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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1924 22 CLE AL   1   3  12   1   0   0   4  0   25.7   38   27   20   0   14    6   2   2   133       0  7.01  4.27   61 2.026
 1927 25 BRO NL   7   2  27   3   1   0  17  2   73.7   74   23   19   2   19   32   0   0   305       0  2.32  3.95  170 1.262
 1928 26 BRO NL  12   9  40  19  10   2  13  3  194.7  193   75   58   4   50   85   1   1   829       0  2.68  3.98  148 1.248
 1929 27 BRO NL  16  19  41  36  19   3   2  1  279.0  295  136  116  14   71  140   3   6  1189       0  3.74  4.62  123 1.312
 1930 28 BRO NL  13  13  44  24   9   1  14  6  200.0  209  110   93  20   38   81   0   1   827       0  4.19  4.92  118 1.235
 1931 29 BRO NL  14  10  34  28  16   3   2  1  233.3  243   86   83   4   52   96   1   3   981       1  3.20  3.82  119 1.264 MVP-20
 1932 30 BRO NL  20  12  40  36  19   2   4  0  273.0  282  122  106  10   49   99   4   3  1136       1  3.49  3.80  109 1.212
 1933 31 TOT NL   5   8  27  13   4   1   6  1   94.7  119   54   50   5   17   25   4   0   414       0  4.75  3.20   67 1.437
         BRO NL   2   4  11   8   4   1   1  1   50.7   61   29   27   2    6   14   3   0   215       0  4.80  3.20   67 1.322
         NYG NL   3   4  16   5   0   0   5  0   44.0   58   25   23   3   11   11   1   0   199       0  4.70  3.20   68 1.568
 1934 32 TOT NL   3   2  22   5   1   0   8  0   44.0   63   34   29   5   14   16   1   3   210       0  5.93  3.88   65 1.750
         NYG NL   1   2   5   4   1   0   1  0   18.7   23   15   14   5    5    6   0   2    83       0  6.75  3.86   57 1.500
         BRO NL   2   0  17   1   0   0   7  0   25.3   40   19   15   0    9   10   1   1   127       0  5.33  3.90   73 1.934
 1935 33 BRO NL  13   8  33  25  11   1   5  0  207.0  215   93   76  11   28   35   1   1   854       0  3.30  3.98  120 1.174
 1936 34 BRO NL   7  11  33  16   1   1   7  2  120.0  162   73   59  11   28   28   0   1   548       0  4.43  4.14   93 1.583
 1937 35 BRO NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    2.3    4    3    2   0    3    0   0   0    16       0  7.71  4.02   52 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .534 111  97 355 206  91  14  84 16 1747.3 1897  836  711  86  383  643  17  21  7442       2  3.66  4.11  112 1.305
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  11  43  24  11   1  10  1  211.7  229  101   86  10   46   77   2   2   902   0   0  3.66  4.11  112 1.305
 Career High     20  19  44  36  19   3  17  6  279.0  295  136  116  20   71  140   4   6  1189   0   1  2.32  4.92  170 1.174
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1924 22 CLE AL  12    9    2    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   3  .222  .364  .333   80    3   0           0    
 1927 25 BRO NL  27   21    0    3   0  0   0    0   0      1   6  .143  .182  .143  -12    3   1           0    
 1928 26 BRO NL  40   66    4   10   1  2   0    3   0      0  10  .152  .152  .227   -2   15   6           0    
 1929 27 BRO NL  42   97   10   16   0  0   0    4   0      5  14  .165  .206  .165   -6   16   4           0    
 1930 28 BRO NL  44   68    5   14   2  1   1    9   0      3   7  .206  .239  .309   32   21   1           0    
 1931 29 BRO NL  34   84    8   21   2  0   0    5   0      7   7  .250  .308  .274   58   23   3           0     MVP-20
