Clyde Spearman
Pittsburgh Crawfords 1932; New York Black Yankees 1934–1935; New York Cubans 1935–1936; Philadelphia Stars 1938–1939; New York Cubans 1940; Chicago American Giants 1941–1942; Birmingham Black Barons 1943; New York Black Yankees 1946
Percentile snapshot
1938 season — qualified batters
of 122 qualified 1938 batters (min 210 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .364 | .462 | .545 | 1.007 | 152.2 | 160.7 | .461 | 0.2 |
| 1934 | 21 | 90 | 76 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .342 | .425 | .500 | .925 | 157.8 | 162.3 | .418 | 0.8 |
| 1935 | 24 | 112 | 101 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .257 | .324 | .366 | .691 | 81.6 | 78.7 | .318 | 0.0 |
| 1936 | 42 | 181 | 162 | 31 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | .397 | .500 | .897 | 123.2 | 127.6 | .408 | 1.0 |
| 1938 | 65 | 281 | 245 | 41 | 74 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .302 | .378 | .396 | .774 | 105.6 | 104.6 | .362 | 0.9 |
| 1939 | 27 | 110 | 93 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .324 | .269 | .593 | 70.6 | 58.7 | .295 | -0.2 |
| 1940 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | -41.2 | -69.2 | .085 | -0.2 |
| 1941 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .471 | .500 | .529 | 1.029 | 193.9 | 205.4 | .490 | 0.3 |
| 1942 | 13 | 40 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 36.5 | 18.7 | .212 | -0.2 |
| 1943 | 43 | 187 | 160 | 27 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .300 | .388 | .356 | .744 | 130.5 | 128.9 | .367 | 1.2 |
| 1946 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .241 | .231 | .472 | 41.8 | 32.0 | .239 | -0.2 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935-07-29 | NYC @ HOM Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1943-07-15 | BBB @ KCM Gameday | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1935-08-03 | NYC @ CAG Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1935-08-25 | NE @ NYC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1938-08-27 | HOM @ PHS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935-05-05 | NYC @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935-05-11 | NYC @ TIC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935-05-12 | NYC @ TIC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935-05-12 | NYC @ TIC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935-05-13 | NYC @ TIC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.