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Jack Clements

John J. Clements

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 204 lb.

Born: July 24, 1864 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1884
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Quakers/Browns/Keystones/Beaneaters/... 1884-1900

Final Game: October 2, 1900
Died: May 23, 1941 in Norristown, PA
Buried: Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
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Standard Batting

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
1884 19 TOT MLB 50 220 207 40 57 13 2 3 0 13 .275 .318 .401 .719 146 83 0 2O/6
1884 19 PHK UA 41 186 177 37 50 13 2 3 0 9 .282 .317 .429 .747 158 76 0 O2/6
1884 19 PHI NL 9 34 30 3 7 0 0 0 0 4 8 .233 .324 .233 .557 83 7 0 /2
1885 20 PHI NL 52 190 188 14 36 11 3 1 14 2 30 .191 .200 .298 .498 61 56 0 2O
1886 21 PHI NL 54 192 185 15 38 5 1 0 11 4 7 34 .205 .234 .243 .478 47 45 0 2/O
1887 22 PHI NL 66 259 246 48 69 13 7 1 47 7 9 24 .280 .317 .402 .719 93 99 4 2/56
1888 23 PHI NL 86 340 326 26 80 8 4 1 32 3 10 36 .245 .276 .304 .580 81 99 4 2/O
1889 24 PHI NL 78 340 310 51 88 17 1 4 35 3 29 21 .284 .347 .384 .731 97 119 1 2
1890 25 PHI NL 97 429 381 64 120 23 8 7 74 10 45 30 .315 .392 .472 .864 148 180 3 *2/3
1891 26 PHI NL 107 471 423 58 131 29 4 4 75 3 43 19 .310 .380 .426 .806 134 180 5 *2/3
1892 27 PHI NL 109 448 402 50 106 25 6 8 76 7 43 40 .264 .339 .415 .755 128 167 3 *2
1893 28 PHI NL 94 420 376 64 107 20 3 17 80 3 39 29 .285 .360 .489 .849 123 184 5 *2/3
1894 29 PHI NL 48 208 171 26 60 6 5 3 36 6 26 9 .351 .459 .497 .956 135 85 8 3 2
1895 30 PHI NL 88 355 322 64 127 27 2 13 75 3 22 7 .394 .446 .612 1.058 170 197 8 3 2
1896 31 PHI NL 57 212 184 35 66 5 7 5 45 2 17 14 .359 .427 .543 .971 156 100 5 6 2
1897 32 PHI NL 55 207 185 18 44 4 2 6 36 3 12 3 .238 .305 .378 .684 82 70 6 4 2
1898 33 STL NL 99 371 335 39 86 19 5 3 41 1 21 13 .257 .314 .370 .684 94 124 7 8 2
1899 34 CLV NL 4 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .558 61 3 1 0 /2
1900 35 BSN NL 16 46 42 6 13 1 0 1 10 0 3 0 .310 .370 .405 .774 104 17 1 0 2
17 Yrs 1160 4721 4295 619 1231 226 60 77 687 55 341 309 .287 .348 .421 .769 117 1808 61 24
162 Game Avg. 162 659 600 86 172 32 8 11 96 48 .287 .348 .421 .769 117 252 9
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
PHI (14 yrs) 1000 4105 3729 536 1079 193 53 70 636 54 308 304 .289 .352 .426 .778 118 1588 52 16
BSN (1 yr) 16 46 42 6 13 1 0 1 10 0 3 0 .310 .370 .405 .774 104 17 1 0
STL (1 yr) 99 371 335 39 86 19 5 3 41 1 21 13 .257 .314 .370 .684 94 124 7 8
CLV (1 yr) 4 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .558 61 3 1 0
PHK (1 yr) 41 186 177 37 50 13 2 3 0 9 .282 .317 .429 .747 158 76 0
NL (17 yrs) 1119 4535 4118 582 1181 213 58 74 687 55 332 317 .287 .349 .421 .770 116 1732 61 24
UA (1 yr) 41 186 177 37 50 13 2 3 0 9 .282 .317 .429 .747 158 76 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1884 19 PHK UA 41 186 12 0 0 -3 0 9 0.9 -1 8 0.9 .519 .505 1.0 -0.2 11 $ O2/6
1884 19 PHI NL 9 34 -1 0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .490 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /2
1885 20 PHI NL 52 190 -9 0 0 -3 2 -10 -1.0 6 -4 -0.4 .482 .494 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 2O
1886 21 PHI NL 54 192 -12 -0 0 7 3 -3 -0.4 6 3 0.2 .495 .498 -0.3 0.9 -4 $ 2/O
1887 22 PHI NL 66 259 -4 -1 0 6 4 5 0.2 8 13 1.1 .506 .502 0.7 0.8 7 $ 2/56
1888 23 PHI NL 86 340 -8 -1 0 7 6 3 0.2 10 14 1.3 .504 .502 0.7 1.2 7 $ 2/O
1889 24 PHI NL 78 340 -1 -1 0 3 5 6 0.4 10 16 1.4 .507 .503 1.3 0.6 13 $2,450 2
1890 25 PHI NL 97 429 24 -2 0 6 6 34 2.7 13 47 4.0 .530 .518 3.7 0.9 41 $ *2/3
1891 26 PHI NL 107 471 21 -1 0 5 7 32 2.6 14 47 4.1 .527 .518 3.8 1.0 42 $ *2/3
1892 27 PHI NL 109 448 12 -1 0 7 7 25 2.2 14 39 3.7 .521 .514 3.1 1.3 32 $3,000 *2
1893 28 PHI NL 94 420 8 0 0 3 6 17 1.3 12 29 2.5 .514 .508 2.3 0.7 26 $1,800 *2/3
1894 29 PHI NL 48 208 15 -1 0 2 3 19 1.3 6 25 1.9 .528 .508 1.8 0.4 23 $ 2
1895 30 PHI NL 88 355 36 -0 0 4 6 46 3.4 10 56 4.5 .539 .521 4.2 0.8 52 $ 2
