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	NAL/NN2	24	2B	19	76	68	18	24	7	1	2	17	3		7			0	1			.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	63	266	229	54	71	22	5	8	46	7		36			0	1			.310	.404	.555	.958	166
1946	PS	NN2	31	RF	42	174	152	27	47	7	1	2	34	1		21			0	1			.309	.393	.408	.801	121
6	7			SS	277	1185	1041	213	334	73	15	45	242	21	0	137	74	1	2	5		0	.321	.401	.549	.950	153
162 Game Average						693	609	125	195	43	9	26	142	12	0	80	118	162	1	3		0	.321	.401	.549	.950	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+
5	Negro Leagues				176	729	635	134	198	46	9	25	146	13	0	89	2	1	1	4		0	.312	.397	.531	.928	153
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	48	188	165	31	49	14	2	7	39	3		20			1	2			.297	.376	.533	.910	151
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	101	423	366	80	115	27	6	10	79	7		55			0	2			.314	.404	.503	.907	151

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%	9.4%					4.8%	1.6%	.225	.130
1939	TC	NAL/NN2	76	.444	.334	9.2%	0.4%		8.6%		30.49	2.6%	1.0%	.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	266	.440	.342	13.5%			9.9%			3.0%	1.1%	.245	.104
1946	PS	NN2	174	.385	.345	12.1%	9.5%					1.1%	1.0%	.099	.099
6	7		1185	.431	.351	11.6%	10.0%	16.1%	7.8%	0.66	5.34	3.8%	1.1%	.229	.113

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
5	Negro Leagues		729	.423	.344	12.2%	9.6%	66.7%	0.9%	0.50	29.35	3.4%	1.1%	.219	.108
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		188	.409	.336	10.6%	9.0%					3.7%	1.2%	.236	.112
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	.103
2	Philadelphia Stars		423	.423	.343	13.0%	9.7%					2.4%	1.0%	.189	.102

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