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.

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	27 (26)	May 23	WSH		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
2	28	May 24	WSH		CLE	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
3	29	May 25	WSH		CLE	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	35 (5)	Jun 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
5	36	Jun 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,7-13	CG	0	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
6	37	Jun 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
7	38	Jun 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
8	39	Jun 5	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	13.2	15	0	0	15	0
9	40	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	11	2	1	14	2
10	41	Jun 7	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	9	0	1	10	2
11	42	Jun 8	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-12	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
12	43	Jun 10	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
13	44	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
14	45	Jun 13	WSH	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
15	46	Jun 14	WSH	@	DET	T,5-5	CG	0	15.0	16	1	0	17	1
16	47	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
17	48	Jun 16	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
18	49	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
19	50	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
20	51	Jun 20	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
21	52	Jun 21	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	53	Jun 22	WSH		NYY	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
23	54	Jun 23	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
24	55	Jun 24	WSH		NYY	L,3-5	CG	0	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
25	56	Jun 25	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
26	57	Jun 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	58	Jun 28	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	59	Jul 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
29	60	Jul 2 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	63 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
31	64	Jul 5	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
32	66 (1)	Jul 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	7	2	1	10	0
33	68 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
34	70 (1)	Jul 12	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	CG	0	5.0	4	3	1	8	1
35	72 (1)	Jul 14	WSH		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
36	73	Jul 15	WSH		SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
37	76 (2)	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
38	79 (2)	Jul 22	WSH		DET	T,0-0	CG	0	13.0	10	2	0	12	0
39	80	Jul 23 (1)	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
40	82 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
41	85 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	86	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	87	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
44	90 (2)	Aug 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
45	91	Aug 5	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	5	1	0	6	0
46	94 (2)	Aug 8	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	95	Aug 10	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	99 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	0		3	2	0	5	0
49	100	Aug 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
50	101	Aug 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
51	102	Aug 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	10	0	1	11	0
52	103	Aug 19	WSH		DET	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	13	1	1	15	1
53	104	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-12	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
54	105	Aug 20 (2)	WSH		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	15	0	0	15	1
55	106	Aug 23 (1)	WSH		DET	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
56	108 (1)	Aug 24	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	8	2	0	10	1
57	109	Aug 25	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
58	114 (4)	Aug 30 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	116 (1)	Sep 1	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
60	118 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
61	121 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	122	Sep 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	125 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	126	Sep 8 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
65	129 (2)	Sep 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	131 (1)	Sep 12	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	5	4	0	9	0
67	132	Sep 15 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
68	134 (1)	Sep 16	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
69	136 (1)	Sep 19	WSH		NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
70	138 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-5	CG	0	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
71	139	Sep 21	WSH		NYY	W,4-2	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
72	141 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
73	143 (1)	Sep 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
74	145 (1)	Sep 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
75	146	Sep 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	9	2	1	12	0
76	147	Oct 1 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
77	150 (2)	Oct 5 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
78	152 (1)	Oct 7 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
79	155 (2)	Oct 8 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
80	156	Oct 10 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
							81gm		683.0	517	86	13	616	24