Fred Clarke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player and coach
Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1872
Place of Birth: Winterset, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 14-Aug-1960
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About 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.
- A Hall of Famer, 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.
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