Horace Clarke

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: June 2, 1939 in Frederiksted, U. S. Virgin Islands vi

Died: August 5, 2020 in Laurel, MD

Buried: Frederiksted Cemetery, Frederiksted, St. Croix

High School: Christiansted (St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands)

Debut: May 13, 1965 (Age 25-345d, 12,362nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 15, 1974 (Age 35-105d)
vs. ATL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Horace Meredith Clarke

Nicknames: Hoss

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.6

4813

1230

.256

548

RBI

304

151

OBP

.308

SLG

.313

OPS

.621

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 25)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	NYY	@	WSA	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
2	2	Apr 12	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
3	3	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
4	4	Apr 15	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
5	5	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	CG	81	18.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
6	6	Apr 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
7	7	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS	14	3.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
8	15 (7)	Apr 30 (2)	NYY		CAL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	16	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
10	17	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	6	2	0	8	1	2B
11	18	May 7 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
12	19	May 7 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
13	20	May 8	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
14	21	May 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
15	22	May 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
16	23	May 12	NYY		BAL	L,0-14	CG	54	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
17	24	May 13	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
18	25	May 14	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
19	26	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
20	27	May 17	NYY		CLE	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
21	28	May 19	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	6	1	10	1	2B
22	29	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
23	30	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
24	31	May 21 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
25	32	May 22	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
26	33	May 23	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
27	34	May 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
28	35	May 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
29	36	May 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
30	37	May 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
31	38	May 30 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
32	39	May 30 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
33	40	May 31	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	41	Jun 2	NYY		DET	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
35	42	Jun 3	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
36	43	Jun 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
37	44	Jun 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,7-11	CG	57	13.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
38	45	Jun 5	NYY		WSA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
39	46	Jun 6	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	8	0	12	3	2B
40	47	Jun 7 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
41	48	Jun 7 (2)	NYY		WSA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
42	49	Jun 8	NYY		WSA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
43	50	Jun 9	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
44	51	Jun 10	NYY		CHW	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	3	2B
45	52	Jun 11 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
46	53	Jun 11 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
47	54	Jun 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
48	55	Jun 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
49	56	Jun 14 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
50	57	Jun 14 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
51	58	Jun 15	NYY	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	9	0	11	0	2B
52	59	Jun 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
53	60	Jun 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
54	61	Jun 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
55	62	Jun 20	NYY		BOS	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
56	63	Jun 21	NYY		BOS	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
57	64	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
58	65	Jun 24	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
59	66	Jun 25	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
60	67	Jun 26	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
61	68	Jun 27 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
62	69	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
63	70	Jun 28	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
64	71	Jun 30	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	73 (1)	Jul 2	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
66	86 (12)	Jul 16	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GF	40	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
67	87	Jul 17	NYY		BAL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
68	88	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
69	89	Jul 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
70	90	Jul 21	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
71	91	Jul 22	NYY	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
72	92	Jul 23 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
73	93	Jul 23 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
74	94	Jul 25	NYY		MIN	T,1-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
75	95	Jul 26 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
76	96	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,2-3	CG	68	18.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
77	97	Jul 27	NYY		MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
78	98	Jul 29	NYY		KCA	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
79	99	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
80	100	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
81	101	Jul 31	NYY		KCA	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	102	Aug 1	NYY		CAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	7	1	11	2	2B
83	103	Aug 2	NYY		CAL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
84	104	Aug 4	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
85	105	Aug 5	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	45	11.1	3	3	0	6	0	2B
86	106	Aug 6	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
87	107	Aug 7	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
88	108	Aug 8	NYY	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
89	109	Aug 9	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
90	110	Aug 11 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
91	111	Aug 11 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
92	112	Aug 12	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
93	113	Aug 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,15-11	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
94	114	Aug 14	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
95	115	Aug 15	NYY		BAL	L,10-11	CG	66	13.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
96	116	Aug 16	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
97	117	Aug 17	NYY		BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
98	118	Aug 18 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
99	119	Aug 18 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
100	120	Aug 19	NYY		MIN	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
101	121	Aug 20	NYY		MIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
102	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
103	123	Aug 22 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
104	124	Aug 22 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
105	125	Aug 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
106	126	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
107	127	Aug 25 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
108	128	Aug 25 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
109	129	Aug 26	NYY	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	3	4	0	7	2	2B
110	130	Aug 27	NYY	@	WSA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
111	131	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
112	132	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
113	133	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	80	20.0	6	11	0	17	3	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	136 (2)	Sep 1	NYY		WSA	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
115	137	Sep 2	NYY		WSA	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
116	138	Sep 3	NYY		WSA	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
117	139	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
118	140	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
119	141	Sep 5	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
120	142	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
121	143	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
122	144	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
123	145	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
124	146	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		CAL	L,1-2	CG	52	12.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
125	147	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
126	148	Sep 13	NYY		CAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
127	149	Sep 15	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
128	150	Sep 16	NYY		CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	7	3	1	11	2	2B
129	151	Sep 17	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
130	152	Sep 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
131	153	Sep 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
132	154	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
133	155	Sep 22	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
134	156	Sep 23	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
135	157	Sep 24	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
136	158	Sep 25	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
137	159	Sep 26	NYY		DET	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
138	160	Sep 29 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
139	162 (1)	Sep 30	NYY		KCA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
140	163	Oct 1	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
							140gm		1262.1	348	410	8	766	79