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.

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	26 (25)	May 23	WSH		SLB	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
2	27	May 24	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
3	28	May 26	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
4	29	May 27	WSH		CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
5	30	May 28	WSH		CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
6	31	May 29	WSH		CLE	W,16-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	32	May 30 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	33	May 30 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
9	34	May 31	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	35	Jun 2	WSH		CHW	W,12-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	36	Jun 3	WSH		DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
12	37	Jun 4	WSH		DET	W,13-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	38	Jun 5	WSH		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	39	Jun 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,7-14	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
15	40	Jun 9	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	5	2	0	7	0
16	41	Jun 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	5	2	0	7	1
17	42	Jun 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
18	43	Jun 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	44	Jun 13	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
20	45	Jun 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	46	Jun 15	WSH	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
22	47	Jun 16	WSH	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	48	Jun 17	WSH	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	49	Jun 18	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
25	50	Jun 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	51	Jun 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	52	Jun 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,14-9	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
28	53	Jun 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
29	54	Jun 24	WSH		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	55	Jun 25	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	56	Jun 26	WSH		BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	57	Jun 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	59 (1)	Jul 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
34	60	Jul 2	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
35	61	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	62	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,9-12	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
37	63	Jul 5	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	64	Jul 7	WSH	@	BLA	L,0-13	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
39	65	Jul 8	WSH	@	BLA	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	66	Jul 9	WSH	@	BLA	L,4-11	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
41	67	Jul 10	WSH		BLA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	68	Jul 11	WSH		BLA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
43	69	Jul 12	WSH		BLA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	70	Jul 14	WSH		BLA	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	73 (2)	Jul 17	WSH		DET	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
46	74	Jul 19	WSH		SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	75	Jul 21	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
48	76	Jul 22	WSH		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
49	77	Jul 23	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
50	78	Jul 24	WSH		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	81 (2)	Jul 28	WSH		CHW	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
52	82	Jul 29	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
53	83	Jul 31	WSH	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	84	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	L,0-13	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
55	85	Aug 2	WSH	@	DET	L,0-8	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
56	86	Aug 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
57	87	Aug 4	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
58	88	Aug 5	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	9.1	5	0	0	5	0
59	89	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
60	90	Aug 7	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	91	Aug 8	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
62	93 (1)	Aug 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	94	Aug 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	1
64	95	Aug 13	WSH		SLB	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
65	96	Aug 15 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	97	Aug 15 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	12.0	7	1	0	8	0
67	98	Aug 16	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
68	99	Aug 18	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	100	Aug 19	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
70	101	Aug 20	WSH		CHW	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
71	106 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	WSH		DET	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	107	Aug 26	WSH		DET	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	108	Aug 28	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	109	Aug 29	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
75	110	Aug 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	111	Aug 31	WSH	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	0	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	112	Sep 1 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
78	114 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
79	115	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
80	116	Sep 4	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-9	GS	0		2	1	1	4	0
81	129 (12)	Sep 17	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
82	130	Sep 18	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
83	131	Sep 20 (1)	WSH		BLA	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
84	133 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	WSH		BLA	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	135 (1)	Sep 23	WSH		BOS	L,1-14	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
86	136	Sep 24	WSH		BOS	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	138 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	7	4	0	11	1
							87gm		747.0	288	97	11	396	8