Dad Clarke

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Full Name: William H. Clarke	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/160	First Game: April 23, 1888
Birthdate: January 7, 1865	Final Game: October 15, 1898
Birthplace: Oswego, New York	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: June 3, 1911
Deathplace: Lorian, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Born on January 7, 1865 in Oswego, New York, Dad Clarke (William H. Clarke) played for the Chicago White Stockings, Columbus Colts, New York Giants and Louisville Colonels over the course of his 7 year career. Clarke broke into the bigs on April 23, 1888 with the Chicago White Stockings, and put up a 4.93 ERA in 84 innings pitched in 1894, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dad Clarke's best season was 1895, when he posted a 3.39 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 67 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1888	CHI	N	2	2	1	0	5.06	6	17	9	1	0	0	16	23	2	6	0	3	2
1891	COL	a	4	3	1	2	6.86	2	21	16	2	0	0	21	30	0	16	0	0	0
1894	NY	N	15	6	3	4	4.93	15	76	46	5	0	1	84	114	3	26	0	3	0
1895	NY	N	37	30	18	15	3.39	67	174	106	27	1	1	281.2	336	5	60	0	3	0
1896	NY	N	48	40	17	24	4.26	66	246	166	33	1	1	351	431	9	60	0	13	0
1897	NY	N	6	4	2	1	6.10	10	34	21	2	0	0	31	43	1	11	0	1	2
1897	LOU	N	7	6	2	4	3.95	7	33	24	6	0	0	54.2	74	3	10	0	2	2
1897	TOT	N	13	10	4	5	4.73	17	67	45	8	0	0	85.2	117	4	21	0	3	4
1898	LOU	N	1	1	0	1	5.00	1	7	5	1	0	0	9	10	1	2	0	0	2
Total	NL		116	89	43	49	4.10	172	587	377	75	2	3	827.1	1031	24	175	0	25	8
Total	AA		4	3	1	2	6.86	2	21	16	2	0	0	21	30	0	16	0	0	0
Total			120	92	44	51	4.17	174	608	393	77	2	3	848.1	1061	24	191	0	25	8

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1888	CHI	N	P	2	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1888	CHI	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1891	COL	a	P	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1894	NY	N	P	15	0	0	6	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.913
1895	NY	N	P	37	0	0	13	49	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	.899
1896	NY	N	P	48	0	0	12	72	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.913
1897	NY	N	P	6	0	0	3	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.769
1897	NY	N	1B	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1897	LOU	N	P	7	0	0	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1897	TOT	N	P	13	0	0	9	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.897
1898	LOU	N	P	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	120	0	0	42	164	22	9	0	0	0	0	0	.904
Total			1B	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1888	CHI	N	2	7	4	2	1	2	.286	.375	1.000	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1891	COL	a	4	9	2	1	0	0	.111	.273	.222	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
1894	NY	N	16	37	4	8	0	3	.216	.293	.324	2	1	4	4	0	0	1	0	0
1895	NY	N	37	121	16	29	0	10	.240	.292	.273	2	1	8	15	1	0	0	0	0
1896	NY	N	49	147	11	30	0	10	.204	.269	.218	0	1	12	19	1	1	0	0	0
1897	NY	N	7	18	4	3	0	1	.167	.211	.167	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1897	LOU	N	7	22	0	5	0	2	.227	.227	.227	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1897	TOT	N	14	40	4	8	0	3	.200	.220	.200	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1898	LOU	N	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		119	355	39	77	1	28	.217	.274	.259	4	4	26	40	2	1	1	0	0
Total	AA		4	9	2	1	0	0	.111	.273	.222	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
Total			123	364	41	78	1	28	.214	.274	.258	5	4	28	45	2	1	1	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Omaha (Western Association) to Chicago White Stockings (May, 1888).
Signed by Columbus Colts (July 20, 1891).
Released by Columbus Colts (August 14, 1891).
Traded by New York Giants with cash to Louisville Colonels in exchange for Tom McCreery (August 4, 1897).

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