John Clarkson

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Full Name: John Gibson Clarkson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/155	First Game: May 2, 1882
Birthdate: July 1, 1861	Final Game: July 12, 1894
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: February 4, 1909
Deathplace: Belmont, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
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[edit] Biography

Born on July 1, 1861 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, John Clarkson (John Gibson Clarkson) played for the Worcester Ruby Legs, Chicago White Stockings, Boston Beaneaters and Cleveland Spiders over the course of his 12 year career. Clarkson broke into the bigs on May 2, 1882 with the Worcester Ruby Legs, and put up a 2.14 ERA in 118 innings pitched in 1884, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Clarkson's best season was 1885, when he posted a 1.85 ERA, won 53 games and struck out 308 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1882	WOR	N	3	3	1	2	4.50	3	31	12	2	0	0	24	49	0	2	0	3	0
1884	CHI	N	14	13	10	3	2.14	102	64	28	12	0	0	118	94	10	25	0	7	0
1885	CHI	N	70	70	53	16	1.85	308	255	128	68	10	0	623	497	21	97	0	14	0
1886	CHI	N	55	55	36	17	2.41	313	248	125	50	3	0	466.2	419	20	86	0	17	0
1887	CHI	N	60	59	38	21	3.08	237	283	179	56	2	0	523	513	20	92	0	25	8
1888	BOS	N	54	54	33	20	2.76	223	239	148	53	3	0	483.1	448	17	119	0	33	10
1889	BOS	N	73	72	49	19	2.73	284	280	188	68	8	1	620	589	16	203	0	16	17
1890	BOS	N	44	44	26	18	3.27	138	186	139	43	2	0	383	370	14	140	0	21	0
1891	BOS	N	55	51	33	19	2.79	141	244	143	47	3	3	460.2	435	18	154	0	14	0
1892	CLE	N	29	28	17	10	2.55	91	132	69	27	1	1	243.1	235	4	72	0	4	0
1892	BOS	N	16	16	8	6	2.35	48	65	38	15	4	0	145.2	115	4	60	0	5	0
1892	TOT	N	45	44	25	16	2.48	139	197	107	42	5	1	389	350	8	132	0	9	0
1893	CLE	N	36	35	16	17	4.45	62	240	146	31	0	0	295	358	11	95	0	15	0
1894	CLE	N	22	18	8	10	4.42	28	109	74	13	1	0	150.2	173	6	46	0	8	0
Total			531	518	328	178	2.81	1978	2376	1417	485	37	5	4536.1	4295	161	1191	0	182	35

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1882	WOR	N	P	3	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1882	WOR	N	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1884	CHI	N	P	14	0	0	6	38	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1884	CHI	N	1B	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1884	CHI	N	OF	8	0	0	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.714
1884	CHI	N	3B	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1885	CHI	N	3B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1885	CHI	N	P	70	0	0	26	174	20	8	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1885	CHI	N	OF	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1886	CHI	N	P	55	0	0	19	114	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1886	CHI	N	OF	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1887	CHI	N	P	60	0	0	34	125	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1887	CHI	N	OF	5	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1888	BOS	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
1888	BOS	N	P	54	0	0	22	117	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.880
1889	BOS	N	OF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1889	BOS	N	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1889	BOS	N	P	73	0	0	36	172	27	8	0	0	0	0	0	.885
1890	BOS	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
1890	BOS	N	P	44	0	0	21	72	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.869
1891	BOS	N	P	55	0	0	27	114	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.916
1891	BOS	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1892	CLE	N	P	29	0	0	9	51	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1892	BOS	N	P	16	0	0	2	36	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.884
1892	TOT	N	P	45	0	0	11	87	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	.867
1893	CLE	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1893	CLE	N	P	36	0	0	15	82	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1894	CLE	N	P	22	0	0	3	42	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.833
Total			3B	4	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600
Total			OF	27	0	0	15	5	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.645
Total			1B	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Total			P	531	0	0	221	1143	162	44	0	0	0	0	0	.894

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1882	WOR	N	3	11	0	4	0	2	.364	.364	.545	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1884	CHI	N	21	84	16	22	3	17	.262	.279	.488	6	2	2	16	0	0	0	0	0
1885	CHI	N	72	283	34	61	4	32	.216	.224	.332	11	5	3	44	0	0	0	0	0
1886	CHI	N	55	210	21	49	3	23	.233	.233	.329	9	1	0	38	0	0	2	0	0
1887	CHI	N	63	215	40	52	6	25	.242	.279	.395	5	5	11	25	0	0	6	0	0
1888	BOS	N	55	205	20	40	1	17	.195	.222	.263	9	1	7	48	0	0	5	0	0
1889	BOS	N	73	262	36	54	2	23	.206	.238	.286	9	3	11	59	0	0	8	0	0
1890	BOS	N	45	173	18	43	2	26	.249	.286	.353	6	3	8	31	1	0	2	0	0
1891	BOS	N	55	187	28	42	0	26	.225	.293	.305	7	4	18	50	0	0	2	0	0
1892	CLE	N	29	101	8	14	0	4	.139	.202	.139	0	0	8	24	0	0	2	0	0
1892	BOS	N	16	57	7	13	1	13	.228	.267	.333	3	0	3	15	0	0	1	0	0
1892	TOT	N	45	158	15	27	1	17	.171	.225	.209	3	0	11	39	0	0	3	0	0
1893	CLE	N	37	131	18	27	1	17	.206	.230	.305	6	2	4	20	0	0	2	0	0
1894	CLE	N	22	55	8	11	1	7	.200	.279	.255	0	0	6	9	0	4	1	0	0
Total			546	1974	254	432	24	232	.219	.250	.319	73	26	81	382	1	4	31	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Worcester Ruby Legs (1882).
Released by Worcester Ruby Legs (May, 1882).
Sold by Saginaw (Northwestern) to Chicago White Stockings (@August 24, 1884).
Sold by Chicago White Stockings to Boston Beaneaters for $10000 (April 3, 1888).
Released by Boston Beaneaters (June 30, 1892).
Signed by Cleveland Spiders (July 5, 1892).
Traded by Cleveland Spiders to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Tony Mullane (July 13, 1894).

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