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Historical player · 1894–1915

Fred Clarke

B/T L/R · HT 70 · WT 165 · Born 10/3/1872 · From Winterset, IA USA · Debut 1894-06-30 · Final 1915-09-23

Career · batting

2,246

8,584

2,678

RBI

1,015

509

875

AVG/OPS

0.312 · 0.815

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Louisville Colonels · 1894–1899

#1 on the Colonels

↓ 15 H. Wagner

Hits

1,040

#3 on the Colonels

↑ 193 P. Browning

↓ 227 F. Weaver

RBI

393

#3 on the Colonels

↑ 58 P. Browning

↓ 75 F. Weaver

248

#1 on the Colonels

↓ 38 T. Brown

Runs

607

#3 on the Colonels

↑ 122 P. Browning

↓ 146 G. Hecker

245

#2 on the Colonels

↑ 54 P. Browning

↓ 16 C. Wolf

Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1900–1915

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#94 on the Pirates

↑ 1 F. Gustine

↓ 1 D. Freese

Hits

1,638

#11 on the Pirates

↑ 71 A. Vaughan

↓ 35 T. Leach

RBI

622

#17 on the Pirates

↑ 4 T. Leach

↓ 39 K. Young

261

#6 on the Pirates

↑ 10 T. Leach

↓ 10 B. Bonds

Runs

1,015

#8 on the Pirates

↑ 136 L. Waner

↓ 6 T. Leach

630

#9 on the Pirates

↑ 49 G. Suhr

↓ 5 E. Fletcher

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#1,476 all-time MLB

↑ 1 L. Boudreau

↓ 1 S. White

Hits

2,678

#71 all-time MLB

↑ 11 G. Sheffield

↓ 1 L. Aparicio

RBI

1,015

#293 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Perez

↓ 1 W. Boggs

509

#35 all-time MLB

↑ 5 B. Bonds

↓ 3 L. Aparicio

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1894	Louisville Colonels	NL	76	314	55	86	11	7	7	48	26	26	27	0.274	—	0.420
1895	Louisville Colonels	NL	132	550	96	191	21	5	4	82	40	34	24	0.347	—	0.425
1896	Louisville Colonels	NL	131	517	96	168	15	18	9	79	34	43	34	0.325	—	0.476
1897	Louisville Colonels	NL	130	526	122	205	30	13	6	67	59	45	26	0.390	—	0.530
1898	Louisville Colonels	NL	149	599	116	184	23	12	3	47	40	48	21	0.307	—	0.401
1899	Louisville Colonels	NL	149	606	122	206	23	9	5	70	49	49	18	0.340	—	0.432
1900	Pirates	NL	106	399	84	110	15	12	3	32	21	51	20	0.276	—	0.396
1901	Pirates	NL	129	527	118	171	24	15	6	60	23	51	44	0.324	—	0.461
1902	Pirates	NL	113	459	103	145	27	14	2	53	29	51	38	0.316	—	0.449
1903	Pirates	NL	104	427	88	150	32	15	5	70	21	41	27	0.351	—	0.532
1904	Pirates	NL	72	278	51	85	7	11	0	25	11	22	25	0.306	—	0.410
1905	Pirates	NL	141	525	95	157	18	15	2	51	24	55	41	0.299	—	0.402
1906	Pirates	NL	118	417	69	129	14	13	1	39	18	40	25	0.309	—	0.412
1907	Pirates	NL	148	501	97	145	18	13	2	59	37	68	32	0.289	—	0.389
1908	Pirates	NL	151	551	83	146	18	15	2	53	24	65	23	0.265	—	0.363
1909	Pirates	NL	152	550	97	158	16	11	3	68	31	80	36	0.287	—	0.373
1910	Pirates	NL	123	429	57	113	23	9	2	63	12	53	23	0.263	—	0.373
1911	Pirates	NL	110	392	73	127	25	13	5	49	10	53	27	0.324	—	0.492
1913	Pirates	NL	9	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.077	—	0.154
1914	Pirates	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1915	Pirates	NL	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.500	—	0.500
Career			2,246	8,584	1,622	2,678	361	220	67	1,015	509	875	511	0.312	0.386	0.429

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	2,193	878	18,320.0	4,795	254	256	42
SS	6	0	50.0	17	12	10	1
3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1945	BBWAA	53	186	Ballot
1945	Old Timers			Inducted
1942	BBWAA	58	175	Ballot
1939	BBWAA	59	206	Ballot
1938	BBWAA	63	197	Ballot
1937	BBWAA	22	151	Ballot
1936	BBWAA	1	170	Ballot
1936	Veterans	9	59	Ballot