Clarke was born in Winterset, Iowa. He joined the Louisville Colonels in 1894 and, in his second season, 1895, asserted himself as one of the team's best hitters, batting .347. In 1897 Clarke took over managerial duties, although the team struggled under his guidance for several years.
In 1900, Clarke joined the Pittsburgh Pirates as a player and manager, roles he would embrace until his retirement in 1915. He finished his career with a .312 batting average and having led his team to four World Series appearances (1901, 1902, 1903 and 1909) and one championship (in 1909). The 1903 Pirates lost only 36 games under his guidance, a modern-era record.
Clarke, a 1973 graduate of Culver Academy, wearing a fl beret that covers a graying head of hair wrapped up in a pony tail, said he goes through a process after a stint of photographing civilians in war-torn countries.
Clarke said he went back to see the woman and her children six months later only to find them gone -- the woman dead from her unknown illness, her children in orphanages.
Clarke said by the end of the conversation, he, the girl, her grandmother and the interpreter were crying.
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