Bobby Clark
Robert Cale Clark
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 13, 1955 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Wood (Berkeley, CA)
School: University of California, Riverside
Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1979
Final Game: August 4, 1985
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1979 24 CAL AL 19 60 54 8 16 2 2 1 5 1 1 5 11 .296 .356 .463 .819 124 25 3 0 1 0 0 7/89
1980 25 CAL AL 78 275 261 26 60 10 1 5 23 0 1 11 42 .230 .266 .333 .600 66 87 7 2 1 0 0 87
1981 26 CAL AL 34 95 88 12 22 2 1 4 19 0 0 7 18 .250 .305 .432 .737 111 38 2 0 0 0 0 7/89
1982 27 CAL AL 102 93 90 11 19 1 0 2 8 1 0 0 29 .211 .209 .289 .498 35 26 1 0 2 1 0 978
1983 28 CAL AL 76 225 212 17 49 9 1 5 21 0 0 9 45 .231 .261 .354 .615 69 75 7 0 3 1 0 79/8D5
1984 29 MIL AL 58 189 169 17 44 7 2 2 16 1 5 16 35 .260 .326 .361 .687 94 61 9 1 2 1 0 89/7
1985 30 MIL AL 29 101 93 6 21 3 0 0 8 1 1 7 19 .226 .277 .258 .535 48 24 3 0 0 1 0 89/7
7 Seasons 396 1038 967 97 231 34 7 19 100 4 8 55 199 .239 .281 .347 .628 74 336 32 3 9 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 425 396 40 95 14 3 8 41 2 3 23 81 .239 .281 .347 .628 74 137 13 1 4 2 0
CAL (5 yrs) 309 748 705 74 166 24 5 17 76 2 2 32 145 .235 .270 .356 .626 73 251 20 2 7 2 0
MIL (2 yrs) 87 290 262 23 65 10 2 2 24 2 6 23 54 .248 .309 .324 .633 78 85 12 1 2 2 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1979 24 CAL AL 60 43 8 5.0 98 .357 .296 .265 .356 .329 .463 .401 .819 .730 124 .524 1.6 0.2 .714 .259 .167 1.0
1980 25 CAL AL 275 210 21 2.7 96 .257 .230 .266 .266 .327 .333 .394 .600 .721 66 .272 -13.0 -1.3 .474 .142 .103 .0
1981 26 CAL AL 95 68 11 4.4 89 .273 .250 .256 .305 .321 .432 .373 .737 .693 111 .527 0.7 0.1 .662 .261 .182 .0
1982 27 CAL AL 93 75 5 1.8 98 .283 .211 .264 .209 .328 .289 .402 .498 .730 35 .152 -8.4 -0.8 .375 .089 .078 1.3
1983 28 CAL AL 225 174 18 2.8 97 .270 .231 .264 .261 .326 .354 .399 .615 .725 69 .287 -9.8 -1.0 .494 .165 .123 .0
1984 29 MIL AL 189 142 17 3.2 93 .316 .260 .259 .326 .321 .361 .391 .687 .712 94 .348 -1.1 -0.1 .532 .172 .101 1.3
1985 30 MIL AL 101 77 6 2.1 99 .280 .226 .261 .277 .327 .258 .406 .535 .733 48 .190 -6.6 -0.6 .408 .108 .032 .0
7 Seasons 1038 789 86 2.9 96 .282 .239 .263 .281 .325 .347 .395 .628 .720 74 .311 -36.6 -3.6 .503 .161 .109 6.6
162 Game Avg. 425 323 35 2.9 96 .282 .239 .263 .281 .325 .347 .395 .628 .720 74 .311 -36.6 -3.6 .503 .161 .109 3
CAL (5 yrs) 748 570 63 3.0 96 .273 .235 .264 .270 .326 .356 .394 .626 .721 73 .316 -28.9 -2.9 .508 .166 .121 3.6
MIL (2 yrs) 290 219 23 2.8 95 .303 .248 .260 .309 .323 .324 .396 .633 .719 78 .294 -7.7 -0.8 .488 .149 .076 2.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 24 CAL AL ALCS BAL L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 CAL AL ALCS MIL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1979 24 CAL AL 60 1.7% 18.3% 8.3% 8.3% 31% 2.20 4.9 54.0 10.8 1.38 70%
1980 25 CAL AL 275 1.8% 15.3% 4.0% 5.8% 27% 3.82 6.2 52.2 11.3 1.12 78%
1981 26 CAL AL 95 4.2% 19.0% 7.4% 7.4% 32% 2.57 4.9 22.0 4.6 1.33 69%
1982 27 CAL AL 93 2.2% 31.2% 0.0% 3.2% 16% 3.1 45.0 11.3 0.92 65%
1983 28 CAL AL 225 2.2% 20.0% 4.0% 6.7% 31% 5.00 4.7 42.4 10.1 1.28 72%
1984 29 MIL AL 189 1.1% 18.5% 8.5% 5.8% 25% 2.19 4.8 84.5 10.6 1.72 70%
1985 30 MIL AL 101 0.0% 18.8% 6.9% 3.0% 14% 2.71 4.9 11.6 1.50 74%
