John Clarkson

Q: When was John Clarkson born?

John Clarkson was born on July 1, 1861.

Q: Where was John Clarkson born?

John Clarkson was born in Cambridge, MA .

Q: How tall was John Clarkson?

John Clarkson was 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

Q: How much did John Clarkson weigh when playing?

John Clarkson weighed 155 lbs (70 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did John Clarkson play?

John Clarkson played 12 seasons.

Q: Is John Clarkson in the Hall of Fame?

John Clarkson was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1963.

Q: What position did John Clarkson play?

John Clarkson was a Pitcher and Rightfielder.

Q: How many strikeouts did John Clarkson have?

John Clarkson had 1,978 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has John Clarkson played for?

John Clarkson played for 4 teams; the Worcester Ruby Legs, Chicago White Stockings, Boston and Cleveland Spiders.

Q: How many World Series has John Clarkson won?

John Clarkson never won a World Series.

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 155lb (178cm, 70kg)

Born: July 1, 1861 in Cambridge, MA us

Died: February 4, 1909 in Belmont, MA

Buried: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

High School: Webster School (Cambridge, MA)

Debut: May 2, 1882 (Age 20-305d, 519th in major league history)

Last Game: July 12, 1894 (Age 33-011d)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1963. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View John Clarkson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1884 season

Full Name: John Gibson Clarkson

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Relatives: Brother of Dad Clarkson, Walter Clarkson; Cousin of Mert Hackett, Walter Hackett

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Career

WAR

83.2

328

178

ERA

2.81

531

518

4536.1

1978

WHIP

1.209

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1882	20	WOR	NL	1	2	.333	4.50	3	3	0	2	0	0	24.0	49	31	12	0	2	3		0	3	127	70	2.76	2.125	18.4	0.0	0.8	1.1	1.50

1884	22	CHC	NL	10	3	.769	2.14	14	13	1	12	0	0	118.0	94	64	28	10	25	102		0	7	478	146	3.28	1.008	7.2	0.8	1.9	7.8	4.08
1885	23	CHC	NL	53	16	.768	1.85	70	70	0	68	10	0	*623.0*	497	255	128	21	97	*308*		0	14	*2487*	163	2.80	0.953	7.2	0.3	1.4	4.4	3.18
1886	24	CHC	NL	36	17	.679	2.41	55	55	0	50	3	0	466.2	419	248	125	19	86	313		0	17	1914	147	2.84	1.082	8.1	0.4	1.7	6.0	*3.64*
1887	25	CHC	NL	38	21	.644	3.08	60	59	1	56	2	0	523.0	513	283	179	19	92	237	8	0	25	2183	145	3.42	1.157	8.8	0.3	1.6	4.1	2.58
1888	26	BSN	NL	33	20	.623	2.76	54	54	0	53	3	0	483.1	448	247	148	17	119	223	10	0	33	2029	105	2.92	1.173	8.3	0.3	2.2	4.2	1.87
1889	27	BSN	NL	49	19	.721	2.73	73	72	1	68	8	1	*620.0*	*589*	280	188	16	203	284	17	0	16	*2641*	150	3.49	1.277	8.6	0.2	2.9	4.1	1.40
1890	28	BSN	NL	26	18	.591	3.27	44	44	0	43	2	0	383.0	370	186	139	14	140	138	16	0	21	1663	116	3.89	1.332	8.7	0.3	3.3	3.2	0.99
1891	29	BSN	NL	33	19	.635	2.79	55	51	4	47	3	3	460.2	435	244	143	18	154	141	15	0	14	1982	129	3.53	1.279	8.5	0.4	3.0	2.8	0.92
1892	30	TOT	NL	25	16	.610	2.48	45	44	1	42	5	1	389.0	350	197	107	8	132	139	9	0	9	1658	139	3.08	1.239	8.1	0.2	3.1	3.2	1.05
1892	30	BSN	NL	8	6	.571	2.35	16	16	0	15	4	0	145.2	115	65	38	4	60	48	5	0	5	617	150	3.47	1.201	7.1	0.2	3.7	3.0	0.80
1892	30	CLV	NL	17	10	.630	2.55	29	28	1	27	1	1	243.1	235	132	69	4	72	91	4	0	4	1041	133	2.84	1.262	8.7	0.1	2.7	3.4	1.26
1893	31	CLV	NL	16	17	.485	4.45	36	35	1	31	0	0	295.0	358	240	146	11	95	62	5	0	15	1331	109	4.33	1.536	10.9	0.3	2.9	1.9	0.65
1894	32	CLV	NL	8	10	.444	4.42	22	18	3	13	1	0	150.2	173	109	74	6	46	28	0	0	8	653	123	4.88	1.454	10.3	0.4	2.7	1.7	0.61
12 Yrs				328	178	.648	2.81	531	518	12	485	37	5	4536.1	4295	2384	1417	159	1191	1978	80	0	182	19146	133	3.35	1.209	8.5	0.3	2.4	3.9	1.66
162 Game Avg.				21	12	.648	2.81	34	34	1	31	2	0	294	278	155	92	10	77	128	5	0	12	1241	133	3.35	1.209	8.5	0.3	2.4	3.9	1.66

