Nig Clarke
[edit] Biography
Nig Clarke (Jay Justin Clarke) was born on December 15, 1882 in Amherstburg, Ontario (Canada). He made his Major League debut on April 26, 1905 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1905, his rookie year, he hit .208 with 1 home run and 10 RBI. Clarke played for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Naps, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 9 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1905
| DET
| A
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 1
| .429
| .500
| .857
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| CLE
| A
| 5
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .111
| .200
| .222
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| CLE
| A
| 37
| 114
| 9
| 23
| 0
| 8
| .202
| .266
| .263
| 5
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| TOT
| A
| 45
| 130
| 12
| 27
| 1
| 10
| .208
| .275
| .292
| 6
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| CLE
| A
| 57
| 179
| 22
| 64
| 1
| 21
| .358
| .404
| .486
| 12
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| CLE
| A
| 120
| 390
| 44
| 105
| 3
| 33
| .269
| .333
| .372
| 19
| 6
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| CLE
| A
| 97
| 290
| 34
| 70
| 1
| 27
| .241
| .315
| .321
| 8
| 6
| 30
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| CLE
| A
| 55
| 164
| 15
| 45
| 0
| 14
| .274
| .316
| .323
| 4
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| CLE
| A
| 21
| 58
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .155
| .258
| .190
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| STL
| A
| 82
| 256
| 22
| 55
| 0
| 18
| .215
| .287
| .262
| 10
| 1
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 26
| 62
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 2
| .242
| .299
| .290
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .222
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 29
| 69
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 2
| .217
| .289
| .261
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 477
| 1467
| 153
| 375
| 6
| 125
| .256
| .320
| .337
| 61
| 20
| 132
| 0
| 6
| 29
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 506
| 1536
| 157
| 390
| 6
| 127
| .254
| .318
| .333
| 64
| 20
| 138
| 9
| 7
| 30
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1905
| DET
| A
| C
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1905
| CLE
| A
| C
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1905
| CLE
| A
| C
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 159
| 37
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1905
| TOT
| A
| C
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 178
| 41
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1906
| CLE
| A
| C
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 211
| 58
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1907
| CLE
| A
| C
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 470
| 119
| 24
| 9
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1908
| CLE
| A
| C
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 327
| 108
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1909
| CLE
| A
| C
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 192
| 65
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1910
| CLE
| A
| C
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 82
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1911
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1911
| STL
| A
| C
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 251
| 111
| 29
| 15
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| C
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 63
| 30
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1920
| PIT
| N
| C
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 462
| 0
| 0
| 1786
| 568
| 99
| 40
| 0
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Atlanta (Southern Association) to Cleveland Naps (August, 1904).
- Loaned to Detroit Tigers by Cleveland Naps (August 1, 1905).
- Returned to Cleveland Naps (August 11, 1905).
- Traded by Cleveland Naps to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Art Griggs (December 14, 1910).
- Claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh Pirates from Philadelphia Phillies (November, 1919).
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