MLB / Players

Dad Clarke

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 7 in · 160 lb
BornJanuary 7, 1865 · Oswego, NY, USA
MLB debutApril 23, 1888
Final gameOctober 15, 1898
Seasons7 (1888–1898)

Chicago White Stockings 1888; Columbus Solons 1891; New York Giants 1894–1896; Louisville Colonels 1897; New York Giants 1897; Louisville Colonels 1898

Percentile snapshot

1896 season — qualified pitchers

G
48
90.9
GS
40
77.3
W
17
61.4
L
24
9.1
SV
1
56.8
CG
33
72.7
SHO
1
43.2
H
431
9.1
ER
166
13.6
BB
60
70.5
SO
66
52.3
HR
9
25
IP
351.0
84.1
ERA
4.26
45.5
WHIP
1.399
70.5
K/9
1.69
18.2
FIP
3.86
86.4
FIP-
88.5
86.4
ERA+
102.4
45.5
sWAR
3.5
63.6

of 45 qualified 1896 pitchers (min 133 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
10.4
87.4

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18882874201121200.286.3751.0001.375267.6324.8.5800.0
1891512102110002500.100.250.200.45049.928.7.244-0.3
18941641374821034410.216.293.324.61757.448.4.2931.1
18953713012116292101081500.240.292.273.56556.246.1.2765.9
189649161147113001010121900.204.269.218.48641.629.0.2463.5
18971336354800031400.229.250.229.47934.126.7.2320.4
18981330000000100.000.000.000.000-91.2-100.0.000-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1888221001023966216.05.061.8133.384.84170.855.90.0
189153120203216163023.06.262.0871.174.61124.459.2-0.3
189415634150114462615384.04.931.6671.614.9693.1108.11.1
189537301815127133610660675281.73.391.4062.144.0985.7140.95.9
189648401724133143116660669351.04.261.3991.693.8688.5102.43.5
1897131045080117452117485.74.731.6111.794.40102.491.00.4
189811010101052119.05.001.3331.005.32147.772.1-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
123
PA
391
AB
360
R
41
H
78
2B
5
3B
4
HR
1
RBI
28
BB
28
SO
50
SB
1
BA
.2167
OBP
.2769
SLG
.2611
OPS
.5380

Pitching

G (P)
121
GS
92
W
44
L
51
SV
3
CG
77
SHO
2
IP
850
SO (P)
175
BB allowed
191
ERA
4.160
WHIP
1.4747
K/9
1.85

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.