John Clapp Stats

John Clapp was born on Tuesday, July 15, 1851, in Ithaca, New York. Clapp was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 26, 1876, with the St. Louis Brown Stockings. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive John Clapp baseball stats page.
"John (Clapp) is a cool, easy-going fellow, not easily 'rattled' and not much of a manager. As a player he ranks high." - The Sporting News (Frank V. Phelps, Nineteenth Century Stars, 1989)

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John Clapp
 
 
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Birth Name:   John Edgar Clapp
Nickname:   Honest John
Born On:   07-15-1851
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Ithaca, New York
Zodiac:   Cancer
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-18-1904
Place of Death Data Died In:   Ithaca, New York
Cemetery:   Lake View Cemetery, Ithaca, New York
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-07
Player Weight Chart Weight:   194
First Game:   04-26-1876 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-28-1883
Draft:   Not Applicable
John Clapp

John Clapp Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
John Clapp

John Clapp Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1876 Brown Stockings 64 298 60 91 4 2 0 0 29 8 - 2 - - 0 - .305 .324 .332
1877 Brown Stockings 60 255 47 81 6 6 0 0 34 8 - 6 - - 0 - .318 .338 .388
1878 Browns 63 263 42 80 10 2 0 0 29 13 - 8 - - 0 - .304 .337 .357
1879 Bisons 70 292 47 77 12 5 1 0 36 11 - 11 - - 0 - .264 .290 .349
1880 Reds 80 323 33 91 16 4 1 0 20 21 - 10 - - 0 - .282 .326 .365
1881 Blues 68 261 47 66 12 2 0 0 25 35 - 6 - - 0 - .253 .341 .314
1883 Gothams 20 73 6 13 0 0 0 0 5 5 - - - - 0 - .178 .231 .178
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
7 Years 425 1,765 282 499 60 21 2 0 178 101 - 43 - - 0 - .283 .322 .344
John Clapp

John Clapp Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1876 Brown Stockings 2B 1 - - 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1876 Brown Stockings C 61 - - 445 7.3 389 333 56 56 5 52 - - .874 0.00 -
1876 Brown Stockings OF 4 - - 3 0.8 2 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 -
1877 Brown Stockings 1B 1 - - 10 10.0 10 9 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1877 Brown Stockings C 53 - - 353 6.7 313 269 44 40 2 45 - - .887 0.00 -
1877 Brown Stockings OF 10 - - 9 0.9 7 7 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .778 0.00 -
1878 Browns 1B 12 - - 150 12.5 145 143 2 5 6 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1878 Browns 2B 1 - - 10 10.0 8 1 7 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00 -
1878 Browns C 9 - - 43 4.8 40 29 11 3 0 10 - - .930 0.00 -
1878 Browns LF 44 - - 73 1.7 65 60 5 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .890 0.00 -
1878 Browns SS 3 - - 12 4.0 9 1 8 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 -
1879 Bisons C 63 - - 382 6.1 346 286 60 36 4 56 - - .906 0.00 -
1879 Bisons RF 7 - - 15 2.1 11 11 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .733 0.00 -
1880 Reds C 73 - - 603 8.3 541 420 121 62 5 56 - - .897 0.00 -
1880 Reds OF 10 - - 17 1.7 16 16 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 -
1881 Blues C 48 - - 319 6.6 284 211 73 35 8 55 - - .890 0.00 -
1881 Blues OF 21 - - 52 2.5 43 37 6 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .827 0.00 -
1883 Gothams C 16 - - 124 7.8 111 80 31 13 1 26 - - .895 0.00 -
1883 Gothams OF 5 - - 10 2.0 8 7 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
C Totals 323 0 0 2,269 7.0 2,024 1,628 396 245 25 300 n/a n/a .892 0.00 --
OF Totals 50 0 0 91 1.8 76 69 7 15 2 n/a n/a n/a .835 0.00 --
LF Totals 44 0 0 73 1.7 65 60 5 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .890 0.00 --
1B Totals 13 0 0 160 12.3 155 152 3 5 6 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 --
RF Totals 7 0 0 15 2.1 11 11 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .733 0.00 --
SS Totals 3 0 0 12 4.0 9 1 8 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 --
2B Totals 2 0 0 11 5.5 8 1 7 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .727 0.00 --
7 Years 442 - - 2,631 6.0 2,348 1,922 426 283 33 300 n/a n/a .892 0.00 --
John Clapp

John Clapp Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1876 Brown Stockings - - - - - n/a 0.0 149.0 10.3 - - -
1877 Brown Stockings - - - - - n/a 0.0 42.5 7.5 - - -
1878 Browns - - - - - n/a 0.0 32.9 9.1 - - -
1879 Bisons - - - - - n/a 292.0 26.5 8.1 - - -
1880 Reds - - - - - n/a 323.0 32.3 16.2 - - -
1881 Blues - - - - - n/a 0.0 43.5 10.4 - - -
1883 Gothams - - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 14.6 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
7 Years - - - - - n/a 882.5 41.0 9.9 - - -
John Clapp

John Clapp Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings n/a $3,000.00 n/a n/a
1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1878 Indianapolis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1879 Buffalo Bisons n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1880 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Cleveland Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 New York Gothams n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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