BSN (5 yrs)				149	82	.645	2.82	242	237	5	226	20	4	2092.2	1957	1022	656	69	676	834	63	0	89	8932	128	3.44	1.258	8.4	0.3	2.9	3.6	1.23
CHC (4 yrs)				137	57	.706	2.39	199	197	2	186	15	0	1730.2	1523	850	460	69	300	960	8	0	63	7062	151	3.03	1.053	7.9	0.4	1.6	5.0	3.20
CLV (3 yrs)				41	37	.526	3.78	87	81	5	71	2	1	689.0	766	481	289	21	213	181	9	0	27	3025	118	3.92	1.421	10.0	0.3	2.8	2.4	0.85
WOR (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.50	3	3	0	2	0	0	24.0	49	31	12	0	2	3		0	3	127	70	2.76	2.125	18.4	0.0	0.8	1.1	1.50

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Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1882	20	WOR	NL	0.1	3	11	11	0	4	2	0	0	2		0	3	.364	.364	.545	.909	185	.371	148	6			/13

1884	22	CHC	NL	0.3	21	86	84	16	22	6	2	3	17		2	16	.262	.279	.488	.767	130	.328	114	41			1/O53
1885	23	CHC	NL	-0.1	72	286	283	34	61	11	5	4	32		3	44	.216	.224	.332	.556	69	.247	65	94			1/O5
1886	24	CHC	NL	-0.5	55	210	210	21	49	9	1	3	23	2	0	38	.233	.233	.329	.562	61	.246	56	69			1/O
1887	25	CHC	NL	0.1	63	226	215	40	52	5	5	6	25	6	11	25	.242	.279	.395	.674	76	.291	68	85	0		1/O
1888	26	BSN	NL	-0.1	55	212	205	20	40	9	1	1	17	5	7	48	.195	.222	.263	.485	52	.208	47	54	0		1/O
1889	27	BSN	NL	-0.5	73	273	262	36	54	9	3	2	23	8	11	59	.206	.238	.286	.524	43	.232	34	75	0		1/O5
1890	28	BSN	NL	0.2	45	182	173	18	43	6	3	2	26	2	8	31	.249	.286	.353	.638	79	.292	69	61	1		1/O
1891	29	BSN	NL	0.2	55	205	187	28	42	7	4	0	26	2	18	50	.225	.293	.305	.597	68	.272	59	57	0		1/O
1892	30	2TM	NL	-0.6	45	169	158	15	27	3	0	1	17	3	11	39	.171	.225	.209	.434	28	.200	25	33	0		1
1892	30	BSN	NL	0.1	16	60	57	7	13	3	0	1	13	1	3	15	.228	.267	.333	.600	74	.267	60	19	0		1
1892	30	CLV	NL	-0.6	29	109	101	8	14	0	0	0	4	2	8	24	.139	.202	.139	.340	1	.164	6	14	0		1
1893	31	CLV	NL	-0.5	37	135	131	18	27	6	2	1	17	2	4	20	.206	.230	.305	.535	39	.238	28	40	0		1/O
1894	32	CLV	NL	-0.3	22	65	55	8	11	0	0	1	7	1	6	9	.200	.279	.255	.533	28	.252	19	14	0	4	1
12 Yrs				-1.8	546	2060	1974	254	432	73	26	24	232	31	81	382	.219	.250	.319	.569	61	.252	53	629	1	4	1O/53
162 Game Avg				-0.5	162	611	586	75	128	22	8	7	69		24	113	.219	.250	.319	.569	61	.252	53	187

BSN (5 Yrs)				-0.2	244	932	884	109	192	34	11	6	105	18	47	203	.217	.258	.301	.558	59	.249	51	266	1		1/O5
CHC (4 Yrs)				-0.2	211	808	792	111	184	31	13	16	97	8	16	123	.232	.248	.365	.612	75	.268	69	289	0		1O/53
CLV (3 Yrs)				-1.5	88	309	287	34	52	6	2	2	28	5	18	53	.181	.230	.237	.466	25	.214	19	68	0	4	1/O
WOR (1 Yr)				0.1	3	11	11	0	4	2	0	0	2		0	3	.364	.364	.545	.909	185	.371	148	6			/13

