Tommy Clarke vs. Bill Virdon — Career Comparison

Tommy Clarke
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueCatcher
Bill Virdon
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueCenter FielderGold GloveRookie of the Year

Tommy Clarke and Bill Virdon are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 102 for Tommy Clarke, 101 for Bill Virdon), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 101 vs 101). By any fair read of the numbers, these two were remarkably similar hitters.

Hitting Stats for Tommy Clarke and Bill Virdon

Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
700
211.59
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1583
145.63
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1985
600
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6522
600
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1708
516.27
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5980
550.14
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.748
0.748
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
453
136.93
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1596
146.83
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
344
103.98
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1187
109.2
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
66
19.95
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
21.8
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
11.18
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
7.45
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
6
1.81
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
8.37
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
109
32.95
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
37.63
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
243.78
73.69
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
716.25
65.89
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
611
184.69
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2268
208.65
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
680
205.54
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2046
188.22
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.709
0.709
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.696
0.696
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.612
0.612
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.285
0.285
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
169
51.08
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
735
67.62
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
191
57.73
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
46.18
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
354
107
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1146
105.43
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
264.55
79.97
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
770.46
70.88
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
3.32
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
8
0.74
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
216
65.29
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
442
40.66
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
3.77
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
55.31
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
647
59.52
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.85
10.85
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
10.08
10.08
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
0.68
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
15.11
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
4.88
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
3.59
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
84
7.73
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
12.7
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
4.32
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.91
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
4.97
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
13.6
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
9.29
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93.33
93.33
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 600 PA
46.53
46.53

Fielding Stats for Tommy Clarke and Bill Virdon

Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
9.85
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1542
1.06
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.91
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1463
1.01
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1581
27
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39293
27
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
527
9
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13097.2
9
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2259
38.58
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3777
2.6
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
10.67
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.07
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.26
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.05
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2958
50.52
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3950
2.71
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2884
49.25
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3877
2.66
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.5
97.5
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.15
98.15
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.998
4.998
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.514
2.514
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.87
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.01
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.75
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.4
Bill Virdon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.94
Bill Virdon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0