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Watson Clark

Name Note: Name presented as Watty Clark in some sources

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: May 16, 1902 in St. Joseph, LA us

Died: March 4, 1972 in Clearwater, FL

Buried: Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, FL

School: Mississippi College (Clinton, MS)

Debut: May 28, 1924 (Age 22-012d, 6,001st in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 9, 1937 (Age 34-358d)
vs. STL 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season

Full Name: William Watson Clark

Nicknames: Lefty or Watty

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1933 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.6

111

ERA

3.66

355

209

1747.1

643

WHIP

1.305

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-21 / in Starts: 11-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 12

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	121	1	Apr 15	BRO		PHI	L,0-1	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.13	2.98	31	12	9	2	1	8	62			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.348	3.25	0.52%	4.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	122	3	Apr 20	BRO		BSN	L,2-7	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	7	7	2	3	4	1	0	1.80	3.86	33	10	9	0	1	7	46			2	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.33	-0.209	2.82	-0.27%	-2.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
3	123	6	Apr 23	BRO	@	PHI	L,15-16	7-GF	BL(0-3)	2	2.2	7	4	3	0	4	1	0	3.06	3.99	16	2	3	1	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	1	3.08	-0.737	5.54	-0.79%	-2.55	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end d 1
4	124	9	Apr 27	BRO		NYG	L,4-10	GS-7	L(0-4)	3	7.0	11	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.01	3.63	33	10	9	1	2	11	36			0	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	2	0	1.01	-0.107	1.75	-0.11%	-0.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	125	13	May 2	BRO	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	W(1-4)	4	9.0	10	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.01	3.27	38	12	11	1	1	10	54			0	0	0	37	5	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	0.139	2.22	0.17%	2.06	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
6	126	16	May 4(2)	BRO	@	STL	W,11-10	9-13	W(2-4)	1	3.2	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.10	3.07	15	6	3	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.324	6.94	0.56%	0.14	9b 12- 2 out tie	13b 12- 1 out a1
7	127	20	May 9	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS-8	W(3-4)	4	7.0	8	4	3	1	3	0	0	4.06	2.97	29	10	9	2	1	6	49			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.107	2.82	0.16%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
8	128	26	May 17	BRO	@	PHI	L,6-14	GS-2	L(3-5)	7	1.2	4	4	4	3	0	1	0	4.70	3.44	12	2	3	0	1	4	28			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.188	3.93	-0.39%	-2.53	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d3
9	129	28	May 18(2)	BRO		PHI	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.60	3.49	4	0	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.174	8.36	0.36%	1.05	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
10	130	32	May 23	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-3	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	7.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.50	3.58	31	11	10	0	1	8	51			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.017	5.31	-0.05%	0.32	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
11	131	37	May 29	BRO		NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(5-5)	5	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.00	3.59	32	11	12	2	2	6	74			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.499	5.11	1.48%	4.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	132	42	Jun 3	BRO		PIT	W,6-5	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	8	5	3	1	5	1	0	3.88	3.58	38	14	11	0	1	7	59			0	1	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.45	0.088	8.22	0.30%	0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
13	133	46	Jun 7	BRO		CHC	W,12-9	5-GF	BW(7-5)	3	5.0	7	2	2	1	2	2	0	3.86	3.86	21	5	6	0	1	7		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.076	8.46	0.29%	1.21	5t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
14	134	49	Jun 12	BRO		CIN	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	4	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.79	3.83	5	1	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	0.344	18.97	1.07%	1.34	8t -23 2 out a1	9t end a 1
15	135	51	Jun 14	BRO		STL	W,6-5	9-GF(12)	W(8-5)	1	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.61	3.79	14	5	6	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	0.660	15.60	2.33%	2.57	9t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
16	136	55	Jun 20	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.56	3.76	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.040	4.49	0.12%	0.60	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
17	137	58	Jun 22	BRO		PIT	W,9-6	GS-7		1	7.0	12	6	5	1	1	0	0	3.79	3.70	34	12	12	2	1	8	31			0	0	0	31	2	2	1	1	1	1	1.17	-0.284	6.38	-0.93%	-1.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
18	138	60	Jun 25	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-5	2-GF(8)		2	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.70	3.72	26	6	9	1	0	6		3	1	0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	.60	0.123	3.17	0.39%	3.34	2b 123 0 out d2	8b end d 4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	139	65	Jul 1	BRO	@	STL	L,7-15	GS-3	L(8-6)	5	2.0	7	7	6	2	1	0	0	4.17	3.74	16	5	1	0	0	7	15			1	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.375	5.91	-1.21%	-5.17	1b start a 2	3b -23 0 out d3
20	140	68	Jul 4(2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	W(9-6)	2	9.0	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.99	3.73	32	9	14	3	1	6	70			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.439	5.72	1.79%	3.65	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
