Horace Clarke

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: June 2, 1939 in Frederiksted, U. S. Virgin Islands vi

Died: August 5, 2020 in Laurel, MD

Buried: Frederiksted Cemetery, Frederiksted, St. Croix

High School: Christiansted (St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands)

Debut: May 13, 1965 (Age 25-345d, 12,362nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 15, 1974 (Age 35-105d)
vs. ATL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Horace Meredith Clarke

Nicknames: Hoss

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.6

4813

1230

.256

548

RBI

304

151

OBP

.308

SLG

.313

OPS

.621

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
2	3	Apr 18	NYY		MIL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	9	0	9	0	2B
3	4	Apr 19	NYY		MIL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
4	5	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
5	6	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
6	7	Apr 25	NYY		OAK	L,3-4	CG	46	12.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
7	8	Apr 26	NYY		OAK	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
8	9	Apr 28	NYY		MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
9	10	Apr 29	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
10	12 (1)	Apr 30 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13	May 2	NYY		CAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
12	14	May 5	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
13	15	May 6	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
14	16	May 7	NYY	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
15	17	May 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
16	18	May 9	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
17	19	May 10	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
18	20	May 12	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
19	21	May 13	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
20	22	May 14	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
21	23	May 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
22	24	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
23	25	May 19	NYY		BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
24	26	May 21 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
25	27	May 21 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
26	28	May 23	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
27	29	May 24	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	GF	6	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 2B
28	30	May 25	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
29	31	May 26	NYY		DET	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
30	32	May 27	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
31	33	May 28	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	2B
32	34	May 29 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	2	8	1	2B
33	35	May 29 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
34	36	May 30	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
35	37	May 31	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	38	Jun 1	NYY	@	MIL	L,8-9	CG	56	11.2	3	4	0	7	0	2B
37	39	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
38	40	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-10	CG	61	13.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
39	41	Jun 4 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
40	42	Jun 4 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	3	2	0	5	2	2B
41	43	Jun 6	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
42	44	Jun 7	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
43	45	Jun 8	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
44	46	Jun 9	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
45	47	Jun 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
46	48	Jun 11	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
47	49	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
48	50	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
49	51	Jun 15	NYY		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	4	2B
50	52	Jun 17 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
51	53	Jun 17 (2)	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
52	54	Jun 20	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
53	55	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
54	56	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
55	58 (1)	Jun 26	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
56	59	Jun 27	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
57	60	Jun 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
58	61	Jun 29	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
59	62	Jun 30	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	63	Jul 1	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	4	0	11	1	2B
61	64	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
62	65	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	GF	10	3.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
63	66	Jul 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
64	67	Jul 5	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
65	68	Jul 6	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
66	69	Jul 7	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
67	70	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
68	71	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
69	72	Jul 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	2B
70	73	Jul 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
71	75 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		OAK	L,3-9	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
72	76	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		OAK	L,0-1	GF	7	2.0	1	3	0	4	1	PH 2B
73	77	Jul 15	NYY		OAK	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
74	80 (2)	Jul 19	NYY		MIN	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
75	81	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
76	82	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
77	83	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		CAL	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
78	84	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
79	85	Jul 23	NYY		CAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
80	86	Jul 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
81	87	Jul 28 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
82	88	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
83	89	Jul 29	NYY		BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
84	90	Jul 30	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
85	91	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
86	92	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	93	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
88	94	Aug 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
89	95	Aug 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
90	96	Aug 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	4	3	1	8	2	2B
91	97	Aug 4	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
92	98	Aug 5	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
93	99	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
94	101 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
95	102	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		DET	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
96	103	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
97	104	Aug 10	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
98	105	Aug 11	NYY		MIL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
99	106	Aug 12	NYY		MIL	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
100	107	Aug 13 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
101	109 (1)	Aug 14	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
102	111 (1)	Aug 16	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
103	112	Aug 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
104	114 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	37	10.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
105	115	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
106	116	Aug 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
107	117	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		KCR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
108	118	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		KCR	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
109	120 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		KCR	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
110	121	Aug 27 (2)	NYY		KCR	W,9-8	GF	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
111	122	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
112	124 (1)	Aug 30	NYY		TEX	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
113	125	Aug 31	NYY		TEX	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	126	Sep 1	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
115	127	Sep 2	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
116	128	Sep 3	NYY		CHW	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
117	129	Sep 4 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
118	130	Sep 4 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	2B
119	131	Sep 5	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
120	132	Sep 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
121	133	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
122	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
123	135	Sep 9	NYY	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
124	136	Sep 10	NYY	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
125	137	Sep 11	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	21	5.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
126	138	Sep 12	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
127	139	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
128	140	Sep 15	NYY		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
129	141	Sep 16	NYY		BAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
130	142	Sep 17	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
131	143	Sep 19	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
132	144	Sep 21	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
133	145	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
134	146	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	25	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
135	147	Sep 24 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
136	148	Sep 24 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
137	149	Sep 27	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	2	3	0	5	1	2B
138	150	Sep 28	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	54	12.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
139	151	Oct 1 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	11.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
140	152	Oct 1 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
141	153	Oct 2	NYY		MIL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
142	154	Oct 3	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
143	155	Oct 4	NYY		MIL	L,0-1	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
							143gm		1195.1	347	399	11	757	104