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Jack
Clark		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 10, 1955 in Usa, PA, NEW BRIGHTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1981    1982    1983    1984    1985    1986    1987   
All-Star Selections 1979    1981    1982    1983    1984    1985    1986    1987    1988   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 19 MIN AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5
1976 20 MIN AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1977 21 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1978 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1979 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1980 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 6 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1981 25 MIN AL $ 4,950,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1982 26 MIN AL $ 5,864,286   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1983 27 MIN AL $ 7,635,714   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1984 28 KCR AL $ 27,000,110   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1985 29 KCR AL $ 27,000,110   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1986 30 KCR AL $ 27,000,110   9 9 9 10 10 10 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1987 31 KCR AL $ 27,000,110   8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1988 32 KCR AL $ 27,000,110   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 6 5
1989 33 DET AL $ 27,000,110   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
1990 34 DET AL $ 27,000,110   7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 27,000,110   9 9 9 10 10 10 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 19 AAA   137 499 93 147 27 0 44 93 2 4 90 79 .295 .402 .613 1.016 116.7  
1976 20 AAA   136 477 98 136 22 2 46 101 4 4 123 83 .285 .432 .629 1.061 125.7  
1977 21 MIN AL 73 218 36 49 16 0 8 26 1 0 44 38 .225 .355 .408 .763 33.0 4.9
    AAA   82 303 54 70 10 0 24 57 2 1 45 56 .231 .330 .502 .832 52.7  
1978 22 MIN AL 155 528 70 135 26 1 24 105 4 4 101 92 .256 .372 .445 .817 90.0 19.6
1979 23 MIN AL 154 545 86 139 30 1 31 115 0 0 91 81 .255 .362 .484 .846 96.8 20.4
1980 24 MIN AL 108 382 63 103 23 3 25 74 0 0 56 55 .270 .363 .542 .905 70.1 15.5
1981 25 MIN AL 156 559 101 159 29 2 44 116 0 0 90 73 .284 .382 .580 .962 117.5 28.1
1982 26 MIN AL 157 536 102 147 27 3 44 113 0 1 116 63 .274 .402 .582 .984 121.5 30.5
1983 27 MIN AL 155 525 111 162 35 2 50 129 0 1 123 87 .309 .438 .669 1.107 142.1 42.1
1984 28 KCR AL 153 570 141 162 30 2 57 143 1 0 104 91 .284 .390 .644 1.034 140.0 37.9
1985 29 KCR AL 153 578 130 172 43 2 63 154 0 0 122 103 .298 .420 .706 1.126 154.6 39.7
1986 30 KCR AL 153 560 131 155 33 5 59 142 1 0 135 91 .277 .416 .670 1.085 146.5 41.5
1987 31 KCR AL 122 459 108 135 24 2 55 115 1 4 103 88 .294 .425 .715 1.139 125.5 28.9
1988 32 KCR AL 149 535 121 138 29 3 47 111 0 0 113 108 .258 .391 .587 .978 120.2 29.2
1989 33 KCR AL 99 358 60 90 18 0 21 68 0 1 84 94 .251 .394 .478 .872 68.4 15.3
  DET AL 55 184 34 46 13 0 10 29 0 0 35 50 .250 .370 .484 .854 32.2 6.9
  TOT   154 542 94 136 31 0 31 97 0 1 119 144 .251 .386 .480 .866 100.7 22.2
1990 34 DET AL 137 495 86 133 23 2 26 76 0 0 82 125 .269 .375 .481 .855 87.4 15.4
14 Years Sim 1979 7032 1380 1925 399 28 564 1516 8 11 1399 1239 .274 .394 .579 .973 1545.9 375.8
3 Years AAA 355 1279 245 353 59 2 114 251 8 9 258 218 .276 .397 .593 .990 295.1  
162 Game Average 575 112 157 32 2 46 124 0 0 114 101 .274 .394 .579 .973 126.5  
Career Highs 157 578 141 172 43 5 63 154 4 4 135 144 .309 .438 .715 1.139 154.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5158 990 1418 308 25 398 1097 7 9 936 910 .275 .386 .576 .962 1122.0
vs LH   1874 390 507 91 3 166 419 1 2 463 329 .271 .414 .588 1.002 456.9
Home 988 3411 688 935 201 12 283 710 4 5 682 624 .274 .395 .589 .984 777.5
Away 991 3621 692 990 198 16 281 806 4 6 717 615 .273 .392 .570 .962 801.3
RISP   1882 0 544 106 6 158 921 0 0 411 327 .289 .409 .604 1.012 458.4
Pinch Hitting   87 10 13 1 1 3 13 0 1 15 17 .149 .275 .287 .562 7.8
Close/Late   827 141 222 42 2 69 182 0 0 191 144 .268 .406 .574 .980 193.0
Mar/Apr 315 1171 234 328 68 9 100 264 2 3 218 207 .280 .394 .610 1.004 270.4
May 318 1176 232 325 66 1 104 270 0 2 217 194 .276 .388 .599 .987 266.8
June 329 1208 234 320 69 4 92 269 2 2 219 214 .265 .377 .557 .934 252.8
July 342 1197 226 323 65 5 90 238 2 3 248 231 .270 .394 .558 .952 262.9
August 322 1118 217 317 68 4 89 244 2 1 249 192 .284 .413 .590 1.004 267.1
Sep/Oct 353 1162 237 312 63 5 89 231 0 0 248 201 .269 .397 .561 .958 258.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 21 MIN AL RF 31 29 266.7 41 3 1 0 .978 1.49   0.4