21	141	72	Jul 8	BRO		BSN	L,1-4	GS-4	L(9-7)	3	4.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.17	3.80	18	9	3	0	0	5	37			0	2	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	1	.79	-0.142	4.84	-0.52%	-1.44	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
22	142	75	Jul 12	BRO	@	NYG	W,10-4	CG	W(10-7)	3	9.0	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.15	3.85	36	12	11	1	2	9	53			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	0	.81	0.159	6.25	0.74%	1.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
23	143	78	Jul 15	BRO		PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-7)	2	9.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.87	3.75	28	4	18	1	6	1	88			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.386	3.57	1.32%	5.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	144	84	Jul 20	BRO		STL	L,6-15	GS-2	L(11-8)	4	1.2	4	7	7	3	2	0	0	4.30	3.77	13	2	2	0	0	4	18			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	-0.423	8.44	-1.64%	-5.10	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d4
25	145	85	Jul 21(1)	BRO		STL	W,9-8	8-8		0	1.0	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	4.26	3.89	6	1	1	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.87	-0.224	11.96	-0.86%	-1.32	8t 12- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d3
26	146	86	Jul 21(2)	BRO		STL	L,10-17	9-GF		-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	3.88	4	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.64	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
27	147	93	Jul 27(1)	BRO		PHI	W,10-6	9-GF	S(3)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.20	3.86	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.021	1.51	0.08%	0.64	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
28	148	96	Jul 29	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	0.342	15.85	1.30%	1.97	8b 1-3 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
29	149	97	Jul 30(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-5	8-GF	S(4)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.11	3.81	6	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.175	6.97	0.67%	2.42	8b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
30	150	98	Jul 30(2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	W(12-8)	-1	9.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.10	3.75	34	11	11	3	5	9	54			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	4	1	1	1.04	0.318	6.57	1.21%	2.17	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	151	101	Aug 2	BRO		NYG	L,6-8	10-10		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.07	3.73	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	0.040	26.37	0.19%	0.98	10t 1-3 0 out tie	10t 3 out d1
32	152	103	Aug 4	BRO		NYG	L,0-4	CG	L(12-9)	1	9.0	9	4	4	0	4	3	0	4.07	3.87	34	8	13	0	4	9	57			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.150	5.11	0.77%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
33	153	106	Aug 7	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	9-GF	S(5)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.04	3.86	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.122	9.68	0.48%	0.64	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
34	154	108	Aug 9	BRO	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-8		1	8.0	7	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.01	3.90	30	13	9	4	1	7	55			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	1	1	.80	0.133	5.20	0.52%	2.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
35	155	114	Aug 14	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-2	L(12-10)	4	1.2	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.13	3.89	11	2	2	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.192	10.20	-1.42%	-2.40	1b start tie	2b -23 2 out d3
36	156	116	Aug 16(1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-5	8-GF	S(6)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	3.88	4	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	0.239	11.44	0.94%	1.28	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
37	157	119	Aug 18	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-9	L(12-11)	1	8.1	7	4	4	2	5	0	0	4.10	3.81	32	13	5	1	2	7	56			0	2	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.60	-0.029	10.16	-0.11%	2.05	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out a1
38	158	126	Aug 27	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-2	GS-2		8	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.08	3.82	4	2	1	0	0	0	52			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.018	2.05	0.03%	0.22	1b start tie	2b 1-- 0 out tie
39	159	128	Aug 29	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(12-12)	1	8.0	8	3	2	2	4	1	0	4.00	3.84	35	12	9	3	0	8	58			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.62	-0.078	9.64	-0.28%	2.02	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
40	160	133	Sep 2	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-6	7-7		3	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	3.84	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.34	-0.037	1.70	-0.11%	-1.51	7b --- 0 out d3	7b -23 0 out d3
41	161	142	Sep 13	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	9-GF	S(7)	10	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.99	3.82	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.93	0.178	78.98	1.42%	0.58	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
42	162	144	Sep 15	BRO		CIN	W,13-5	1-GF	W(13-12)	1	8.2	8	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.91	3.86	32	12	11	0	2	8		1	1	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	.40	0.175	5.43	1.43%	2.92	1t -2- 1 out d2	9t end a 8
43	163	149	Sep 21	BRO		PIT	L,6-7	GS-4	L(13-13)	5	3.1	9	7	6	2	2	1	0	4.12	3.92	19	4	4	1	1	7	16			0	1	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.403	6.01	-1.07%	-4.48	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out d3
44	164	150	Sep 23	BRO		NYG	L,2-8	5-6		1	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.19	3.92	4	1	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.007	.27	0.00%	-0.72	5t 1-3 1 out d4	6t 12- 0 out d5
							23-21		W-L:13-13,Sv:7,BSv:2	2.6	199.2	209	110	93	38	81	20	0	4.19	3.92	827	1.04		6%	8%	197	48	22	18%	7	11	0	771	36	9	3	21	9	16	1.18	2.365	5.99	10.90%	23.78

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