#85 Watty "Lefty" Clark, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Detroit Tigers Sunday, 10/22/1933 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Watty Clark Lefty 5/16/1902 31 USA,LA,ST. JOSEPH 6"0 175
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good GREAT Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 6,000,000 1935 9 Year(s), 80 Days (1628 total Days) 124 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 80 Days (1628 total Days) 9 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 8 | 9 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 8 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 8 | 9 | |
Talent | 4 | 8 | 9 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 62 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 22 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3.52 | 181.1 | 191 | 89 | 71 | 38 | 78 | 16 | 72.7 | 0 | 12 | 54.5 |
Projected | 22 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3.52 | 181.0 | 191 | 89 | 71 | 38 | 78 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.10 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 184 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .223 | .251 | .364 | .615 |
vs. RHB | 524 | 150 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 66 | 30 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .320 | .385 | .706 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3.03 | 95.0 | 79 | 40 | 32 | 22 | 32 |
Road | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4.07 | 86.1 | 112 | 49 | 39 | 16 | 46 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.58 | 60.1 | 61 | 30 | 24 | 14 | 25 |
May | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.06 | 51.0 | 63 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 23 |
June | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.63 | 41.0 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 18 |
July | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.72 | 29.0 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 12 |
August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1924 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4.26 | 213.1 | 268 | 113 | 101 | 9 | 35 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 1.42 | .325 | PHA |
1925 | 40 | 40 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 4.68 | 306.0 | 381 | 181 | 159 | 20 | 54 | 127 | 9 | 1 | 1.42 | .328 | PHA |
1926 | 48 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 4.70 | 258.2 | 340 | 154 | 135 | 11 | 50 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 1.51 | .335 | PHA |
1927 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.43 | 21.0 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.24 | .276 | PHA |
1928 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3.74 | 55.1 | 77 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | .356 | PHA,AL |
1929 | 53 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4.20 | 64.1 | 68 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1.51 | .288 | PHA |
1930 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3.45 | 78.1 | 90 | 37 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | .321 | PHA |
1931 | 38 | 38 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 3.56 | 318.1 | 314 | 144 | 126 | 13 | 69 | 153 | 26 | 2 | 1.20 | .283 | DET |
1932 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2.30 | 113.2 | 106 | 39 | 29 | 3 | 20 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1.11 | .272 | DET |
1933 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3.52 | 181.1 | 191 | 89 | 71 | 5 | 38 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 1.26 | .298 | DET,AL |
Total | 364 | 174 | 98 | 84 | 20 | 3.98 | 1610.1 | 1857 | 827 | 712 | 69 | 324 | 640 | 81 | 5 | 1.35 | .312 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1924, AAA | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.51 | 96.2 | 89 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 1.06 | .267 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1924 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 8.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1928 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 1.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | 12.2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
1932 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.46 | 26.0 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.53 | 49.2 | 60 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1924 | 27 | 80 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .222 | .263 | .485 | PHA |
1925 | 40 | 121 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .220 | .273 | .492 | PHA |
1926 | 48 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .156 | .116 | .272 | PHA |
1927 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA |
1928 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA,AL |
1929 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA |
1930 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | PHA |
1931 | 38 | 110 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .139 | .118 | .257 | DET |
1932 | 14 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .190 | .357 | DET |
1933 | 22 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .174 | .200 | .374 | DET,AL |
Total | 364 | 515 | 84 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 40 | 11 | 199 | 1 | 0 | .163 | .181 | .194 | .375 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 22 | 22 | 9 | 35 | 4 | 46 | 2 | .957 | 181.1 | 2.28 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1924... Injured on 5/18/1924 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days... Had first career hit on 6/7/1924, off Ben Tincup (SLA)... Earned first career win on 6/7/1924... Injured on 8/23/1926 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... 1/31/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $685,714 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 1928 Allstar game... 1/31/1929: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,714,286 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1930: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,714,286 through salary arbitration... Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/3/1931 to a 5-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year... Injured on 4/6/1932 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks... Injured on 8/5/1932 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 7 weeks... Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game... Injured on 7/22/1933 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1931 - 3.56 - 4th
| WHIP 1931 - 1.20 - 1st
| Losses 1925 - 18 - 9th 1926 - 16 - 10th
| Saves 1928 - 13 - 1st 1929 - 4 - 8th
| K's 1931 - 153 - 9th
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SHO 1931 - 2 - 10th
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