1896 31 PHI NL 57 212 16 -0 0 1 4 20 1.6 6 26 2.2 .528 .510 2.1 0.4 25 $ 2
1897 32 PHI NL 55 207 -5 -0 0 2 3 -0 -0.1 6 6 0.6 .500 .500 0.4 0.4 4 $ 2
1898 33 STL NL 99 371 -3 1 0 2 6 6 0.5 11 17 1.7 .506 .503 1.6 0.7 15 $ 2
1899 34 CLV NL 4 13 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1900 35 BSN NL 16 46 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 1 4 0.3 .514 .501 0.3 0.2 3 $ 2
17 Seasons 1160 4721 99 -8 0 49 70 210 16.0 135 345 30.0 .515 .506 26.7 9.9 296 $7,250
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PHI (14 yrs) 1000 4105 90 -9 0 49 63 193 14.5 122 315 27.1 .516 .507 23.8 9.2 266 $7,250
BSN (1 yr) 16 46 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 1 4 0.3 .514 .501 0.3 0.2 3 $
STL (1 yr) 99 371 -3 1 0 2 6 6 0.5 11 17 1.7 .506 .503 1.6 0.7 15 $
CLV (1 yr) 4 13 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
PHK (1 yr) 41 186 12 0 0 -3 0 9 0.9 -1 8 0.9 .519 .505 1.0 -0.2 11 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1884 19 TOT MLB 220 150 26 4.5 59 .265 .275 .240 .318 .268 .401 .314 .719 .582 146 .635 12.0 1.4 .126
1884 19 PHK UA 186 127 24 4.9 57 .270 .282 .239 .317 .266 .429 .310 .747 .575 158 .677 12.4 1.4 .147
1884 19 PHI NL 34 23 2 2.3 69 .318 .233 .244 .324 .283 .233 .337 .557 .621 83 .299 -0.3 -0.0 .000
1885 20 PHI NL 190 152 11 1.9 67 .223 .191 .244 .200 .286 .298 .326 .498 .612 61 .260 -8.2 -0.9 .106
1886 21 PHI NL 192 147 11 1.9 78 .252 .205 .256 .234 .304 .243 .350 .478 .654 47 .234 -11.8 -1.3 .381 .097 .038 .0
1887 22 PHI NL 259 177 30 4.4 102 .308 .280 .282 .317 .341 .402 .401 .719 .741 93 .500 -2.9 -0.3 .672 .187 .122 1.8
1888 23 PHI NL 340 246 27 2.9 75 .273 .245 .251 .276 .300 .304 .344 .580 .643 81 .446 -7.6 -0.9 .472 .098 .058 1.5
1889 24 PHI NL 340 222 41 4.9 102 .295 .284 .283 .347 .355 .384 .385 .731 .740 97 .552 -1.0 -0.1 .685 .203 .100 3.4
1890 25 PHI NL 429 261 70 7.1 90 .328 .315 .262 .392 .340 .472 .355 .864 .695 148 .744 23.7 2.5 .912 .302 .157 8.2
1891 26 PHI NL 471 292 67 6.1 88 .318 .310 .260 .380 .334 .426 .353 .806 .687 134 .688 19.7 2.1 .791 .225 .116 3.4
1892 27 PHI NL 448 296 56 5.0 81 .277 .264 .252 .339 .325 .415 .337 .755 .662 128 .637 13.3 1.4 .743 .276 .152 7.5
1893 28 PHI NL 420 269 65 6.4 108 .273 .285 .288 .360 .367 .489 .393 .849 .760 123 .619 10.4 1.0 .859 .316 .205 5.1
1894 29 PHI NL 208 114 37 8.4 122 .358 .351 .309 .459 .380 .497 .435 .956 .815 135 .652 11.8 1.0 1.126 .333 .146 4.0
1895 30 PHI NL 355 198 85 11.1 113 .377 .394 .304 .446 .370 .612 .410 1.058 .780 170 .803 33.5 3.0 1.179 .295 .217 4.9
1896 31 PHI NL 212 124 41 8.6 107 .370 .359 .296 .427 .361 .543 .395 .971 .756 156 .741 14.4 1.3 1.051 .288 .185 2.9
1897 32 PHI NL 207 145 20 3.6 105 .216 .238 .294 .305 .358 .378 .391 .684 .749 82 .370 -5.7 -0.5 .645 .222 .141 4.0
1898 33 STL NL 371 257 37 3.7 93 .260 .257 .280 .314 .345 .370 .359 .684 .704 94 .476 -3.4 -0.4 .614 .179 .113 1.5
1899 34 CLV NL 13 9 1 2.9 90 .250 .250 .276 .308 .337 .250 .359 .558 .696 61 .323 -0.6 -0.1 .444 .000 .000
1900 35 BSN NL 46 29 6 5.4 107 .293 .310 .300 .370 .363 .405 .396 .774 .758 104 .607 0.3 0.0 .724 .167 .095 .0
17 Yrs 4721 3088 631 5.4 93 .295 .287 .273 .348 .338 .421 .368 .769 .706 117 .609 97.9 9.2 .739 .227 .134 64.2
162 Game Avg. 659 431 88 5.4 93 .295 .287 .273 .348 .338 .421 .368 .769 .706 117 .609 14 1 .739 .227 .134 9
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHI (14 yrs) 4105 2666 563 5.5 94 .301 .289 .273 .352 .340 .426 .372 .778 .712 118 .617 89.2 8.2 .729 .227 .136 61.5
BSN (1 yr) 46 29 6 5.4 107 .293 .310 .300 .370 .363 .405 .396 .774 .758 104 .606 0.3 0.0 .724 .167 .095 .0
STL (1 yr) 371 257 37 3.7 93 .260 .257 .280 .314 .345 .370 .359 .684 .704 94 .476 -3.4 -0.4 .614 .179 .113 1.5
CLV (1 yr) 13 9 1 2.9 90 .250 .250 .276 .308 .337 .250 .359 .558 .696 61 .323 -0.6 -0.1 .444 .000 .000
PHK (1 yr) 186 127 24 4.9 57 .270 .282 .239 .317 .266 .429 .310 .747 .575 158 .677 12.4 1.4 .147
NL (17 yrs) 4535 2961 607 5.4 94 .297 .287 .274 .349 .341 .421 .371 .770 .712 116 .606 85.5 7.8 .719 .221 .134 63.6
UA (1 yr) 186 127 24 4.9 57 .270 .282 .239 .317 .266 .429 .310 .747 .575 158 .677 12.4 1.4 .147