 1932 30 BRO NL  40   97    9   21   1  0   0    5   0      6  13  .216  .262  .227   34   22   4           0    
 1933 31 TOT NL  27   24    2    5   0  0   0    0   0      2   2  .208  .269  .208   39    5   2           0   1
         BRO NL  11   13    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .154  .214  .154    8    2   2           0   1
         NYG NL  16   11    1    3   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .273  .333  .273   75    3   0           0   0
 1934 32 TOT NL  22   14    2    2   1  0   0    0   0      1   3  .143  .200  .214   13    3   1           0   0
         NYG NL   5    6    1    1   1  0   0    0   0      1   1  .167  .286  .333   67    2   1           0   0
         BRO NL  17    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .125  .125  .125  -31    1   0           0   0
 1935 33 BRO NL  34   79    5   14   2  0   0    8   0      5  10  .177  .226  .203   17   16   3           0   1
 1936 34 BRO NL  33   39    2    9   1  0   0    2   0      1   6  .231  .250  .256   36   10   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     357  598   49  117  11  3   1   38   0  0  33  81  .196  .238  .229   23  137  25   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        271   22   53   5  1   0   17   0  0  15  37  .196  .238  .229   23   62  11   0   0   0   1
 Career High     44   97   10   21   2  2   1    9   0  0   7  14                          23   6   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1924 22 CLE AL   11    7    1   3.8   113| .222  .299| .364  .369| .333  .411| .697  .780|  80  .388  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1927 25 BRO NL   23   19    1   1.4   104| .143  .290| .182  .349| .143  .400| .325  .749| -12  .104  -3.4  -0.3     
 1928 26 BRO NL   72   62    2   0.9   108| .152  .289| .152  .354| .227  .411| .379  .764|  -2  .042 -10.3  -1.0     
 1929 27 BRO NL  106   85    3   0.9   119| .165  .302| .206  .366| .165  .439| .371  .805|  -6  .038 -16.4  -1.5     
 1930 28 BRO NL   72   55    5   2.4   126| .206  .310| .239  .369| .309  .462| .548  .831|  32  .165  -7.9  -0.7     
 1931 29 BRO NL   94   66    7   2.8   102| .250  .284| .308  .343| .274  .401| .582  .744|  58  .290  -4.8  -0.5     
 1932 30 BRO NL  107   80    6   2.0   102| .216  .282| .262  .334| .227  .408| .489  .742|  34  .175  -9.0  -0.9     
 1933 31 TOT NL   28   22    1   1.2    89| .208  .271| .269  .323| .208  .371| .477  .694|  39  .098  -1.8  -0.2     
         BRO NL   16   14    0   0.0    88| .154  .270| .214  .322| .154  .369| .368  .690|   8  .000  -1.5  -0.2     
         NYG NL   12    8    1   3.3    91| .273  .273| .333  .326| .273  .374| .606  .699|  75  .412  -0.3   0.0     
 1934 32 TOT NL   16   13    1   2.0   101| .143  .282| .200  .337| .214  .402| .414  .739|  13  .177  -1.7  -0.1     
         NYG NL    8    6    1   4.4   103| .167  .285| .286  .340| .333  .405| .619  .744|  67  .470  -0.2   0.0     
         BRO NL    8    7    0   0.0   100| .125  .281| .125  .335| .125  .399| .250  .735| -31  .000  -1.5  -0.1     
 1935 33 BRO NL   87   69    4   1.5   102| .177  .283| .226  .338| .203  .403| .429  .742|  17  .117  -9.2  -0.9     
 1936 34 BRO NL   40   30    3   2.7   104| .231  .287| .250  .346| .256  .402| .506  .748|  36  .266  -3.6  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      656  508   34   1.8   108| .196  .290| .238  .348| .229  .416| .467  .764|  23  .136 -68.3  -6.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1924 22 CLE AL   P   12      1    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  1.32  2.10  2.52    1   25.7
