#88 Mel Clark, Leftfield, 33 yrs, Baltimore Orioles Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Mel Clark
7/7/1926 33 USA,WV,LETART 6"0 195
Leftfield R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 1.0 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 : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1959 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 84 Days (600 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 50 Days (1254 total Days) 8 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Talent | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 2 2 4 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings LF : 8 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 10 (Range), .992 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 4 Outfield Arm : 5
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
8/29 | KC | L 5-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/1 | NYY | W 7-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/3 | NYY | W 6-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/6 | @KC | W 7-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/7 | @KC | W 6-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/9 | @WS1 | L 1-12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/12 | BOS | L 0-12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/20 | @CLE | L 7-8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/22 | DET | W 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/23 | DET | W 13-8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 59 | 153 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 19 | .242 | .302 | .307 | .609 | .504 | .065 |
Projected | 62 | 161 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 20 | .242 | .302 | .307 | .609 | .504 | .065 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 42 | 169 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .0 | 14.9 | 3.3 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 96 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .324 | .323 | .647 |
vs. RHP | 57 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .228 | .262 | .281 | .543 |
Close/Late | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 |
Scoring Position | 36 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .308 | .389 | .697 |
Pinch Hitting | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 30 | 78 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 12 | .269 | .348 | .333 | .682 |
Road | 29 | 75 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 7 | .213 | .250 | .280 | .530 |
March/April | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 |
May | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .375 | .545 | .438 | .983 |
June | 7 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .185 | .179 | .259 | .438 |
July | 13 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | .317 | .378 | .415 | .792 |
August | 14 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .143 | .184 | .171 | .356 |
Sept/Oct | 9 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .348 | .381 | .729 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1952 | 27 | 79 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .304 | .345 | .329 | .674 | SLA |
1953 | 11 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .257 | .303 | .560 | SLA |
1957 | 59 | 96 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .292 | .343 | .427 | .770 | BAL |
1958 | 76 | 187 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .225 | .274 | .278 | .552 | BAL |
1959 | 59 | 153 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .242 | .302 | .307 | .609 | BAL |
Total | 232 | 548 | 139 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 65 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 4 | .254 | .303 | .321 | .624 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1951, AAA | 138 | 564 | 160 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 75 | 76 | 60 | 43 | 7 | 3 | .284 | .346 | .378 | .724 |
1952, AAA | 108 | 441 | 137 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 74 | 49 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 2 | .311 | .360 | .415 | .775 |
1953, AAA | 35 | 138 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .319 | .358 | .514 | .873 |
1954, AAA | 136 | 538 | 150 | 32 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 57 | 30 | 54 | 5 | 5 | .279 | .313 | .411 | .724 |
1955, AAA | 135 | 576 | 155 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 91 | 41 | 65 | 10 | 8 | .269 | .309 | .372 | .680 |
1956, AAA | 136 | 549 | 179 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 87 | 76 | 45 | 52 | 9 | 6 | .326 | .370 | .468 | .838 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Leftfield | 8 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | 61.0 | 1.62 | | | | |
Rightfield | 38 | 35 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 1.000 | 288.0 | 2.16 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1951... Milestones Had first career hit on 8/9/1952, off Dick Weik (WS1)... Injured on 6/13/1953 with a Broken Foot, out for full season... Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1957, off Sandy Koufax (NYY)...
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