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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

Standard Batting

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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
1882 20 WOR NL 3 11 11 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 .364 .364 .545 .909 185 6 /13
1884 22 CHC NL 21 86 84 16 22 6 2 3 17 2 16 .262 .279 .488 .767 129 41 1/O53
1885 23 CHC NL 72 286 283 34 61 11 5 4 32 3 44 .216 .224 .332 .556 68 94 1/O5
1886 24 CHC NL 55 210 210 21 49 9 1 3 23 2 0 38 .233 .233 .329 .562 60 69 1/O
1887 25 CHC NL 63 226 215 40 52 5 5 6 25 6 11 25 .242 .279 .395 .674 76 85 0 1/O
1888 26 BSN NL 55 212 205 20 40 9 1 1 17 5 7 48 .195 .222 .263 .485 51 54 0 1/O
1889 27 BSN NL 73 273 262 36 54 9 3 2 23 8 11 59 .206 .238 .286 .524 43 75 0 1/O5
1890 28 BSN NL 45 182 173 18 43 6 3 2 26 2 8 31 .249 .286 .353 .638 80 61 1 1/O
1891 29 BSN NL 55 205 187 28 42 7 4 0 26 2 18 50 .225 .293 .305 .597 66 57 0 1/O
1892 30 TOT NL 45 169 158 15 27 3 0 1 17 3 11 39 .171 .225 .209 .434 28 33 0 1
1892 30 BSN NL 16 60 57 7 13 3 0 1 13 1 3 15 .228 .267 .333 .600 75 19 0 1
1892 30 CLV NL 29 109 101 8 14 0 0 0 4 2 8 24 .139 .202 .139 .340 2 14 0 1
1893 31 CLV NL 37 135 131 18 27 6 2 1 17 2 4 20 .206 .230 .305 .535 38 40 0 1/O
1894 32 CLV NL 22 61 55 8 11 0 0 1 7 1 6 9 .200 .279 .255 .533 27 14 0 1
12 Seasons 546 2056 1974 254 432 73 26 24 232 31 81 382 .219 .250 .319 .569 60 629 1
162 Game Avg. 162 610 586 75 128 22 8 7 69 24 113 .219 .250 .319 .569 60 187
BSN (5 yrs) 244 932 884 109 192 34 11 6 105 18 47 203 .217 .258 .301 .558 59 266 1
CHC (4 yrs) 211 808 792 111 184 31 13 16 97 8 16 123 .232 .248 .365 .612 74 289 0
CLV (3 yrs) 88 305 287 34 52 6 2 2 28 5 18 53 .181 .230 .237 .466 24 68 0
WOR (1 yr) 3 11 11 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 .364 .364 .545 .909 185 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1885 23 CHC NL WS STL T 4 13 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .231 .385 3 0
1886 24 CHC NL WS STL L 4 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .067 .067 .067 .133 1 0
1892 30 CLV NL CS BSN L 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 .250 .250 .625 .875 5 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 10 36 36 2 5 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 .139 .139 .250 .389 9 0
1 CS 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 .250 .250 .625 .875 5 0
2 WS 8 28 28 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .107 .107 .143 .250 4 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 6.4%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)
1963 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1963 by Veteran's Committee

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)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1889 NL  59 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1885 NL  70.8 (8th)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 60 (19), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 204 (37), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 252 (12), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 65 (12), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1882 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs.

May, 1882: Released by the Worcester Ruby Legs.

August 24, 1884: Purchased by the Chicago White Stockings from Saginaw (Northwestern). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 3, 1888: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Chicago White Stockings for $10,000.

June 30, 1892: Released by the Boston Beaneaters.

July 5, 1892: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Spiders.

July 13, 1894: Traded by the Cleveland Spiders to the Baltimore Orioles for Tony Mullane.

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