MLB / Players

William Clarke

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 170 lb

BornOctober 18, 1868 · New York, NY, USA

MLB debutMay 1, 1893

Final gameOctober 7, 1905

Seasons13 (1893–1905)

Baltimore Orioles 1893–1898; Boston Beaneaters 1899–1900; Washington Senators 1901–1904; New York Giants 1905

Percentile snapshot

1903 season — qualified batters

126

46.9

494

31.9

465

43.4

14.2

111

25.7

37.2

52.2

RBI

25.7

19.5

67.3

30.1

.239

15.9

OBP

.273

14.2

SLG

.308

18.6

OPS

.581

13.3

wRC+

71.5

10.6

OPS+

72.4

12.4

wOBA

.272

12.4

sWAR

-0.5

0.9

of 114 qualified 1903 batters (min 434 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

78.6

8.9

OPS+

75.8

6.1

sWAR

5.9

81.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1893	49	208	183	23	32	1	3	1	24	19	14	2	.175	.274	.230	.504	49.9	34.2	.259	-0.5
1894	28	122	100	18	24	8	0	1	19	16	14	2	.240	.361	.350	.711	81.1	71.9	.346	0.2
1895	67	267	241	38	70	15	3	0	35	13	18	8	.290	.350	.378	.727	89.6	87.4	.347	0.8
1896	80	330	300	48	89	14	7	2	71	14	12	7	.297	.345	.410	.755	96.6	98.4	.356	1.3
1897	64	259	241	32	65	7	1	1	38	9	12	5	.270	.320	.320	.640	73.4	69.1	.310	0.3
1898	82	308	285	26	69	5	2	0	27	4	14	2	.242	.289	.274	.563	64.7	61.3	.279	0.1
1899	60	243	223	25	50	3	2	2	32	10	17	2	.224	.270	.283	.553	55.2	51.4	.269	-0.1
1900	81	291	270	35	85	5	2	1	30	9	16	0	.315	.344	.359	.703	93.4	94.1	.336	1.2
1901	110	465	422	58	118	15	5	3	54	23	32	7	.280	.335	.360	.695	92.9	91.6	.330	1.9
1902	87	323	291	31	78	15	0	6	40	23	15	1	.268	.330	.381	.712	94.9	95.0	.335	1.6
1903	126	494	465	35	111	14	6	2	38	15	28	12	.239	.273	.308	.581	71.5	72.4	.272	-0.5
1904	85	301	275	23	58	8	1	0	17	17	21	5	.211	.269	.247	.517	61.2	61.1	.254	-0.1
1905	31	56	50	2	9	0	0	1	4	4	5	1	.180	.241	.240	.481	44.4	43.4	.239	-0.2

Career totals

950

3,667

3,346

394

858

110

RBI

429

176

218

.2564

OBP

.3102

SLG

.3264

OPS

.6366

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
1901-06-18	DET @ MIN Gameday	5	1	5	0	0	1	3	0	8
1903-04-29	BOS @ MIN Gameday	3	3	3	0	1	1	3	1	8
1901-08-17	DET @ MIN Gameday	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	7
1903-07-09	DET @ MIN Gameday	6	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	6
1902-08-26	DET @ MIN Gameday	3	2	2	1	0	1	3	1	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-26	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-27	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-29	BAL @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-30	BAL @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-05-01	BAL @ MIN 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.