MLB / Players

Watson Clark

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 175 lb
BornMay 16, 1902 · St. Joseph, LA, USA
MLB debutMay 28, 1924
Final gameMay 9, 1937
Seasons12 (1924–1937)

Cleveland Indians 1924; Brooklyn Robins 1927–1931; Brooklyn Dodgers 1932–1933; New York Giants 1933; Brooklyn Dodgers 1934; New York Giants 1934; Brooklyn Dodgers 1935–1937

Percentile snapshot

1935 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
47.4
GS
25
62.1
W
13
64.2
L
8
51.6
SV
0
0
CG
11
61.1
SHO
1
33.7
H
215
36.8
ER
76
53.7
BB
28
84.2
SO
35
15.8
HR
11
37.9
IP
207.0
68.4
ERA
3.30
78.9
WHIP
1.174
92.6
K/9
1.52
2.1
FIP
3.79
78.9
FIP-
95.7
61.1
ERA+
120.0
68.4
sWAR
3.6
71.6

of 96 qualified 1935 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
111.8
76
sWAR
25.3
95.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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
1924121192210022300.222.364.333.69784.678.2.346-0.4
19272723210300001600.143.182.143.325-17.4-11.7.1611.9
1928407266410120301000.152.152.227.379-16.8-1.3.1694.4
192942106971016000451400.165.206.165.371-8.5-5.6.1814.9
193044726851421193700.206.239.309.54829.132.3.2453.4
193134948482120057700.250.308.274.58258.158.4.2794.4
19324010797921100561300.216.262.227.48931.333.7.2313.9
19332728242500002200.208.269.208.47838.540.0.236-0.8
19342216142210001300.143.200.214.4149.615.2.197-0.6
1935348779514200851000.177.226.203.42914.816.9.2063.6
19363340392910021600.231.250.256.50629.035.7.2370.7
19372000000000000-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1924121130003820146025.77.012.0262.104.53104.461.8-0.4
19272737221074191932273.72.321.2623.913.2583.7167.21.9
1928401912931021935850854194.72.681.2483.932.9575.6145.64.4
19294136161911932951167114014279.03.741.3124.523.7581.7122.84.9
19304424131369120993388120200.04.191.2353.654.6194.2116.93.4
19313428141011632438352964233.33.201.2643.703.0580.0119.34.4
1932403620120192282106499910273.03.491.2123.263.2484.6109.73.9
1933271358141119501725594.74.751.4372.383.39104.568.3-0.8
19342253201063291416544.05.931.7503.274.86124.366.0-0.6
19353325138011121576283511207.03.301.1741.523.7995.7120.03.6
1936331671121116259282811120.04.431.5832.104.47109.792.00.7
19372000000423002.37.713.0000.006.81170.651.7-0.1

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
357
PA
656
AB
598
R
49
H
117
2B
11
3B
3
HR
1
RBI
38
BB
33
SO
81
SB
0
BA
.1957
OBP
.2377
SLG
.2291
OPS
.4668

Pitching

G (P)
355
GS
206
W
111
L
97
SV
16
CG
91
470th-most career CG
SHO
14
436th-most career SHO
IP
1,747
SO (P)
643
BB allowed
383
ERA
3.662
WHIP
1.3048
K/9
3.31

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1930-05-09LAD @ PIT Gameday302010004
1930-06-07CHC @ LAD Gameday211001304
1931-07-15LAD @ STL Gameday513000003
1930-05-02LAD @ STL Gameday412100113
1935-09-25SF @ LAD Gameday412100103

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1929-09-28LAD @ SF Gameday9.0411181
1932-09-17CIN @ LAD Gameday9.0833381
1929-05-11STL @ LAD Gameday9.0432170
1929-08-18STL @ LAD Gameday9.0521070
1929-09-21LAD @ STL Gameday9.0500070

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.