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William Otis Clark commonly misspelled Otie

  • Bats Right, Throws Right
  • Weight 190 lb.

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Otey Clark pitched in the majors for the 1945 Boston Red Sox. He went 4-4 with a 3.07 ERA. As a comparison, the star pitcher on the team was Dave Ferriss, who went 21-10 with a similar ERA of 2.96. Jim Wilson (see below) was also on the staff.

He pitched for the Minneapolis Millers in 1943-44 and 1948-49.

He played against Jackie Robinson with the Louisville Colonels, and stated: "Everything he did, they booed him. I remember our pitcher Jim Wilson knocked him down, and the fans cheered. Robinson didn't seem to pay any attention to any of it." Clark went 11-7 in 1946 with the Colonels, while Wilson went 10-6, and they met Robinson's Montreal Royals in the Junior World Series.

There is another William Otis Clark who played in the majors, remembered as Willie Clark, but apparently no relation.

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