Born on July 1, 1861 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, John Clarkson (John Gibson Clarkson) played for the Worcester Ruby Legs, Chicago White Stockings, Boston Beaneaters and Cleveland Spiders over the course of his 12 year career. Clarkson broke into the bigs on May 2, 1882 with the Worcester Ruby Legs, and put up a 2.14 ERA in 118 innings pitched in 1884, his rookie year.
Most people believe that John Clarkson's best season was 1885, when he posted a 1.85 ERA, won 53 games and struck out 308 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1882
WOR
N
3
3
1
2
4.50
3
31
12
2
0
0
24
49
0
2
0
3
0
1884
CHI
N
14
13
10
3
2.14
102
64
28
12
0
0
118
94
10
25
0
7
0
1885
CHI
N
70
70
53
16
1.85
308
255
128
68
10
0
623
497
21
97
0
14
0
1886
CHI
N
55
55
36
17
2.41
313
248
125
50
3
0
466.2
419
20
86
0
17
0
1887
CHI
N
60
59
38
21
3.08
237
283
179
56
2
0
523
513
20
92
0
25
8
1888
BOS
N
54
54
33
20
2.76
223
239
148
53
3
0
483.1
448
17
119
0
33
10
1889
BOS
N
73
72
49
19
2.73
284
280
188
68
8
1
620
589
16
203
0
16
17
1890
BOS
N
44
44
26
18
3.27
138
186
139
43
2
0
383
370
14
140
0
21
0
1891
BOS
N
55
51
33
19
2.79
141
244
143
47
3
3
460.2
435
18
154
0
14
0
1892
CLE
N
29
28
17
10
2.55
91
132
69
27
1
1
243.1
235
4
72
0
4
0
1892
BOS
N
16
16
8
6
2.35
48
65
38
15
4
0
145.2
115
4
60
0
5
0
1892
TOT
N
45
44
25
16
2.48
139
197
107
42
5
1
389
350
8
132
0
9
0
1893
CLE
N
36
35
16
17
4.45
62
240
146
31
0
0
295
358
11
95
0
15
0
1894
CLE
N
22
18
8
10
4.42
28
109
74
13
1
0
150.2
173
6
46
0
8
0
Total
531
518
328
178
2.81
1978
2376
1417
485
37
5
4536.1
4295
161
1191
0
182
35
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1882
WOR
N
P
3
0
0
1
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.875
1882
WOR
N
1B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1884
CHI
N
P
14
0
0
6
38
11
5
0
0
0
0
0
.800
1884
CHI
N
1B
1
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.500
1884
CHI
N
OF
8
0
0
5
5
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
.714
1884
CHI
N
3B
2
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.500
1885
CHI
N
3B
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1885
CHI
N
P
70
0
0
26
174
20
8
0
0
0
0
0
.909
1885
CHI
N
OF
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1886
CHI
N
P
55
0
0
19
114
19
3
0
0
0
0
0
.875
1886
CHI
N
OF
5
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1887
CHI
N
P
60
0
0
34
125
7
5
0
0
0
0
0
.958
1887
CHI
N
OF
5
0
0
5
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.833
1888
BOS
N
OF
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.333
1888
BOS
N
P
54
0
0
22
117
19
3
0
0
0
0
0
.880
1889
BOS
N
OF
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1889
BOS
N
3B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1889
BOS
N
P
73
0
0
36
172
27
8
0
0
0
0
0
.885
1890
BOS
N
OF
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.250
1890
BOS
N
P
44
0
0
21
72
14
3
0
0
0
0
0
.869
1891
BOS
N
P
55
0
0
27
114
13
2
0
0
0
0
0
.916
1891
BOS
N
OF
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1892
CLE
N
P
29
0
0
9
51
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
.857
1892
BOS
N
P
16
0
0
2
36
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
.884
1892
TOT
N
P
45
0
0
11
87
15
4
0
0
0
0
0
.867
1893
CLE
N
OF
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1893
CLE
N
P
36
0
0
15
82
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
.933
1894
CLE
N
P
22
0
0
3
42
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
.833
Total
3B
4
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.600
Total
OF
27
0
0
15
5
11
1
0
0
0
0
0
.645
Total
1B
2
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.500
Total
P
531
0
0
221
1143
162
44
0
0
0
0
0
.894
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1882
WOR
N
3
11
0
4
0
2
.364
.364
.545
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1884
CHI
N
21
84
16
22
3
17
.262
.279
.488
6
2
2
16
0
0
0
0
0
1885
CHI
N
72
283
34
61
4
32
.216
.224
.332
11
5
3
44
0
0
0
0
0
1886
CHI
N
55
210
21
49
3
23
.233
.233
.329
9
1
0
38
0
0
2
0
0
1887
CHI
N
63
215
40
52
6
25
.242
.279
.395
5
5
11
25
0
0
6
0
0
1888
BOS
N
55
205
20
40
1
17
.195
.222
.263
9
1
7
48
0
0
5
0
0
1889
BOS
N
73
262
36
54
2
23
.206
.238
.286
9
3
11
59
0
0
8
0
0
1890
BOS
N
45
173
18
43
2
26
.249
.286
.353
6
3
8
31
1
0
2
0
0
1891
BOS
N
55
187
28
42
0
26
.225
.293
.305
7
4
18
50
0
0
2
0
0
1892
CLE
N
29
101
8
14
0
4
.139
.202
.139
0
0
8
24
0
0
2
0
0
1892
BOS
N
16
57
7
13
1
13
.228
.267
.333
3
0
3
15
0
0
1
0
0
1892
TOT
N
45
158
15
27
1
17
.171
.225
.209
3
0
11
39
0
0
3
0
0
1893
CLE
N
37
131
18
27
1
17
.206
.230
.305
6
2
4
20
0
0
2
0
0
1894
CLE
N
22
55
8
11
1
7
.200
.279
.255
0
0
6
9
0
4
1
0
0
Total
546
1974
254
432
24
232
.219
.250
.319
73
26
81
382
1
4
31
0
0
Transactions[]
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Worcester Ruby Legs (1882).
Released by Worcester Ruby Legs (May, 1882).
Sold by Saginaw (Northwestern) to Chicago White Stockings (@August 24, 1884).
Sold by Chicago White Stockings to Boston Beaneaters for $10000 (April 3, 1888).
Released by Boston Beaneaters (June 30, 1892).
Signed by Cleveland Spiders (July 5, 1892).
Traded by Cleveland Spiders to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Tony Mullane (July 13, 1894).
