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John Clarkson

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John Clarkson

Full name John Gibson Clarkson
Born July 1, 1861, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died February 4, 1909, Belmont, Massachusetts
Buried at Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Lawn Avenue- Lot 828)
First Game: May 2, 1882; Final Game: July 12, 1894
Umpired First Game: July 4, 1888; Umpired Final Game: July 29, 1893
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 155
Cousin of Walter Hackett
Cousin of Mert Hackett
Brother of Walter Clarkson
Brother of Dad Clarkson
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1963
SABR Biography
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1882 WOR N                    3    11    0    4   2   0   0    2    0    3               .364  .364  .545   0.0 1882 WOR N
1884 CHI N                   21    84   16   22   6   2   3   17    2   16               .262  .279  .488   0.2 1884 CHI N
1885 CHI N                   72   283   34   61  11   5   4   32    3   44               .216  .224  .332   0.3 1885 CHI N
1886 CHI N                   55   210   21   49   9   1   3   23    0   38            2  .233  .233  .329   0.1 1886 CHI N
1887 CHI N                   63   215   40   52   5   5   6   25   11   25   0        6  .242  .279  .395   0.3 1887 CHI N
1888 BOS N                   55   205   20   40   9   1   1   17    7   48   0        5  .195  .222  .263   0.0 1888 BOS N
1889 BOS N                   73   262   36   54   9   3   2   23   11   59   0        8  .206  .238  .286   0.5 1889 BOS N
1890 BOS N                   45   173   18   43   6   3   2   26    8   31   1        2  .249  .286  .353  -0.2 1890 BOS N
1891 BOS N                   55   187   28   42   7   4   0   26   18   50   0        2  .225  .293  .305   0.1 1891 BOS N
1892 BOS N                   16    57    7   13   3   0   1   13    3   15   0        1  .228  .267  .333   0.0 1892 BOS N
1892 CLE N                   29   101    8   14   0   0   0    4    8   24   0        2  .139  .202  .139   0.0 1892 CLE N
1892 TOT N                   45   158   15   27   3   0   1   17   11   39   0        3  .171  .225  .209   0.0 1892 TOT N
1893 CLE N                   37   131   18   27   6   2   1   17    4   20   0        2  .206  .230  .305   0.1 1893 CLE N
1894 CLE N                   22    55    8   11   0   0   1    7    6    9   0   4    1  .200  .279  .255   0.0 1894 CLE N
Total    (12 Years)         546  1974  254  432  73  26  24  232   81  382   1i  4i  31i .219  .250  .319   1.4 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1882 WOR N                    3   3   2   0   0   0   24     49   127   0   31   12    2    3   3       0   1   2   4.50  4.33  -0.4 1882 WOR N
1884 CHI N                   14  13  12   0   1   0  118     94   478  10   64   28   25  102   7       0  10   3   2.14  9.92   1.4 1884 CHI N
1885 CHI N                   70  70  68  10   0   0  623    497  2487  21  255  128   97  308  14       0  53  16   1.85  6.96   7.3 1885 CHI N
1886 CHI N                   55  55  50   3   0   0  466.2  419  1914  19  248  125   86  313  17       0  36  17   2.41  6.53   5.0 1886 CHI N
1887 CHI N                   60  59  56   2   1   0  523    513  2183  19  283  179   92  237  25   8   0  38  21   3.08  6.80   7.5 1887 CHI N
1888 BOS N                   54  54  53   3   0   0  483.1  448  2029  17  247  148  119  223  33  10   0  33  20   2.76  6.09   1.2 1888 BOS N
1889 BOS N                   73  72  68   8   1   1  620    589        16  280  188  203  284  16  17   0  49  19   2.73  5.86   8.9 1889 BOS N
1890 BOS N                   44  44  43   2   0   0  383    370        14  186  139  140  138  21  16   0  26  18   3.27  6.09   2.8 1890 BOS N
1891 BOS N                   55  51  47   3   4   3  460.2  435        18  244  143  154  141  14  15   0  33  19   2.79  6.02   4.4 1891 BOS N