7 Seasons 1038 1.8% 19.2% 5.3% 5.8% 26% 3.62 4.9 50.9 9.7 1.29 73%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 24 CAL AL 0 0 35% 28 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 40% 7 5 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
1980 25 CAL AL 2 0 31% 80 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 48% 20 11 9 3 2 1 8 2 5
1981 26 CAL AL 1 0 32% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1982 27 CAL AL 0 0 53% 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60% 4 3 1 2 0 2 4 1 3
1983 28 CAL AL 6 0 23% 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 56% 8 6 2 1 1 0 7 0 7
1984 29 MIL AL 4 0 25% 75 1 5 17% 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 5 22% 15 13 2 3 3 0 5 2 3
1985 30 MIL AL 2 0 21% 41 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 46% 9 7 2 0 0 0 4 0 4
7 Seasons 15 0 29% 355 4 8 33% 3 6 0 2 1 0 3 2 6 14 44% 67 47 20 9 6 3 32 6 25
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1979 24 CAL AL 60 52% 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 16 3 19% 6 2 33% 32 4 13% 3 1 33% 5 2 40% 0
1980 25 CAL AL 275 49% 60 7 3 0 0 2.15 5 0 9 3 2 2 3 0 2 1 50% 56 7 13% 23 5 22% 192 18 9% 10 4 40% 14 2 14% 0
1981 26 CAL AL 95 62% 22 3 0 0 0 0.62 4 0 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 16 2 13% 8 2 25% 64 15 23% 10 6 60% 6 4 67% 0
1982 27 CAL AL 93 70% 19 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 50% 17 1 6% 10 4 40% 62 6 10% 5 2 40% 7 2 29% 0
1983 28 CAL AL 225 56% 49 1 0 0 0 0.10 5 0 10 1 4 1 4 0 3 3 100% 45 7 16% 24 9 38% 155 20 13% 17 7 41% 9 3 33% 0
1984 29 MIL AL 189 59% 44 5 3 0 0 1.92 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 100% 41 9 22% 20 6 30% 111 17 15% 10 6 60% 4 2 50% 0
1985 30 MIL AL 101 76% 21 3 0 0 0 1.27 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 15 3 20% 6 2 33% 63 9 14% 6 2 33% 4 1 25% 0
7 Seasons 1038 58% 231 21 6 0 0 1.45 19 0 32 6 13 9 10 0 13 9 69% 206 32 16% 97 30 31% 679 89 13% 61 28 46% 49 16 33% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 24 19 60 54 8 16 2 2 1 5 1 1 5 11 .296 .356 .463 .819 124 25 3 0 1 0 0
1980 25 97 335 315 34 76 12 3 6 28 1 2 16 53 .241 .282 .356 .638 76 112 10 2 2 0 0
1981 26 131 430 403 46 98 14 4 10 47 1 2 23 71 .243 .287 .372 .660 84 150 12 2 2 0 0
1982 27 233 523 493 57 117 15 4 12 55 2 2 23 100 .237 .274 .357 .631 75 176 13 2 4 1 0
1983 28 309 748 705 74 166 24 5 17 76 2 2 32 145 .235 .270 .356 .626 73 251 20 2 7 2 0
1984 29 367 937 874 91 210 31 7 19 92 3 7 48 180 .240 .281 .357 .638 77 312 29 3 9 3 0
1985 30 396 1038 967 97 231 34 7 19 100 4 8 55 199 .239 .281 .347 .628 74 336 32 3 9 4 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 24 19 58 53 8 15 2 2 1 5 1 5 11 .283 .345 .453 .798 8 19
1980 25 78 274 261 28 60 10 1 5 25 0 11 42 .230 .266 .333 .600 23 78
1981 26 51 147 136 21 36 3 2 7 33 0 11 27 .265 .320 .471 .790 20 34
1982 27 102 91 90 12 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 29 .000 .000 .000 .000 6 102
1983 28 76 221 211 18 48 9 1 5 22 0 9 45 .227 .258 .351 .609 19 76
1984 29 58 186 168 19 43 7 2 2 18 1 16 35 .256 .323 .357 .680 19 58
1985 30 29 102 94 7 22 3 0 0 9 1 7 19 .234 .284 .266 .550 7 29
7 Seasons 413 1079 1013 113 224 34 8 20 121 4 59 208 .221 .265 .330 .595 102 396
162 Game Avg. 162 423 397 44 88 13 3 8 47 2 23 82 .221 .265 .330 .595 40 396

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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