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Watty Clark
William Watson Clark (Lefty)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 16, 1902 in St. Joseph, LA
School: Mississippi College (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1924
Final Game: May 9, 1937
Died: March 4, 1972 in Clearwater, FL
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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
1924 22 CLE AL 1 3 .250 7.01 12 1 4 0 0 0 25.2 38 27 20 0 14 6 2 0 2 133 61 2.026 13.3 0.0 4.9 2.1 0.43
1927 25 BRO NL 7 2 .778 2.32 27 3 17 1 0 2 73.2 74 23 19 2 19 32 0 0 0 305 170 1.262 9.0 0.2 2.3 3.9 1.68
1928 26 BRO NL 12 9 .571 2.68 40 19 13 10 2 3 194.2 193 75 58 4 50 85 1 0 1 829 148 1.248 8.9 0.2 2.3 3.9 1.70
1929 27 BRO NL 16 19 .457 3.74 41 36 2 19 3 1 279.0 295 136 116 14 71 140 3 0 6 1189 123 1.312 9.5 0.5 2.3 4.5 1.97
1930 28 BRO NL 13 13 .500 4.18 44 24 14 9 1 6 200.0 209 110 93 20 38 81 0 0 1 827 118 1.235 9.4 0.9 1.7 3.6 2.13
1931 29 BRO NL 14 10 .583 3.20 34 28 2 16 3 1 233.1 243 86 83 4 52 96 1 1 3 981 119 1.264 9.4 0.2 2.0 3.7 1.85 MVP-20
1932 30 BRO NL 20 12 .625 3.49 40 36 4 19 2 0 273.0 282 122 106 10 49 99 4 1 3 1136 109 1.212 9.3 0.3 1.6 3.3 2.02
1933 31 TOT NL 5 8 .385 4.75 27 13 6 4 1 1 94.2 119 54 50 5 17 25 4 0 0 414 67 1.437 11.3 0.5 1.6 2.4 1.47
1933 31 BRO NL 2 4 .333 4.80 11 8 1 4 1 1 50.2 61 29 27 2 6 14 3 0 0 215 67 1.322 10.8 0.4 1.1 2.5 2.33
1933 31 NYG NL 3 4 .429 4.70 16 5 5 0 0 0 44.0 58 25 23 3 11 11 1 0 0 199 68 1.568 11.9 0.6 2.3 2.3 1.00
1934 32 TOT NL 3 2 .600 5.93 22 5 8 1 0 0 44.0 63 34 29 5 14 16 1 0 3 210 65 1.750 12.9 1.0 2.9 3.3 1.14
1934 32 NYG NL 1 2 .333 6.75 5 4 1 1 0 0 18.2 23 15 14 5 5 6 0 0 2 83 57 1.500 11.1 2.4 2.4 2.9 1.20
1934 32 BRO NL 2 0 1.000 5.33 17 1 7 0 0 0 25.1 40 19 15 0 9 10 1 0 1 127 73 1.934 14.2 0.0 3.2 3.6 1.11
1935 33 BRO NL 13 8 .619 3.30 33 25 5 11 1 0 207.0 215 93 76 11 28 35 1 0 1 854 120 1.174 9.3 0.5 1.2 1.5 1.25
1936 34 BRO NL 7 11 .389 4.42 33 16 7 1 1 2 120.0 162 73 59 11 28 28 0 0 1 548 93 1.583 12.2 0.8 2.1 2.1 1.00
1937 35 BRO NL 0 0 7.71 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 4 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 16 52 3.000 15.4 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00
12 Seasons 111 97 .534 3.66 355 206 84 91 14 16 1747.1 1897 836 711 86 383 643 17 2 21 7442 112 1.305 9.8 0.4 2.0 3.3 1.68
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .534 3.66 43 25 10 11 2 2 212 230 101 86 10 46 78 2 0 3 902 112 1.305 9.8 0.4 2.0 3.3 1.68
BRO (11 yrs) 106 88 .546 3.55 322 196 74 90 14 16 1659.0 1778 769 654 78 353 620 14 2 17 7027 117 1.285 9.6 0.4 1.9 3.4 1.76
NYG (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 5.31 21 9 6 1 0 0 62.2 81 40 37 8 16 17 1 0 2 282 64 1.548 11.6 1.1 2.3 2.4 1.06
CLE (1 yr) 1 3 .250 7.01 12 1 4 0 0 0 25.2 38 27 20 0 14 6 2 0 2 133 61 2.026 13.3 0.0 4.9 2.1 0.43
NL (11 yrs) 110 94 .539 3.61 343 205 80 91 14 16 1721.2 1859 809 691 86 369 637 15 2 19 7309 114 1.294 9.7 0.4 1.9 3.3 1.73
AL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 7.01 12 1 4 0 0 0 25.2 38 27 20 0 14 6 2 0 2 133 61 2.026 13.3 0.0 4.9 2.1 0.43

