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.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 23	WSH		NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 24	WSH		NYY	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 25	WSH		NYY	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 27	WSH		BOS	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 28	WSH		BOS	L,4-11	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 29	WSH		BOS	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	9 (1)	May 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	11 (1)	May 4	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	7	2	1	10	0
10	12	May 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
11	13	May 7	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-19	CG	0	8.0	4	0	2	6	0
12	15 (1)	May 9	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-13	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
13	17 (1)	May 12	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-13	CG	0	7.0	3	3	1	7	0
14	18	May 13	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	19	May 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	21 (1)	May 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	22	May 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
18	23	May 18	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	24	May 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
20	25	May 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
21	26	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
22	27	May 23	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
23	29 (1)	May 25	WSH	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	30	May 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
25	31	May 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
26	32	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
27	33	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	35 (1)	Jun 2	WSH		PHA	L,3-12	CG	0	9.0	3	1	2	6	0
29	36	Jun 3	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	37	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	6	0	2	8	0
31	38	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	6	4	0	10	0
32	39	Jun 6	WSH		SLB	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	40	Jun 8	WSH		CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
34	41	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
35	45 (3)	Jun 15	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
36	46	Jun 16	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
37	47	Jun 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	8	3	1	12	1
38	48	Jun 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
39	49	Jun 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	15	1	1	17	1
40	50	Jun 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
41	51	Jun 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
42	52	Jun 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	53	Jun 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
44	54	Jun 27 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
45	55	Jun 27 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	11.0	14	0	0	14	1
46	56	Jun 29	WSH	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
47	57	Jun 30	WSH	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	58	Jul 1	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	59	Jul 2	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	8.1	14	0	0	14	1
50	61 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
51	62	Jul 6 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
52	63	Jul 7	WSH		CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
53	64	Jul 8	WSH		DET	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
54	65	Jul 9	WSH		DET	W,17-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
55	66	Jul 10	WSH		DET	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
56	67	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
57	68	Jul 13	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
58	69	Jul 14	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
59	70	Jul 15	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
60	71	Jul 16	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	15	0	0	15	1
61	72	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
62	73	Jul 18 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	20	1	0	21	1
63	74	Jul 18 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
64	75	Jul 20	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
65	76	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
66	80 (3)	Jul 25	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
67	81	Jul 27	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
68	82	Jul 28	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	14	1	1	16	1
69	83	Jul 29	WSH	@	PHA	T,4-4	CG	0	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
70	84	Jul 30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-12	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
71	85	Jul 30 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
72	86	Jul 31	WSH		BOS	T,4-4	CG	0	11.0	11	0	0	11	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	87	Aug 1 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	88	Aug 1 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	15	0	1	16	1
75	89	Aug 3	WSH		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	91 (1)	Aug 6	WSH		NYY	L,0-4	CG	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	92	Aug 7	WSH		NYY	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
78	93	Aug 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	9	1	1	11	0
79	94	Aug 10	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	3
80	95	Aug 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-16	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
81	96	Aug 14 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	15.0	16	1	0	17	0
82	97	Aug 14 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	9	1	1	11	0
83	98	Aug 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
84	99	Aug 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
85	100	Aug 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
86	101	Aug 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
87	102	Aug 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	14	1	1	16	0
88	103	Aug 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
89	104	Aug 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
90	105	Aug 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-10	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
91	106	Aug 22	WSH	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
92	107	Aug 24 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
93	108	Aug 24 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
94	109	Aug 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
95	110	Aug 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	14	1	0	15	0
96	111	Aug 29 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	9	1	0	10	2
97	112	Aug 29 (2)	WSH		BOS	T,1-1	CG	0	11.0	16	0	0	16	0
98	113	Aug 31 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
99	114	Aug 31 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	115	Sep 1	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
101	116	Sep 2	WSH		NYY	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
102	117	Sep 3	WSH		NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
103	118	Sep 4	WSH		NYY	W,8-1	CG	0	8.0	14	0	0	14	2
104	119	Sep 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
105	120	Sep 7 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
106	121	Sep 7 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
107	122	Sep 9 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
108	123	Sep 9 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
109	124	Sep 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
110	125	Sep 11	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
111	126	Sep 12	WSH		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	11	1	1	13	2
112	127	Sep 14	WSH		PHA	L,1-13	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
113	128	Sep 15	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	3
114	129	Sep 16	WSH		DET	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
115	130	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
116	131	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
117	132	Sep 19	WSH		SLB	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
118	133	Sep 21	WSH		SLB	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
119	134	Sep 22	WSH		SLB	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
120	135	Sep 23	WSH		CLE	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
121	136	Sep 24	WSH		CLE	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
122	137	Sep 25	WSH		CLE	L,5-14	CG	0	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
123	138	Sep 26	WSH		CHW	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
124	139	Sep 28 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	13	0	1	14	0
125	140	Sep 28 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
							125gm		1089.0	1039	90	32	1161	45