John Clarkson stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1882
Bio
- Debut
- 1882
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 531
- W
- 328
- L
- 178
- ERA
- 2.81
- IP
- 4536.1
- K
- 1,978
- BB
- 1,191
- WHIP
- 1.21
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 24.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.13 |
| 1884 | CHC | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2.14 | 118.0 | 102 | 25 | 1.01 |
| 1885 |  CHC | 70 | 53 | 16 | 1.85 | 623.0 | 308 | 97 | 0.95 |
| 1886 | CHC | 55 | 36 | 17 | 2.41 | 466.2 | 313 | 86 | 1.08 |
| 1887 | CHC | 60 | 38 | 21 | 3.08 | 523.0 | 237 | 92 | 1.16 |
| 1888 | ATL | 54 | 33 | 20 | 2.76 | 483.1 | 223 | 119 | 1.17 |
| 1889 | ATL | 73 | 49 | 19 | 2.73 | 620.0 | 284 | 203 | 1.28 |
| 1890 | ATL | 44 | 26 | 18 | 3.27 | 383.0 | 138 | 140 | 1.33 |
| 1891 | ATL | 55 | 33 | 19 | 2.79 | 460.2 | 141 | 154 | 1.28 |
| 1892 | — | 45 | 25 | 16 | 2.48 | 389.0 | 139 | 132 | 1.24 |
| 1893 | — | 36 | 16 | 17 | 4.45 | 295.0 | 62 | 95 | 1.54 |
| 1894 | — | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4.42 | 150.2 | 28 | 46 | 1.45 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- W
- 2
- L
- 5
- ERA
- 2.67
- IP
- 64.0
- K
- 52
- BB
- 18
- WHIP
- 1.28
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 485
- SHO
- 37
- K/9
- 3.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882 | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | CHC | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | CHC | 0 | 68 | 10 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | CHC | 0 | 50 | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | CHC | 0 | 56 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | ATL | 0 | 53 | 3 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | ATL | 0 | 68 | 8 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | ATL | 0 | 43 | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | ATL | 0 | 47 | 3 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | — | 0 | 42 | 5 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | — | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1894 | — | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were John Clarkson's career stats?
John Clarkson played 12 seasons for the Cubs and the Braves. He had 328 wins and 1,978 strikeouts with a 2.81 ERA over 4,536.1 innings. His best season was 1885: 53 wins, a 1.85 ERA and 308 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1882 to 1894
All-time career rank
- 99th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,978)
- 12th in wins (pitching) (328)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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