Fred Clarke

Hall of Fame

Left Field

1894—1915

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
#31

Player Detail

Fred Clifford
GIVEN NAME
Clarke
SURNAME
October 3, 1872, in Winterset, IA
BORN
August 14, 1960, in Winfield, KS, USA
DIED
1894—1915
Playing Career
Played from 21-42
PLAYING AGE
Louisville Colonels
Pittsburgh Pirates
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Pittsburg Pirates
PRIMARY TEAM
1909
World Series titles
Cap
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 165
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
June 30, 1894
Major League Debut
September 23, 1915
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Left Fielder —
— Pirates ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Fred Clarke?

Right fielder and player-manager for Pirates in early 1900s. Hated John McGraw.
Of the nine pennants in Pirates franchise history, Fred Clarke was the player-manager for four of them.
  • Fred Clarke Scouting Report

60

HITTING

60

POWER

60

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2246
1528
30
590
.301

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
54.2
55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.799
.740
110.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.301
.380
.420

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

John Anderson
Jimmy Sheckard

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
George Gibson
Kitty Bransfield
Claude Ritchey
Honus Wagner
Tommy Leach
Mike Mitchell
Ginger Beaumont
Chief Wilson
Vic Willis
Deacon Phillippe
John McCloskey

Fred Clarke Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Clarke
524
163
99
22
13
4
62
53
31
31
224
226
.301
.380
.420
799
AVG LF
530
152
85
21
10
4
51
44
29
204
208
.286
.355
.385
.740

Fred Clarke Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
31
12
31
11
9
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
10
14
43
30
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Fred Clarke PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
67.8
40.6
22.1
19.1
4.89
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Fred Clarke
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
400.5
199.4
133.6
89.5
28.8
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Fred Clarke
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF