John Clarkson
John Gibson Clarkson
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: July 1, 1861 in Cambridge, MA
Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs in 1882. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Final Game: July 12, 1894
Died: February 4, 1909 in Belmont, MA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1963.
Relatives: Brother of Dad Clarkson, Brother of Walter Clarkson, Cousin of Mert Hackett and Cousin of Walter Hackett
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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
1882 WOR NL 20 P 3 8 1 6 1 0 .875 2.33 .912 2.07
1882 WOR NL 20 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.30
1884 CHC NL 22 P 14 55 6 38 11 5 .800 3.14 .904 2.12
1884 CHC NL 22 OF 8 14 5 5 4 1 .714 1.25 .893 1.76 0-0-8
1884 CHC NL 22 3B 2 4 0 2 2 0 .500 1.00 .900 3.10
1884 CHC NL 22 1B 1 6 3 0 3 0 .500 3.00 .983 10.30
1885 CHC NL 23 P 70 220 26 174 20 8 .909 2.86 .898 2.30
1885 CHC NL 23 OF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .900 1.83 0-0-3
1885 CHC NL 23 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .800 3.20
1886 CHC NL 24 P 55 152 19 114 19 3 .875 2.42 .918 2.07
1886 CHC NL 24 OF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.20 .900 1.72 2-0-3
1887 CHC NL 25 P 60 166 34 125 7 5 .958 2.65 .896 1.86
1887 CHC NL 25 OF 5 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.00 .883 1.92 1-0-4
1888 BSN NL 26 P 54 158 22 117 19 3 .880 2.57 .897 2.23
1888 BSN NL 26 OF 1 3 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00 .967 1.90 0-0-1
1889 BSN NL 27 P 73 235 36 172 27 8 .885 2.85 .907 1.93
1889 BSN NL 27 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 1.95 0-0-0
1889 BSN NL 27 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50
1890 BSN NL 28 P 44 107 21 72 14 3 .869 2.11 .901 2.01
1890 BSN NL 28 OF 1 4 1 0 3 0 .250 1.00 .975 1.90 1
1891 BSN NL 29 P 55 154 27 114 13 2 .916 2.56 .915 1.96
1891 BSN NL 29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-1-0
1892 TOT NL 30 P 45 113 11 87 15 4 .867 2.18 .904 2.17
1892 BSN NL 30 P 16 43 2 36 5 3 .884 2.38 .902 2.17
1892 CLV NL 30 P 29 70 9 51 10 1 .857 2.07 .906 2.17
1893 CLV NL 31 P 36 104 15 82 7 1 .933 2.69 .912 2.07
1893 CLV NL 31 OF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.10 0-0-1
1894 CLV NL 32 P 22 54 3 42 9 2 .833 2.05 .920 1.74
12 Seasons P 531 1526 221 1143 162 44 .894 2.57 .905 2.05
9 Seasons OF 27 31 15 5 11 1 .645 0.74 .913 1.83 4-1-20
3 Seasons 3B 4 5 0 3 2 0 .600 0.75 .880 3.22
2 Seasons 1B 2 6 3 0 3 0 .500 1.50 .983 10.30
12 Seasons TOT 564 1568 239 1151 178 45 .886 2.46 .792 2.08 4-1-20
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1882 WOR NL 20 3 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1884 CHC NL 22 21 21 21 14 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 8
1885 CHC NL 23 72 72 72 70 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3
1886 CHC NL 24 55 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5
1887 CHC NL 25 63 63 63 60 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5
1888 BSN NL 26 55 55 55 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1889 BSN NL 27 73 73 73 73 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
1890 BSN NL 28 45 45 45 44 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1891 BSN NL 29 55 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1892 CLV NL 30 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1892 BSN NL 30 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1893 CLV NL 31 37 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1894 CLV NL 32 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 546 546 546 531 0 2 0 4 0 4 1 20 27
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.

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