Bob Clarke (baseball)

Black American baseball player (1903–1971)

Baseball player

Bob Clarke

Catcher
Born: (1903-01-08)January 8, 1903
Richmond, Virginia
Died: January 1971
Newark, New Jersey

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut
1922, for the Richmond Giants
Last appearance
1948, for the New York Black Yankees
Teams
As player

* Richmond Giants (1922)
* Baltimore Black Sox (1923, 1925–1932)
* New York Black Yankees (1933–1940)
* Baltimore Elite Giants (1941–1946)
* New York Black Yankees (1948)

As manager

* New York Black Yankees (1936–1937)

Robert Alfred Clarke (January 8, 1903 - January 1971), nicknamed "Eggie", was an American Negro league catcher and manager from the 1920s through the 1940s.

A native of Richmond, Virginia, Clarke made his Negro leagues debut in 1922 with the Richmond Giants.[1][2] In 1923, he joined the Baltimore Black Sox, and played for the club through 1932. From 1933 to 1940, Clarke played for the New York Black Yankees, serving as player-manager in 1936 and 1937,[3] and being selected to the East–West All-Star Game in 1940.[citation needed] He spent 1941 through 1946 with the Baltimore Elite Giants, and finished his career with a short return stint with the Black Yankees in 1948. Clarke died in Newark, New Jersey in 1971 at age 67 or 68.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bob Clarke". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
2. ^ "Robert Clarke". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
3. ^ "Bob Clarke (manager page)". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
*   * Bob Clarke managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com

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