John Gibson Clarkson was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,806 |
18 Facts About John Clarkson
2.
John Clarkson pitched over 600 innings in a season twice and won a career-high 53 games in 1885.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,807 |
3.
John Clarkson had a wide variety of curve balls and was considered to be a calculating, scientific pitcher who carefully analyzed every hitter's weaknesses.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,808 |
4.
At the time John Clarkson retired from the game, he was the winningest pitcher in National League history.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,809 |
5.
The John Clarkson's had two maternal cousins, Walter Hackett and Mortimer "Mert" Hackett who played professional baseball.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,810 |
6.
John Clarkson played his first major league game at age 20 on May 2,1882.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,811 |
7.
In 1886, John Clarkson shared the pitching load with Jim McCormick and Jocko Flynn, each of whom won at least 23 games and pitched over 250 innings.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,812 |
8.
John Clarkson responded with seven shutout innings, but gave up three runs in the eighth inning, and the game went to extra innings.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,813 |
9.
When Welch finally attempted the steal, Chicago's catcher, King Kelly, had called for a pitchout, but John Clarkson threw a wild pitch, and Welch scored the World Series winning run.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,814 |
10.
John Clarkson followed teammate King Kelly, who had been sold from Chicago to Boston the previous year.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,815 |
11.
John Clarkson had twice as many shutouts as the next best pitcher.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,816 |
12.
John Clarkson was only the fourth pitcher to win the pitching Triple Crown, by leading the National League in wins, ERA and strikeouts.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,817 |
13.
John Clarkson became involved in the players' rebellion in 1890, but then opted to remain with the Beaneaters.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,818 |
14.
In 1891, John Clarkson helped lead the Beaneaters to the National League pennant.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,819 |
16.
John Clarkson witnessed the incident, and it was said to have severely affected his already unstable nature.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,821 |
17.
In either 1905 or 1906, John Clarkson suffered a breakdown, was declared insane, and was committed to an insane asylum.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,822 |
18.
John Clarkson spent much of the next three years in mental hospitals.
| FactSnippet No. 2,209,823 |