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1884 19 50 220 207 40 57 13 2 3 0 13 .275 .318 .401 .719 146 83 0
1885 20 102 410 395 54 93 24 5 4 14 15 30 .235 .263 .352 .615 105 139 0
1886 21 156 602 580 69 131 29 6 4 25 4 22 64 .226 .254 .317 .571 85 184 0
1887 22 222 861 826 117 200 42 13 5 72 11 31 88 .242 .273 .343 .616 88 283 4
1888 23 308 1201 1152 143 280 50 17 6 104 14 41 124 .243 .274 .332 .606 86 382 8
1889 24 386 1541 1462 194 368 67 18 10 139 17 70 145 .252 .290 .343 .633 89 501 9
1890 25 483 1970 1843 258 488 90 26 17 213 27 115 175 .265 .312 .370 .682 102 681 12
1891 26 590 2441 2266 316 619 119 30 21 288 30 158 194 .273 .325 .380 .705 108 861 17
1892 27 699 2889 2668 366 725 144 36 29 364 37 201 234 .272 .327 .385 .713 111 1028 20
1893 28 793 3309 3044 430 832 164 39 46 444 40 240 263 .273 .332 .398 .730 112 1212 25
1894 29 841 3517 3215 456 892 170 44 49 480 46 266 272 .277 .339 .403 .742 114 1297 33 3
1895 30 929 3872 3537 520 1019 197 46 62 555 49 288 279 .288 .349 .422 .771 120 1494 41 6
1896 31 986 4084 3721 555 1085 202 53 67 600 51 305 293 .292 .353 .428 .781 121 1594 46 12
1897 32 1041 4291 3906 573 1129 206 55 73 636 54 317 296 .289 .350 .426 .776 119 1664 52 16
1898 33 1140 4662 4241 612 1215 225 60 76 677 55 338 309 .286 .348 .422 .769 117 1788 59 24
1899 34 1144 4675 4253 613 1218 225 60 76 677 55 338 309 .286 .347 .421 .769 117 1791 60 24
1900 35 1160 4721 4295 619 1231 226 60 77 687 55 341 309 .287 .348 .421 .769 117 1808 61 24

