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Horace Clarke
Horace Meredith Clarke

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 178 lb.

Debut May 13, 1965
  vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 15, 1974
Born June 2, 1940 in Frederiksted, V.I.

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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        "A 100% player. He wanted to play everyday." - Roy White

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 25 NYY AL  51  108   13   28   1  0   1    9   2  1   6   6  .259  .296  .296   70   32   1   1   0   0   2
 1966 26 NYY AL  96  312   37   83  10  4   6   28   5  3  27  24  .266  .324  .381  107  119   1   3   4   1   2
 1967 27 NYY AL 143  588   74  160  17  0   3   29  21  4  42  64  .272  .321  .316   94  186   3   0   2   0   5
 1968 28 NYY AL 148  579   52  133   6  1   2   26  20  7  23  46  .230  .258  .254   59  147   3   2   0   0   8
 1969 29 NYY AL 156  641   82  183  26  7   4   48  33 13  53  41  .285  .339  .367  101  235   3   2   1   0   8
 1970 30 NYY AL 158  686   81  172  24  2   4   46  23  7  35  35  .251  .286  .309   68  212   2   7   5   2  12
 1971 31 NYY AL 159  625   76  156  23  7   2   41  17  7  64  43  .250  .321  .318   87  199   4   1   2   2  14
 1972 32 NYY AL 147  547   65  132  20  2   3   37  18  6  56  44  .241  .315  .302   87  165   3   3   4   4   7
 1973 33 NYY AL 148  590   60  155  21  0   2   35  11 10  47  48  .263  .317  .308   80  182   6   5   0   2  18
 1974 34 TOT     66  137    8   28   2  0   0    5   1  0  12  11  .204  .268  .219   42   30   3   0   0   0   1
         NYY AL  24   47    3   11   1  0   0    1   1  0   4   5  .234  .294  .255   61   12   2   0   0   0   1
         SDP NL  42   90    5   17   1  0   0    4   0  0   8   6  .189  .255  .200   32   18   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1272 4813  548 1230 150 23  27  304 151 58 365 362  .256  .308  .313   83 1507  29  24  18  11  77
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        613   70  157  19  3   3   39  19  7  46  46  .256  .308  .313   83  192   4   3   2   1  10
 Career High    159  686   82  183  26  7   6   48  33 13  64  64  .285  .339  .381  107  235   6   7   5   4  18
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 25 NYY AL  116   85   10   3.2    91| .259  .250| .296  .319| .296  .382| .592  .702|  70  .392  -4.4  -0.5  66%
 1966 26 NYY AL  344  238   40   4.5    86| .266  .242| .324  .308| .381  .374| .705  .682| 107  .567   2.8   0.3  62%
 1967 27 NYY AL  633  440   64   3.9    80| .272  .238| .321  .306| .316  .356| .637  .662|  94  .523  -4.8  -0.5  84%
 1968 28 NYY AL  607  466   39   2.2    77| .230  .233| .258  .302| .254  .346| .512  .648|  59  .307 -30.1  -3.4  74%
 1969 29 NYY AL  699  484   83   4.6    91| .285  .250| .339  .326| .367  .377| .706  .702| 101  .542   0.8   0.1  71%
 1970 30 NYY AL  732  542   62   3.1    93| .251  .252| .286  .325| .309  .385| .595  .710|  68  .352 -29.6  -3.0  76%
 1971 31 NYY AL  696  495   66   3.6    87| .250  .248| .321  .319| .318  .368| .639  .687|  87  .447  -9.6  -1.0  70%
 1972 32 NYY AL  613  434   56   3.5    81| .241  .243| .315  .311| .302  .351| .617  .662|  87  .479  -7.3  -0.8  75%
 1973 33 NYY AL  650  474   56   3.2    91| .263  .256| .317  .324| .308  .376| .625  .701|  80  .360 -14.6  -1.5  52%
 1974 34 TOT     152  113    9   2.2    90| .204  .257| .268  .325| .219  .370| .487  .696|  42  .226 -10.5  -1.0 100%
         NYY AL   53   39    4   2.8    88| .234  .257| .294  .321| .255  .370| .549  .691|  61  .324  -2.4  -0.2 100%
