John Clarkson Stats

John Clarkson was born on Monday, July 1, 1861, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Clarkson was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 2, 1882, with the Worcester Ruby Legs. 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 Clarkson baseball stats page.
"In knowing what kind of ball a batter could not hit and in his ability to serve up just that kind of ball, I don't think I have ever seen the equal of (John) Clarkson." - Hall of Famer Cap Anson

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John Clarkson
 
 
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Birth Name:   John Gibson Clarkson
Nickname:   None
Born On:   07-01-1861  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Cambridge, Massachusetts
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-04-1909 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Belmont, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   155
First Game:   05-02-1882 (Age 20)
Last Game:   07-12-1894
Draft:   Not Applicable
John Clarkson

John Clarkson 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
1882 21 Ruby Legs 3 3 0 1 2 .333 4.50 2 0 0 24.0 127 49 12 31 0 2 - 3 3 0 0 -
1884 23 White Stockings 14 13 1 10 3 .769 2.14 12 0 0 118.0 478 94 28 64 10 25 - 102 7 0 0 -
1885 24 White Stockings 70 70 0 53 16 .768 1.85 68 10 0 623.0 2,487 497 128 255 21 97 - 308 14 0 0 -
1886 25 White Stockings 55 55 0 36 17 .679 2.41 50 3 0 466.2 1,914 419 125 248 20 86 - 313 17 0 0 -
1887 26 White Stockings 60 59 1 38 21 .644 3.08 56 2 0 523.0 2,183 513 179 283 20 92 - 237 25 8 0 -
1888 27 Beaneaters 54 54 0 33 20 .623 2.76 53 3 0 483.1 2,029 448 148 239 17 119 - 223 33 10 0 -
1889 28 Beaneaters 73 72 1 49 19 .721 2.73 68 8 1 620.0 2,736 589 188 280 16 203 - 284 16 17 0 -
1890 29 Beaneaters 44 44 0 26 18 .591 3.27 43 2 0 383.0 0 370 139 186 14 140 - 138 21 0 0 -
1891 30 Beaneaters 55 51 4 33 19 .635 2.79 47 3 3 460.2 0 435 143 244 18 154 - 141 14 0 0 -
1892 31 Beaneaters 16 16 0 8 6 .571 2.35 15 4 0 145.2 0 115 38 65 4 60 - 48 5 0 0 -
1892 31 Spiders 29 28 1 17 10 .630 2.55 27 1 1 243.1 0 235 69 132 4 72 - 91 4 0 0 -
1893 32 Spiders 36 35 1 16 17 .485 4.45 31 0 0 295.0 0 358 146 240 11 95 - 62 15 0 0 -
1894 33 Spiders 22 18 3 8 10 .444 4.42 13 1 0 150.2 0 173 74 109 6 46 - 28 8 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
12 Years 531 518 12 328 178 .648 2.81 485 37 5 4,536.1 11,954 4,295 1,417 2,376 161 1,191 - 1,978 182 35 0 -
John Clarkson

John Clarkson Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1882 21 Ruby Legs 3 11 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 - - 0 - .364 .364 .545
1884 23 White Stockings 21 84 16 22 6 2 3 0 17 2 - 16 - - 0 - .262 .279 .488
1885 24 White Stockings 72 283 34 61 11 5 4 0 32 3 - 44 - - 0 - .216 .224 .332
1886 25 White Stockings 55 210 21 49 9 1 3 0 23 0 - 38 - - 0 - .233 .233 .329
1887 26 White Stockings 63 215 40 52 5 5 6 0 25 11 - 25 - - 0 - .242 .279 .344
1888 27 Beaneaters 55 205 20 40 9 1 1 0 17 7 - 48 - - 0 - .195 .222 .263
1889 28 Beaneaters 73 262 36 54 9 3 2 0 23 11 - 59 - - 0 - .206 .238 .286
1890 29 Beaneaters 45 173 18 43 6 3 2 0 26 8 - 31 - - 1 - .249 .286 .353
1891 30 Beaneaters 55 187 28 42 7 4 0 0 26 18 - 50 - - 0 - .225 .293 .305
1892 31 Beaneaters 16 57 7 13 3 0 1 0 13 3 - 15 - - 0 - .228 .267 .333
1892 31 Spiders 29 101 8 14 0 0 0 0 4 8 - 24 - - 0 - .139 .202 .139
1893 32 Spiders 37 131 18 27 6 2 1 0 17 4 - 20 - - 0 - .206 .230 .305
1894 33 Spiders 22 55 8 11 0 0 1 0 7 6 - 9 4 - 0 - .200 .279 .255
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
12 Years 546 1,974 254 432 73 26 24 0 232 81 - 382 4 - 1 - .219 .250 .319
John Clarkson