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1884 19 104 444 420 70 107 24 4 6 0 0 24 17 .255 .295 .374 .669 46 50
1885 20 76 274 271 18 49 15 4 1 18 0 3 44 .181 .190 .277 .467 15 52
1886 21 71 245 237 17 45 6 1 0 12 5 8 44 .190 .216 .224 .440 12 54
1887 22 84 310 297 42 71 13 7 1 42 7 9 31 .239 .271 .340 .611 27 66
1888 23 102 402 385 29 92 9 5 1 36 3 12 43 .239 .271 .296 .567 30 86
1889 24 95 387 357 44 87 17 1 4 30 3 29 26 .244 .302 .331 .633 35 78
1890 25 116 485 436 59 123 24 8 7 69 10 46 36 .282 .355 .422 .777 65 97
1891 26 126 527 478 55 135 30 4 4 71 3 44 22 .282 .349 .387 .736 63 107
1892 27 115 457 413 45 102 24 6 8 69 7 41 42 .247 .319 .392 .712 50 109
1893 28 116 480 437 53 104 19 3 17 66 3 38 36 .238 .306 .412 .718 53 94
1894 29 58 223 189 20 54 5 4 3 27 5 23 11 .286 .384 .402 .786 28 48
1895 30 107 391 358 52 120 26 2 12 61 3 21 9 .335 .385 .520 .905 69 88
1896 31 70 243 213 32 68 5 7 5 41 2 18 17 .319 .386 .479 .864 38 57
1897 32 66 237 214 16 45 4 2 6 33 3 12 4 .210 .272 .332 .603 18 55
1898 33 104 382 346 36 84 19 5 3 38 1 21 14 .243 .299 .353 .652 35 99
1899 34 4 14 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .357 .308 .665 1 4
1900 35 18 50 46 6 13 1 0 1 9 0 3 0 .283 .340 .370 .710 6 16
17 Yrs 1432 5551 5110 595 1303 241 63 79 622 55 352 396 .255 .311 .373 .684 591 1160
162 Game Avg. 162 628 578 67 147 27 7 9 70 40 .255 .311 .373 .684 67 1160
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1891 NL  4.1 (8th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1890 NL  3.7 (9th)
1891 NL  3.8 (7th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1886 NL  0.9 (10th)
1888 NL  1.2 (6th)
1891 NL  1.0 (8th)
1892 NL  1.3 (9th)
Career  9.9 (212th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1890 NL  .315 (3rd)
1891 NL  .310 (4th)
1895 NL  .394 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1890 NL  .392 (6th)
1891 NL  .380 (6th)
1895 NL  .446 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1890 NL  .472 (2nd)
1891 NL  .426 (6th)
1892 NL  .415 (10th)
1893 NL  .489 (8th)
1895 NL  .612 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1890 NL  .864 (2nd)
1891 NL  .806 (7th)
1895 NL  1.058 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1891 NL  29 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1890 NL  7 (5th)
1892 NL  8 (6th)
1893 NL  17 (2nd)
1895 NL  13 (3rd)
1897 NL  6 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1890 NL  148 (3rd)
1891 NL  131 (7th)
1895 NL  171 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1890 NL  24 (7th)
1891 NL  18 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1890 NL  2.5 (7th)
1891 NL  1.9 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1890 NL  .744 (2nd)
1891 NL  .688 (7th)
1895 NL  .803 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1891 NL  22.3 (8th)
1895 NL  46.0 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1890 NL  54.4 (5th)
1892 NL  50.3 (5th)
1893 NL  22.1 (1st)
1895 NL  24.8 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1900 NL  born 1864-07-24 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1884 NL  born 1864-07-24 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 49 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (304), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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