Horace Clarke
Horace Meredith Clarke
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 178 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
Final Game: September 15, 1974
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 NYY AL 25 3B 17 17 137.0 65 15 45 5 4 .923 1.8 15.8 1.8 -1.4 3.1 0 3.94 3.53 .962 3.13 2.87
1965 NYY AL 25 2B 7 4 44.0 15 5 10 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -8.2 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 3.07 2.14 .980 5.07 4.39
1965 NYY AL 25 SS 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 6.00 2.00 .950 4.80 4.40
1966 NYY AL 26 SS 63 59 524.0 264 102 154 8 37 .970 -11.4 -26.1 -11.4 -4.4 -7.0 0 4.40 4.06 .959 4.79 4.41
1966 NYY AL 26 2B 16 14 129.2 83 42 38 3 9 .964 1.0 9.3 2.0 0.4 1.6 -1 5.55 5.00 .975 5.09 4.38
1966 NYY AL 26 3B 4 3 37.0 7 2 4 1 2 .857 -1.1 -35.7 -1.1 -0.8 -0.4 0 1.46 1.50 .957 3.04 2.80
1967 NYY AL 27 2B 140 139 1262.1 766 348 410 8 79 .990 7.5 7.1 8.5 1.5 6.9 -1 5.40 5.41 .979 4.95 4.19
1968 NYY AL 28 2B 139 137 1215.1 814 357 444 13 80 .984 12.1 11.9 14.1 7.6 6.5 -2 5.93 5.76 .977 5.11 4.34
1969 NYY AL 29 2B 156 156 1385.1 817 373 429 15 112 .982 7.2 6.2 7.2 -2.9 10.1 0 5.21 5.14 .976 5.21 4.58
1970 NYY AL 30 2B 157 157 1417.2 875 379 478 18 95 .979 0.9 0.8 2.9 3.4 -0.5 -2 5.44 5.46 .979 5.35 4.64
1971 NYY AL 31 2B 156 153 1381.0 857 386 455 16 97 .981 4.5 3.9 5.5 1.2 4.3 -1 5.48 5.39 .980 5.31 4.76
1972 NYY AL 32 2B 143 134 1195.1 757 347 399 11 104 .985 5.6 5.6 4.6 -1.6 6.3 1 5.62 5.22 .977 5.17 4.42
1973 NYY AL 33 2B 147 141 1253.0 838 378 442 18 107 .979 -4.9 -4.7 -3.9 -5.5 1.7 -1 5.89 5.58 .980 5.44 4.67
1974 TOT MLB 34 2B 41 23 235.0 143 67 74 2 11 .986 -1.2 -6.1 -0.2 -0.8 0.6 -1 5.40 3.44 .973 5.43 4.60
1974 NYY AL 34 2B 20 9 95.0 54 27 27 0 5 1.000 -0.5 -6.3 0.5 -0.5 1.0 -1 5.12 2.70 .974 5.37 4.56
1974 NYY AL 34 DH 1
1974 SDP NL 34 2B 21 14 140.0 89 40 47 2 6 .978 -0.7 -6.0 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 5.59 4.14 .973 5.47 4.64
10 Seasons 2B 1102 1058 9518.2 5965 2682 3179 104 695 .983 32.4 4.1 40.4 2.8 37.7 -8 5.54 5.32 .978 5.23 4.52
2 Seasons SS 64 59 527.0 266 103 155 8 37 .970 -11.6 -26.4 -11.6 -4.4 -7.2 0 4.41 4.03 .959 4.79 4.41
2 Seasons 3B 21 20 174.0 72 17 49 6 6 .917 0.7 4.8 0.7 -2.2 2.7 0 3.41 3.14 .961 3.11 2.86
1 Season DH 1
10 Seasons TOT 1187 1137 10219.2 6303 2802 3383 118 738 .981 21.5 2.5 29.5 -3.8 33.2 -8 5.45 5.21 .958 5.17 4.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 NYY AL 25 51 21 51 51 0 0 0 7 17 1 0 0 0 0 29 0
1966 NYY AL 26 96 76 96 96 0 0 0 16 4 63 0 0 0 0 11 6
1967 NYY AL 27 143 139 143 143 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1968 NYY AL 28 148 137 148 148 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4
1969 NYY AL 29 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 NYY AL 30 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 NYY AL 31 159 153 159 159 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1972 NYY AL 32 147 134 147 147 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1973 NYY AL 33 148 141 148 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1974 SDP NL 34 42 14 42 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
1974 NYY AL 34 24 9 24 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
10 Seasons 1272 1137 1272 1246 0 0 0 1102 21 64 0 0 0 0 0 102 17
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 NYY AL 25 179 63% 73% 21% 12 75% 0 5 0 2 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1966 NYY AL 26 547 67% 75% 29% 48 98% 0 43 14 21 8 39 36 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 9 2 4 2 1 9 3 6 0 0 0
1967 NYY AL 27 5444 65% 78% 29% 514 94% 1 343 128 153 62 411 359 41 1 6 8 0 6 2 6 81 31 21 18 0 76 20 54 3 1 2
1968 NYY AL 28 5140 62% 79% 30% 579 92% 4 355 138 142 75 451 389 51 2 4 13 1 12 0 10 80 33 14 16 5 73 22 48 5 2 2
1969 NYY AL 29 5927 64% 78% 30% 528 91% 2 370 131 187 52 435 352 69 1 6 15 0 12 3 11 114 33 28 31 3 101 35 63 9 2 7
1970 NYY AL 30 6060 63% 80% 31% 590 93% 2 379 136 179 64 481 390 80 0 4 18 0 16 2 13 98 31 22 34 0 92 36 55 5 3 2
1971 NYY AL 31 5872 64% 81% 33% 550 93% 0 389 130 205 54 452 370 76 0 1 16 0 13 3 10 98 39 18 30 2 94 32 59 4 1 3
1972 NYY AL 32 5113 69% 82% 34% 499 92% 0 346 119 186 41 404 321 77 0 2 11 0 9 2 8 105 41 21 33 1 99 34 64 6 4 2
1973 NYY AL 33 5429 64% 81% 30% 542 90% 3 378 123 214 41 446 370 66 2 6 18 1 13 4 14 113 44 28 29 1 106 32 74 5 1 3
1974 SDP NL 34 661 59% 74% 26% 59 88% 0 39 12 15 12 47 42 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 6 4 1 0 0 5 0 5 1 0 1
1974 NYY AL 34 432 66% 79% 32% 34 97% 0 27 10 11 6 29 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0
10 Seasons 40804 64% 80% 31% 3955 92% 12 2674 941 1315 418 3205 2661 472 6 32 104 2 83 19 74 710 262 158 193 13 661 214 434 38 14 22
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 NYY AL 25 18 56% 72% 28% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NYY AL 26 2279 63% 78% 27% 205 86% 1 101 44 51 6 155 117 34 0 1 8 0 8 0 7 37 14 2 13 2 2 35 16 17 2 2 0
2 Seasons 2297 63% 78% 27% 206 86% 1 102 44 52 6 156 118 34 0 1 8 0 8 0 7 37 14 2 13 2 2 35 16 17 2 2 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 NYY AL 25 589 67% 78% 28% 69 84% 0 15 14 1 0 45 37 7 0 0 5 0 3 2 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0%
1966 NYY AL 26 142 70% 76% 38% 7 86% 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 731 68% 77% 30% 76 84% 0 17 16 1 0 49 39 9 0 0 6 0 3 3 4 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 2 0%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 67%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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