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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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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 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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

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Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 22 (935), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Jerry Remy (934)
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  8. Wally Gerber (929)
  9. Harold Reynolds (927)
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  1. Mickey Haslin (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Kopf (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Almon (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Johnny Rawlings (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Walt Weiss (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ted Sizemore (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ivy Olson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

May 31, 1974: Purchased by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees.

October 3, 1974: Released by the San Diego Padres.

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