Watty Clark
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[edit] Biography
Born on May 16, 1902 in St. Joseph, Louisiana, Watty Clark (William Watson Clark) played for the Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants over the course of his 12 year career. Clark broke into the bigs on May 28, 1924 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.32 ERA in 73.2 innings pitched in 1927, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Watty Clark's best season was 1932, when he posted a 3.49 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 99 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | CLE | A | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7.01 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1927 | BRO | N | 27 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2.32 | 32 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73.2 | 74 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | BRO | N | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2.68 | 85 | 75 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 194.2 | 193 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1929 | BRO | N | 41 | 39 | 16 | 19 | 3.74 | 140 | 136 | 116 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 279 | 295 | 14 | 71 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 1930 | BRO | N | 44 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4.18 | 81 | 110 | 93 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 200 | 209 | 20 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1931 | BRO | N | 34 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 3.20 | 96 | 86 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 233.1 | 243 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1932 | BRO | N | 40 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 3.49 | 99 | 122 | 106 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 273 | 282 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1933 | NY | N | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4.70 | 11 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 58 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1933 | BRO | N | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4.80 | 14 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 50.2 | 61 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1933 | TOT | N | 27 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4.75 | 25 | 54 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 94.2 | 119 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1934 | NY | N | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1934 | BRO | N | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.33 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1934 | TOT | N | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5.93 | 16 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 63 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1935 | BRO | N | 33 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3.30 | 35 | 93 | 76 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 215 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1936 | BRO | N | 33 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 4.43 | 28 | 73 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 120 | 162 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1937 | BRO | N | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 343 | 208 | 110 | 94 | 3.61 | 637 | 809 | 691 | 91 | 14 | 16 | 1721.2 | 1859 | 86 | 369 | 0 | 19 | 15 | |
| Total | AL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7.01 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 355 | 209 | 111 | 97 | 3.66 | 643 | 836 | 711 | 91 | 14 | 16 | 1747.1 | 1897 | 86 | 383 | 0 | 21 | 17 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | CLE | A | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1927 | BRO | N | P | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .952 |
| 1928 | BRO | N | P | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .980 |
| 1929 | BRO | N | P | 41 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .970 |
| 1930 | BRO | N | P | 44 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1931 | BRO | N | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1932 | BRO | N | P | 40 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1933 | NY | N | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1933 | BRO | N | P | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1933 | TOT | N | P | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1934 | NY | N | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1934 | BRO | N | P | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1934 | TOT | N | P | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1935 | BRO | N | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .970 |
| 1936 | BRO | N | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1937 | BRO | N | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 355 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 384 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | CLE | A | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .364 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | BRO | N | 27 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .182 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | BRO | N | 40 | 66 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .152 | .152 | .227 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | BRO | N | 42 | 97 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 4 | .165 | .206 | .165 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | BRO | N | 44 | 68 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 9 | .206 | .239 | .309 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | BRO | N | 34 | 84 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .308 | .274 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | BRO | N | 40 | 97 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 5 | .216 | .262 | .227 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NY | N | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | BRO | N | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1933 | TOT | N | 27 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .269 | .208 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1934 | NY | N | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | BRO | N | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | TOT | N | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .200 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | BRO | N | 34 | 79 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 8 | .177 | .226 | .203 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1936 | BRO | N | 33 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .250 | .256 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | BRO | N | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 345 | 589 | 47 | 115 | 1 | 36 | .195 | .235 | .228 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 78 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | AL | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .364 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 357 | 598 | 49 | 117 | 1 | 38 | .196 | .238 | .229 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 81 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Lefty O'Doul to New York Giants in exchange for Sam Leslie (June 16, 1933).
- Sold by New York Giants to Brooklyn Dodgers (June 29, 1934).
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