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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-62 / in Starts: 21-57
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	85 games
Most Games w/o RBI	23 games

RBI Opportunities

1904 Batting Game Log

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1904 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	835	27 (26)	May 23	WSH		DET	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.333	.333	.333	.667	8			1B
2	836	28	May 24	WSH		CLE	L,6-10	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.429	.429	.429	.857	8			1B
3	837	29	May 25	WSH		CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.364	.364	.455	.818	5			1B
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
4	838	35 (5)	Jun 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.267	.333	.600	3			1B
5	839	36	Jun 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,7-13	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.211	.250	.263	.513	3			1B
6	840	37	Jun 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.182	.217	.227	.445	3			1B
7	841	38	Jun 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.154	.185	.192	.377	3			1B
8	842	39	Jun 5	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG(14)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.156	.182	.188	.369	7			1B
9	843	40	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.194	.216	.250	.466	7			1B
10	844	41	Jun 7	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.175	.195	.225	.420	7			1B
11	845	42	Jun 8	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-12	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.163	.182	.209	.391	7			1B
12	846	43	Jun 10	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.174	.208	.217	.426	7			1B
13	847	44	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				1		.184	.231	.224	.455	7			1B
14	848	45	Jun 13	WSH	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.173	.218	.212	.430	7			1B
15	849	46	Jun 14	WSH	@	DET	T,5-5	CG(15)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.155	.197	.190	.386	7			1B
16	850	47	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.145	.185	.177	.362	7			1B
17	851	48	Jun 16	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.149	.186	.179	.365	7			1B
18	852	49	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.141	.176	.169	.345	7			1B
19	853	50	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.149	.192	.176	.368	7			1B
20	854	51	Jun 20	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.154	.195	.179	.375	7			1B
21	855	52	Jun 21	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.148	.188	.173	.361	7			1B
22	856	53	Jun 22	WSH		NYY	L,6-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.153	.191	.176	.367	7			1B
23	857	54	Jun 23	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				1		.157	.194	.180	.373	8			C
24	858	55	Jun 24	WSH		NYY	L,3-5	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.163	.206	.185	.391	8			C
25	859	56	Jun 25	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	3		0	0	0				0		.172	.238	.215	.453	8			C
26	860	57	Jun 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.231	.208	.439	8			C
27	861	58	Jun 28	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.163	.234	.204	.438	8			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
28	862	59	Jul 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.158	.227	.198	.425	8			C
29	863	60	Jul 2 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.171	.237	.210	.446	8			C
30	864	63 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.174	.237	.211	.448	8			C
31	865	64	Jul 5	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.170	.231	.205	.437	8			C
32	866	66 (1)	Jul 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.167	.234	.202	.436	8			C
33	867	68 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.179	.250	.214	.464	8			C
34	868	70 (1)	Jul 12	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.176	.246	.210	.456	8			C
35	869	72 (1)	Jul 14	WSH		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.171	.239	.203	.442	8			C
36	870	73	Jul 15	WSH		SLB	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.173	.239	.205	.444	8			C
37	871	74	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.172	.237	.203	.441	9			PH
38	872	76 (1)	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.168	.232	.198	.431	8			C
39	873	79 (2)	Jul 22	WSH		DET	T,0-0	CG(13)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.169	.231	.199	.430	8			C
40	874	80	Jul 23 (1)	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.165	.227	.194	.421	8			C
41	875	82 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.169	.229	.197	.426	8			C
42	876	85 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-6	CG(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.167	.231	.194	.425	8			C
43	877	86	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.176	.238	.209	.447	8			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
44	878	87	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.172	.233	.205	.438	8			C
45	879	90 (2)	Aug 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.170	.235	.203	.438	8			C
46	880	91	Aug 5	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.166	.229	.197	.427	8			C
47	881	94 (2)	Aug 8	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	5	4	2	3	2	0	0	2	0		0	1	0				0		.180	.246	.224	.469	8			C
48	882	95	Aug 10	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.177	.242	.220	.461	8			C
49	883	97 (1)	Aug 12	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.176	.240	.218	.458	9			PH
50	884	99 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.173	.240	.214	.455	8			C 1B
51	885	100	Aug 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.170	.237	.211	.447	7			1B
52	886	101	Aug 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.172	.238	.213	.451	7			1B
53	887	102	Aug 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.181	.249	.226	.475	7			1B
54	888	103	Aug 19	WSH		DET	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.182	.249	.227	.475	7			1B
55	889	104	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.184	.249	.227	.476	7			1B
56	890	105	Aug 20 (2)	WSH		DET	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.181	.245	.223	.469	7			1B
57	891	106	Aug 23 (1)	WSH		DET	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.183	.250	.225	.475	7			C
58	892	108 (1)	Aug 24	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.186	.255	.227	.482	7			C
59	893	109	Aug 25	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.184	.252	.224	.477	7			C
60	894	114 (4)	Aug 30 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.190	.257	.230	.487	8			C
Sep/Oct		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
61	895	116 (1)	Sep 1	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.197	.266	.241	.507	8			C
62	896	117	Sep 2	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.196	.265	.240	.505	9			PH
63	897	118	Sep 3 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.197	.264	.240	.505	8			C
64	898	121 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.198	.264	.241	.505	8			C
65	899	122	Sep 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.205	.272	.247	.519	8			C
66	900	125 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.205	.272	.247	.519	8			C
67	901	126	Sep 8 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,2-8	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.212	.277	.252	.529	8			C
68	902	127	Sep 8 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.211	.276	.251	.527	9			PH
69	903	129 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.207	.274	.247	.521	8			C
70	904	131 (1)	Sep 12	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.203	.270	.242	.512	8			C
71	905	132	Sep 15 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.209	.273	.251	.525	8			C
72	906	134 (1)	Sep 16	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.213	.277	.255	.532	8			C
73	907	136 (1)	Sep 19	WSH		NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.210	.273	.251	.524	8			C
74	908	138 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-5	CG(6)	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.215	.277	.256	.533	8			C
75	909	139	Sep 21	WSH		NYY	W,4-2	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.215	.276	.255	.531	8			C
76	910	141 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.212	.273	.252	.525	8			C
77	911	143 (1)	Sep 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.209	.273	.249	.522	8			C
78	912	145 (1)	Sep 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.211	.273	.250	.523	8			C
79	913	146	Sep 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.208	.270	.247	.518	8			C
80	914	147	Oct 1 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.214	.275	.252	.527	8			C
81	915	149 (1)	Oct 3	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.213	.274	.251	.525	9			PH
82	916	150	Oct 5 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.213	.273	.251	.524	8			C
83	917	152 (1)	Oct 7 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.211	.271	.248	.519	8			C
84	918	155 (2)	Oct 8 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,0-2	CG(6)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.210	.272	.247	.519	8			C
85	919	156	Oct 10 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.211	.272	.247	.519	8			C
							21-62		300	275	23	58	8	1	0	17	18		8	5	2				5		.211	.272	.247	.519

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