Fred Clarke
Fred Clifford Clarke (October 3, 1872 – August 14, 1960) was an American Major League Baseball player from 1894 to 1915 and manager from 1897 to 1915. Clarke played for and managed both the Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a left fielder and left-handed batter.
Of the nine pennants in Pittsburgh franchise history, Clarke was the player-manager for four of them. He and fellow Hall of Famers Honus Wagner and Vic Willis led Pittsburgh to a victory over Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers in the 1909 World Series. Clarke batted over .300 in 11 different seasons. His 35-game hitting streak in 1895 was the second-longest in Major League history at the time. For six years, Clarke held the Major League record for wins by a manager. In 1945, Clarke was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Clarke recorded the first official cycle on July 23, 1901, vs. the Cincinnati Reds, going 4–5 with two runs batted in (RBI). Nap Lajoie would become the second player to accomplish the feat seven days later, in a July 30, 1901, game between Lajoie's Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Blues.
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