 1927 25 BRO NL   P   27      3   17    1    0  .952  .957  0.74  1.29  2.44  2.33    3   73.7
 1928 26 BRO NL   P   40      1   49    1    1  .980  .965  1.25  1.27  2.31  2.42   19  194.7
 1929 27 BRO NL   P   41      8   57    2    3  .970  .964  1.59  1.23  2.10  2.39   36  279.0
 1930 28 BRO NL   P   44      4   43    1    2  .979  .963  1.07  1.10  2.12  2.21   24  200.0
 1931 29 BRO NL   P   34      3   37    0    1 1.000  .959  1.18  1.20  1.54  2.22   28  233.3
 1932 30 BRO NL   P   40      9   63    3    1  .960  .957  1.80  1.21  2.37  2.29   36  273.0
 1933 31 TOT NL   P   27      2   24    0    0 1.000  .963  0.96  1.28  2.47  2.36   13   94.7
         BRO NL   P   11      1   10    0    0 1.000  .965  1.00  1.28  1.95  2.36    8   50.7
         NYG NL   P   16      1   14    0    0 1.000  .962  0.94  1.28  3.07  2.35    5   44.0
 1934 32 TOT NL   P   22      5    7    0    0 1.000  .960  0.55  1.12  2.45  2.27    5   44.0
         NYG NL   P    5      3    4    0    0 1.000  .959  1.40  1.12  3.37  2.26    4   18.7
         BRO NL   P   17      2    3    0    0 1.000  .962  0.29  1.12  1.78  2.28    1   25.3
 1935 33 BRO NL   P   33     11   54    2    3  .970  .959  1.97  1.18  2.83  2.31   25  207.0
 1936 34 BRO NL   P   33      6   27    1    1  .971  .951  1.00  1.16  2.48  2.32   16  120.0
 1937 35 BRO NL   P    2      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  1.20  7.83  2.35    0    2.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1924 22 CLE AL   P   12      1    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  1.32  2.10  2.52    1   25.7
 1927 25 BRO NL   P   27      3   17    1    0  .952  .957  0.74  1.29  2.44  2.33    3   73.7
 1928 26 BRO NL   P   40      1   49    1    1  .980  .965  1.25  1.27  2.31  2.42   19  194.7
 1929 27 BRO NL   P   41      8   57    2    3  .970  .964  1.59  1.23  2.10  2.39   36  279.0
 1930 28 BRO NL   P   44      4   43    1    2  .979  .963  1.07  1.10  2.12  2.21   24  200.0
 1931 29 BRO NL   P   34      3   37    0    1 1.000  .959  1.18  1.20  1.54  2.22   28  233.3
 1932 30 BRO NL   P   40      9   63    3    1  .960  .957  1.80  1.21  2.37  2.29   36  273.0
 1933 31 TOT NL   P   27      2   24    0    0 1.000  .963  0.96  1.28  2.47  2.36   13   94.7
         BRO NL   P   11      1   10    0    0 1.000  .965  1.00  1.28  1.95  2.36    8   50.7
         NYG NL   P   16      1   14    0    0 1.000  .962  0.94  1.28  3.07  2.35    5   44.0
 1934 32 TOT NL   P   22      5    7    0    0 1.000  .960  0.55  1.12  2.45  2.27    5   44.0
         NYG NL   P    5      3    4    0    0 1.000  .959  1.40  1.12  3.37  2.26    4   18.7
         BRO NL   P   17      2    3    0    0 1.000  .962  0.29  1.12  1.78  2.28    1   25.3
 1935 33 BRO NL   P   33     11   54    2    3  .970  .959  1.97  1.18  2.83  2.31   25  207.0
 1936 34 BRO NL   P   33      6   27    1    1  .971  .951  1.00  1.16  2.48  2.32   16  120.0
 1937 35 BRO NL   P    2      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  1.20  7.83  2.35    0    2.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 355     54  384   11   12  .976  .960  1.23  1.21  2.26  2.31  206 1747.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       355     54  384   11   12  .976  .960  1.23  1.21  2.26  2.32  206   1747

