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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1882 20 WOR NL 1 2 .333 4.50 3 3 0 2 0 0 24.0 49 31 12 0 2 3 0 3 127 69 2.125 18.4 0.0 0.8 1.1 1.50
1884 22 CHC NL 10 3 .769 2.14 14 13 1 12 0 0 118.0 94 64 28 10 25 102 0 0 7 478 146 1.008 7.2 0.8 1.9 7.8 4.08
1885 23 CHC NL 53 16 .768 1.85 70 70 0 68 10 0 623.0 497 255 128 21 97 308 0 0 14 2487 163 0.953 7.2 0.3 1.4 4.4 3.18
1886 24 CHC NL 36 17 .679 2.41 55 55 0 50 3 0 466.2 419 248 125 20 86 313 0 0 17 1914 149 1.082 8.1 0.4 1.7 6.0 3.64
1887 25 CHC NL 38 21 .644 3.08 60 59 1 56 2 0 523.0 513 283 179 20 92 237 8 0 25 2183 145 1.157 8.8 0.3 1.6 4.1 2.58
1888 26 BSN NL 33 20 .623 2.76 54 54 0 53 3 0 483.1 448 239 148 17 119 223 10 0 33 2029 105 1.173 8.3 0.3 2.2 4.2 1.87
1889 27 BSN NL 49 19 .721 2.73 73 72 1 68 8 1 620.0 589 280 188 16 203 284 17 0 16 2736 153 1.277 8.6 0.2 2.9 4.1 1.40
1890 28 BSN NL 26 18 .591 3.27 44 44 0 43 2 0 383.0 370 186 139 14 140 138 0 0 21 0 114 1.332 8.7 0.3 3.3 3.2 0.99
1891 29 BSN NL 33 19 .635 2.79 55 51 4 47 3 3 460.2 435 244 143 18 154 141 0 0 14 0 130 1.279 8.5 0.4 3.0 2.8 0.92
1892 30 TOT NL 25 16 .610 2.48 45 44 1 42 5 1 389.0 350 197 107 8 132 139 0 0 9 0 139 1.239 8.1 0.2 3.1 3.2 1.05
1892 30 BSN NL 8 6 .571 2.35 16 16 0 15 4 0 145.2 115 65 38 4 60 48 0 0 5 0 150 1.201 7.1 0.2 3.7 3.0 0.80
1892 30 CLV NL 17 10 .630 2.55 29 28 1 27 1 1 243.1 235 132 69 4 72 91 0 0 4 0 133 1.262 8.7 0.1 2.7 3.4 1.26
1893 31 CLV NL 16 17 .485 4.45 36 35 1 31 0 0 295.0 358 240 146 11 95 62 0 0 15 0 110 1.536 10.9 0.3 2.9 1.9 0.65
1894 32 CLV NL 8 10 .444 4.42 22 18 3 13 1 0 150.2 173 109 74 6 46 28 0 0 8 0 124 1.454 10.3 0.4 2.7 1.7 0.61
12 Seasons 328 178 .648 2.81 531 518 12 485 37 5 4536.1 4295 2376 1417 161 1191 1978 35 0 182 11954 133 1.209 8.5 0.3 2.4 3.9 1.66
162 Game Avg. 21 12 .648 2.81 34 34 1 31 2 0 294 278 154 92 10 77 128 0 12 775 133 1.209 8.5 0.3 2.4 3.9 1.66
BSN (5 yrs) 149 82 .645 2.82 242 237 5 226 20 4 2092.2 1957 1014 656 69 676 834 27 0 89 4765 129 1.258 8.4 0.3 2.9 3.6 1.23
CHC (4 yrs) 137 57 .706 2.39 199 197 2 186 15 0 1730.2 1523 850 460 71 300 960 8 0 63 7062 151 1.053 7.9 0.4 1.6 5.0 3.20
CLV (3 yrs) 41 37 .526 3.78 87 81 5 71 2 1 689.0 766 481 289 21 213 181 0 0 27 0 119 1.421 10.0 0.3 2.8 2.4 0.85
WOR (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.50 3 3 0 2 0 0 24.0 49 31 12 0 2 3 0 3 127 69 2.125 18.4 0.0 0.8 1.1 1.50

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1885 23 CHC NL WS T STL 0 1 .000 1.12 2 2 0 2 0 0 16.0 15 14 2 0 1 15 1.000 8.4 0.0 0.6 8.4 15.00
1886 24 CHC NL WS L STL 2 2 .500 2.03 4 4 0 3 1 0 31.0 25 15 7 0 12 28 1.194 7.3 0.0 3.5 8.1 2.33
1892 30 CLV NL CS L BSN 0 2 .000 5.29 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 24 16 10 1 5 9 1.706 12.7 0.5 2.6 4.8 1.80
3 Seasons (3 Series) 2 5 .286 2.67 8 8 0 7 1 0 64.0 64 45 19 1 18 52 1.281 9.0 0.1 2.5 7.3 2.89
2 WS 2 3 .400 1.72 6 6 0 5 1 0 47.0 40 29 9 0 13 43 1.128 7.7 0.0 2.5 8.2 3.31
1 CS 0 2 .000 5.29 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 24 16 10 1 5 9 1.706 12.7 0.5 2.6 4.8 1.80