    1B 27 24 214.0 320 13 1 24 .997 14.00   0.4
    LF 10 0 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53    
1978 22 MIN AL RF 147 147 1300.3 300 6 8 0 .975 2.12   2.8
    1B 5 0 8.7 12 1 0 1 1.000 13.51   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1979 23 MIN AL RF 149 149 1318.7 296 12 6 3 .981 2.10   3.3
    LF 3 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1980 24 MIN AL RF 100 100 874.3 194 7 5 1 .976 2.07   1.2
    1B 5 0 8.0 13 2 0 0 1.000 16.88   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1981 25 MIN AL RF 147 145 1273.3 268 15 8 1 .973 2.00   2.5
    1B 4 0 10.3 12 0 0 3 1.000 10.45   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1982 26 MIN AL RF 145 145 1282.3 284 19 7 5 .977 2.13   3.0
    LF 11 0 28.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1983 27 MIN AL RF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1984 28 KCR AL 1B 140 138 1227.0 1478 128 12 154 .993 11.78   2.2
    LF 2 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75   0.0
1985 29 KCR AL 1B 152 151 1354.0 1673 125 22 143 .988 11.95   1.7
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1986 30 KCR AL LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 3 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
1987 31 KCR AL LF 121 121 1079.7 196 8 4 2 .981 1.70   1.8
1988 32 KCR AL RF 90 87 776.0 168 8 2 3 .989 2.04   1.6
    LF 53 48 426.7 95 6 0 0 1.000 2.13    
    1B 3 0 5.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.0
1989 33 KCR AL LF 95 94 879.5 168 7 1 1 .994 1.79   1.7
    1B 1 0 1.3 3 0 0 1 1.000 20.77   0.0
    RF 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL LF 53 52 433.8 83 4 1 1 .989 1.80   1.3
    RF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 0.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 25.71   0.0
  TOT   LF 148 146 1313.3 251 11 2 2 .992 1.80   2.9
      RF 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      1B 2 0 2.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 22.50   0.0
1990 34 DET AL LF 128 128 1145.0 238 10 8 0 .969 1.95   3.3
    1B 6 0 12.7 9 2 0 0 1.000 7.82   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
  RF 816 802 7103.3 1552 70 37 13 .978 2.06   14.7
  LF 486 444 4051.3 799 35 14 4 .983 1.85   8.1
  1B 349 313 2847.7 3537 271 35 328 .991 12.04   4.4
Career Totals   1651 1559 14002.2 5888 376 86 345 .986 4.03   27.2
Career Highs   156 151 1355.0 1674 128 22 154 1.000 11.95    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 22 MIN AL 14 51 9 16 2 0 4 10 0 0 8 8 .314 .407 .588 .995
1984 28 KCR AL 11 36 11 13 4 0 3 12 0 0 11 5 .361 .490 .722 1.212
1986 30 KCR AL 13 45 14 14 4 0 6 11 0 0 17 9 .311 .492 .800 1.292
1987 31 KCR AL 7 26 5 8 2 0 3 5 0 0 6 8 .308 .438 .731 1.168
1989 33 DET AL 11 39 6 12 1 0 5 9 0 0 9 10 .308 .429 .718 1.147
1990 34 DET AL 7 26 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 .269 .367 .385 .751
Career Post-Season Batting 63 223 47 70 16 0 21 50 0 0 54 48 .314 .443 .668 1.111
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1983-6-.309
 On-Base Pct
1979-9-.362
1981-8-.382
1982-1-.402
1983-1-.438
1984-5-.390
1985-1-.420
1986-1-.416
1987-1-.425
1988-6-.391
1989-3-.386
1990-10-.375
CAR-30-.394
 Slugging Pct
1979-4-.484
1980-8-.467*
1981-1-.580
1982-1-.582
1983-1-.669
1984-1-.644
1985-1-.706
1986-1-.670
1987-1-.715
1988-1-.587
CAR-3-.579
 OPS
1979-4-.846
1981-1-.962
1982-1-.984
1983-1-1.107
1984-1-1.034
1985-1-1.126
1986-1-1.085
1987-1-1.139
1988-1-.978
1989-9-.866
CAR-4-.973
 XR
1979-4-96.8
1981-1-117.5
1982-1-121.5
1983-1-142.1
1984-1-140.0
1985-1-154.6
1986-1-146.5
1987-1-125.5
1988-1-120.2
1989-5-100.7
CAR-21-1545.9
 Games
1978-6-155
1981-2-156
1982-1-157
1983-6-155
1989-6-154
Runs
1979-8-86
1981-4-101
1982-2-102
1983-2-111
1984-1-141
1985-1-130
1986-1-131
1987-3-108
1988-1-121
1989-8-94
CAR-40-1380
 Total Bases
1979-5-264
1981-1-324
1982-1-312
1983-1-351
1984-1-367
1985-1-408
1986-1-375
1987-2-328
1988-3-314
CAR-33-4072
 Doubles
1985-4-43
 Triples
1986-10-5
 Homeruns
1978-9-24
1979-2-31
1980-7-25
1981-1-44
1982-1-44
1983-1-50
1984-1-57
1985-1-63
1986-1-59
1987-1-55
1988-1-47
1989-6-31
1990-10-26
CAR-6-564
 RBIs
1978-6-105
1979-1-115
1981-4-116
1982-1-113
1983-1-129
1984-1-143
1985-1-154
1986-1-142
1987-4-115
1988-3-111
1989-9-97
CAR-22-1516
Walks
1978-1-101
1979-5-91
1981-6-90
1982-2-116
1983-2-123
1984-2-104
1985-1-122
1986-1-135
1987-1-103
1988-1-113
1989-1-119
1990-8-82
CAR-18-1399
 Strikeouts
1989-8-144
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 105    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 192    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Gene Woodling (809)