1892 BOS N                   16  16  15   4   0   0  145.2  115         4   65   38   60   48   5   5   0   8   6   2.35  5.88   1.4 1892 BOS N
1892 CLE N                   29  28  27   1   1   1  243.1  235         4  132   69   72   91   4   4   0  17  10   2.55  6.25   1.1 1892 CLE N
1892 TOT N                   45  44  42   5   1   1  389    350         8  197  107  132  139   9   9   0  25  16   2.48  6.11   2.5 1892 TOT N
1893 CLE N                   36  35  31   0   1   0  295    358        11  240  146   95   62  15   5   0  16  17   4.45  7.83   0.7 1893 CLE N
1894 CLE N                   22  18  13   1   3   0  150.2  173         6  109   74   46   28   8   0   0   8  10   4.42  7.17   1.2 1894 CLE N
Total    (12 Years)         531 518 485  37  12   5 4536.1 4295  9218 159 2384 1417 1191 1978 182  80   0 328 178   2.81  6.54  42.5 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1882 WOR N                P    3     1    6    1    0   0  .875
1882 WOR N               1B    1     0    0    0    0   0     -
1884 CHI N                P   14     6   38   11    5      .800
1884 CHI N               OF    8     5    5    4    1   0  .714     0    0    8 
1884 CHI N               3B    2     0    2    2    0   0  .500
1884 CHI N               1B    1     3    0    3    0   0  .500
1885 CHI N                P   70    26  174   20    8      .909
1885 CHI N               OF    3     1    0    0    0     1.000     0    0    3 
1885 CHI N               3B    1     0    1    0    0     1.000
1886 CHI N                P   55    19  114   19    3      .875
1886 CHI N               OF    5     1    0    0    0     1.000     2    0    3 
1887 CHI N                P   60    34  125    7    5      .958
1887 CHI N               OF    5     5    0    1    0   0  .833     1    0    4 
1888 BOS N                P   54    22  117   19    3      .880
1888 BOS N               OF    1     1    0    2    0      .333     0    0    1 
1889 BOS N                P   73    36  172   27    8   0  .885
1889 BOS N               OF    2     1    0    0    0     1.000     0    0    0 
1889 BOS N               3B    1     0    0    0    0   0     -
1890 BOS N                P   44    21   72   14    3      .869
1890 BOS N               OF    1     1    0    3    0      .250     1    0    0 
1891 BOS N                P   55    27  114   13    2   0  .916
1891 BOS N               OF    1     0    0    0    0   0     -     0    1    0 
1892 BOS N                P   16     2   36    5    3      .884
1892 CLE N                P   29     9   51   10    1      .857
1892 TOT N                P   45    11   87   15    4      .867
1893 CLE N                P   36    15   82    7    1   0  .933
1893 CLE N               OF    1     0    0    1    0      .000     0    0    1 
1894 CLE N                P   22     3   42    9    2      .833
Total (12 Years) Splits   P  531   221 1143  162   44   0i .894
Total ( 9 Years)         OF   27    15    5   11    1   0i .645     4    1   20 
Total ( 3 Years)         3B    4     0    3    2    0   0i .600
Total ( 2 Years)         1B    2     3    0    3    0   0  .500
Year Team               POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1888 NL Daily       1    1    0    0    0    0    0 
1890 NL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
1892 NL Daily       1    1    0    0    0    0    0 
1893 NL Daily       1    1    0    0    0    0    0 
Total ( 4 Years)    4    3    1    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Worcester NL Team (1882).

Released by Worcester NL Team (May, 1882).

Sold by Saginaw (Northwestern) to Chicago White Stockings (@August 24, 1884).

Sold by Chicago White Stockings to Boston Beaneaters for $10000 (April 3, 1888).

Released by Boston Beaneaters (June 30, 1892).

Signed by Cleveland Spiders (July 5, 1892).

Traded by Cleveland Spiders to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Tony Mullane (July
13, 1894).
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