Bus Clarkson

James Buster Clarkson
(Buzz)

Born: March 13, 1915 in Hopkins, SC
Died: January 18, 1989 in Jeannette, PA
(73 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 210

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Notes:

• College: Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH)
• Buried: Brush Creek Cemetery (Irwin, PA)
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1938	PC	NN2	23	3B	22	82	70	8	17	4	0	4	14	0		11			0	1			.243	.346	.471	.817	113
1939	TC	NAL/NN2	24	2B	19	76	68	18	24	7	1	2	17	3		7			0	1	0		.353	.413	.574	.987	173
1940	MULT	MULT	25	SS	49	215	195	39	66	10	5	10	48	3	0	19	21	1	1	0		0	.338	.400	.595	.995	159
1941	TPC	MEX	26	SS	82	371	326	67	109	23	3	19	83	7		43	53		1	1			.334	.414	.598	1.012	159
1942	MULT	NN2	27	SS	62	261	224	52	70	21	5	8	44	7		36			0	1			.313	.408	.558	.966	169
1946	PS/VEZ	MEX/NN2	31	3B	79	330	283	56	86	15	2	11	66	8		45	25		1	1			.304	.401	.488	.889	136
6	8			SS	313	1335	1166	240	372	80	16	54	272	28	0	161	99	1	3	5	0	0	.319	.403	.554	.957	154
162 Game Average						691	603	124	193	41	8	28	141	14	0	83	115	162	2	3	0	0	.319	.403	.554	.957	154

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
5	Negro Leagues				175	723	629	132	197	45	9	25	144	13	0	89	2	1	1	4	0	0	.313	.399	.533	.932	154
3	vs Latin Leagues				138	612	537	108	175	35	7	29	128	15		72	97		2	1			.326	.408	.579	.987	153

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SS	48	187	164	31	49	14	2	7	39	3		20			1	2	0		.299	.378	.537	.915	153
1	East All Stars			-	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-20
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I			SS	19	85	80	12	27	4	3	1	13	1		5	19		0	0			.338	.376	.500	.876	126
2	Newark Eagles			SS	24	107	94	22	33	5	1	8	28	2		13			0	0			.351	.430	.681	1.111	182
1	Alijadores de Tampico			SS	82	371	326	67	109	23	3	19	83	7		43	53		1	1			.334	.414	.598	1.012	159
1	Homestead Grays			SS	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0			0	0			.125	.125	.125	.250	-29
2	Philadelphia Stars			SS	100	418	361	78	114	26	6	10	77	7		55			0	2			.316	.406	.504	.910	153
1	Azules de Veracruz			3B	37	156	131	29	39	8	1	9	32	7		24	25		1	0			.298	.410	.580	.990	151

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1938	PC	NN2	82	.365	.345	13.4%	9.3%					4.9%	1.5%	.229	.127
1939	TC	NAL/NN2	76	.443	.333	9.2%			8.5%			2.6%	1.1%	.221	.107
1940	MULT	MULT	215	.440	.353	8.8%		9.8%	9.7%	0.90		4.7%	1.2%	.256	.120
1941	TPC	MEX	371	.453	.365	11.6%	10.8%	14.3%	8.7%	0.81	1.24	5.1%	1.1%	.264	.119
1942	MULT	NN2	261	.444	.341	13.8%			9.9%			3.1%	1.1%	.246	.103
1946	PS/VEZ	MEX/NN2	330	.419	.359	13.6%		7.6%	10.2%	1.80		3.3%	0.9%	.184	.102
6	8		1335	.435	.354	12.1%	10.1%	16.1%	8.8%	0.74	1.22	4.0%	1.1%	.235	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
5	Negro Leagues		723	.425	.344	12.3%	9.6%	66.7%	14.3%	0.50	0.58	3.5%	1.1%	.219	.107
3	vs Latin Leagues		612	.446	.366	11.8%	10.7%	15.8%	8.8%	0.74	1.22	4.7%	1.1%	.253	.117

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords		187	.412	.336	10.7%	8.9%					3.7%	1.2%	.238	.111
1	East All Stars		3	.000	.404	33.3%	8.3%	66.7%	14.3%	0.50	0.58	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.041
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I		85	.395	.353	5.9%	9.4%	22.4%	10.2%	0.26	0.92	1.2%	1.2%	.163	.127
2	Newark Eagles		107	.484	.360	12.1%	10.1%					7.5%	1.3%	.330	.125
1	Alijadores de Tampico		371	.453	.365	11.6%	10.8%	14.3%	8.7%	0.81	1.24	5.1%	1.1%	.264	.119
1	Homestead Grays		8	.120	.337	0.0%	9.8%					0.0%	1.1%	.000	.102
2	Philadelphia Stars		418	.425	.343	13.2%	9.7%					2.4%	1.0%	.188	.101
1	Azules de Veracruz		156	.457	.375	15.4%	10.9%	16.0%	8.1%	0.96	1.35	5.8%	0.9%	.282	.106

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