John Clarkson Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1882 Ruby Legs 1B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1882 Ruby Legs P 3 3 72 8 2.7 7 1 6 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 2.63
1884 White Stockings 1B 1 - 9 6 6.0 3 3 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 9.00
1884 White Stockings 3B 2 0 6 4 2.0 2 0 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 9.00
1884 White Stockings P 14 13 354 55 3.9 44 6 38 11 5 n/a n/a n/a .800 3.36
1884 White Stockings RF 8 - - 14 1.8 10 5 5 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .714 0.00
1885 White Stockings 3B 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1885 White Stockings P 70 70 1,869 220 3.1 200 26 174 20 8 n/a n/a n/a .909 2.89
1885 White Stockings RF 3 - - 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1886 White Stockings OF 5 - - 1 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1886 White Stockings P 55 55 1,400 152 2.8 133 19 114 19 3 n/a n/a n/a .875 2.57
1887 White Stockings OF 5 - - 6 1.2 5 5 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00
1887 White Stockings P 60 59 1,569 166 2.8 159 34 125 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.74
1888 Beaneaters P 54 54 1,450 158 2.9 139 22 117 19 3 n/a n/a n/a .880 2.59
1888 Beaneaters RF 1 - - 3 3.0 1 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .333 0.00
1889 Beaneaters 3B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1889 Beaneaters P 73 72 1,860 235 3.2 208 36 172 27 8 n/a n/a n/a .885 3.02
1889 Beaneaters RF 2 - - 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Beaneaters OF 1 - - 4 4.0 1 1 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .250 0.00
1890 Beaneaters P 44 44 1,149 107 2.4 93 21 72 14 3 n/a n/a n/a .869 2.19
1891 Beaneaters CF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1891 Beaneaters P 55 51 1,382 154 2.8 141 27 114 13 2 n/a n/a n/a .916 2.75
1892 Beaneaters P 16 16 437 43 2.7 38 2 36 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .884 2.35
1892 Spiders P 29 28 730 70 2.4 60 9 51 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 2.22
1893 Spiders P 36 35 885 104 2.9 97 15 82 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .933 2.96
1893 Spiders RF 1 - - 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1894 Spiders P 22 18 452 54 2.5 45 3 42 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .833 2.69
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 531 518 13,609 1,526 2.9 1,364 221 1,143 162 44 n/a n/a n/a .894 2.71
RF Totals 15 0 0 20 1.3 13 8 5 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .650 0.00
OF Totals 11 0 0 11 1.0 7 7 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .636 0.00
3B Totals 4 0 6 5 1.3 3 0 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .600 13.50
1B Totals 2 0 9 6 3.0 3 3 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 9.00
CF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
12 Years 564 518 13,624 1,568 2.8 1,390 239 1,151 178 45 n/a n/a n/a .886 2.75
John Clarkson

John Clarkson Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1882 Ruby Legs - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.7 5.5 1.50 1.13 0.75
1884 White Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 28.0 5.3 4.9 4.08 7.78 1.91
1885 White Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 70.8 6.4 8.8 3.18 4.45 1.40
1886 White Stockings 2 - - 0 0 n/a 70.0 5.5 9.1 3.64 6.04 1.66
1887 White Stockings 6 - - 0 0 n/a 35.8 8.6 8.6 2.58 4.08 1.58
1888 Beaneaters 5 - - 0 0 n/a 205.0 4.3 12.1 1.87 4.15 2.22
1889 Beaneaters 8 - - 0 0 n/a 131.0 4.4 11.4 1.40 4.12 2.95
1890 Beaneaters 2 - - 0 0 n/a 86.5 5.6 6.7 0.99 3.24 3.29
1891 Beaneaters 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.7 7.2 0.92 2.75 3.01
1892 Beaneaters 1 - - 0 0 n/a 57.0 3.8 4.4 0.80 2.97 3.71
1892 Spiders 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.2 25.3 1.26 3.37 2.66
1893 Spiders 2 - - 0 0 n/a 131.0 6.6 7.7 0.65 1.89 2.90
1894 Spiders 1 - - 0 0 n/a 55.0 6.1 7.9 0.61 1.67 2.75
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
12 Years 31 - - 0 0 n/a 82.3 5.2 8.5 1.66 3.92 2.36
John Clarkson

John Clarkson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1882 Worcester Ruby Legs n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Boston Beaneaters n/a $3,500.00 n/a n/a
1889 Boston Beaneaters n/a $2,000.00 n/a n/a
1890 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a


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