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{{For|the slavery abolitionist|John Clarkson (abolitionist)}}
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|caption = Clarkson in 1905
|birth_date={{Birth date|1861|7|1}}
|birth_place=[[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1909|2|4|1861|7|1}}
|death_place=[[Belmont, Massachusetts]], U.S.
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'''John Gibson Clarkson''' (July 1, 1861 – February 4, 1909) was
He was elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1963.
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At the time Clarkson retired from the game, he was the winningest pitcher in National League history.<ref name="baseballhalloffame.org"/>
Aside from being a great pitcher, Clarkson was also a fair hitter. His 24 career home runs
Total Baseball ranked Clarkson as the fourth best pitcher of all time behind Hall of Famers Cy Young, Christy Mathewson and Lefty Grove,<ref name="19cbaseball.com">[http://www.19cbaseball.com/players-john-clarkson.html Baseball History: 19th Century Baseball: The Players: John Clarkson<!-- bot-generated title -->] at www.19cbaseball.com</ref> though [[Bill James]] ranks him lower at number 42 in his ''[[The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract]]''.
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==Early years==
Born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], Clarkson was one of five sons of a prosperous jeweler.<ref name="bleedcubbieblue.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/story/2007/1/30/91847/7000|title=The Top 100 Cubs Of All Time - #20 John Clarkson|date=January 30, 2007 }}</ref>
After attending business school and playing semipro ball, Clarkson signed as a free agent with
==Chicago White Stockings (1884–1887)==
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[[Image:JohnClarkson.jpg|thumb|150px|left|John Clarkson]]
On April 3, 1888, the White Stockings sold Clarkson to the [[Boston Beaneaters]] for $10,000—a huge sum at the time. Clarkson followed teammate [[King Kelly]], who had been sold from Chicago to Boston the previous year
▲On April 3, 1888, the White Stockings sold Clarkson to the [[Boston Beaneaters]] for $10,000—a huge sum at the time. Clarkson followed teammate [[King Kelly]], who had been sold from Chicago to Boston the previous year. Boston had paid $10,000 apiece for Kelly and Clarkson, and they became known as the "$20,000 Battery."
Clarkson pitched five
===A 49-win season in 1889===
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In 1891, Clarkson helped lead the Beaneaters to the National League pennant. Clarkson led the team with a 33–19 record, 47 complete games, and {{frac|460|2|3}} innings pitched.
During a game that carried into the dusk hours, Clarkson once pitched a lemon to the plate to persuade the umpire, [[Jack Kerins]] to call the game due to darkness. Kerins called the lemon a strike, and when shown by Boston's catcher that he had called a lemon a strike, Kerins finally called the game.<ref name="bleedcubbieblue.com"/><ref>[
==Cleveland Spiders (1892–1893)==
On June 30, 1892, after 16 starts and an 8–6 record, Clarkson was released by Boston's new manager, [[Frank Selee]]
In 1893, Clarkson had the first losing record of his career, finishing 16–17 with a career-high ERA of 4.45.
After the 1893 season, Clarkson went on a hunting trip with his close friend [[Charlie Bennett]], who had been his catcher from 1888 to 1890.
In 1894,
==Life after baseball==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071210013821/http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Clarkson.John.Obit.html ''New York Times'' Obituary for Clarkson]
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