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1931-NL-20-0.04
Car-1148-0.04 shares

ERA
1928 NL-2.68-4
1929 NL-3.74-10
1930 NL-4.19-9
1931 NL-3.20-9
1935 NL-3.30-10

Wins
1929 NL-16-8
1932 NL-20-2

Won-Loss %
1932 NL-.625-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1928 NL-1.248-9
1929 NL-1.312-6
1930 NL-1.235-2
1932 NL-1.212-7
1935 NL-1.174-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1929 NL-9.52-9
1930 NL-9.41-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1929 NL-2.29-5
1930 NL-1.71-1
1931 NL-2.01-4
1932 NL-1.62-8
1935 NL-1.22-1
Car-1.97-82

Strikeouts/9IP
1928 NL-3.93-4
1929 NL-4.52-3
1930 NL-3.65-9

Games
1928 NL-40-9
1929 NL-41-7
1930 NL-44-6
1932 NL-40-9

Saves
1928 NL-3-5
1930 NL-6-2

Innings
1929 NL-279.0-1
1932 NL-273.0-5

Strikeouts
1928 NL-85-6
1929 NL-140-2
1932 NL-99-10

Games Started
1929 NL-36-1
1932 NL-36-1

Comp. Games
1929 NL-19-2
1932 NL-19-4

Shutouts
1928 NL-2-7
1929 NL-3-4
1931 NL-3-5
1932 NL-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1930 NL-20-10

Hits Allowed
1929 NL-295-1
1931 NL-243-9
1932 NL-282-4

SO to Walk
1928 NL-1.70-2
1929 NL-1.97-2
1930 NL-2.13-3
1931 NL-1.85-7
1932 NL-2.02-3

Losses
1929 NL-19-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1929 NL-116-5
1932 NL-106-5

Wild Pitches
1929 NL-6-3

Batters Faced
1929 NL-1189-1
1932 NL-1136-4

Games Finished
1927 NL-17-5
1928 NL-13-9

Adjusted ERA+
1928 NL-148-3
1929 NL-123-10
1930 NL-118-9

Black Ink: Pitching - 9 (253) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 83 (280) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 10.0 (908) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
June 16, 1933: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Lefty O'Doul to the New York Giants for Sam Leslie.
June 29, 1934: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the New York Giants.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Watty Clark's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1931-NL-20-0.04 Car-1148-0.04 shares	ERA 1928 NL-2.68-4 1929 NL-3.74-10 1930 NL-4.19-9 1931 NL-3.20-9 1935 NL-3.30-10	Wins 1929 NL-16-8 1932 NL-20-2	Won-Loss % 1932 NL-.625-7	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1928 NL-1.248-9 1929 NL-1.312-6 1930 NL-1.235-2 1932 NL-1.212-7 1935 NL-1.174-6	Hits Allowed/9IP 1929 NL-9.52-9 1930 NL-9.41-5
Bases on Balls/9IP 1929 NL-2.29-5 1930 NL-1.71-1 1931 NL-2.01-4 1932 NL-1.62-8 1935 NL-1.22-1 Car-1.97-82	Strikeouts/9IP 1928 NL-3.93-4 1929 NL-4.52-3 1930 NL-3.65-9	Games 1928 NL-40-9 1929 NL-41-7 1930 NL-44-6 1932 NL-40-9	Saves 1928 NL-3-5 1930 NL-6-2	Innings 1929 NL-279.0-1 1932 NL-273.0-5	Strikeouts 1928 NL-85-6 1929 NL-140-2 1932 NL-99-10
Games Started 1929 NL-36-1 1932 NL-36-1	Comp. Games 1929 NL-19-2 1932 NL-19-4	Shutouts 1928 NL-2-7 1929 NL-3-4 1931 NL-3-5 1932 NL-2-7	Home Runs Allow. 1930 NL-20-10	Hits Allowed 1929 NL-295-1 1931 NL-243-9 1932 NL-282-4	SO to Walk 1928 NL-1.70-2 1929 NL-1.97-2 1930 NL-2.13-3 1931 NL-1.85-7 1932 NL-2.02-3
Losses 1929 NL-19-1	Earned Runs Allow. 1929 NL-116-5 1932 NL-106-5	Wild Pitches 1929 NL-6-3	Batters Faced 1929 NL-1189-1 1932 NL-1136-4	Games Finished 1927 NL-17-5 1928 NL-13-9	Adjusted ERA+ 1928 NL-148-3 1929 NL-123-10 1930 NL-118-9