31	15	48%	0
1970	30	NYY	AL	732	100%	172			1	0	0	0	2.02	4	0	19	1	3	2	2	0	3	2	67%	89	12	13%	52	15	29%	348	44	13%	33	15	45%	34	15	44%	0
1971	31	NYY	AL	696	100%	156			4	1	0	0	1.15	2	0	15	0	2	0	2	0	4	4	100%	92	14	15%	40	14	35%	306	41	13%	23	7	30%	23	12	52%	0
1972	32	NYY	AL	613	100%	132			5	1	0	1	1.37	3	0	5	2	1	2	1	0	5	3	60%	68	7	10%	21	9	43%	275	38	14%	17	9	53%	34	15	44%	0
1973	33	NYY	AL	650	100%	155			2	1	0	0	1.88	2	0	9	0	2	0	2	0	8	6	75%	93	18	19%	45	15	33%	288	35	12%	23	9	39%	21	12	57%	0
1974	34	TOT	MLB	152	100%	28			34	5	0	0	1.04	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	21	1	5%	9	5	56%	67	6	9%	5	3	60%	9	4	44%	0
1974	34	NYY	AL	53	100%	11			9	0	0	0	0.85	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	9	1	11%	2	1	50%	20	1	5%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1974	34	SDP	NL	99	100%	17			25	5	0	0	1.11	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	12	0	0%	7	4	57%	47	5	11%	4	3	75%	7	4	57%	0
10 Seasons				5242	100%	1230			91	21	0	3	1.42	27	2	98	12	15	10	17	0	39	29	74%	685	77	11%	298	91	31%	2306	297	13%	185	83	45%	229	95	41%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1965	25	51	116	108	13	28	1	0	1	9	2	1	6	6	.259	.296	.296	.592	70	32	2	0	1	1	0
1966	26	147	460	420	50	111	11	4	7	37	7	4	33	30	.264	.317	.360	.676	97	151	4	1	2	4	4
1967	27	290	1093	1008	124	271	28	4	10	66	28	8	75	94	.269	.319	.334	.653	95	337	9	1	5	4	6
1968	28	438	1700	1587	176	404	34	5	12	92	48	15	98	140	.255	.297	.305	.602	82	484	17	1	8	6	6
1969	29	594	2399	2228	258	587	60	12	16	140	81	28	151	181	.263	.309	.323	.632	88	719	25	1	11	8	7
1970	30	752	3131	2914	339	759	84	14	20	186	104	35	186	216	.260	.304	.319	.624	83	931	37	3	13	15	12
1971	31	911	3827	3539	415	915	107	21	22	227	121	42	250	259	.259	.307	.319	.626	84	1130	51	5	17	16	14
1972	32	1058	4440	4086	480	1047	127	23	25	264	139	48	306	303	.256	.308	.317	.625	84	1295	58	9	20	19	18
1973	33	1206	5090	4676	540	1202	148	23	27	299	150	58	353	351	.257	.309	.316	.625	84	1477	76	11	26	24	18
1974	34	1272	5242	4813	548	1230	150	23	27	304	151	58	365	362	.256	.308	.313	.621	83	1507	77	11	29	24	18

Neutralized Batting

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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
1965	25	51	117	110	15	30	1	0	1	10	2	6	6	.273	.308	.309	.617	11	51
1966	26	97	360	325	45	95	11	5	7	34	6	31	24	.292	.353	.422	.774	48	96
1967	27	143	669	619	93	191	20	0	4	36	25	50	64	.309	.360	.360	.720	80	143
1968	28	148	634	605	70	159	7	1	2	35	24	27	46	.263	.293	.288	.581	52	148
1969	29	156	719	659	92	201	29	8	4	54	36	58	41	.305	.360	.392	.752	93	156
1970	30	158	746	699	91	185	26	2	4	52	25	38	35	.265	.302	.325	.626	69	158
1971	31	160	729	652	93	180	27	8	2	50	20	74	43	.276	.351	.351	.702	80	159
1972	32	154	687	606	90	172	26	3	4	51	23	73	46	.284	.364	.356	.720	77	147
1973	33	148	654	598	68	163	22	0	2	39	12	49	48	.273	.327	.319	.647	63	148
1974	34	66	155	141	9	32	2	0	0	6	1	14	11	.227	.297	.241	.538	10	66
10 Seasons		1281	5470	5014	666	1408	171	27	30	367	174	420	364	.281	.336	.344	.680	583	1272
162 Game Avg.		162	692	634	84	178	22	3	4	46	22	53	46	.281	.336	.344	.680	74	1272

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1920 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame 1980 BBWAA ()	Games Played s c a p y 1971 AL 159 (4th)	At Bats s c a p y 1967 AL 588 (6th) 1969 AL 641 (1st) 1970 AL 686 (1st) 1971 AL 625 (3rd) 1973 AL 590 (10th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1969 AL 699 (5th) 1970 AL 732 (2nd) 1971 AL 696 (3rd)
Hits s c a p y 1967 AL 160 (9th) 1969 AL 183 (2nd)	Triples s c a p y 1969 AL 7 (2nd) 1971 AL 7 (4th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1967 AL 21 (5th) 1968 AL 20 (10th) 1969 AL 33 (7th) 1971 AL 17 (8th)	Singles s c a p y 1967 AL 140 (1st) 1968 AL 124 (4th) 1969 AL 146 (1st) 1970 AL 142 (4th) 1971 AL 124 (4th) 1973 AL 132 (7th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1970 AL 7 (7th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1973 AL 18 (10th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1969 AL 13 (5th) 1973 AL 10 (9th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1967 AL 9.2 (9th) 1968 AL 12.6 (3rd) 1969 AL 15.6 (2nd) 1970 AL 19.6 (1st) 1971 AL 14.5 (3rd) 1972 AL 12.4 (5th) 1973 AL 12.3 (6th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1967 AL 440 (10th) 1968 AL 466 (9th) 1969 AL 484 (2nd) 1970 AL 542 (1st) 1971 AL 495 (2nd) 1973 AL 474 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink Batting - 2 (588), Average HOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink Batting - 22 (936), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 12 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Mickey Haslin (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Young (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Young (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Almon (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Rawlings (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ted Sizemore (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ted Sizemore (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ivy Olson (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Black Ink	Batting - 2 (588), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 22 (936), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 50