Jack Clements Stats

Jack Clements was born on Sunday, July 24, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Clements was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 22, 1884, with the Philadelphia Keystones. 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 Jack Clements baseball stats page.

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"Although he was not the first, John Clements certainly was the best left-handed catcher in all baseball history." - Historian Al Glynn in Nineteenth Century Stars (1989)

Jack Clements



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Birth Name:   John J. Clements
Nickname:   Jack
Born On:   07-24-1864  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-23-1941 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Norristown, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   204
First Game:   04-22-1884 (Age 19)
Last Game:   10-02-1900
Draft:   Not Applicable

Jack Clements

Jack Clements Pitching Stats

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Jack Clements

Jack Clements Hitting Stats

1884 20 Keystones 41 177 37 50 13 2 3 0 0 9 - - - 0 0 - .282 .317 .429
1884 20 Phillies 9 30 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 - - - 0 0 - .233 .324 .233
1885 21 Phillies 52 188 14 36 11 3 1 0 14 2 - - - - 0 - .191 .200 .298
1886 22 Phillies 54 185 15 38 5 1 0 0 11 7 - - - - 0 - .205 .234 .243
1887 23 Phillies 66 237 48 60 13 7 1 0 47 9 - 24 - - 4 - .253 .292 .342
1888 24 Phillies 86 326 26 80 8 4 1 0 32 10 - 36 - - 4 - .245 .276 .304
1889 25 Phillies 78 310 51 88 17 1 4 0 35 29 - 21 - - 1 - .284 .347 .384
1890 26 Phillies 97 381 64 120 23 8 7 0 74 45 - 30 - - 3 - .315 .392 .472
1891 27 Phillies 107 423 58 131 29 4 4 0 75 43 - 19 - - 5 - .310 .380 .426
1892 28 Phillies 109 402 50 106 25 6 8 0 76 43 - 40 - - 3 - .264 .339 .415
1893 29 Phillies 94 376 64 107 20 3 17 1 80 39 - 29 - - 5 - .285 .360 .489
1894 30 Phillies 45 159 26 55 6 5 3 0 36 24 - 7 3 - 8 - .346 .455 .503
1895 31 Phillies 88 322 64 127 27 2 13 0 75 22 - 7 3 - 8 - .394 .446 .612
1896 32 Phillies 57 184 35 66 5 7 5 0 45 17 - 14 6 - 5 - .359 .427 .543
1897 33 Phillies 55 185 18 44 4 2 6 0 36 12 - - 4 - 6 - .238 .305 .378
1898 34 Browns 99 335 39 86 19 5 3 0 41 21 - - 8 - 7 - .257 .314 .370
1899 35 Spiders 4 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 - .250 .308 .250
1900 36 Beaneaters 16 42 6 13 1 0 1 0 10 3 - - 0 - 1 - .310 .370 .405
17 Years 1,157 4,274 619 1,217 226 60 77 1 687 339 0 227 24 0 61 - .285 .346 .420

