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Fred Clarke

Manager

Fred Clifford Clarke

2829 Games
1602-1181 Record
0.576 Win%
19 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats L
Throws R
Born 10/3/1872
Winterset, IA, USA
Died 8/14/1960
Winfield, KS, USA
MLB Debut 1894-06-30
Final Game 1915-09-23

📊 Career Record

2829 Games Managed
1602 Wins
1181 Losses
0.576 Win Percentage

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

19 seasons
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Fred Clarke — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year Team Lg G W L Win% Rank P-M
1897 LS3 NL 92 35 54 0.393 11 Y
1898 LS3 NL 154 70 81 0.464 9 Y
1899 LS3 NL 156 75 77 0.493 9 Y
1900 PIT NL 140 79 60 0.568 2 Y
1901 PIT NL 140 90 49 0.647 1st 🏆 Y
1902 PIT NL 142 103 36 0.741 1st 🏆 Y
1903 PIT NL 141 91 49 0.650 1st 🏆 Y
1904 PIT NL 156 87 66 0.569 4 Y
1905 PIT NL 155 96 57 0.627 2 Y
1906 PIT NL 154 93 60 0.608 3 Y
1907 PIT NL 157 91 63 0.591 2 Y
1908 PIT NL 155 98 56 0.636 2 Y
1909 PIT NL 154 110 42 0.724 1st 🏆 Y
1910 PIT NL 154 86 67 0.562 3 Y
1911 PIT NL 156 85 69 0.552 3 Y
1912 PIT NL 153 93 58 0.616 2 N
1913 PIT NL 155 78 71 0.523 4 Y
1914 PIT NL 158 69 85 0.448 7 Y
1915 PIT NL 157 73 81 0.474 5 Y

Fred Clarke as a manager

Fred Clarke's clubs went 1602-1181 in the 2829 games Clarke managed between 1897 and 1915. Clarke ran the Louisville Colonels (1897-1899) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-1915). The best full season was 1902, 103-36 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The weakest full season was 1897, at 35-54. The Rank column for the Louisville Colonels years shows 11th, 9th, and 9th. The first season in the table, 1897, ended 35-54; the last, 1915, ended 73-81.

Clarke's clubs finished first in 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1909. The Lg column places these seasons in the National League. In 1897, Clarke took over a club already in progress that season. Clarke was a player-manager in 1915, 1914, 1913, 1911, 1910, 1909 and earlier years back to 1897. Clarke's birth date on file is October 3, 1872, in Winterset, IA, USA. Clarke's death is recorded on August 14, 1960. Clarke also played in the majors, from 1894 to 1915, as the player page shows.

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