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1882 20 1 2 .333 4.50 3 3 0 2 0 0 24.0 49 31 12 0 2 3 0 3 127 69 2.125 18.4 0.0 0.8 1.1 1.50 69
1883 21 1 2 .333 4.50 3 3 0 2 0 0 24.0 49 31 12 0 2 3 0 3 127 69 2.125 18.4 0.0 0.8 1.1 1.50 69
1884 22 11 5 .688 2.54 17 16 1 14 0 0 142.0 143 95 40 10 27 105 0 0 10 605 123 1.197 9.1 0.6 1.7 6.7 3.89 123
1885 23 64 21 .753 1.98 87 86 1 82 10 0 765.0 640 350 168 31 124 413 0 0 24 3092 153 0.999 7.5 0.4 1.5 4.9 3.33 153
1886 24 100 38 .725 2.14 142 141 1 132 13 0 1231.2 1059 598 293 51 210 726 0 0 41 5006 151 1.030 7.7 0.4 1.5 5.3 3.46 151
1887 25 138 59 .701 2.42 202 200 2 188 15 0 1754.2 1572 881 472 71 302 963 8 0 66 7189 149 1.068 8.1 0.4 1.5 4.9 3.19 149
1888 26 171 79 .684 2.49 256 254 2 241 18 0 2238.0 2020 1120 620 88 421 1186 18 0 99 9218 138 1.091 8.1 0.4 1.7 4.8 2.82 138
1889 27 220 98 .692 2.54 329 326 3 309 26 1 2858.0 2609 1400 808 104 624 1470 35 0 115 11954 142 1.131 8.2 0.3 2.0 4.6 2.36 142
1890 28 246 116 .680 2.63 373 370 3 352 28 1 3241.0 2979 1586 947 118 764 1608 35 0 136 11954 138 1.155 8.3 0.3 2.1 4.5 2.10 138
1891 29 279 135 .674 2.65 428 421 7 399 31 4 3701.2 3414 1830 1090 136 918 1749 35 0 150 11954 137 1.170 8.3 0.3 2.2 4.3 1.91 137
1892 30 304 151 .668 2.63 473 465 8 441 36 5 4090.2 3764 2027 1197 144 1050 1888 35 0 159 11954 137 1.177 8.3 0.3 2.3 4.2 1.80 137
1893 31 320 168 .656 2.76 509 500 9 472 36 5 4385.2 4122 2267 1343 155 1145 1950 35 0 174 11954 134 1.201 8.5 0.3 2.3 4.0 1.70 134
1894 32 328 178 .648 2.81 531 518 12 485 37 5 4536.1 4295 2376 1417 161 1191 1978 35 0 182 11954 133 1.209 8.5 0.3 2.4 3.9 1.66 133

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1882 20 3 2 .600 2.94 52.0 82 19 17 0 3 6 0 1.635 14.2 0.5 1.0 2.00 0.0 3
1884 22 16 3 .842 1.59 176.0 120 34 31 13 32 152 0 0.864 6.1 1.6 7.8 4.75 0.7 14
1885 23 91 13 .875 1.49 943.0 671 173 156 28 131 466 0 0.850 6.4 1.3 4.4 3.56 0.3 70
1886 24 58 12 .829 1.79 638.0 487 141 127 23 100 428 0 0.920 6.9 1.4 6.0 4.28 0.3 55
1887 25 64 15 .810 1.90 715.0 536 168 151 21 96 324 8 0.884 6.7 1.2 4.1 3.38 0.3 60
1888 26 45 19 .703 2.61 580.0 525 187 168 20 139 268 12 1.145 8.1 2.2 4.2 1.93 0.3 54
1889 27 75 16 .824 1.81 826.0 622 184 166 17 214 378 18 1.012 6.8 2.3 4.1 1.77 0.2 73
1890 28 0.00 0.0 0 140 126 0 0 0 0 44
1891 29 0.00 0.0 0 137 123 0 0 0 0 55
1892 30 0.00 0.0 0 103 93 0 0 0 0 45
1893 31 0.00 0.0 0 129 116 0 0 0 0 36
1894 32 0.00 0.0 0 59 53 0 0 0 0 22
12 Seasons 352 80 .815 3.04 3930.0 3043 1474 1327 122 715 2022 38 0.956 7.0 4.6 2.83 0.3 531

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1889-NL-Triple Crown

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1884 NL--2.136--6th
1885 NL--1.849--3rd
1886 NL--2.411--5th
1887 NL--3.080--4th
1889 NL--2.729--1st
1891 NL--2.794--6th
1892 NL--2.476--3rd
1894 NL--4.420--8th
Career--2.811--104th