Jack Clements

Jack Clements Fielding Stats

1884 Keystones C 20 - - 164 8.2 146 114 32 18 0 45 - - .890 0.00
1884 Keystones OF 22 - - 55 2.5 42 28 14 13 2 n/a n/a n/a .764 0.00
1884 Keystones SS 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1884 Phillies C 9 - - 81 9.0 67 51 16 14 1 12 - - .827 0.00
1885 Phillies C 41 - - 256 6.2 228 181 47 28 2 44 - 0 .891 0.00
1885 Phillies OF 11 - - 21 1.9 17 15 2 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .810 0.00
1886 Phillies C 47 - - 398 8.5 370 318 52 28 3 30 - - .930 0.00
1886 Phillies OF 7 - - 20 2.9 18 16 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00
1887 Phillies 3B 4 3 0 5 1.3 5 3 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1887 Phillies C 59 - - 433 7.3 407 328 79 26 8 40 - - .940 0.00
1887 Phillies SS 3 - 0 17 5.7 17 7 10 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Phillies C 85 - - 645 7.6 598 494 104 47 6 39 - 39 .927 0.00
1888 Phillies OF 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1889 Phillies C 78 - - 499 6.4 457 380 77 42 7 34 - - .916 0.00
1890 Phillies 1B 5 - 0 49 9.8 49 46 3 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Phillies C 91 - - 630 6.9 595 503 92 35 12 36 - - .944 0.00
1891 Phillies 1B 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1891 Phillies C 107 - - 564 5.3 523 415 108 41 10 31 - - .927 0.00
1892 Phillies C 109 - - 699 6.4 664 557 107 35 12 29 - - .950 0.00
1893 Phillies 1B 1 1 3 3 3.0 2 1 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .667 18.00
1893 Phillies C 92 - - 429 4.7 404 329 75 25 5 17 - - .942 0.00
1894 Phillies C 45 - - 222 4.9 210 178 32 12 4 12 - - .946 0.00
1895 Phillies C 88 - - 360 4.1 349 280 69 11 7 13 - - .969 0.00
1896 Phillies C 53 - - 207 3.9 200 149 51 7 3 9 - - .966 0.00
1897 Phillies C 49 - - 211 4.3 203 163 40 8 3 7 - - .962 0.00
1898 Browns C 86 - - 379 4.4 368 287 81 11 8 17 - - .971 0.00
1899 Spiders C 4 - - 16 4.0 15 8 7 1 0 1 - - .938 0.00
1900 Beaneaters C 10 - - 58 5.8 55 45 10 3 2 1 - - .948 0.00
C Totals 1,073 0 0 6,251 5.8 5,859 4,780 1,079 392 93 417 n/a 39 .937 0.00
OF Totals 41 0 0 98 2.4 79 61 18 19 3 n/a n/a n/a .806 0.00
1B Totals 8 1 3 52 6.5 51 47 4 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .981 459.00
SS Totals 4 0 0 17 4.3 17 7 10 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
3B Totals 4 3 0 5 1.3 5 3 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
17 Years 1,130 4 3 6,423 5.7 6,011 4,898 1,113 412 101 417 n/a 39 .936 54,099.00

Jack Clements

Jack Clements Miscellaneous Stats

1884 Keystones - - - 0 0 n/a 59.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1884 Phillies - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1885 Phillies - - - 0 0 n/a 188.0 0.0 13.4 - - -
1886 Phillies 4 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 16.8 - - -
1887 Phillies 7 - - 0 0 n/a 237.0 9.9 5.0 - - -
1888 Phillies 3 - - 0 0 n/a 326.0 9.1 10.2 - - -
1889 Phillies 3 - - 0 0 n/a 77.5 14.8 8.9 - - -
1890 Phillies 10 - - 0 0 n/a 54.4 12.7 5.1 - - -
1891 Phillies 3 - - 0 0 n/a 105.8 22.3 5.6 - - -
1892 Phillies 7 - - 0 0 n/a 50.3 10.1 5.3 - - -
1893 Phillies 3 - - 0 0 n/a 22.1 13.0 4.7 - - -
1894 Phillies 6 - - 0 0 n/a 53.0 22.7 4.4 - - -
1895 Phillies 3 - - 0 0 n/a 24.8 46.0 4.3 - - -
1896 Phillies 2 - - 0 0 n/a 36.8 13.1 4.1 - - -
1897 Phillies 3 - - 0 0 n/a 30.8 0.0 5.1 - - -
1898 Browns 1 - - 0 0 n/a 111.7 0.0 8.2 - - -
1899 Spiders 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1900 Beaneaters 0 - - 0 0 n/a 42.0 0.0 4.2 - - -
17 Years 55 - - 0 0 n/a 55.5 18.8 6.2 - - -

Jack Clements

Jack Clements Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1884 Philadelphia Keystones n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1895 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1900 Boston Beaneaters n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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Being left-handed in baseball, except in rare cases, means exclusion from the position of catcher. This is due in large part to the game's counterclockwise flow. There have only been 28 left-handed throwing players who caught in at least 1 defensive inning. Did you know that Jack Clements is one of those rare left-handed catchers?

Left Handed Catchers

Name Games Caught Fielding %
Jack Clements 1,073 .973
Sam Trott 272 .906
Pop Tate 202 .905
Sy Sutcliffe 186 .887
Bill Harbridge 128 .855
Mike Hines 99 .896
John Humphries 75 .876
Fred Tenney 71 .936
Art Twineham 52 .936
Phil Baker 50 .911
Jiggs Donahue 45 .943
Dave Oldfield 35 .857
Charlie Householder 34 .895
Fergy Malone 21 .780
Jack McMahon 16 .900
Charlie Krehmeyer 12 .864
Joe Wall 7 .903
Benny Distefano 3 1.000
Homer Hillebrand 3 .899
Jim Egan 2 1.000
Dale Long 2 1.000
Mike Squires 2 1.000
Charlie Eden 1 1.000
John Cassidy 1 1.000
John Mullen 1 .714
Lefty Marr 1 .000
Martin Powell 1 .000
Billy Redmond 1 .000

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