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Buzz Clarkson
James Buster Clarkson (Bus)
also knows as Bus Clarkson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 210 lb.
School Wilberforce University

Debut April 30, 1952
Final Game June 22, 1952
Born March 13, 1915 in Hopkins, SC
Died January 18, 1989 in Jeannette, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 37 BSN NL  14   25    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   3  .200  .286  .200   39    5   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1 Season        14   25    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   3  .200  .286  .200   39    5   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        289   35   58   0  0   0   12   0  0  35  35  .200  .286  .200   39   58   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 37 BSN NL   28   20    1   1.3    95| .200  .258| .286  .330| .200  .384| .486  .714|  39  .112  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1 Season         28   20    1   1.3    95| .200  .258| .286  .330| .200  .384| .486  .714|  39  .112  -2.0  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 37 BSN NL SS 6 9 6 1 0 .938 .962 2.50 4.70 3B 2 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 3.50 2.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 37 BSN NL 3B 2 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 3.50 2.90 1952 37 BSN NL SS 6 9 6 1 0 .938 .962 2.50 4.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 6 9 6 1 0 .938 .962 2.50 4.70 3B 2 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 3.50 2.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 8 11 11 2 0 .917 .961 2.75 4.25
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Oldest Player
1952 NL-37-7

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August, 1950: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Philadelphia (Negro American).

December 3, 1952: Purchased by the Dallas (Texas) from the Milwaukee Braves.

January 2, 1954: Traded by the Dallas (Texas) to the Chicago Cubs for Ed Konick (minors).

June 24, 1954: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Les Fleming to the Dallas (Texas) for Ben Taylor, Ed Knoblauch (minors), Howard Anderson (minors), and $20,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 30, 1954: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Dallas (Texas) in the 1954 minor league draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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