Fred Clarke Stats

Fred Clarke was born on Thursday, October 3, 1872, in Winterset, Iowa. Clarke was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 30, 1894, with the Louisville Colonels. 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 Fred Clarke baseball stats page.

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"With the possible exception of Ty Cobb and John McGraw, baseball never knew a sturdier competitor than (Fred) Clarke." - Sportswriter Fred Lieb in Deadball Stars of the National League (2004)

Fred Clarke



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Birth Name:   Fred Clifford Clarke
Nickname:   Cap
Born On:   10-03-1872  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Winterset, Iowa
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-14-1960 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Winfield, Kansas
Cemetery:   St. Mary Cemetery, Winfield, Kansas
High School:   None Attended (Dropped Out After 8th Grade)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   06-30-1894 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-23-1915
Draft:   Not Applicable

Fred Clarke

Fred Clarke Pitching Stats

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Fred Clarke

Fred Clarke Hitting Stats

1894 22 Colonels 75 310 54 83 11 7 7 0 48 25 - 27 1 - 4 - .268 .330 .416
1895 23 Colonels 132 550 96 191 21 5 4 0 82 34 - 24 3 - 10 - .347 .396 .425
1896 24 Colonels 131 517 96 168 15 18 9 0 79 43 - 34 7 - 14 - .325 .392 .476
1897 25 Colonels 128 518 120 202 30 13 6 0 67 45 - - 3 - 24 - .390 .462 .533
1898 26 Colonels 149 599 116 184 23 12 3 0 47 48 - - 5 - 15 - .307 .373 .401
1899 27 Colonels 148 602 122 206 23 9 5 0 70 49 - - 10 - 16 - .342 .406 .435
1900 28 Pirates 106 399 84 110 15 12 3 0 32 51 - - 9 - 7 - .276 .368 .396
1901 29 Pirates 129 527 118 171 24 15 6 0 60 51 - - 13 - 10 - .324 .395 .461
1902 30 Pirates 113 459 103 145 27 14 2 0 53 51 - - 6 - 14 - .316 .401 .449
1903 31 Pirates 104 427 88 150 32 15 5 0 70 41 - - 13 - 5 - .351 .414 .532
1904 32 Pirates 72 278 51 85 7 11 0 0 25 22 - - 8 - 5 - .306 .367 .410
1905 33 Pirates 141 525 95 157 18 15 2 0 51 55 - - 22 - 2 - .299 .368 .402
1906 34 Pirates 118 417 69 129 14 13 1 0 39 40 - - 20 - 1 - .309 .371 .412
1907 35 Pirates 148 501 97 145 18 13 2 0 59 68 - - 16 - 8 - .289 .383 .389
1908 36 Pirates 151 551 83 146 18 15 2 0 53 65 - - 22 - 6 - .265 .349 .363
1909 37 Pirates 152 550 97 158 16 11 3 0 68 80 - - 24 - 6 - .287 .384 .373
1910 38 Pirates 123 429 57 113 23 9 2 0 63 53 - 23 29 - 4 - .263 .350 .373
1911 39 Pirates 110 392 73 127 25 13 5 0 49 53 - 27 13 - 2 - .324 .407 .492
1913 41 Pirates 9 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - .077 .077 .154
1914 42 Pirates 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1915 43 Pirates 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - .500 .500 .500
21 Years 2,242 8,568 1,619 2,672 361 220 67 0 1,015 874 0 135 225 0 153 - .312 .386 .429

Fred Clarke

Fred Clarke Fielding Stats

1894 Colonels LF 75 - - 200 2.7 177 162 15 23 2 n/a n/a n/a .885 0.00
1895 Colonels LF 132 - - 413 3.1 364 344 20 49 4 n/a n/a n/a .881 0.00
1896 Colonels LF 131 - - 325 2.5 295 277 18 30 2 n/a n/a n/a .908 0.00
1899 Colonels LF 144 - - 360 2.5 347 327 20 13 2 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00
1899 Colonels SS 3 - - 29 9.7 22 13 9 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .759 0.00
1900 Pirates LF 104 - - 287 2.8 271 263 8 16 2 n/a n/a n/a .944 0.00
1901 Pirates 3B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1901 Pirates LF 127 - - 304 2.4 295 282 13 9 0 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00
1901 Pirates SS 1 1 9 6 6.0 3 1 2 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .500 9.00
1903 Pirates LF 101 - - 185 1.8 178 168 10 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00
1903 Pirates SS 2 - 0 4 2.0 4 3 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1904 Pirates LF 70 - - 142 2.0 139 135 4 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .979 0.00
1905 Pirates LF 137 - - 293 2.1 286 270 16 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00
1906 Pirates LF 110 - - 230 2.1 224 209 15 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00
1907 Pirates LF 144 - - 317 2.2 313 298 15 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00
1909 Pirates LF 152 - - 384 2.5 379 362 17 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00
1910 Pirates LF 118 - - 304 2.6 294 284 10 10 4 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00
1911 Pirates LF 101 101 2,635 231 2.3 224 216 8 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.30
1913 Pirates LF 2 - - 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1915 Pirates LF 1 1 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
LF Totals 1,649 102 2,635 3,977 2.4 3,788 3,599 189 189 35 n/a n/a n/a .952 38.81
SS Totals 6 1 9 39 6.5 29 17 12 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .744 87.00
3B Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
16 Years 1,656 103 2,644 4,016 2.4 3,817 3,616 201 199 36 n/a n/a n/a .950 38.98

