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Bob Clarke

Bob Clarke

1923–1948 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'10", 175 lb · b. 1903 Richmond, VA

Career 599 G · 384 H · 6 HR · 162 RBI · .214 AVG · 1–0 · 4.38 ERA · 8 SO · 12.1 IP

Seasons leading his league

10

2 best in baseball 8 league only

54 Top-5 finishes

8 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1928 Best season

Spanning 1927–1942, peaking at 2 titles in 1928.

Team records #4 Baltimore Black Sox career H #5 Baltimore Black Sox career R #7 Baltimore Black Sox career RBI #9 Baltimore Black Sox career HR

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

513th League titles 10
1,235th Best in baseball 2
327th Top-5 finishes 54

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

232nd Catcher Double Plays 50
307th Catcher Assists 366
406th Catcher Putouts 2,372

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Catcher Double Plays	4	1st	—	1928 ECL 3 1932 EWL 5 1937 NN2 5 1939 NN2 3 1923 #2 1927 #2 1929 #3 1943 #2 1945 #2 1946 #2
Catcher Fielding Percentage	3	1st	—	1942 1.000 1936 NN2 .991 1940 NN2 .988 1927 #3 1937 #2 1946 #2
Catcher Range Factor	1	1st	—	1927 5.81 1928 #2 1932 #3 1936 #3 1937 #2 1941 #3 1942 #3 1943 #3
Catcher Assists	1	1st	—	1932 EWL 37 1928 #2 1929 #3 1937 #2 1939 #3 1943 #3
Catcher Putouts	1	1st	—	1928 ECL 152 1929 #2 1932 #2 1937 #2 1939 #3 1942 #3 1943 #2

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1942	1	C FPCT 1.000
1940	1	C FPCT .988
1939	1	C DP 3
1937	1	C DP 5
1936	1	C FPCT .991
1932	2	C A 37 C DP 5
1928	2	C PO 152 C DP 3
1927	1	C RF 5.81

Batting

19 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1923	BBS	ECL	21	63	5	14	3	1	0	4	4	3	1	.222	.269	.302	.570
1925	BBS	ECL	35	89	8	14	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	.157	.219	.180	.399
1926	BBS	ECL	44	108	7	22	4	1	1	13	12	1	3	.204	.295	.287	.582
1927	BBS	ECL	48	140	15	33	6	1	1	15	8	0	3	.236	.287	.314	.601
1928	BBS	ECL	41	124	20	36	7	0	2	15	11	0	1	.290	.358	.395	.753
1929	BBS	ANL	72	230	34	61	11	1	0	23	12	0	2	.265	.307	.322	.629
1932	BBS	EWL	45	144	14	29	6	0	2	21	14	0	2	.201	.272	.285	.557
1936	NBY	NN2	22	64	4	5	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	.078	.145	.078	.223
1937	NBY	NN2	28	92	10	19	5	0	0	8	5	0	0	.207	.255	.261	.516
1938	NBY	NN2	11	34	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.147	.147	.176	.324
1939	NBY	NN2	23	78	5	17	1	0	0	10	7	2	0	.218	.282	.231	.513
1940	NBY	NN2	17	54	2	11	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.204	.218	.204	.422
1941	BEG	NN2	30	88	11	22	5	0	0	10	11	0	0	.250	.333	.307	.640
1942	BEG	NN2	35	111	8	20	1	0	0	7	6	4	1	.180	.235	.189	.424
1943	BEG +1	NN2	45	136	14	32	4	1	0	11	11	0	0	.235	.293	.279	.572
1944	BEG	NN2	16	55	8	16	4	1	0	8	3	0	0	.291	.328	.400	.728
1945	BEG	NN2	19	56	1	9	0	0	0	3	6	0	1	.161	.242	.161	.403
1946	BEG	NN2	46	124	11	19	5	0	0	8	9	0	0	.153	.216	.194	.410
1948	NBY	NN2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career	—	—	599	1,791	178	384	65	6	6	162	132	11	14	.214	.273	.267	.540

Pitching

3 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1923	BBS	ECL	0	0	12.27	1	0	0	3.2	5	5	0	2	2	1.91
1938	NBY	NN2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0.60
1941	BEG	NN2	1	0	1.29	1	1	0	7.0	4	1	0	1	4	0.71
Career	—	—	1	0	4.38	3	1	0	12.1	10	6	0	3	8	1.05

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1923	BBS	ECL	C	19	17	151.0	80	13	3	2	96	.969	4.89
			P	1	0	3.2	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1925	BBS	ECL	C	31	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
			1B	1	—	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1926	BBS	ECL	C	30	30	242.1	142	25	8	4	175	.954	5.57
			OF	3	1	15.1	1	1	1	0	3	.667	0.67
1927	BBS	ECL	C	37	37	320.0	182	33	9	5	224	.960	5.81
			OF	1	1	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1928	BBS	ECL	C	34	29	272.1	152	28	4	3	184	.978	5.29
			OF	1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1929	BBS	ANL	C	68	61	537.0	262	47	12	6	321	.963	4.54
			1B	3	2	21.1	22	2	0	0	24	1.000	8.00
			OF	1	1	8.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
1932	BBS	EWL	C	39	36	313.0	198	37	12	5	247	.951	6.03
			3B	2	2	16.0	4	5	0	0	9	1.000	4.50
			OF	2	2	17.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	1.50
			1B	1	1	8.2	13	0	0	1	13	1.000	13.00
1936	NBY	NN2	C	19	18	147.0	94	13	1	2	108	.991	5.63
			3B	1	1	7.0	2	0	1	1	3	.667	2.00
1937	NBY	NN2	C	28	27	218.1	127	22	3	5	152	.980	5.32
1938	NBY	NN2	C	8	8	43.2	30	4	3	1	37	.919	4.25
			3B	2	1	13.2	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
			1B	1	0	8.0	8	1	0	0	9	1.000	9.00
			OF	1	1	8.0	2	1	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
			P	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1939	NBY	NN2	C	22	22	170.1	109	19	5	3	133	.962	5.82
1940	NBY	NN2	C	16	16	112.2	71	8	1	1	80	.988	4.94
1941	BEG	NN2	C	29	27	215.2	148	21	3	2	172	.983	5.83
			P	1	1	7.0	0	2	1	0	3	.667	2.00
1942	BEG	NN2	C	35	34	285.0	191	24	0	1	215	1.000	6.14
1943	BEG	NN2	C	42	42	336.1	214	25	10	2	249	.960	5.69
			1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
			OF	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1944	BEG	NN2	C	16	16	129.0	85	11	1	2	97	.990	6.00
1945	BEG	NN2	C	18	16	139.2	93	11	2	2	106	.981	5.78
1946	BEG	NN2	C	45	42	333.0	194	25	3	4	222	.986	4.87
Career	—	—	C	536	479	3966.1	2,372	366	80	50	2,818	.972	5.11
	—	—	OF	10	7	64.0	10	3	1	0	14	.929	1.30
	—	—	1B	7	3	39.0	44	3	0	1	47	1.000	6.71
	—	—	3B	5	4	36.2	6	7	1	1	14	.929	2.60
	—	—	P	3	1	12.1	0	3	1	0	4	.750	1.00