Walter Clarkson
1904–1908 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees
78G
.152AVG
.158OBP
.227SLG
More career statistics
20H
0HR
12RBI
0SB
18–16W–L
374.2IP
178K
3.17ERA
37GS
2SV
1Rare feat
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 | 132 | 133 |
| Batting · Hits | 20 | 21 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 137 | 139 |
| Batting · Runs | 9 | 10 |
| Batting · RBI | 12 | 8 |
| Batting · Walks | 1 | 2 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,549 | 882 |
| Pitching · p er | 132 | 55 |
| Pitching · p h | 340 | 349 |
| Pitching · p hr | 12 | 11 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,124 | 1,129 |
| Pitching · p k | 178 | 182 |
| Pitching · p r | 183 | 189 |
| Pitching · p w | 132 | 134 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 137 | 132 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .152 | .158 | .227 | .385 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 374.7 | 78 | 37 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 340 | 183 | 132 | 12 | 132 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 3.17 | 1.260 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1904-09-02 to 1904-09-21
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Four Batters Hit | 1904-09-21 | 1 in 3,022 games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 9 scoreless innings | 1906-08-25 | 1 in 62 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 13 | 11 hits allowed | 1906-05-03 | 1 in 41 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |  New York Yankees | 13 | 26 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .269 | 66 | 43 |
| 1905 | New York Yankees | 9 | 19 | 1 | – | – | – | .053 | 46 | 37 |
| 1906 | New York Yankees | 32 | 52 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .173 | 150 | 66 |
| 1907 | Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees | 22 | 35 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .086 | 110 | 35 |
| 1908 |  Cleveland Guardians | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1.000 | 3 | 1 |