Bus Clarkson
1938–1952 · bats R / throws R · ASE, Boston Braves, Homestead Grays, IN8, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars, Pittsburgh Crawfords, TLC
178G
.306AVG
.392OBP
.516SLG
More career statistics
187H
24HR
133RBI
11SB
4Rare 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 | 178 | 203 |
| Batting · At bats | 611 | 685 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 4 |
| Batting · Doubles | 40 | 42 |
| Batting · Hits | 187 | 222 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Home runs | 24 | 27 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 3 | 5 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 700 | 760 |
| Batting · Runs | 120 | 130 |
| Batting · RBI | 133 | 113 |
| Batting · Triples | 8 | 14 |
| Batting · Walks | 85 | 74 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178 | 700 | 611 | 120 | 187 | 40 | 8 | 24 | 133 | 85 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 315 | .306 | .392 | .516 | .908 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1946-06-30 to 1946-07-21
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1940-06-30 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1938-07-09 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1940-06-30 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 112 | 422 | 114 | 12 | 58 | 38 | 2 | .298 | .360 | .491 |
| Away | 91 | 338 | 108 | 15 | 55 | 36 | 3 | .358 | .426 | .613 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
| May | 52 | 178 | 43 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 3 | .267 | .343 | .441 |
| June | 58 | 216 | 61 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 2 | .310 | .370 | .523 |
| July | 53 | 204 | 63 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 0 | .352 | .426 | .581 |
| August | 28 | 112 | 37 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 0 | .363 | .411 | .647 |
| September | 11 | 48 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .386 | .438 | .636 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-elite-giants | 39 | 166 | 57 | 7 | 26 | 16 | 0 | .380 | .440 | .633 |
| newark-eagles | 25 | 85 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .312 | .388 | .468 |
| homestead-grays | 24 | 91 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | .275 | .363 | .525 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 22 | 94 | 32 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 0 | .386 | .457 | .639 |
| new-york-cubans | 17 | 68 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .270 | .324 | .413 |
| philadelphia-stars | 16 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .316 | .328 | .596 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 12 | 49 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .390 | .469 | .756 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 9 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .290 | .333 | .484 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 20 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .293 | – | – |
| 1939 | TLC | 17 | 61 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 3 | .344 | – | – |
| 1940 | IN8, Newark Eagles | 31 | 110 | 42 | 11 | 22 | 3 | .382 | – | – |
| 1942 |  Philadelphia Stars | 43 | 158 | 51 | 5 | 18 | 2 | .323 | – | – |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Stars | 41 | 150 | 45 | 2 | 23 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Stars | 37 | 123 | 41 | 3 | 27 | 1 | .333 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Boston Braves | 14 | 25 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |