Boileryard Clarke
1897–1905 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), Boston Braves, New York Giants, Washington Senators (1901-60)
950G
.256AVG
.310OBP
.326SLG
More career statistics
858H
20HR
429RBI
54SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 950 | 728 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,346 | 2,534 |
| Batting · Doubles | 110 | 72 |
| Batting · Hits | 858 | 643 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 85 | 63 |
| Batting · Home runs | 20 | 16 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 58 | 116 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,667 | 2,759 |
| Batting · Runs | 394 | 267 |
| Batting · RBI | 429 | 279 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 54 | 35 |
| Batting · Triples | 32 | 19 |
| Batting · Walks | 176 | 112 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 950 | 3,667 | 3,346 | 394 | 858 | 110 | 32 | 20 | 429 | 176 | 58 | 54 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 1,092 | .256 | .310 | .326 | .636 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1899-07-22 to 1899-08-12
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1900-07-24 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1903-05-21 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1904-06-25 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 349 | 1316 | 333 | 11 | 159 | 43 | 46 | .275 | .286 | .351 |
| Away | 379 | 1443 | 310 | 5 | 120 | 69 | 70 | .234 | .263 | .284 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 145 | 43 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .316 | .338 | .397 |
| May | 98 | 373 | 91 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 23 | .262 | .271 | .323 |
| June | 120 | 465 | 111 | 5 | 50 | 31 | 14 | .262 | .305 | .356 |
| July | 150 | 601 | 138 | 5 | 64 | 28 | 27 | .252 | .276 | .310 |
| August | 160 | 607 | 124 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 24 | .225 | .244 | .283 |
| September | 134 | 477 | 114 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 19 | .259 | .260 | .304 |
| October | 29 | 91 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .253 | .275 | .276 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 70 | 271 | 65 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 10 | .258 | .273 | .302 |
| detroit-tigers | 66 | 257 | 62 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 11 | .267 | .296 | .362 |
| chicago-white-sox | 57 | 222 | 45 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 12 | .220 | .239 | .307 |
| boston-red-sox | 52 | 192 | 52 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | .289 | .307 | .378 |
| st-louis-browns | 47 | 184 | 43 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | .249 | .266 | .335 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 45 | 176 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 5 | .235 | .290 | .301 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 41 | 143 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 12 | .258 | .273 | .295 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 38 | 147 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | .281 | .293 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | BOBaltimore Orioles (1897-99) | 65 | 242 | 65 | 1 | 38 | 5 | .269 | – | – |
| 1898 | BOBaltimore Orioles (1897-99) | 83 | 290 | 69 | – | 27 | 2 | .238 | – | – |
| 1899 |  Boston Braves | 60 | 223 | 50 | 2 | 32 | 2 | .224 | – | – |
| 1900 | Boston Braves | 81 | 272 | 85 | 1 | 30 | – | .312 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 110 | 422 | 118 | 3 | 54 | 7 | .280 | – | – |
| 1902 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 87 | 293 | 78 | 6 | 40 | 1 | .266 | – | – |
| 1903 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 126 | 467 | 111 | 2 | 38 | 12 | .238 | – | – |
| 1904 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 85 | 275 | 58 | – | 17 | 5 | .211 | – | – |
| 1905 |  New York Giants | 31 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .180 | – | – |