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Horace Clarke

Horace Meredith Clarke (Hoss)

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
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:01PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1393. Randy Milligan… #1394. Aaron Robinson… #1395. Bill Spiers… #1396. HORACE CLARKE… #1397. Bill Hallman… #1398. Dave May… #1399. Jim Fogarty… 

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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
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 93 186 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
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 44
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 44
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 25 NYY AL 115 -3 -1 0 1 1 1 3 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ 5/46
1966 26 NYY AL 344 2 0 0 1 -12 4 10 6 0.6 17 1.8 -1.2 $ 64/5
1967 27 NYY AL 633 -7 8 -3 1 8 4 16 27 2.7 19 2.2 0.5 $ *4
1968 28 NYY AL 607 -26 2 -1 1 12 4 17 9 0.3 -3 -0.3 0.6 $ *4
1969 29 NYY AL 700 -3 2 0 0 7 4 18 28 2.8 21 2.3 0.5 $37,000 *4
1970 30 NYY AL 732 -28 4 -1 0 1 4 21 1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $32,000 *4
1971 31 NYY AL 696 -11 3 -3 0 4 4 21 19 1.8 14 1.5 0.3 $ *4
1972 32 NYY AL 613 -12 4 -1 0 6 4 20 21 1.9 15 1.7 0.2 $ *4
1973 33 NYY AL 650 -18 0 -1 -2 -5 4 20 -2 -0.4 3 0.3 -0.7 $42,500 *4
1974 34 NYY AL 53 -2 0 1 0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 44
1974 34 SDP NL 99 -8 0 1 1 -1 0 3 -4 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ 44
10 Seasons 5242 -116 22 -8 3 22 33 151 109 9.5 85 9.4 0.1 $111,500
NYY (10 yrs) 5143 -108 22 -9 2 22 33 148 113 10.0 88 9.7 0.3 $111,500
SDP (1 yr) 99 -8 0 1 1 -1 0 3 -4 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 NYY AL 25 3B 17 65 15 45 5 4 .923 2 3.53 .960 3.12
1965 NYY AL 25 2B 7 15 5 10 0 1 1.000 -0 2.14 .978 5.06
1965 NYY AL 25 SS 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 2.00 .960 4.70
1966 NYY AL 26 SS 63 264 102 154 8 37 .970 -11 4.06 .960 4.78
1966 NYY AL 26 2B 16 83 42 38 3 9 .964 1 5.00 .975 5.09
1966 NYY AL 26 3B 4 7 2 4 1 2 .857 -1 1.50 .954 3.02
1967 NYY AL 27 2B 140 766 348 410 8 79 .990 8 5.41 .979 4.96
1968 NYY AL 28 2B 139 814 357 444 13 80 .984 12 5.76 .977 5.08
1969 NYY AL 29 2B 156 817 373 429 15 112 .982 7 5.14 .976 5.21
1970 NYY AL 30 2B 157 875 379 478 18 95 .979 1 5.46 .979 5.32
1971 NYY AL 31 2B 156 857 386 455 16 97 .981 4 5.39 .980 5.28
1972 NYY AL 32 2B 143 757 347 399 11 104 .985 6 5.22 .977 5.14
1973 NYY AL 33 2B 147 838 378 442 18 107 .979 -5 5.58 .980 5.41
1974 TOT MLB 34 2B 41 143 67 74 2 11 .986 -1 3.44 .974 5.41
1974 SDP NL 34 2B 21 89 40 47 2 6 .978 -1 4.14 .973 5.47
1974 NYY AL 34 2B 20 54 27 27 0 5 1.000 -0 2.70 .975 5.35
10 Seasons 2B 1102 5965 2682 3179 104 695 .983 32 5.32 .978 5.21
2 Seasons SS 64 266 103 155 8 37 .970 -12 4.03 .960 4.78
2 Seasons 3B 21 72 17 49 6 6 .917 1 3.14 .959 3.10
10 Seasons TOT 1187 6303 2802 3383 118 738 .981 22 5.21 .977 5.15
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Assists† s c a p y
1967 AL  410 (5th)
1968 AL  444 (4th)
1970 AL  478 (5th)
1971 AL  455 (5th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1967 AL  140 (4th)
1968 AL  139 (3rd)
1969 AL  156 (1st)
1970 AL  157 (1st)
1971 AL  156 (1st)
1972 AL  143 (3rd)
1973 AL  147 (3rd)
Career  1,102 (96th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1967 AL  348 (2nd)
1968 AL  357 (1st)
1969 AL  373 (1st)
1970 AL  379 (1st)
1971 AL  386 (1st)
1972 AL  347 (3rd)
1973 AL  378 (4th)
Career  2,682 (77th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1967 AL  410 (1st)
1968 AL  444 (1st)
1969 AL  429 (1st)
1970 AL  478 (1st)
1971 AL  455 (1st)
1972 AL  399 (1st)
1973 AL  442 (3rd)
Career  3,179 (93rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1968 AL  13 (5th)
1969 AL  15 (4th)
1970 AL  18 (2nd)
1971 AL  16 (2nd)
1973 AL  18 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1967 AL  8 (2nd)
1968 AL  12 (2nd)
1969 AL  7 (4th)
1971 AL  5 (5th)
1972 AL  6 (4th)
Career  32 (39th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1967 AL  5.40 (1st)
1968 AL  5.93 (1st)
1971 AL  5.48 (3rd)
1972 AL  5.62 (1st)
1973 AL  5.89 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1967 AL  5.41 (1st)
1968 AL  5.76 (1st)
1969 AL  5.14 (4th)
1970 AL  5.46 (1st)
1971 AL  5.39 (2nd)
1972 AL  5.22 (1st)
1973 AL  5.58 (2nd)
Career  5.32 (86th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1967 AL  .990 (1st)
1968 AL  .984 (3rd)
1969 AL  .982 (5th)
1972 AL  .985 (4th)
Career  .983 (67th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 22 (951), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1380), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Sandy Alomar (938)
  3. Ted Sizemore (938)
  4. Jerry Remy (933)
  5. Harold Reynolds (926)
  6. Mickey Morandini (919)
  7. Don Blasingame (919)
  8. Ivan de Jesus (918)
  9. Jack Burdock (915)
  10. Ron Oester (914)
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  1. Mickey Haslin (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bobby Young (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bobby Young (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Almon (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Rawlings (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ted Sizemore (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ted Sizemore (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ivy Olson (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196929New York Yankees$37,0002/28/70 NYT
197030New York Yankees$32,0003/14/70 TSN
197333New York Yankees$42,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$111,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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