Fred Clarke

1897–1915 · bats L / throws R · Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates

2,242G

.312AVG

.386OBP

.429SLG

More career statistics

2,672H

67HR

1,015RBI

506SB

16Rare 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	2,242	1,908
Batting · At bats	8,568	7,208
Batting · Doubles	361	314
Batting · Hits	2,672	2,233
Batting · Hit by pitch	153	129
Batting · Home runs	67	47
Batting · Strikeouts	135	359
Batting · Plate appearances	9,820	8,347
Batting · Runs	1,619	1,375
Batting · RBI	1,015	782
Batting · Stolen bases	506	406
Batting · Triples	220	193
Batting · Walks	874	793

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2,242	9,820	8,568	1,619	2,672	361	220	67	1,015	874	135	506	0	153	0	3,674	.312	.386	.429	.815

Streaks

16longest hitting streak · 1899-09-13 to 1899-10-05

43longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
80	Homer, Triple, Double, Steal	1903-05-07	1 in 4,385 games	box score ↗
64	Four-Steal Game	1907-09-25	1 in 894 games	box score ↗
61	The Cycle	1901-07-23	1 in 694 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	953	4070	1092	28	399	401	156	.312	.367	.434
Away	955	4277	1141	19	383	392	203	.308	.358	.419

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	159	718	172	3	46	83	31	.283	.355	.384
May	318	1395	349	7	134	155	61	.296	.361	.429
June	339	1490	389	3	146	131	56	.300	.349	.393
July	352	1545	416	12	166	112	68	.306	.342	.430
August	360	1598	440	10	121	143	85	.319	.365	.435
September	322	1367	408	12	142	154	48	.348	.411	.477
October	58	234	59	0	27	15	10	.280	.316	.384

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
boston-braves	264	1175	317	8	143	117	32	.313	.369	.447
chicago-cubs	258	1106	285	3	92	89	67	.294	.338	.403
new-york-giants	250	1088	278	5	101	99	82	.290	.347	.395
st-louis-cardinals	246	1097	301	5	100	137	29	.330	.399	.448
philadelphia-phillies	246	1072	291	6	90	90	56	.311	.355	.421
brooklyn-dodgers	245	1063	269	4	96	106	38	.295	.353	.405
cincinnati-reds	244	1030	258	9	91	98	46	.294	.346	.422
pittsburgh-pirates	40	186	57	1	14	9	5	.328	.355	.425

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1897	Louisville Colonels	130	527	205	6	67	57	.389	–	–
1898	Louisville Colonels	149	598	184	3	51	40	.308	–	–
1899	Louisville Colonels	149	607	206	5	70	49	.339	–	–
1900	Pittsburgh Pirates	106	399	110	3	35	21	.276	–	–
1901	Pittsburgh Pirates	129	527	171	6	60	23	.324	–	–
1902	Pittsburgh Pirates	113	460	145	2	53	29	.315	–	–
1903	Pittsburgh Pirates	104	426	150	5	56	21	.352	–	–
1904	Pittsburgh Pirates	72	279	85	–	24	11	.305	–	–
1905	Pittsburgh Pirates	141	526	157	2	33	24	.298	–	–
1906	Pittsburgh Pirates	118	417	129	1	30	18	.309	–	–
1907	Pittsburgh Pirates	148	501	145	2	57	37	.289	–	–
1908	Pittsburgh Pirates	151	551	146	2	61	23	.265	–	–
1909	Pittsburgh Pirates	152	551	158	3	71	32	.287	–	–
1910	Pittsburgh Pirates	124	431	113	2	63	11	.262	–	–
1911	Pittsburgh Pirates	110	391	127	5	51	10	.325	–	–
1913	Pittsburgh Pirates	9	13	1	–	–	–	.077	–	–
1914	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	2	–	–	–	–	.000	–	–
1915	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	2	1	–	–	–	.500	–	–