Bill Clarkson
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Born on September 27, 1898 in Portsmouth, Virginia, Bill Clarkson (William Henry Clarkson) played for the New York Giants and Boston Braves over the course of his 3 year career. Clarkson broke into the bigs on May 2, 1927 with the New York Giants, and put up a 4.36 ERA in 86.2 innings pitched in 1927, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1927
| NY
| N
| 26
| 7
| 3
| 9
| 4.36
| 28
| 50
| 42
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 86.2
| 92
| 3
| 52
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.94
| 3
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.2
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 6.75
| 8
| 29
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 34.2
| 53
| 2
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1928
| TOT
| N
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 6.92
| 11
| 35
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 40.1
| 63
| 2
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1.29
| 0
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 51
| 9
| 3
| 12
| 5.44
| 39
| 95
| 81
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 134
| 171
| 5
| 79
| 0
| 8
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1927
| NY
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1928
| TOT
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 37
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1927
| NY
| N
| 28
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .050
| .208
| .050
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| NY
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| TOT
| N
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 53
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .080
| .207
| .080
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Giants with Ben Cantwell, Al Spohrer and Virgil Barnes to Boston Braves in exchange for Joe Genewich (June 15, 1928).
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