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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
2	2	Apr 9	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
3	3	Apr 11	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 12 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
5	5	Apr 12 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
6	6	Apr 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
7	7	Apr 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
8	8	Apr 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
9	9	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	39	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
10	10	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
11	11	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
12	12	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
13	13	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSA	W,11-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
14	14	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSA	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
15	15	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	69	17.2	1	7	0	8	1	2B
16	16	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSA	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
17	17	Apr 25	NYY		OAK	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
18	18	Apr 26	NYY		OAK	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
19	19	Apr 28	NYY		CAL	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
20	20	Apr 29	NYY		CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
21	21	Apr 30	NYY		CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	NYY		MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
23	23	May 2	NYY		MIL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
24	24	May 3 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
25	25	May 3 (2)	NYY		MIL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
26	26	May 5	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
27	27	May 6	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
28	28	May 7	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
29	29	May 8	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
30	30	May 9	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	31	May 10	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
32	32	May 11	NYY	@	MIL	T,5-5	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	2B
33	33	May 12	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	40	8.2	3	4	0	7	0	2B
34	34	May 13	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
35	35	May 15	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
36	36	May 16	NYY		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
37	37	May 18	NYY		BAL	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
38	38	May 19	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
39	39	May 20	NYY		WSA	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
40	40	May 21	NYY		WSA	W,2-0	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
41	41	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
42	42	May 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
43	43	May 24 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
44	44	May 24 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	44	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
45	45	May 25	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
46	46	May 26	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	32	8.1	3	4	0	7	0	2B
47	47	May 27	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
48	48	May 29	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
49	49	May 30	NYY	@	MIN	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
50	50	May 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 2	NYY		KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
52	52	Jun 3	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
53	53	Jun 4	NYY		KCR	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
54	54	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
55	55	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
56	56	Jun 7	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	45	12.0	4	1	1	6	0	2B
57	57	Jun 9	NYY		MIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
58	58	Jun 10	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
59	59	Jun 12	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
60	60	Jun 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	51	12.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
61	61	Jun 14	NYY	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
62	62	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
63	63	Jun 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
64	64	Jun 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
65	65	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
66	66	Jun 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
67	67	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-10	CG	54	11.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
68	68	Jun 24 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
69	69	Jun 24 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
70	70	Jun 25	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
71	71	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
72	72	Jun 28 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
73	73	Jun 28 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
74	74	Jun 30	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	75	Jul 1	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	2	3	3	8	0	2B
76	76	Jul 2	NYY	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
77	77	Jul 3	NYY		WSA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
78	78	Jul 4	NYY		WSA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
79	79	Jul 5 (1)	NYY		WSA	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
80	81 (1)	Jul 7	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
81	82	Jul 8	NYY	@	BAL	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	4	2	1	7	2	2B
82	83	Jul 9	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	33	7.1	4	3	0	7	1	2B
83	84	Jul 10	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
84	85	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
85	86	Jul 12	NYY	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
86	87	Jul 16 (1)	NYY		OAK	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
87	88	Jul 16 (2)	NYY		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
88	89	Jul 17	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	0	2B
89	90	Jul 18	NYY		OAK	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
90	91	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	2B
91	92	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		CAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
92	93	Jul 20	NYY		CAL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
93	94	Jul 21	NYY		MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
94	95	Jul 22	NYY		MIL	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
95	96	Jul 24	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-11	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
96	97	Jul 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
97	98	Jul 26	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
98	99	Jul 27	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	38	10.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
99	100	Jul 28	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
100	101	Jul 29	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
101	102	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
102	103	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	104	Aug 1	NYY	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	43	12.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
104	105	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
105	106	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
106	107	Aug 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
107	108	Aug 6 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
108	109	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
109	110	Aug 7	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
110	111	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
111	112	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-4	CG	46	11.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
112	113	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,9-12	CG	52	11.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
113	114	Aug 11	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
114	115	Aug 12	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	8	0	11	3	2B
115	116	Aug 13	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
116	117	Aug 14	NYY		KCR	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
117	118	Aug 15	NYY		KCR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
118	119	Aug 16	NYY		KCR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
119	120	Aug 18	NYY	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	41	8.1	4	2	0	6	0	2B
120	121	Aug 19	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
121	122	Aug 20	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
122	123	Aug 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
123	124	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
124	125	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
125	127 (1)	Aug 24	NYY	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
126	128	Aug 25	NYY	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
127	129	Aug 26	NYY	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
128	130	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
129	131	Aug 28 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
130	132	Aug 29	NYY		MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
131	133	Aug 30	NYY		MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
132	134	Aug 31	NYY		BAL	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	135	Sep 1	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
134	136	Sep 2	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
135	137	Sep 3	NYY		BAL	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	3	7	0	2B
136	138	Sep 4	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
137	140 (1)	Sep 6	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
138	141	Sep 7	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	4	1	11	0	2B
139	142	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
140	143	Sep 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
141	144	Sep 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
142	145	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
143	146	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	10.2	3	1	0	4	2	2B
144	147	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
145	148	Sep 15 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
146	149	Sep 15 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
147	150	Sep 16	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
148	151	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	47	10.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
149	152	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	2B
150	153	Sep 19	NYY	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
151	154	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	9	0	11	1	2B
152	155	Sep 21	NYY		WSA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	2B
153	157 (1)	Sep 23	NYY		WSA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
154	158	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
155	161 (2)	Sep 27	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
156	162	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	3	3	1	7	1	2B
157	163	Sep 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
							157gm		1417.2	379	478	18	875	95