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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
1924 22 CLE AL 12 11 9 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .222 .364 .333 .697 79 3 0 0 1
1927 25 BRO NL 27 23 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .143 .182 .143 .325 -12 3 0 1 1
1928 26 BRO NL 40 72 66 4 10 1 2 0 3 0 0 10 .152 .152 .227 .379 -2 15 0 6 1
1929 27 BRO NL 42 106 97 10 16 0 0 0 4 0 5 14 .165 .206 .165 .371 -6 16 0 4 1
1930 28 BRO NL 44 72 68 5 14 2 1 1 9 0 3 7 .206 .239 .309 .548 32 21 0 1 1
1931 29 BRO NL 34 94 84 8 21 2 0 0 5 0 7 7 .250 .308 .274 .582 58 23 0 3 1 MVP-20
1932 30 BRO NL 40 107 97 9 21 1 0 0 5 0 6 13 .216 .262 .227 .489 34 22 0 4 1
1933 31 TOT NL 27 28 24 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .208 .269 .208 .478 39 5 1 0 2 1
1933 31 BRO NL 11 16 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .154 .368 8 2 1 0 2 1
1933 31 NYG NL 16 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .273 .606 75 3 0 0 0 1
1934 32 TOT NL 22 16 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .200 .214 .414 13 3 0 0 1 1
1934 32 NYG NL 5 8 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .333 .619 67 2 0 0 1 /1
1934 32 BRO NL 17 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 0 1
1935 33 BRO NL 34 87 79 5 14 2 0 0 8 0 5 10 .177 .226 .203 .429 17 16 1 0 3 1
1936 34 BRO NL 33 40 39 2 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 .231 .250 .256 .506 36 10 0 0 0 1
1937 35 BRO NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 357 656 598 49 117 11 3 1 38 0 0 33 81 .196 .238 .229 .467 23 137 2 0 25 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 298 271 22 53 5 1 0 17 0 15 37 .196 .238 .229 .467 23 62 0 11
BRO (11 yrs) 324 625 572 45 111 9 3 1 36 0 0 29 76 .194 .233 .226 .458 21 129 2 0 24 0 0
NYG (2 yrs) 21 20 17 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .235 .316 .294 .610 72 5 0 0 1
CLE (1 yr) 12 11 9 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .222 .364 .333 .697 79 3 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 345 645 589 47 115 10 3 1 36 0 0 31 78 .195 .235 .228 .463 22 134 2 0 25 0 0
AL (1 yr) 12 11 9 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .222 .364 .333 .697 79 3 0 0

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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 Awards
1924 CLE AL 22 P 12 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.50 .950 1.32
1927 BRO NL 25 P 27 21 3 17 1 0 .952 0.74 .957 1.29
1928 BRO NL 26 P 40 51 1 49 1 1 .980 1.25 .965 1.27
1929 BRO NL 27 P 41 67 8 57 2 3 .970 1.59 .964 1.23
1930 BRO NL 28 P 44 48 4 43 1 2 .979 1.07 .962 1.10
1931 BRO NL 29 P 34 40 3 37 0 1 1.000 1.18 .957 1.20 MVP-20
1932 BRO NL 30 P 40 75 9 63 3 1 .960 1.80 .957 1.21
1933 TOT NL 31 P 27 26 2 24 0 0 1.000 0.96 .962 1.28
1933 BRO NL 31 P 11 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.00 .964 1.28
1933 NYG NL 31 P 16 15 1 14 0 0 1.000 0.94 .960 1.28
1934 TOT NL 32 P 22 12 5 7 0 0 1.000 0.55 .958 1.12
1934 NYG NL 32 P 5 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.40 .957 1.12
1934 BRO NL 32 P 17 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.29 .960 1.12
1935 BRO NL 33 P 33 67 11 54 2 3 .970 1.97 .958 1.18
1936 BRO NL 34 P 33 34 6 27 1 1 .971 1.00 .950 1.16
1937 BRO NL 35 P 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.20
12 Seasons P 355 449 54 384 11 12 .976 1.23 .959 1.21
12 Seasons TOT 355 449 54 384 11 12 .976 1.23 .935 1.21

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1931-NL-20-4%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1928 NL--2.682--4th
1929 NL--3.742--10th
1930 NL--4.185--9th
1931 NL--3.201--9th
1935 NL--3.304--10th

Wins s c a p y
1929 NL--16--8th
1932 NL--20--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1931 NL--.583--10th
1932 NL--.625--6th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1928 NL--1.248--9th
1929 NL--1.312--6th
1930 NL--1.235--2nd
1932 NL--1.213--7th
1935 NL--1.174--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1929 NL--9.516--9th
1930 NL--9.405--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1929 NL--2.290--5th
1930 NL--1.710--1st
1931 NL--2.006--4th
1932 NL--1.615--8th
1935 NL--1.217--1st
Career--1.973--81st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1928 NL--3.930--4th
1929 NL--4.516--3rd
1930 NL--3.645--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1928 NL--40--9th
1929 NL--41--7th
1930 NL--44--6th
1932 NL--40--9th

Saves s c a p y
1928 NL--3--5th
1930 NL--6--2nd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1929 NL--279.0--1st
1932 NL--273.0--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1928 NL--85--6th
1929 NL--140--2nd
1932 NL--99--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1929 NL--36--1st
1932 NL--36--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1929 NL--19--2nd
1932 NL--19--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1928 NL--2--7th
1929 NL--3--4th
1931 NL--3--5th
1932 NL--2--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1930 NL--20--10th

Hits s c a p y
1929 NL--295--1st
1931 NL--243--9th
1932 NL--282--4th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1928 NL--1.700--2nd
1929 NL--1.972--2nd
1930 NL--2.132--3rd
1931 NL--1.846--7th
1932 NL--2.020--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1928 NL--.185--4th
1929 NL--.452--9th
1931 NL--.154--1st
1932 NL--.330--8th

Losses s c a p y
1929 NL--19--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1929 NL--116--5th
1932 NL--106--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1929 NL--6--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1929 NL--1189--1st
1932 NL--1136--4th

Games Finished s c a p y
1927 NL--17--5th
1928 NL--13--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1928 NL--148--3rd
1929 NL--123--10th
1930 NL--118--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 5 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 46 (346), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (917), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  8. Al Smith (933)
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  7. Bill Swift (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 16, 1933: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Lefty O'Doul to the New York Giants for Sam Leslie.

June 29, 1934: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the New York Giants.

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