         SDP NL   99   74    5   1.8    90| .189  .256| .255  .328| .200  .371| .455  .698|  32  .174  -8.1  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     5242 3771  485   3.5    86| .256  .246| .308  .316| .313  .367| .621  .684|  83  .435 -107.3 -11.3  72%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 25 NYY AL 3B 17 15 45 5 4 .923 .960 3.53 2.87 3.94 3.13 17 137.0 2B 7 5 10 0 1 1.000 .980 2.14 4.39 3.07 5.07 4 44.0 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.40 6.00 4.80 0 3.0 1966 26 NYY AL SS 63 102 154 8 37 .970 .960 4.06 4.41 4.40 4.79 59 524.0 2B 16 42 38 3 9 .964 .974 5.00 4.38 5.55 5.09 14 129.7 3B 4 2 4 1 2 .857 .952 1.50 2.80 1.46 3.04 3 37.0 1967 27 NYY AL 2B 140 348 410 8 79 .990 .979 5.41 4.19 5.40 4.95 139 1262.3 1968 28 NYY AL 2B 139 357 444 13 80 .984 .977 5.76 4.34 5.93 5.11 137 1215.3 1969 29 NYY AL 2B 156 373 429 15 112 .982 .976 5.14 4.58 5.21 5.21 156 1385.3 1970 30 NYY AL 2B 157 379 478 18 95 .979 .979 5.46 4.64 5.44 5.35 157 1417.7 1971 31 NYY AL 2B 156 386 455 16 97 .981 .980 5.39 4.76 5.48 5.31 153 1381.0 1972 32 NYY AL 2B 143 347 399 11 104 .985 .977 5.22 4.42 5.62 5.17 134 1195.3 1973 33 NYY AL 2B 147 378 442 18 107 .979 .980 5.58 4.67 5.89 5.44 141 1253.0 1974 34 TOT 2B 41 67 74 2 11 .986 .974 3.44 4.60 5.40 5.43 23 235.0 NYY AL 2B 20 27 27 0 5 1.000 .975 2.70 4.56 5.12 5.37 9 95.0 DH 1 SDP NL 2B 21 40 47 2 6 .978 .973 4.14 4.64 5.59 5.47 14 140.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 25 NYY AL 2B 7 5 10 0 1 1.000 .980 2.14 4.39 3.07 5.07 4 44.0 1966 26 NYY AL 2B 16 42 38 3 9 .964 .974 5.00 4.38 5.55 5.09 14 129.7 1967 27 NYY AL 2B 140 348 410 8 79 .990 .979 5.41 4.19 5.40 4.95 139 1262.3 1968 28 NYY AL 2B 139 357 444 13 80 .984 .977 5.76 4.34 5.93 5.11 137 1215.3 1969 29 NYY AL 2B 156 373 429 15 112 .982 .976 5.14 4.58 5.21 5.21 156 1385.3 1970 30 NYY AL 2B 157 379 478 18 95 .979 .979 5.46 4.64 5.44 5.35 157 1417.7 1971 31 NYY AL 2B 156 386 455 16 97 .981 .980 5.39 4.76 5.48 5.31 153 1381.0 1972 32 NYY AL 2B 143 347 399 11 104 .985 .977 5.22 4.42 5.62 5.17 134 1195.3 1973 33 NYY AL 2B 147 378 442 18 107 .979 .980 5.58 4.67 5.89 5.44 141 1253.0 1974 34 TOT 2B 41 67 74 2 11 .986 .974 3.44 4.60 5.40 5.43 23 235.0 NYY AL 2B 20 27 27 0 5 1.000 .975 2.70 4.56 5.12 5.37 9 95.0 SDP NL 2B 21 40 47 2 6 .978 .973 4.14 4.64 5.59 5.47 14 140.0 1965 25 NYY AL 3B 17 15 45 5 4 .923 .960 3.53 2.87 3.94 3.13 17 137.0 1966 26 NYY AL 3B 4 2 4 1 2 .857 .952 1.50 2.80 1.46 3.04 3 37.0 1974 34 NYY AL DH 1 1965 25 NYY AL SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.40 6.00 4.80 0 3.0 1966 26 NYY AL SS 63 102 154 8 37 .970 .960 4.06 4.41 4.40 4.79 59 524.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1102 2682 3179 104 695 .983 .978 5.32 4.52 5.54 5.23 1058 9518.7 SS* 64 103 155 8 37 .970 .960 4.03 4.41 4.41 4.79 59 527.0 3B* 21 17 49 6 6 .917 .959 3.14 2.86 3.41 3.11 20 174.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1187 2802 3383 118 738 .981 .977 5.21 4.49 5.45 5.17 1137 10220
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1971 AL-159-4

At Bats
1967 AL-588-6
1969 AL-641-1
1970 AL-686-1
1971 AL-625-3
1973 AL-590-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1969 AL-699-5
1970 AL-732-2
1971 AL-696-3

Hits
1967 AL-160-9
1969 AL-183-2

Triples
1969 AL-7-2
1971 AL-7-4

Stolen Bases
1967 AL-21-5
1968 AL-20-10
1969 AL-33-7
1971 AL-17-8

Singles
1967 AL-140-1
1968 AL-124-4
1969 AL-146-1
1970 AL-142-4
1971 AL-124-4
1973 AL-132-7

Sac. Flies
1970 AL-7-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1973 AL-18-10

Caught Stealing
1969 AL-13-5
1973 AL-10-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1967 AL-9.2-9
1968 AL-12.6-3
1969 AL-15.6-2
1970 AL-19.6-1
1971 AL-14.5-3
1972 AL-12.4-5
1973 AL-12.3-6

Outs
1967 AL-440-10
1968 AL-466-9
1969 AL-484-2
1970 AL-542-1
1971 AL-495-2
1973 AL-474-5

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 22 (928) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1564) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

May 31, 1974: Purchased by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees.

October 3, 1974: Released by the San Diego Padres.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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