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Mel
Clark		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: July 7, 1926 in Usa, WV, LETART
 
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
1951 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 2 2 9 8 8
1952 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1953 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1954 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1955 28 BRK NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 3 2 2 8 8 8
1956 29 BRK NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1957 30 BRK NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1958 31 CIN NL $ 500,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1959 32 SDP NL $ 500,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 8
1960 33 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 8 3 2 2 8 7 7
1961 34 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 7
1962 35 CLN NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 9 8 8 3 2 2 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 8 7 7 2 2 2 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 8 8 3 2 2 9 8 8
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
1951 24 BRK NL 46 146 23 31 7 2 1 10 0 0 12 19 .212 .270 .308 .579 10.4 0.0
    AAA   27 109 13 31 8 1 1 18 0 2 5 14 .284 .316 .404 .719 12.3  
    AA   54 241 22 68 11 6 1 21 0 2 13 23 .282 .319 .390 .709 27.8  
1952 25 BRK NL 77 238 22 59 13 2 4 42 0 0 16 14 .248 .294 .370 .664 24.2 2.6
1953 26 BRK NL 94 312 31 98 12 2 3 23 0 0 9 31 .314 .333 .394 .728 37.6 6.6
1954 27 BRK NL 52 116 8 30 8 0 1 11 0 0 4 13 .259 .283 .353 .637 10.5 0.8
1955 28 BRK NL 92 220 25 62 16 4 4 32 0 0 15 21 .282 .331 .445 .776 26.8 4.2
1956 29 BRK NL 74 181 16 49 12 1 3 18 0 0 4 25 .271 .290 .398 .688 18.7 2.8
1957 30 BRK NL 98 273 29 71 15 4 0 28 0 1 15 29 .260 .305 .344 .649 25.8 3.0
1958 31 CIN NL 113 284 27 67 18 3 0 21 0 0 15 34 .236 .281 .320 .602 21.7 1.4
1959 32 SDP NL 111 307 29 72 17 3 2 24 0 0 16 44 .235 .272 .329 .601 25.0 1.4
1960 33 OAK AL 5 9 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .444 .744 1.2 0.1
    AAA   135 488 44 120 33 3 2 45 3 5 25 66 .246 .283 .338 .621 42.9  
1961 34 BRK NL 32 109 11 30 2 0 0 15 0 0 3 16 .275 .298 .294 .592 8.1 0.2
1962 35 CLN NL 121 343 32 88 15 3 0 18 0 0 15 40 .257 .288 .318 .605 29.8 3.9
12 Years Sim 915 2538 254 659 137 24 18 244 0 1 125 286 .260 .296 .354 .650 239.8 27.0
2 Years AAA 162 597 57 151 41 4 3 63 3 7 30 80 .253 .287 .350 .637 55.2  
1 Years AA 54 241 22 68 11 6 1 21 0 2 13 23 .282 .320 .390 .710 27.8  
3 Years Minors 216 838 79 219 52 10 4 84 3 9 43 103 .261 .297 .362 .658 83.0  
162 Game Average 449 44 116 24 4 3 43 0 0 22 50 .260 .296 .354 .650 42.5  
Career Highs 121 343 32 98 18 4 4 42 0 1 16 44 .314 .333 .445 .776 37.6  
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   809 87 196 45 6 6 69 0 1 34 103 .242 .274 .335 .609 69.2
vs LH   1729 167 463 92 18 12 175 0 0 91 183 .268 .307 .363 .669 182.1
Home 459 1284 122 327 60 14 7 109 0 1 65 141 .255 .292 .340 .631 120.7
Away 454 1254 132 332 77 10 11 135 0 0 60 145 .265 .301 .368 .669 130.6
RISP   581 0 156 33 7 6 209 0 0 37 61 .269 .314 .380 .695 66.5
Pinch Hitting   211 25 58 17 0 1 22 0 0 15 27 .275 .326 .370 .696 24.1
Close/Late   285 31 77 18 2 2 22 0 0 9 33 .270 .292 .368 .660 28.5
Mar/Apr 133 354 36 92 20 2 4 34 0 0 14 34 .260 .294 .362 .655 34.8
May 118 320 31 92 18 3 3 33 0 1 18 42 .288 .326 .391 .717 38.3
June 145 409 38 105 29 6 1 37 0 0 16 49 .257 .286 .364 .651 39.3
July 157 425 39 108 22 5 3 31 0 0 23 39 .254 .292 .351 .642 41.7
August 171 480 53 130 25 3 4 37 0 0 16 62 .271 .296 .360 .656 47.7
Sep/Oct 191 550 57 132 23 5 3 72 0 0 38 60 .240 .291 .316 .608 49.4
