William Clarke

Name Note: Name presented as Boileryard Clarke in some sources

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: October 18, 1868 in New York, NY us

Died: July 29, 1959 in Princeton, NJ

Buried: Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD

Debut: May 1, 1893 (Age 24-195d, 1,722nd in major league history)

Last Game: October 7, 1905 (Age 36-354d)
vs. PHI 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1893 season

Full Name: William Jones Clarke

Nicknames: Boileryard

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1905 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

3346

858

.256

394

RBI

429

OBP

.310

SLG

.326

OPS

.637

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	50-57 / in Starts: 49-56
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	20 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games

RBI Opportunities

1901 Batting Game Log

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1901 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	512	1	Apr 26	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.667	.750	.667	1.417	8			C
2	513	2	Apr 27	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.500	.556	.750	1.306	8			C
3	514	3	Apr 29	WSH		BLA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.417	.462	.667	1.128	8			C
4	515	4	Apr 30	WSH		BLA	W,12-6	CG	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.333	.412	.533	.945	8			C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
5	516	5	May 1	WSH		BLA	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.278	.381	.444	.825	8			C
6	517	7 (1)	May 3	WSH		BOS	W,9-4	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.250	.375	.400	.775	8			C
7	518	8	May 4	WSH		BOS	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.357	.375	.732	8			C
8	519	9	May 6	WSH		BOS	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.321	.406	.464	.871	8			C
9	520	10	May 7	WSH		BOS	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.290	.371	.419	.791	8			C
10	521	11	May 8	WSH	@	BLA	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.294	.368	.412	.780	8			C
11	522	12	May 11	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.270	.357	.378	.736	8			C
12	523	14 (1)	May 14	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.293	.370	.390	.760	8			C
13	524	16 (1)	May 16	WSH		PHA	W,12-5	CG	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	0		0	2	0				0		.295	.392	.432	.824	6			C
14	525	18 (1)	May 18	WSH		PHA	L,6-11	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.271	.364	.396	.759	6			C
15	526	19	May 20	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.271	.364	.396	.759	6			C
16	527	20	May 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				1		.283	.367	.396	.763	6			C
17	528	22 (1)	May 24	WSH	@	CLE	T,5-5	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.263	.344	.368	.712	6			C
18	529	24 (1)	May 27	WSH	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.246	.324	.344	.668	6			C
19	530	26 (1)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	MLA	L,3-13	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.246	.319	.338	.658	6			C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
20	531	28 (1)	Jun 1	WSH	@	MLA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.246	.316	.348	.664	6			C
21	532	30 (1)	Jun 3	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.247	.313	.342	.655	6			C
22	533	32 (1)	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	L,4-15	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.260	.321	.351	.672	6			C
23	534	34 (1)	Jun 10	WSH		CHW	L,10-13	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.268	.326	.354	.680	6			C
24	535	36 (1)	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.323	.360	.683	6			C
25	536	37	Jun 15	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.267	.320	.356	.675	6			C
26	537	38	Jun 17	WSH		DET	L,2-9	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.261	.313	.348	.661	6			C
27	538	39	Jun 18	WSH		DET	L,6-10	CG	5	5	1	5	0	0	1	3	0		0	0	0				1		.299	.346	.412	.759	6			C
28	539	40	Jun 19	WSH		DET	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.294	.339	.402	.741	2			1B
29	540	41	Jun 20	WSH		DET	W,8-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	3	0		0	0	0				0		.299	.342	.421	.763	1			1B
30	541	42	Jun 21	WSH		MLA	L,3-10	0-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.297	.339	.414	.753	1			1B
31	542	43	Jun 22	WSH		MLA	W,2-0	CG(5)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.292	.339	.407	.746	2			C
32	543	44	Jun 24	WSH		MLA	L,8-9	CG	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1		0	1	0				0		.302	.357	.422	.780	2			C
33	544	45	Jun 25	WSH		MLA	W,3-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.289	.344	.405	.748	2			C
34	545	46	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.296	.348	.416	.764	2			C
35	546	47	Jun 27	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.295	.345	.411	.756	2			C
36	547	48	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.308	.361	.421	.782	2			C
37	548	49	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.307	.358	.423	.781	2			C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
38	549	50	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	T,13-13	CG	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.310	.364	.423	.786	2			C
39	550	51	Jul 2	WSH		PHA	W,10-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.308	.365	.418	.783	2			C
40	551	52	Jul 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.307	.362	.413	.775	2			C
41	552	53	Jul 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.299	.353	.403	.756	2			C
42	553	54	Jul 5	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.297	.351	.411	.762	2			C
43	554	55	Jul 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.296	.349	.407	.756	2			C
44	555	56	Jul 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.309	.360	.418	.778	2			C
45	556	57	Jul 9	WSH		BLA	L,1-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.300	.350	.406	.756	2			C
46	557	58	Jul 10	WSH		BLA	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.299	.348	.402	.750	2			C
47	558	59	Jul 11	WSH		BLA	L,2-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.292	.344	.393	.737	2			C
48	559	60	Jul 12	WSH	@	BLA	W,14-12	CG	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	1		1	0	0				0		.290	.343	.404	.748	4			C
49	560	61	Jul 15 (1)	WSH	@	BLA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.283	.337	.396	.732	4			C
50	561	62	Jul 15 (2)	WSH	@	BLA	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.283	.335	.393	.728	4			C
51	562	63	Jul 16	WSH	@	DET	W,8-5	GS-0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.285	.337	.394	.730	4			C
52	563	64	Jul 17	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.279	.330	.386	.716	4			C
