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Earl
Clark		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 6, 1907 in Usa, DC, WASHINGTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1939   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 SDP NL $ 803,571   64 64 71 25 25 25 74 67 69 17 12 13 87 82 84
1931 23 SDP NL $ 2,078,571   7 7 8 3 3 3 8 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1932 24 SDP NL $ 2,078,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1933 25 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 9 8 9 2 2 2 9 9 9
1934 26 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 2 1 2 9 9 9
1935 27 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 10 9 9 2 1 2 9 9 9
1936 28 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 2 1 2 9 9 9
1937 29 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 8 9 2 1 1 9 9 9
1938 30 PIT NL $ 6,500,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 9 8 8 2 1 2 9 9 9
1939 31 PIT NL $ 6,500,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 9 8 8 2 1 1 8 8 8
1940 32 BSN NL $ 6,500,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1941 33 SDP NL $ 3,750,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 2 1 1 8 8 8
1942 34 SDP NL     6 6 7 2 2 2 8 7 7 2 1 1 8 7 7
1943 35 SEM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 1 1 7 6 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 1 1 7 6 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   64 64 71 25 25 25 74 67 69 17 12 13 87 82 84
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
1930 22 SDP NL 147 589 72 181 37 1 4 72 0 0 30 34 .307 .338 .394 .732 68.7 8.6
1931 23 SDP NL 137 540 67 165 29 1 6 51 0 2 34 18 .306 .349 .396 .745 69.9 11.0
1932 24 SDP NL 125 462 74 162 28 6 2 64 0 0 12 16 .351 .369 .450 .819 68.6 14.5
1933 25 PIT NL 139 544 83 178 33 5 7 58 0 0 17 35 .327 .346 .445 .791 74.8 12.4
1934 26 PIT NL 148 592 69 167 32 3 4 64 1 0 12 38 .282 .295 .367 .662 58.6 6.2
1935 27 PIT NL 158 615 88 188 47 4 8 75 1 0 16 40 .306 .324 .434 .758 76.3 12.8
1936 28 PIT NL 146 557 75 162 32 5 11 58 4 3 21 40 .291 .315 .425 .740 66.6 7.4
1937 29 PIT NL 151 577 73 168 36 3 13 69 0 0 25 29 .291 .321 .432 .752 71.7 10.6
1938 30 PIT NL 152 568 64 156 29 5 11 81 1 0 22 32 .275 .302 .401 .703 63.4 7.5
1939 31 PIT NL 152 554 45 166 38 4 6 75 2 2 21 44 .300 .328 .415 .743 67.7 10.0
1940 32 PIT NL 100 347 31 102 22 4 2 41 4 5 10 42 .294 .314 .398 .712 36.8 5.5
  BSN NL 47 124 16 43 8 0 1 20 1 2 9 4 .347 .388 .435 .824 18.3 3.5
  TOT   147 471 47 145 30 4 3 61 5 7 19 46 .308 .334 .408 .742 55.1 9.0
1941 33 SDP NL 55 164 26 50 12 1 1 15 0 0 5 17 .305 .322 .409 .730 19.2 3.2
1942 34 SDP NL 64 177 20 53 12 1 0 26 0 0 7 18 .299 .321 .379 .699 20.8 2.8
1943 35 SEM AL 9 27 5 10 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 4 .370 .370 .815 1.185 6.9 1.6
    AAA   34 94 12 35 10 1 1 10 0 2 5 8 .372 .404 .532 .936 16.6  
14 Years Sim 1730 6437 808 1951 395 46 78 773 14 14 241 411 .303 .328 .415 .743 788.2 117.7
1 Years AAA 34 94 12 35 10 1 1 10 0 2 5 8 .372 .404 .532 .936 16.6  
162 Game Average 602 75 182 36 4 7 72 1 1 22 38 .303 .328 .415 .743 73.8  
Career Highs 158 615 88 188 47 6 13 81 5 7 34 46 .370 .370 .815 1.185 76.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4103 500 1216 238 28 52 496 12 10 123 279 .296 .317 .406 .723 488.0
vs LH   2334 308 735 157 18 26 277 2 4 118 132 .315 .347 .431 .778 321.9
Home 852 3187 412 979 192 21 41 398 6 7 109 189 .307 .330 .419 .750 405.6
Away 878 3250 396 972 203 25 37 375 8 7 132 222 .299 .326 .411 .737 404.3
RISP   1449 0 457 90 14 24 643 0 0 86 81 .315 .347 .447 .793 212.4
Pinch Hitting   128 13 41 8 2 0 26 0 0 12 7 .320 .368 .414 .782 19.1
Close/Late   715 63 227 35 4 7 70 0 0 53 42 .317 .363 .407 .770 101.1
Mar/Apr 282 1080 149 334 75 8 16 134 2 2 38 81 .309 .332 .438 .770 143.9
May 305 1114 121 312 66 13 11 131 1 2 40 79 .280 .306 .392 .698 124.0
June 289 1099 131 314 63 7 13 117 1 1 39 65 .286 .310 .391 .701 124.6
July 289 1064 139 336 56 7 13 124 4 1 39 65 .316 .340 .418 .758 140.1
August 294 1087 140 345 75 6 14 153 4 4 40 65 .317 .341 .436 .777 147.2
Sep/Oct 271 993 128 310 60 5 11 114 2 4 45 56 .312 .342 .416 .758 130.1
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
1930 22 SDP NL LF 140 136 1196.0 253 4 0 0 1.000 1.93   5.5
    RF 5 2 24.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.63    
1931 23 SDP NL LF 132 127 1093.7 259 11 0 4 1.000 2.22   4.0
    CF 2 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    RF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1932 24 SDP NL LF 57 55 433.0 72 2 0 1 1.000 1.54   1.7
    RF 48 44 376.7 76 4 1 2 .988 1.91    
    CF 12 5 54.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.83    
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1933 25 PIT NL LF 95 93 782.3 147 2 0 1 1.000 1.71   2.2
    RF 42 34 309.3 55 0 0 0 1.000 1.60    
1934 26 PIT NL RF 107 101 881.7 186 6 0 2 1.000 1.96   3.8
    LF 37 35 307.3 57 3 0 2 1.000 1.76    
1935 27 PIT NL LF 106 95 844.3 189 11 0 2 1.000 2.13   3.6
