John Clapp (baseball)

John Clapp (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=John Clapp


position=Catcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=April 26
debutyear=1872
debutteam=Middletown Mansfields
finaldate=September 28
finalyear=1883
finalteam=New York Gothams
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.283
stat2label=RBI
stat2value=275
stat3label=Managerial Record
stat3value=174-273
teams= As player
*Middletown Mansfields (by|1872)
*Philadelphia Athletics (by|1873-by|1875)
*St. Louis Brown Stockings (by|1876-by|1877)
*Indianapolis Blues (by|1878)
*Buffalo Bisons (by|1879)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1880)
*Cleveland Blues (by|1881)
*New York Gothams (by|1883)As manager
*Middletown Mansfields (by|1872)
*Indianapolis Blues (by|1878)
*Buffalo Bisons (by|1879)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1880)
*Cleveland Blues (by|1881)
*New York Gothams (by|1883)
highlights=
*Led the NA in at bats per home run in by|1874 at (55-1).
*Led the NL in walks in by|1881 with 35

John Edgar Clapp (July 17, 1851 - December 18, 1904), nicknamed "Honest John", was a professional baseball catcher and manager. He was born in Ithaca, NY.cite web| title = John Clapp Stats | work = Baseball-Almanac.com | url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=clappjo01 | accessdate = 2006-11-24 ]

Clapp was a strong hitter, by the standards of the time, ranking among his league's leaders in on-base percentage three times and slugging percentage once. He led the National League in games played in 1878, and in walks in 1881. He was also extremely difficult to strike out, fanning a grand total of six times from 1872-1876.

Clapp died at age 53 in Ithaca due to apoplexy. [cite web| title = Too Young to Die | work = TheDeadBallEra.com | url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html | accessdate = 2006-10-10 ] He was interred at the Lake View Cemetery in Ithaca.

His brother Aaron Clapp was also a professional player, spending one season with the Troy Trojans in 1879. [cite web| title = Aaron Clapp | work = Baseball-Reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clappaa01.shtml | accessdate = 2006-11-24 ]

References

External links

*baseball-reference|id=c/clappjo01
* [http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/clapp.htm Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers]


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