53	564	65	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.277	.327	.381	.708	4			C
54	565	67 (1)	Jul 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.277	.326	.379	.704	4			C
55	566	68	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.286	.333	.386	.719	4			C
56	567	69	Jul 23	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.290	.336	.388	.724	4			C
57	568	71 (1)	Jul 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.289	.335	.385	.720	5			C
58	569	72	Jul 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0				0		.286	.338	.382	.719	5			C
59	570	73	Jul 27	WSH	@	MLA	W,7-0	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.284	.335	.382	.717	5			C
60	571	74	Jul 28 (1)	WSH	@	MLA	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.288	.337	.384	.722	5			C
61	572	75	Jul 28 (2)	WSH	@	MLA	L,4-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.284	.336	.379	.715	5			C
62	573	76	Jul 29	WSH	@	MLA	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.284	.335	.377	.712	5			C
63	574	77	Jul 31	WSH	@	BLA	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.280	.333	.372	.706	5			C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
64	575	78	Aug 1 (1)	WSH	@	BLA	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.279	.331	.369	.700	5			C
65	576	79	Aug 1 (2)	WSH	@	BLA	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.277	.328	.365	.694	5			C
66	577	80	Aug 2	WSH	@	BLA	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.286	.338	.373	.711	5			C
67	578	81	Aug 3 (1)	WSH	@	BLA	W,6-5	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.281	.336	.367	.703	5			C
68	579	82	Aug 3 (2)	WSH	@	BLA	W,8-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.285	.340	.369	.710	5			C
69	580	83	Aug 5 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.287	.341	.370	.711	5			C
70	581	84	Aug 5 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.284	.340	.366	.706	5			C
71	582	93 (8)	Aug 13	WSH		BLA	L,1-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.284	.342	.369	.711	4			C
72	583	94	Aug 14	WSH		BLA	W,8-4	CG(5)	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				0		.289	.349	.374	.723	4			C
73	584	95	Aug 16	WSH		DET	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.285	.344	.368	.713	4			C
74	585	96	Aug 17 (1)	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	0		0	0	0				0		.291	.349	.387	.735	4			C
75	586	97	Aug 17 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0				0		.292	.354	.387	.741	4			C
76	587	98	Aug 19	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.294	.354	.391	.745	4			C
77	588	99	Aug 20	WSH		CHW	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.294	.353	.389	.742	4			C
78	589	100	Aug 21	WSH		CHW	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.290	.349	.384	.733	4			C
79	590	101	Aug 22	WSH		MLA	W,4-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.289	.348	.382	.730	4			C
80	591	102	Aug 24	WSH		MLA	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.286	.344	.378	.723	4			C
81	592	103	Aug 26	WSH		CLE	W,8-1	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	2				0		.287	.344	.381	.725	4			C
82	593	104	Aug 27	WSH		CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.283	.340	.376	.716	4			C
83	594	105	Aug 28 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	0				0		.283	.339	.375	.714	4			C
84	595	106	Aug 28 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.280	.338	.371	.709	4			C
85	596	107	Aug 29	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-11	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.279	.336	.368	.705	4			C
86	597	108	Aug 31 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-16	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0				0		.279	.340	.368	.708	4			C
87	598	109	Aug 31 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG(5)	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.283	.343	.371	.713	4			C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
88	599	110	Sep 1	WSH	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.281	.341	.368	.709	4			C
89	600	111	Sep 2 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.281	.340	.367	.707	4			C
90	601	112	Sep 2 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.283	.340	.367	.708	4			C
91	602	113	Sep 3	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG(10)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2		0	0	0				0		.283	.344	.367	.711	4			C
92	603	114	Sep 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.282	.342	.365	.707	4			C
93	604	115	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.282	.341	.363	.704	4			C
94	605	116	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.279	.339	.359	.699	4			C
95	606	117	Sep 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.277	.338	.357	.695	4			C
96	607	118	Sep 7	WSH	@	MLA	W,20-8	CG(7)	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.277	.338	.359	.697	4			C
97	608	119	Sep 8 (1)	WSH	@	MLA	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.277	.337	.363	.700	4			C
98	609	120	Sep 8 (2)	WSH	@	MLA	W,7-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.279	.338	.363	.702	4			C
99	610	121	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	L,0-9	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.279	.338	.363	.701	4			C
100	611	122	Sep 12	WSH		BOS	T,6-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.279	.337	.362	.699	4			C
101	612	124 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.279	.339	.364	.703	4			C
102	613	125	Sep 14	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.276	.336	.361	.696	4			C
103	614	128 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		MLA	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.273	.333	.357	.690	4			C
104	615	129	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		MLA	W,5-3	CG(7)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.271	.329	.353	.683	4			C
105	616	130	Sep 20	WSH		CLE	W,9-8	CG(7)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.270	.329	.352	.681	4			C
106	617	131	Sep 21 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,18-7	CG	6	6	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.279	.336	.359	.695	4			C
107	618	133 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.276	.333	.356	.689	4			C
108	619	135 (1)	Sep 24	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG(5)	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				1		.280	.336	.359	.695	4			C
109	620	137 (1)	Sep 26	WSH		DET	L,3-5	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.279	.335	.360	.695	4			C
110	621	138	Sep 27	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	CG(7)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.280	.336	.360	.696	4			C
							50-57		468	422	58	118	15	5	3	54	21		17	15	10		0		7		.280	.336	.360	.696

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