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	Awards
1882	20	WOR	NL	P	3	24.0	8	1	6	1	0	.875	.906	2.63	2.18	2.33	2.17	3
1882	20	WOR	NL	1B	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	10.35	0.00	10.40

1884	22	CHC	NL	P	14	118.0	55	6	38	11	5	.800	.892	3.36	2.29	*3.14*	2.24	7
1884	22	CHC	NL	OF	8	64.0	14	5	5	4	1	.714	.867	1.41	1.83	1.25	1.79
1884	22	CHC	NL	3B	2	8.0	4	0	2	2	0	.500	.848	2.25	3.26	1.00	3.15
1884	22	CHC	NL	1B	1	4.0	6	3	0	3	0	.500	.962	6.75	10.80	3.00	10.50
1885	23	CHC	NL	P	70	623.0	220	26	*174*	20	8	.909	.899	2.89	2.43	2.86	2.37	14
1885	23	CHC	NL	OF	3	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.880	1.80	1.98	0.33	1.87
1885	23	CHC	NL	3B	1	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.870	4.50	3.15	1.00	3.30
1886	24	CHC	NL	P	55	467.0	152	19	114	19	3	.875	.915	2.56	2.27	2.42	2.16	17
1886	24	CHC	NL	OF	5	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.890	1.50	1.80	0.20	1.76
1887	25	CHC	NL	P	60	523.0	166	34	125	7	5	.958	.902	2.74	2.02	2.65	1.96	25
1887	25	CHC	NL	OF	5	29.0	6	5	0	1	0	.833	.883	1.55	2.05	1.00	1.98
1888	26	BSN	NL	P	54	483.0	158	22	117	19	3	.880	.895	2.59	2.36	2.57	2.30	33
1888	26	BSN	NL	OF	1	14.0	3	1	0	2	0	.333	.907	0.64	1.99	1.00	1.90
1889	27	BSN	NL	P	73	620.0	235	36	*172*	27	8	.885	.905	3.02	2.22	2.85	2.16	16
1889	27	BSN	NL	OF	2	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.910	9.00	1.80	0.50	2.00
1889	27	BSN	NL	3B	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	3.60	0.00	3.60
1890	28	BSN	NL	P	44	383.0	107	21	72	14	3	.869	.898	2.19	2.24	2.11	2.19	21
1890	28	BSN	NL	OF	1	12.0	4	1	0	3	0	.250	.915	0.75	1.95	1.00	1.90
1891	29	BSN	NL	P	55	461.0	154	27	114	13	2	.916	.915	2.75	2.29	2.56	2.25	14
1891	29	BSN	NL	OF	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	1.80	0.00	1.90
1892	30	2TM	NL	P	45	389.0	113	11	87	15	4	.867	.901	2.27	2.48	2.18	2.41	9
1892	30	BSN	NL	P	16	146.0	43	2	36	5	3	.884	.901	2.34	2.48	2.38	2.41	5
1892	30	CLV	NL	P	29	243.0	70	9	51	10	1	.857	.901	2.22	2.48	2.07	2.41	4
1893	31	CLV	NL	P	36	295.0	104	15	82	7	1	.933	.913	2.96	2.50	2.69	2.45	15
1893	31	CLV	NL	OF	1	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.910	0.00	2.25	0.00	2.20
1894	32	CLV	NL	P	22	151.0	54	3	42	9	2	.833	.912	2.68	2.19	2.05	2.09	8
					Standard									Range Factor
				Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	Awards
12 Yrs					564	4692.0	1568	239	1151	178	45	.886	.904	2.67	2.30	2.46	2.25	182

P (12 Yrs)				P	531	4537.0	1526	221	1143	162	44	.894	.904	2.71	2.30	2.57	2.23	182
OF (9 Yrs)				OF	27	137.0	31	15	5	11	1	.645	.884	1.31	1.92	0.74	1.87
3B (3 Yrs)				3B	4	12.0	5	0	3	2	0	.600	.852	2.25	3.30	0.75	3.30
1B (2 Yrs)				1B	2	6.0	6	3	0	3	0	.500	.962	4.50	10.65	1.50	10.45

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was John Clarkson born?

John Clarkson was born on July 1, 1861.

Where was John Clarkson born?

John Clarkson was born in Cambridge, MA.

How tall was John Clarkson?

John Clarkson was 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

How much did John Clarkson weigh when playing?

John Clarkson weighed 155 lbs (70 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did John Clarkson play?

John Clarkson played 12 seasons.

Is John Clarkson in the Hall of Fame?

John Clarkson was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1963.

What position did John Clarkson play?