John Clarkson stats

Pitcher

Age 165

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John Clarkson played 12 MLB seasons, 1882 to 1894.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
531
W
328
L
178
ERA
2.81
IP
4,536.1
K
1,978
BB
1,191
WHIP
1.21
Standard by season
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—3124.5024.0322.13
1884CHC141032.14118.0102251.01
1885CHC7053161.85623.0308970.95
1886CHC5536172.41466.2313861.08
1887CHC6038213.08523.0237921.16
1888ATL5433202.76483.12231191.17
1889ATL7349192.73620.02842031.28
1890ATL4426183.27383.01381401.33
1891ATL5533192.79460.21411541.28
1892—4525162.48389.01391321.24
1893—3616174.45295.062951.54
1894—228104.42150.228461.45

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

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
Expanded by season
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—0201.10000
1884CHC01207.80000
1885CHC068104.40000
1886CHC05036.00000
1887CHC05624.10000
1888ATL05334.20000
1889ATL06884.10000
1890ATL04323.20000
1891ATL04732.80000
1892—04253.20000
1893—03101.90000
1894—01311.70000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
165 yearsJul 1, 1861
Debut
1882

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 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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