Ron
Clark
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 14, 1943 in Usa, TX, FORT WORTH
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 23 CLE AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 6
1967 24 CLE AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 6
1968 25 CLE AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 6
1969 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1970 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1971 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
1972 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
1973 30 CLE AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
1974 31 CLE AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1975 32 CLE AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1976 33 NYG NL     2 2 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
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
1966 23 A   135 513 51 123 19 3 8 42 10 2 64 82 .240 .324 .335 .659 60.3  
1967 24 A   104 385 45 104 16 1 3 27 8 3 75 60 .270 .389 .340 .729 57.9  
1968 25 AA   111 434 45 101 18 3 3 39 5 2 33 59 .233 .287 .309 .596 38.4  
    A   26 100 17 26 5 2 3 11 1 0 14 15 .260 .351 .440 .791 15.8  
1969 26 CLE AL 86 193 27 34 4 1 0 10 11 2 18 33 .176 .250 .207 .457 10.0 0.0
1970 27 CLE AL 70 211 14 32 7 1 3 24 3 0 13 51 .152 .203 .237 .440 6.8 0.0
1971 28 CLE AL 36 78 6 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 .090 .090 .115 .205 -2.8 0.0
1972 29 AAA   136 418 47 80 14 3 7 31 2 0 29 80 .191 .244 .289 .533 29.1  
1973 30 AAA   136 422 50 91 18 1 12 55 7 1 45 74 .216 .291 .348 .640 45.7  
1974 31 AAA   124 377 45 75 10 3 4 24 10 2 34 61 .199 .265 .273 .538 28.8  
1975 32 AAA   22 11 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .273 .333 .273 .606 0.8  
1976 33 A   137 505 53 102 13 2 11 41 8 2 80 75 .202 .311 .301 .612 54.6  
3 Years Sim 192 482 47 73 13 2 3 34 15 2 31 103 .151 .205 .205 .410 14.0 0.0
4 Years AAA 418 1228 147 249 42 7 23 110 19 4 109 215 .203 .270 .305 .574 104.4  
1 Years AA 111 434 45 101 18 3 3 39 5 2 33 59 .233 .293 .309 .602 38.4  
4 Years A 402 1503 166 355 53 8 25 121 27 7 233 232 .236 .343 .332 .675 188.6  
9 Years Minors 931 3165 358 705 113 18 51 270 51 13 375 506 .223 .309 .318 .627 331.4  
162 Game Average 406 39 61 10 1 2 28 12 1 26 86 .151 .205 .205 .410 11.9  
Career Highs 86 211 27 34 7 1 3 24 11 2 18 51 .176 .250 .237 .457 10.0  
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   331 28 50 8 0 3 23 12 1 20 73 .151 .201 .202 .403 11.2
vs LH   151 19 23 5 2 0 11 3 1 11 30 .152 .215 .212 .427 5.4
Home 100 240 22 36 8 1 2 15 6 1 16 50 .150 .208 .217 .425 8.8
Away 92 242 25 37 5 1 1 19 9 1 15 53 .153 .202 .194 .396 7.8
RISP   120 0 19 2 1 0 27 0 0 7 24 .158 .208 .192 .399 3.2
Pinch Hitting   6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4
Close/Late   54 6 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 7 .167 .220 .185 .406 1.8
Mar/Apr 26 56 4 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 17 .143 .172 .161 .333 0.5
May 44 142 9 24 4 1 0 10 3 0 5 21 .169 .195 .211 .406 4.3
June 34 115 9 16 3 0 2 12 2 0 5 26 .139 .189 .217 .406 3.1
July 28 42 6 4 1 0 0 2 3 1 7 12 .095 .224 .119 .344 1.2
August 29 59 6 7 1 0 0 1 3 1 6 19 .119 .200 .136 .336 1.0
Sep/Oct 31 68 13 14 3 1 1 7 3 0 6 8 .206 .270 .324 .594 6.5
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
1969 26 CLE AL SS 23 17 163.7 28 71 3 15 .971 5.44   0.6
    3B 18 17 155.0 8 42 3 4 .943 2.90   0.5
    2B 26 14 141.3 33 73 1 19 .991 6.75   0.5
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 27 CLE AL SS 44 43 374.0 66 154 5 25 .978 5.29   2.0
    3B 19 7 92.0 6 28 3 1 .919 3.33   0.4
    2B 5 3 27.0 5 10 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1971 28 CLE AL 3B 26 17 161.3 9 41 5 2 .909 2.79   0.5
    SS 4 1 12.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 2 0 3.7 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.84   0.0
  SS 71 61 549.7 96 229 8 41 .976 5.32   2.7
  3B 63 41 408.3 23 111 11 7 .924 2.95   1.3
  2B 33 17 172.0 39 86 1 21 .992 6.54   0.6
  RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   170 119 1135.0 159 426 20 69 .967 4.64   4.6
Career Highs   69 53 495.0 77 192 8 38 .973 4.98    
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 71st overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1966
Injured on 5/10/1967 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/20/1968 with a Fractured Nose, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/18/1969, off Bob Reynolds (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1970, off Jackie Brown (COL)
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
10/13/1972: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (A)
Injured on 7/15/1973 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/14/1974 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Cleveland (A) to New York (N) on 2/13/1976 (Going to NYG: 3B Ron Clark. Going to CLE: SS Bill Melton, P Mel Queen)