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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 26	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
2	2	Apr 27	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 29	WSH		BLA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 30	WSH		BLA	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	5	May 1	WSH		BLA	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	7 (1)	May 3	WSH		BOS	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
7	8	May 4	WSH		BOS	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	9	May 6	WSH		BOS	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	10	May 7	WSH		BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
10	11	May 8	WSH	@	BLA	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
11	12	May 11	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	14 (1)	May 14	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
13	16 (1)	May 16	WSH		PHA	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
14	18 (1)	May 18	WSH		PHA	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
15	19	May 20	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
16	20	May 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	22 (1)	May 24	WSH	@	CLE	T,5-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
18	24 (1)	May 27	WSH	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	26 (1)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	MLA	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	28 (1)	Jun 1	WSH	@	MLA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	30 (1)	Jun 3	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
22	32 (1)	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	L,4-15	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	34 (1)	Jun 10	WSH		CHW	L,10-13	CG	0	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
24	36 (1)	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
25	37	Jun 15	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
26	38	Jun 17	WSH		DET	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	39	Jun 18	WSH		DET	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	40	Jun 19	WSH		DET	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
29	41	Jun 20	WSH		DET	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
30	42	Jun 21	WSH		MLA	L,3-10	GF	0		10	0	0	10	0
31	43	Jun 22	WSH		MLA	W,2-0	CG	0	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	44	Jun 24	WSH		MLA	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	45	Jun 25	WSH		MLA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
34	46	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
35	47	Jun 27	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
36	48	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	49	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	50	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	T,13-13	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
39	51	Jul 2	WSH		PHA	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
40	52	Jul 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	53	Jul 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	54	Jul 5	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
43	55	Jul 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	56	Jul 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	1
45	57	Jul 9	WSH		BLA	L,1-3	CG	0	10.0	2	2	1	5	0
46	58	Jul 10	WSH		BLA	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
47	59	Jul 11	WSH		BLA	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
48	60	Jul 12	WSH	@	BLA	W,14-12	CG	0	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
49	61	Jul 15 (1)	WSH	@	BLA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	62	Jul 15 (2)	WSH	@	BLA	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
51	63	Jul 16	WSH	@	DET	W,8-5	GS	0		1	1	1	3	0
52	64	Jul 17	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
53	65	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	67 (1)	Jul 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
55	68	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
56	69	Jul 23	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
57	71 (1)	Jul 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	72	Jul 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
59	73	Jul 27	WSH	@	MLA	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	74	Jul 28 (1)	WSH	@	MLA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
61	75	Jul 28 (2)	WSH	@	MLA	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	1
62	76	Jul 29	WSH	@	MLA	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
63	77	Jul 31	WSH	@	BLA	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	78	Aug 1 (1)	WSH	@	BLA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
65	79	Aug 1 (2)	WSH	@	BLA	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
66	80	Aug 2	WSH	@	BLA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
67	81	Aug 3 (1)	WSH	@	BLA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	6	4	0	10	0
68	82	Aug 3 (2)	WSH	@	BLA	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	83	Aug 5 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	5	0	1	6	1
70	84	Aug 5 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	93 (8)	Aug 13	WSH		BLA	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
72	94	Aug 14	WSH		BLA	W,8-4	CG	0	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	95	Aug 16	WSH		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
74	96	Aug 17 (1)	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
75	97	Aug 17 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
76	98	Aug 19	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
77	99	Aug 20	WSH		CHW	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
78	100	Aug 21	WSH		CHW	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	101	Aug 22	WSH		MLA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	102	Aug 24	WSH		MLA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	103	Aug 26	WSH		CLE	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	104	Aug 27	WSH		CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
83	105	Aug 28 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
84	106	Aug 28 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	4	1	2	7	0
85	107	Aug 29	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-11	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	108	Aug 31 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-16	CG	0	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
87	109	Aug 31 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	0	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	110	Sep 1	WSH	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
89	111	Sep 2 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
90	112	Sep 2 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	113	Sep 3	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
92	114	Sep 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	115	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
94	116	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
95	117	Sep 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
96	118	Sep 7	WSH	@	MLA	W,20-8	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	119	Sep 8 (1)	WSH	@	MLA	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
98	120	Sep 8 (2)	WSH	@	MLA	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
99	121	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	122	Sep 12	WSH		BOS	T,6-6	CG	0	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
101	124 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
102	125	Sep 14	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-12	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
103	128 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		MLA	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	129	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		MLA	W,5-3	CG	0	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
105	130	Sep 20	WSH		CLE	W,9-8	CG	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	131	Sep 21 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,18-7	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
107	133 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	135 (1)	Sep 24	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG	0	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
109	137 (1)	Sep 26	WSH		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
110	138	Sep 27	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	7.0	6	2	0	8	0
							110gm		929.0	382	122	25	529	12