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John Clapp

Manager

John Edgar Clapp

420 Games

174-237 Record

0.423 Win%

6 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats R

Throws R

Born 7/15/1851
Ithaca, NY, USA

Died 12/18/1904
Ithaca, NY, USA

MLB Debut 1872-04-26

Final Game 1883-09-28

📊 Career Record

420 Games Managed

174 Wins

237 Losses

                        0.423
                        Win Percentage
                    

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

6 seasons

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John Clapp — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year	Team	Lg	G	W	L	Win%	Rank	P-M
1872	MID		24	5	19	0.208	9	Y
1878	IN1	NL	63	24	36	0.400	5	Y
1879	BFN	NL	79	46	32	0.590	3	Y
1880	CN1	NL	82	21	59	0.263	8	Y
1881	CL2	NL	74	32	41	0.438	7	Y
1883	NY1	NL	98	46	50	0.479	6	Y

John Clapp as a manager

John Clapp managed 420 major league games between 1872 and 1883, winning 174 and losing 237 for a .423 percentage. Clapp's 1872 Middletown Mansfields played 24 games and went 5-19, finishing 9th. Clapp's 1878 Indianapolis Blues played 63 games and went 24-36, finishing 5th. Clapp's 1879 Buffalo Bisons played 79 games and went 46-32, finishing 3rd. For 1880, the table shows the Cincinnati Reds at 21-59 over 82 games, finishing 8th in the NL. Clapp's 1881 Cleveland Blues played 74 games and went 32-41, finishing 7th.

Under Clapp, the 1883 New York Gothams posted a 46-50 record across 98 games, finishing 6th. All of Clapp's clubs played in the National League. In 1881, Clapp took over a club already in progress that season. The P-M column marks 1872, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, and 1883 as player-manager seasons. Clapp was born on July 15, 1851, in Ithaca, NY, USA. The death date on file is December 18, 1904. As a player, Clapp appears from 1872 to 1883; the player page has that record.

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