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
1951 24 BRK NL RF 42 41 316.0 59 2 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.6
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1952 25 BRK NL RF 68 67 550.7 132 5 0 0 1.000 2.24   1.4
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    LF 2 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1953 26 BRK NL RF 70 66 560.0 120 8 0 3 1.000 2.06   1.6
    CF 5 2 25.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52    
    LF 2 2 16.0 5 2 0 1 1.000 3.94    
1954 27 BRK NL CF 14 14 123.0 32 3 0 0 1.000 2.56   0.5
    RF 14 10 90.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.40    
    LF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1955 28 BRK NL LF 30 29 244.0 47 2 1 0 .980 1.81   0.8
    CF 21 21 176.7 61 1 1 0 .984 3.16    
    RF 6 1 20.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 29 BRK NL LF 18 17 136.0 38 3 0 0 1.000 2.71   0.9
    CF 16 16 132.0 38 4 0 0 1.000 2.86    
    RF 13 9 83.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
1957 30 BRK NL LF 41 40 348.3 80 4 0 0 1.000 2.17   1.6
    CF 17 15 145.0 42 1 2 0 .956 2.67    
    RF 11 11 98.0 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.03    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1958 31 CIN NL LF 31 30 239.0 65 5 1 1 .986 2.64   1.6
    RF 17 17 137.0 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    CF 18 17 136.0 37 2 1 0 .975 2.58    
    2B 15 11 102.7 35 35 2 13 .972 6.14   0.4
1959 32 SDP NL RF 54 45 389.7 83 2 0 0 1.000 1.96   2.1
    LF 35 28 251.3 49 2 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    CF 14 9 100.7 41 0 1 0 .976 3.67    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1960 33 OAK AL CF 4 0 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.2
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1961 34 BRK NL CF 23 21 197.7 56 2 0 1 1.000 2.64   1.1
    LF 4 4 32.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41    
    RF 2 1 11.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38    
1962 35 CLN NL LF 43 42 352.7 74 3 0 0 1.000 1.97   1.6
    RF 42 33 300.3 58 4 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    CF 10 0 13.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 6.92    
  RF 340 302 2565.0 559 24 0 3 1.000 2.05   5.7
  LF 209 194 1639.3 366 21 2 2 .995 2.12   6.4
  CF 144 116 1074.0 331 13 5 1 .986 2.88   1.8
  2B 17 11 105.7 35 35 2 13 .972 5.96   0.4
  SS 3 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   713 623 5389.9 1291 95 9 19 .994 2.31   14.4
Career Highs   105 82 744.7 173 42 4 14 1.000 3.09    
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by San Diego in 1951
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 6/1/1951 (Going to BRK: RF Mel Clark, P Murry Dickson. Going to SDP: P Julio Gonzalez)
Had first career hit on 7/5/1951, off Larry Jansen (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/19/1951, off Curt Simmons (STL)
Injured on 5/18/1952 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/10/1953 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/2/1957 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/5/1958 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Traded from Cincinnati to San Diego on 2/1/1959 (Going to SDP: 1B Ron Fairly, P Cliff Fannin, CF Mel Clark, 2B Solly Hemus. Going to CIN: P Chuck Stobbs, SS Alex Grammas, P Bob Kuzava, P Jim Coates)
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1960 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 7/31/1961 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 3/1/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $889,237 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 10/3/1962
 
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