Wins s c a p y
1885 NL--53--1st
1886 NL--36--3rd
1887 NL--38--1st
1888 NL--33--2nd
1889 NL--49--1st
1890 NL--26--7th
1891 NL--33--2nd
Career--328--12th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1884 NL--.769--2nd
1885 NL--.768--2nd
1886 NL--.679--6th
1887 NL--.644--5th
1888 NL--.623--6th
1889 NL--.721--1st
1890 NL--.591--9th
1891 NL--.635--5th
Career--.648--28th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1884 NL--1.009--7th
1885 NL--.954--2nd
1886 NL--1.082--4th
1887 NL--1.157--2nd
1889 NL--1.277--1st
1891 NL--1.279--5th
1894 NL--1.454--3rd
Career--1.209--148th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1884 NL--7.170--3rd
1885 NL--7.180--4th
1886 NL--8.081--9th
1887 NL--8.828--5th
1889 NL--8.550--3rd
1891 NL--8.499--6th
1894 NL--10.334--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1885 NL--1.401--3rd
1886 NL--1.659--3rd
1887 NL--1.583--4th
1891 NL--3.009--8th
1893 NL--2.898--6th
1894 NL--2.748--7th
Career--2.363--215th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1884 NL--7.780--1st
1885 NL--4.449--5th
1886 NL--6.036--2nd
1887 NL--4.078--5th
1888 NL--4.152--9th
1889 NL--4.123--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1885 NL--70--1st
1886 NL--55--5th
1887 NL--60--1st
1888 NL--54--2nd
1889 NL--73--1st
1890 NL--44--9th
1891 NL--55--3rd

Saves s c a p y
1889 NL--1--4th
1891 NL--3--1st
1892 NL--1--3rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1885 NL--623.0--1st
1886 NL--466.7--5th
1887 NL--523.0--1st
1888 NL--483.3--1st
1889 NL--620.0--1st
1890 NL--383.0--7th
1891 NL--460.7--3rd
Career--4536.3--23rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1885 NL--308--1st
1886 NL--313--2nd
1887 NL--237--1st
1888 NL--223--2nd
1889 NL--284--1st
1890 NL--138--10th
1891 NL--141--7th
Career--1978--68th

Games Started s c a p y
1885 NL--70--1st
1886 NL--55--5th
1887 NL--59--1st
1888 NL--54--2nd
1889 NL--72--1st
1890 NL--44--8th
1891 NL--51--3rd
Career--518--40th

Complete Games s c a p y
1885 NL--68--1st
1886 NL--50--5th
1887 NL--56--1st
1888 NL--53--2nd
1889 NL--68--1st
1890 NL--43--7th
1891 NL--47--4th
Career--485--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1885 NL--10--1st
1886 NL--3--4th
1887 NL--2--5th
1889 NL--8--1st
1890 NL--2--8th
1891 NL--3--5th
1892 NL--5--4th
1894 NL--1--7th
Career--37--57th

Home Runs s c a p y
1885 NL--21--1st
1886 NL--20--1st
1887 NL--20--4th
1888 NL--17--4th
1889 NL--16--3rd
1890 NL--14--2nd
1891 NL--18--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1885 NL--97--6th
1887 NL--92--9th
1888 NL--119--1st
1889 NL--203--1st
1890 NL--140--7th
1891 NL--154--6th
Career--1191--54th

Hits s c a p y
1885 NL--497--2nd
1886 NL--419--6th
1887 NL--513--1st
1888 NL--448--2nd
1889 NL--589--1st
1890 NL--370--7th
1891 NL--435--2nd
Career--4295--26th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1884 NL--4.080--7th
1885 NL--3.175--3rd
1886 NL--3.639--1st
1887 NL--2.576--3rd
1889 NL--1.399--2nd
1890 NL--.986--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 NL--.344--9th
1889 NL--.232--4th

Losses s c a p y
1887 NL--21--6th
1888 NL--20--9th
1889 NL--19--5th
1890 NL--18--7th
1891 NL--19--9th
Career--178--76th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1885 NL--128--4th
1886 NL--125--9th
1887 NL--179--3rd
1888 NL--148--2nd
1889 NL--188--1st
1890 NL--139--6th
1891 NL--143--6th
Career--1417--54th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1887 NL--25--5th
1888 NL--33--1st
1889 NL--16--7th
1890 NL--21--7th
1893 NL--15--6th
Career--182--12th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1888 NL--10--10th
1889 NL--17--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1885 NL--2487--1st
1886 NL--1914--6th
1887 NL--2183--1st
1888 NL--2029--1st
1889 NL--2736--1st
Career--11954--132nd

Games Finished s c a p y
1887 NL--1--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1884 NL--146--5th
1885 NL--163--3rd
1886 NL--149--4th
1887 NL--145--2nd
1889 NL--153--1st
1891 NL--130--4th
1892 NL--139--2nd
1894 NL--124--7th
Career--133--27th

Youngest s c a p y
1882 NL--born 1861-07-01--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 53 (13), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 122 (55), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 248 (10), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 65 (12), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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