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	83	71	8	17	4	0	4	14	0		11			0	1			.239	.341	.465	.806	110
1939	TC	NN2/NAL	24	2B	16	65	57	15	19	3	1	2	14	2		6				2			.333	.397	.526	.923	157
1940	MULT	MULT	25	SS	47	206	186	37	63	10	4	10	49	3	0	19	21	1	0	1	0	0	.339	.400	.597	.997	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	52	216	189	48	64	18	3	8	43	5		26				1			.339	.419	.593	1.011	186
1946	PS	NN2	31	RF	42	174	152	27	47	7	1	2	34	1		21		0	0	1			.309	.393	.408	.801	121
6	7			SS	261	1115	981	202	319	65	12	45	237	18	0	126	74	1	1	7	0	0	.325	.403	.554	.956	155
162 Game Average						692	609	125	198	40	7	28	147	13	0	78	118	4	1	4	0	0	.325	.403	.554	.956	155

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				160	659	575	123	183	38	6	25	141	10	0	78	2	1	0	6	0	0	.318	.400	.536	.935	157
2	vs Latin Leagues				101	456	406	79	136	27	6	20	96	8		48	72		1	1			.335	.407	.579	.985	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	42	166	143	26	41	10	1	7	33	2		19			0	4			.287	.370	.517	.888	145
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
1	East All Stars			-	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-20
2	Newark Eagles			SS	25	108	97	24	33	5	1	8	33	2		11				0			.340	.407	.660	1.067	174
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	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0				0			.111	.111	.111	.222	-35
2	Philadelphia Stars			SS	90	373	324	72	108	23	4	10	75	5		47		0	0	2			.333	.418	.522	.939	163

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1938	PC	NN2	83	.360	.344	13.3%	9.3%					4.8%	1.6%	.225	.129
1939	TC	NN2/NAL	65	.411	.331	9.2%			8.8%			3.1%	1.2%	.193	.104
1940	MULT	MULT	206	.437	.351	9.2%		10.2%	9.5%	0.90		4.9%	1.2%	.258	.121
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	216	.464	.335	12.0%			9.9%			3.7%	1.0%	.254	.096
1946	PS	NN2	174	.385	.344	12.1%	9.5%					1.1%	1.0%	.099	.099
6	7		1115	.432	.350	11.3%	10.0%	16.1%	9.0%	0.66	1.18	4.0%	1.1%	.228	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
5	Negro Leagues		659	.425	.341	11.8%	9.5%	66.7%	14.3%	0.50	0.58	3.8%	1.1%	.217	.105
2	vs Latin Leagues		456	.442	.362	10.5%	10.6%	15.8%	9.0%	0.67	1.18	4.4%	1.1%	.244	.121

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords		166	.395	.336	11.4%	9.1%					4.2%	1.3%	.231	.113
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		108	.465	.353	10.2%	9.7%					7.4%	1.4%	.320	.122
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		9	.107	.327	0.0%	9.6%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.094
2	Philadelphia Stars		373	.438	.340	12.6%	9.7%					2.7%	1.0%	.188	.098

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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