  7. Earl Torgeson (778)
  8. Willie Stargell (776)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Minnesota in 1975
Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/2/1977, off Gary Ross (PHN)
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Miami on 7/8/1979
Injured on 3/6/1980 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/7/1980
Injured on 5/9/1980 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1980, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,950,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Baltimore on 4/6/1981
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1981, hitting .391 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1981, hitting .316 with 11 HR, 31 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1981, hitting .359 with 8 HR, 18 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1981, hitting .284 with 44 HR, 116 RBI
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,864,286 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1982, hitting .333 with 13 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Won Silver Slugger in 1982, hitting .274 with 44 HR, 113 RBI
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,635,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1983, hitting .375 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 5/21/1983
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1983, hitting .538 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1983, hitting .389 with 13 HR, 30 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Silver Slugger in 1983, hitting .309 with 50 HR, 129 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/5/1984 to a 7-year deal worth $27,000,111 per year
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1984, hitting .380 with 13 HR, 36 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1984, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1984, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1984, hitting .313 with 14 HR, 32 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1984, hitting .284 with 57 HR, 143 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1985, hitting .273 with 6 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 6/1/1985
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1985, hitting .299 with 14 HR, 32 RBI
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/10/1985
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 8/24/1985
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1985, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1985, hitting .368 with 12 HR, 34 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1985, hitting .326 with 12 HR, 27 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1985, hitting .298 with 63 HR, 154 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Indianapolis, driving in 5 runs on 5/23/1986
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1986, hitting .296 with 14 HR, 31 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1986, hitting .360 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1986, hitting .330 with 12 HR, 23 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1986, hitting .277 with 59 HR, 142 RBI
Injured on 3/11/1987 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1987, hitting .297 with 9 HR, 19 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 5/26/1987
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Toronto on 6/16/1987
Hit 3 homeruns against Toronto, driving in 7 runs on 6/16/1987
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1987, hitting .571 with 7 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1987, hitting .284 with 17 HR, 31 RBI
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Injured on 7/31/1987 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Silver Slugger in 1987, hitting .294 with 55 HR, 115 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1988, hitting .381 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1988, hitting .333 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Had 500th career homerun on 8/20/1988, off Tom Underwood (PHN)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1989, hitting .464 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 7/31/1989 (Going to DET: RF Jack Clark. Going to KCR: P Mike Harkey, P Tom Gordon, 2B Jack Perconte, RF Otto Velez)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/11/1990
Injured on 5/18/1990 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 3 weeks
 
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