Fred Clarke

Fred Clarke Miscellaneous Stats

1894 Colonels 25 - - 0 0 n/a 44.3 11.5 6.5 - - -
1895 Colonels 40 - - 0 0 n/a 137.5 22.9 6.7 - - -
1896 Colonels 34 - - 0 0 n/a 57.4 15.2 6.5 - - -
1897 Colonels 57 - - 0 0 n/a 86.3 0.0 7.7 - - -
1898 Colonels 40 - - 0 0 n/a 199.7 0.0 12.7 - - -
1899 Colonels 49 - - 0 0 n/a 120.4 0.0 8.6 - - -
1900 Pirates 21 - - 0 0 n/a 133.0 0.0 12.5 - - -
1901 Pirates 23 - - 0 0 n/a 87.8 0.0 8.8 - - -
1902 Pirates 29 - - 0 0 n/a 229.5 0.0 8.7 - - -
1903 Pirates 21 - - 0 0 n/a 85.4 0.0 6.1 - - -
1904 Pirates 11 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 11.1 - - -
1905 Pirates 24 - - 0 0 n/a 262.5 0.0 10.3 - - -
1906 Pirates 18 - - 0 0 n/a 417.0 0.0 10.7 - - -
1907 Pirates 37 - - 0 0 n/a 250.5 0.0 8.5 - - -
1908 Pirates 24 - - 0 0 n/a 275.5 0.0 10.4 - - -
1909 Pirates 31 - - 0 0 n/a 183.3 0.0 8.1 - - -
1910 Pirates 12 - - 0 0 n/a 214.5 18.7 6.8 - - -
1911 Pirates 10 - - 0 0 n/a 78.4 14.5 8.0 - - -
1913 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1914 Pirates 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1915 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
21 Years 506 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 127.9 63.5 8.4 - - -

Fred Clarke

Fred Clarke Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1894 Louisville Colonels n/a $900.00 n/a n/a
1895 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 Louisville Colonels n/a $2,400.00 n/a n/a
1900 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $3,000.00 n/a n/a
1901 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $3,600.00 n/a n/a
1902 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1903 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1904 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $7,500.00 n/a n/a
1905 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $7,500.00 n/a -
1906 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $7,500.00 n/a -
1907 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1909 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $12,000.00 n/a Stats
1910 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1911 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -

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Greatest Players by Decade

Decade Catchers Catchers
1870-1880 Doug Allison Deacon White
1880-1890 Charlie Bennett Buck Ewing
1890-1900 Tom Daly Yank Robinson
1900-1912 Chief Meyers Billy Sullivan
Decade Pitchers Pitchers
1870-1880 Candy Cummings Al Spalding
1880-1890 John Clarkson Old Hoss Radbourn
1890-1900 Amos Rusie Cy Young
1900-1912 Christy Mathewson Rube Waddell
Decade First Base First Base
1870-1880 Wes Fisler Joe Start
1880-1890 Cap Anson Charlie Comiskey
1890-1900 Jake Beckley Dan Brouthers
1900-1912 Hal Chase Fred Tenney
Decade Second Base Second Base
1870-1880 Ross Barnes Al Reach (NA Only)
1880-1890 Fred Dunlap Bid McPhee
1890-1900 Nap Lajoie Fred Pfeffer
1900-1912 Eddie Collins Johnny Evers
Decade Third Base Third Base
1870-1880 Cap Anson Ezra Sutton
1880-1890 Jerry Denny Denny Lyons
1890-1900 John McGraw Billy Nash
1900-1912 Home Run Baker Jimmy Collins
Decade Shortstops Shortstops
1870-1880 Davy Force George Wright
1880-1890 Monte Ward Ned Williamson
1890-1900 Hughie Jennings Herman Long
1900-1912 Honus Wagner Bobby Wallace
Decade Left Fielders Left Fielders
1870-1880 Andy Leonard Lip Pike
1880-1890 Tip O'Neill George Wood
1890-1900 Ed Delahanty Joe Kelley
1900-1912 Fred Clarke Chick Stahl
Decade Center Fielders Center Fielders
1870-1880 Count Sensenderfer (NA Only) Harry Wright
1880-1890 Ned Hanlon Hardy Richardson
1890-1900 Billy Hamilton Bill Lange
1900-1912 Ty Cobb Tris Speaker
Decade Right Fielders Right Fielders
1870-1880 Jack Chapman Cal McVey
1880-1890 Joe Kelley Sam Thompson
1890-1900 Jesse Burkett Mike Tiernan
1900-1912 Sam Crawford Willie Keeler

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