Fred Clarke (Fred Clifford Clarke) was born on October 3, 1872 in Winterset, Iowa. He made his Major League debut on June 30, 1894 for the Louisville Colonels. In 1894, his rookie year, he hit .268 with 7 home runs and 48 RBI. Clarke played for the Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 20 year career.
Most people believe that Fred Clarke's best season was 1897, when he stole 57 bases, hit for a .390 average and knocked in 67 runs.
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1894
LOU
N
75
310
54
83
7
48
.268
.330
.416
11
7
25
27
4
1
25
0
0
1895
LOU
N
132
550
96
191
4
82
.347
.396
.425
21
5
34
24
10
3
40
0
0
1896
LOU
N
131
517
96
168
9
79
.325
.392
.476
15
18
43
34
14
7
34
0
0
1897
LOU
N
128
518
120
202
6
67
.390
.462
.533
30
13
45
0
24
3
57
0
0
1898
LOU
N
149
599
116
184
3
47
.307
.373
.401
23
12
48
0
15
5
40
0
0
1899
LOU
N
148
602
122
206
5
70
.342
.406
.435
23
9
49
0
16
10
49
0
0
1900
PIT
N
106
399
84
110
3
32
.276
.368
.396
15
12
51
0
7
9
21
0
0
1901
PIT
N
129
527
118
171
6
60
.324
.395
.461
24
15
51
0
10
13
23
0
0
1902
PIT
N
113
459
103
145
2
53
.316
.401
.449
27
14
51
0
14
6
29
0
0
1903
PIT
N
104
427
88
150
5
70
.351
.414
.532
32
15
41
0
5
13
21
0
0
1904
PIT
N
72
278
51
85
0
25
.306
.367
.410
7
11
22
0
5
8
11
0
0
1905
PIT
N
141
525
95
157
2
51
.299
.368
.402
18
15
55
0
2
22
24
0
0
1906
PIT
N
118
417
69
129
1
39
.309
.371
.412
14
13
40
0
1
20
18
0
0
1907
PIT
N
148
501
97
145
2
59
.289
.383
.389
18
13
68
0
8
16
37
0
0
1908
PIT
N
151
551
83
146
2
53
.265
.349
.363
18
15
65
0
6
22
24
0
0
1909
PIT
N
152
550
97
158
3
68
.287
.384
.373
16
11
80
0
6
24
31
0
0
1910
PIT
N
123
429
57
113
2
63
.263
.350
.373
23
9
53
23
4
29
12
0
0
1911
PIT
N
110
392
73
127
5
49
.324
.407
.492
25
13
53
27
2
13
10
0
1
1913
PIT
N
9
13
0
1
0
0
.077
.077
.154
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1914
PIT
N
2
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1915
PIT
N
1
2
0
1
0
0
.500
.500
.500
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
2242
8568
1619
2672
67
1015
.312
.386
.429
361
220
874
135
153
225
506
0
1
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1894
LOU
N
OF
75
0
0
162
15
23
2
0
0
0
0
0
.885
1895
LOU
N
OF
132
0
0
344
20
49
4
0
0
0
0
0
.881
1896
LOU
N
OF
131
0
0
277
18
30
2
0
0
0
0
0
.908
1897
LOU
N
OF
127
0
0
282
18
24
0
0
0
0
0
0
.926
1898
LOU
N
OF
149
0
0
344
19
23
3
0
0
0
0
0
.940
1899
LOU
N
OF
144
0
0
327
20
13
2
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1899
LOU
N
SS
3
0
0
13
9
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
.759
1900
PIT
N
OF
104
0
0
263
8
16
2
0
0
0
0
0
.944
1901
PIT
N
OF
127
0
0
282
13
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1901
PIT
N
3B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1901
PIT
N
SS
1
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
.500
1902
PIT
N
OF
113
0
0
215
13
10
2
0
0
0
0
0
.958
1903
PIT
N
OF
101
0
0
168
10
7
3
0
0
0
0
0
.962
1903
PIT
N
SS
2
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1904
PIT
N
OF
70
0
0
135
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.979
1905
PIT
N
OF
137
0
0
270
16
7
4
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1906
PIT
N
OF
110
0
0
209
15
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1907
PIT
N
OF
144
0
0
298
15
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1908
PIT
N
OF
151
0
0
350
15
10
2
0
0
0
0
0
.973
1909
PIT
N
OF
152
0
0
362
17
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1910
PIT
N
OF
118
0
0
284
10
10
4
0
0
0
0
0
.967
1911
PIT
N
LF
101
101
878.1
216
8
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1911
PIT
N
OF
101
101
878.1
216
8
7
3
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1913
PIT
N
OF
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1915
PIT
N
OF
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
3B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
SS
6
0
0
17
12
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
.744
Total
LF
101
101
878.1
216
8
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
.974
Total
OF
2189
101
878.1
4790
254
256
42
0
0
0
0
0
.952
Transactions
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Louisville Colonels (June 28, 1894).
Traded by Louisville Colonels with Rube Waddell, Bert Cunningham, Deacon Phillippe, Jack Wadsworth, Chief Zimmer, Tacks Latimer, Tom Messitt, Mike Kelley, Claude Ritchey, Tommy Leach and Honus Wagner to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jack Chesbro, Paddy Fox, John O'Brien, Art Madison and $25000 (December 8, 1899).
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