  fred clifford clarke (october 3, 1872 â august 14, 1960) was a major league baseball player from 1894 to  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 and is still tied for 11th-longest. for six years, clarke held the major league record for wins by a manager. ==early life and career== fred clarke was born on a farm near winterset, iowa. at age two, his family moved as part of a covered wagon caravan from iowa to kansas before relocating to des moines, iowa, five years later. as a child in des moines, clarke sold newspapers for the iowa state register where his boss was future baseball hall of fame member, ed barrow.{{cite web |url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/19510415/sports11/50714012 |title=pop anson, marshalltown, 1951 - fred clarke, winterset, 1951 - red faber, cascade, 1951 - bob feller, van meter, 1951 |last=mcgrane
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