    RF 48 45 383.0 76 1 0 1 1.000 1.81    
    CF 2 1 11.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1936 28 PIT NL LF 88 86 725.0 148 8 1 0 .994 1.94   2.3
    RF 55 51 431.3 94 4 0 0 1.000 2.04    
    CF 5 0 16.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1937 29 PIT NL RF 105 101 870.3 179 3 0 1 1.000 1.88   3.5
    CF 35 33 313.7 91 4 1 0 .990 2.73    
    LF 10 7 66.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1938 30 PIT NL RF 104 101 858.0 181 8 0 2 1.000 1.98   3.8
    CF 46 44 384.3 108 2 1 1 .991 2.58    
    LF 9 0 17.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71    
1939 31 PIT NL RF 132 131 1068.7 248 7 0 2 1.000 2.15   3.0
    CF 17 15 130.0 40 2 2 0 .955 2.91    
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1940 32 PIT NL RF 52 48 440.1 98 1 0 1 1.000 2.02   2.9
    CF 41 31 288.5 80 7 1 1 .989 2.71   0.0
    LF 3 3 32.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
  BSN NL RF 24 22 164.6 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.08   1.1
    CF 19 15 107.9 30 3 1 1 .971 2.75   0.0
    LF 2 2 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
  TOT   RF 76 70 604.7 135 2 0 1 1.000 2.04   4.1
      CF 60 46 396.4 110 10 2 2 .984 2.72   0.0
      LF 5 5 44.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
1941 33 SDP NL CF 33 29 256.0 69 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.9
    LF 11 8 62.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.30    
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1942 34 SDP NL CF 52 47 396.3 124 2 2 0 .984 2.86   1.7
    SS 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 35 SEM AL RF 7 7 61.0 8 2 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 733 687 5877.7 1247 38 1 11 .999 1.97   18.4
  LF 693 647 5576.0 1164 42 1 10 .999 1.95   19.3
  CF 265 220 1967.7 567 23 8 3 .987 2.70   2.6
  SS 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1693 1554 13428.4 2980 104 10 24 .997 2.07   40.3
Career Highs   159 146 1259.3 296 13 2 4 1.000 2.86    
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
1932 24 SDP NL 14 50 9 15 4 0 1 7 0 0 2 2 .300 .327 .440 .767
1933 25 PIT NL 6 27 5 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .250 .333 .583
1934 26 PIT NL 5 23 4 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .435 .480 .609 1.089
1941 33 SDP NL 5 15 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .533 .867
1942 34 SDP NL 6 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .238 .200 .438
Career Post-Season Batting 36 135 20 40 10 2 1 8 0 0 5 9 .296 .326 .422 .748
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
1932-6-.338*
1933-10-.327
1940-7-.304*
 Games
1935-2-158
 At-Bats
1934-3-592
1935-1-615
1937-7-577
 Hits
1933-9-178
1935-6-188
 Singles
1933-10-133
1934-6-128
 Doubles
1933-10-33
1935-2-47
1937-6-36
1939-4-38
Caught Stealing
1936-9-3
1940-6-7
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Curt Flood (916)
  2. Randy Elliott (911)
  3. Pepper Martin (908)
  4. Pinky Whitney (906)
  5. Ralph Hodgin (901)
  6. Dusty Cooke (901)
  7. Barney McCosky (899)
  8. Mike Shannon (898)
  9. Lyman Bostock (898)
  10. Red Rolfe (894)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Bunny Hearn (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1930, off Doug Mcweeny (BRK)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against St. Louis (B) on 4/22/1930
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/1/1931 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/9/1932
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/17/1933 to a 5-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1933, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Injured on 8/22/1933 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Brooklyn on 4/19/1934
Injured on 5/27/1936 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against San Diego on 7/19/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1937, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
9/22/1937: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $6,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1939, hitting .407 with 0 HR, 10 RBI
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 5/3/1939
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1939
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1940, hitting .522 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Pittsburgh to Boston (N) on 7/31/1940 (Going to PIT: SS Johnny Hudson. Going to BSN: 2B Mark Koenig, RF Earl Clark)
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/11/1941 to a 3-year deal worth $3,750,000 per year
Injured on 3/14/1941 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/8/1941 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
Released by San Diego on 10/22/1942
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/2/1943 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
3/3/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 10/1/1943
 
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