MLB / Players

John Clapp

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 7 in · 194 lb
BornJuly 15, 1851 · Ithaca, NY, USA
MLB debutApril 26, 1872
Final gameSeptember 28, 1883
Seasons11 (1872–1883)

Middletown Mansfields 1872; Philadelphia Athletics 1873–1875; St. Louis Brown Stockings 1876–1877; Indianapolis Blues 1878; Buffalo Bisons 1879; Cincinnati Reds 1880; Cleveland Blues 1881; New York Gothams 1883

Percentile snapshot

1881 season — qualified batters

G
68
7.3
PA
296
18.2
AB
261
5.5
R
47
47.3
H
66
12.7
2B
12
20
3B
2
18.2
HR
0
0
RBI
25
18.2
BB
35
100
SO
6
94.5
BA
.253
32.7
OBP
.341
80
SLG
.314
29.1
OPS
.655
50.9
wRC+
109.5
58.2
OPS+
106.0
50.9
wOBA
.313
58.2
sWAR
1.7
50.9

of 56 qualified 1881 batters (min 263 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
15.5
91.3

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
18721998973027711161021.278.286.402.688104.4109.5.3130.4
18734520620436621021272245.304.311.387.698102.5105.1.3170.9
1874391661654648743191120.291.295.436.732117.3130.8.3301.0
1875602992926577870397195.264.281.339.620108.3113.1.2841.7
1876643062986091420298200.305.324.332.656112.4118.2.3061.9
1877602632554781660348600.318.338.388.727120.4127.6.3351.9
187863276263428010202913800.304.337.357.694121.3128.1.3251.5
1879703032924777125136111100.264.290.349.640107.3109.2.2891.8
1880803443233391164120211000.282.326.365.691125.7132.3.3162.9
188168296261476612202535600.253.341.314.655109.5106.0.3131.7
188320787361300055400.178.231.178.40948.325.8.195-0.2

Career totals

G
588
PA
2,635
AB
2,523
R
459
H
713
2B
92
3B
35
HR
7
RBI
279
BB
112
SO
51
SB
17
BA
.2826
OBP
.3131
SLG
.3551
OPS
.6682

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.