Horace Clarke

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: June 2, 1939 in Frederiksted, U. S. Virgin Islands vi

Died: August 5, 2020 in Laurel, MD

Buried: Frederiksted Cemetery, Frederiksted, St. Croix

High School: Christiansted (St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands)

Debut: May 13, 1965 (Age 25-345d, 12,362nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 15, 1974 (Age 35-105d)
vs. ATL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Horace Meredith Clarke

Nicknames: Hoss

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.6

4813

1230

.256

548

RBI

304

151

OBP

.308

SLG

.313

OPS

.621

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-15	CG	50	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
3	3	Apr 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
4	4	Apr 9	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
5	5	Apr 11	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
6	6	Apr 12	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
7	7	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
8	8	Apr 15	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
9	9	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
10	10	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	2B
11	11	Apr 19	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
12	12	Apr 20	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	26	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
13	13	Apr 22	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
14	14	Apr 23	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
15	15	Apr 24	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
16	16	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
17	17	Apr 28	NYY		MIN	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
18	18	Apr 29 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
19	19	Apr 29 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,11-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	NYY		KCR	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
21	21	May 2	NYY		KCR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
22	22	May 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
23	23	May 5	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
24	24	May 6	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	3	6	1	10	2	2B
25	25	May 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	5	7	0	12	2	2B
26	26	May 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
27	27	May 11	NYY		BAL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
28	28	May 12	NYY		BAL	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
29	29	May 13 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,4-0	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
30	30	May 13 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	31	May 14	NYY		DET	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
32	32	May 16	NYY		MIL	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
33	33	May 17	NYY		MIL	W,4-2	CG	45	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
34	34	May 18	NYY		MIL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
35	35	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
36	36	May 20 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	14	3.0	1	1	1	3	0	PR 2B
37	37	May 20 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
38	38	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
39	39	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	8	1	9	1	2B
40	40	May 23	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
41	41	May 24	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
42	42	May 25	NYY		TEX	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
43	43	May 26	NYY		TEX	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
44	44	May 27	NYY		TEX	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
45	45	May 29	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
46	46	May 30	NYY		OAK	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
47	47	May 31	NYY		OAK	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	48	Jun 1	NYY		CAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	2B
49	49	Jun 2	NYY		CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
50	50	Jun 3	NYY		CAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
51	51	Jun 5	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	6	5	0	11	2	2B
52	52	Jun 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	2B
53	53	Jun 7	NYY	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
54	54	Jun 8	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
55	55	Jun 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
56	56	Jun 10	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
57	57	Jun 12	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
58	58	Jun 13	NYY	@	OAK	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	2B
59	59	Jun 14	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
60	60	Jun 15	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
61	61	Jun 16	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
62	62	Jun 17 (1)	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
63	64 (1)	Jun 19	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
64	65	Jun 20	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
65	66	Jun 21	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	24	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
66	67	Jun 22	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
67	68	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
68	69	Jun 24 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
69	70	Jun 24 (2)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
70	71	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
71	72	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
72	73	Jun 27	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
73	74	Jun 28	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
74	75	Jun 29	NYY		CLE	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
75	76	Jun 30	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	77	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
77	79 (1)	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
78	80	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
79	82 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
80	83	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
81	84	Jul 6	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	2B
82	85	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
83	87 (1)	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
84	88	Jul 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	4	3	0	7	0	2B
85	90 (1)	Jul 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
86	91	Jul 12	NYY		KCR	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
87	92	Jul 13	NYY		KCR	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
88	93	Jul 14	NYY		KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
89	94	Jul 15	NYY		KCR	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
90	96 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
91	97	Jul 18	NYY		MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
92	98	Jul 20 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-2	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
93	99	Jul 20 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-0	CG	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
94	100	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
95	101	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
96	102	Jul 26	NYY		MIL	W,1-0	CG	41	12.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
97	103	Jul 27	NYY		MIL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
98	104	Jul 28	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
99	105	Jul 29 (1)	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	4	3	1	8	2	2B
100	107 (1)	Jul 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	4	5	0	9	4	2B
101	108	Jul 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	109	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	2B
103	110	Aug 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
104	111	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
105	112	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	53	14.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
106	113	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
107	114	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
108	115	Aug 7 (1)	NYY		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
109	116	Aug 7 (2)	NYY		TEX	W,3-1	GF	11	3.0	1	3	0	4	1	PH 2B
110	117	Aug 8	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
111	118	Aug 10	NYY		OAK	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
112	119	Aug 11	NYY		OAK	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	5	6	1	12	1	2B
113	120	Aug 12	NYY		OAK	L,12-13	CG	46	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	2B
114	121	Aug 13	NYY		CAL	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
115	122	Aug 14	NYY		CAL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
116	123	Aug 15	NYY		CAL	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	2B
117	124	Aug 17	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
118	125	Aug 18	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
119	126	Aug 19	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
120	127	Aug 20	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
121	128	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
122	129	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	4	2	0	6	0	2B
123	130	Aug 24	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
124	131	Aug 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
125	132	Aug 26	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
126	133	Aug 28	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
127	134	Aug 29	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
128	135	Aug 31	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	136	Sep 1	NYY		BAL	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	6	5	0	11	2	2B
130	137	Sep 2	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
131	138	Sep 3	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
132	139	Sep 4	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
133	140	Sep 6	NYY		MIL	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
134	141	Sep 7	NYY		MIL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
135	143 (1)	Sep 9	NYY		MIL	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
136	144	Sep 10	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
137	146 (1)	Sep 12	NYY		BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
138	147	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	2	8	0	10	1	2B
139	148	Sep 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
140	150 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
141	151	Sep 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
142	152	Sep 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
143	154 (1)	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
144	155	Sep 23 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
145	157 (1)	Sep 25	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	47	12.1	5	5	1	11	2	2B
146	158	Sep 26	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
147	160 (1)	Sep 28	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	2B
							147gm		1253.0	378	442	18	838	107