Nig Clarke
1905–1920 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns
507G
.254AVG
.318OBP
.333SLG
More career statistics
390H
6HR
127RBI
16SB
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 | 507 | 508 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 19 |
| Batting · Doubles | 64 | 68 |
| Batting · Hits | 390 | 389 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 7 | 8 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 9 | 147 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,711 | 1,731 |
| Batting · Runs | 157 | 156 |
| Batting · RBI | 127 | 103 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 16 | 18 |
| Batting · Triples | 20 | 21 |
| Batting · Walks | 138 | 154 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 507 | 1,711 | 1,536 | 157 | 390 | 64 | 20 | 6 | 127 | 138 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 512 | .254 | .318 | .333 | .651 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1906-06-28 to 1906-07-12
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1907-07-24 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1911-04-20 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1907-07-26 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 258 | 872 | 209 | 4 | 57 | 84 | 80 | .271 | .336 | .368 |
| Away | 250 | 859 | 180 | 2 | 46 | 70 | 67 | .235 | .291 | .305 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 57 | 208 | 51 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 16 | .280 | .356 | .352 |
| May | 93 | 322 | 57 | 0 | 22 | 25 | 35 | .197 | .255 | .248 |
| June | 70 | 245 | 55 | 0 | 15 | 31 | 19 | .264 | .351 | .356 |
| July | 81 | 266 | 65 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 18 | .271 | .320 | .396 |
| August | 86 | 289 | 63 | 1 | 21 | 24 | 21 | .246 | .301 | .312 |
| September | 106 | 350 | 85 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 31 | .272 | .320 | .358 |
| October | 15 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .277 | .333 | .426 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 73 | 264 | 57 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 25 | .237 | .284 | .300 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 69 | 239 | 56 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 16 | .263 | .331 | .380 |
| chicago-white-sox | 68 | 223 | 54 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 29 | .283 | .359 | .398 |
| new-york-yankees | 67 | 227 | 54 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 18 | .270 | .335 | .365 |
| boston-red-sox | 64 | 211 | 40 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 13 | .215 | .289 | .253 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 63 | 213 | 45 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 24 | .238 | .282 | .323 |
| st-louis-browns | 62 | 223 | 55 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 10 | .271 | .323 | .360 |
| cleveland-guardians | 13 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | .289 | .352 | .356 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 45 | 130 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 2 | .208 | – | – |
| 1906 |  Cleveland Guardians | 58 | 179 | 64 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .358 | – | – |
| 1907 | Cleveland Guardians | 120 | 391 | 105 | 3 | 23 | 3 | .269 | – | – |
| 1908 | Cleveland Guardians | 97 | 290 | 70 | 1 | 27 | 6 | .241 | – | – |
| 1909 | Cleveland Guardians | 56 | 163 | 44 | – | 10 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1910 | Cleveland Guardians | 21 | 58 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .155 | – | – |
| 1911 |  St. Louis Browns | 82 | 256 | 55 | – | 20 | 2 | .215 | – | – |
| 1919 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 26 | 62 | 15 | – | 3 | 1 | .242 | – | – |
| 1920 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |