Josh Clarke
1898–1911 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Cleveland Guardians, Louisville Colonels, St. Louis Cardinals
223G
.239AVG
.351OBP
.302SLG
More career statistics
193H
5HR
43RBI
51SB
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 · At bats | 809 | 813 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 22 | 122 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 962 | 973 |
| Batting · Runs | 118 | 121 |
| Batting · RBI | 43 | 38 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 51 | 49 |
| Batting · Walks | 135 | 143 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 223 | 962 | 809 | 118 | 193 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 135 | 22 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 244 | .239 | .351 | .302 | .653 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1905-06-27 to 1905-07-08
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Stealing the Cycle | 1908-06-09 | 1 in 3,787 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1905-06-24 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1908-08-29 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 115 | 496 | 91 | 3 | 22 | 80 | 58 | .225 | .345 | .285 |
| Away | 108 | 477 | 102 | 2 | 16 | 63 | 64 | .249 | .346 | .315 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 40 | 181 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 21 | .226 | .359 | .281 |
| May | 56 | 239 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 38 | .212 | .314 | .300 |
| June | 46 | 197 | 43 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 19 | .256 | .345 | .339 |
| July | 42 | 184 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 21 | .232 | .337 | .258 |
| August | 27 | 121 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 13 | .281 | .413 | .354 |
| September | 8 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .138 | .188 | .138 |
| October | 4 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .438 | .526 | .438 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 23 | 98 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | .167 | .224 | .167 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 20 | 95 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13 | .239 | .411 | .296 |
| detroit-tigers | 19 | 83 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | .278 | .349 | .319 |
| new-york-yankees | 19 | 91 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 10 | .280 | .385 | .360 |
| boston-red-sox | 19 | 84 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | .286 | .381 | .343 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 19 | 80 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | .182 | .312 | .197 |
| cincinnati-reds | 17 | 75 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 6 | .277 | .360 | .431 |
| new-york-giants | 16 | 74 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | .242 | .365 | .355 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Louisville Colonels | 6 | 18 | 3 | – | – | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1905 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | 169 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 8 | .254 | – | – |
| 1908 |  Cleveland Guardians | 131 | 493 | 119 | 1 | 20 | 35 | .241 | – | – |
| 1909 | Cleveland Guardians | 4 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1911 |  Boston Braves | 32 | 121 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 6 | .231 | – | – |