Bobby Clark

Robert Cale Clark

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 13, 1955 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Wood HS (Berkeley, CA)
School: University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1979
Teams (by GP): Angels/Brewers 1979-1985

Final Game: August 4, 1985
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Standard Batting

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
1975	20	ANA-min	Rk	72	253	253		64	7	9	4						.253	.253	.399	.652		101							IDF · PION
1976	21	ANA-min	A	129	477	477		139	19	8	10						.291	.291	.428	.719		204							QDS · MIDW
1977	22	ANA-min	A	137	579	524	107	149	19	10	23	88	22	4	47	114	.284	.340	.490	.830		257		0	2	6			SLS · CALL
1978	23	ANA-min	AA	129	565	491	108	155	35	7	31	111	5	2	55	92	.316	.393	.605	.998		297		11	3	5			ELP · TL
1979	24	ANA-min	AAA	129	528	474	85	144	30	9	15	91	16	7	47	98	.304	.366	.500	.866		237		2	0	5			SLC · PCL
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	ANA-min	AAA	33	129	113	18	39	6	4	4	21	4	1	14	21	.345	.419	.575	.994		65		1	0	1			SLC · PCL
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	112	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	ANA-min	AAA	7	33	31	3	8	2	0	2	7	0	1	1	8	.258	.303	.516	.819		16		1	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
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-min	AAA	29	126	110	17	31	7	2	2	20	1	0	12	21	.282	.357	.436	.794		48		2	0	2	2		VAN · PCL
1985	30	MIL	AL	29	101	93	6	21	3	0	0	8	1	1	7	19	.226	.277	.258	.535	49	24	3	0	0	1	0	89/7
1986	31	ANA-min	AAA,A	87	341	290	42	68	10	3	11	48	0	5	44	56	.234	.333	.403	.737		117		1	2	4	2		EDM,SJO · PCL,CALL
1987	32	OAK-min	AAA	62	205	179	29	50	8	1	5	44	1	3	22	25	.279	.358	.419	.777		75		1	1	2	0		TAC · PCL
7 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1979	24	CAL	AL	19	60	1	-1	-0	0	-1	-0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	7/89
1980	25	CAL	AL	78	275	-12	-0	-0	5	-2	-10	-1.0	8	-2	-0.2	.486	.493	-0.7	0.4	-6	$	87
1981	26	CAL	AL	34	95	1	0	-0	2	-1	2	0.2	3	5	0.5	.506	.501	0.4	0.1	3	$	7/89
1982	27	CAL	AL	102	93	-9	1	0	4	-3	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.493	.495	-0.8	0.1	-8	$79,000	978
1983	28	CAL	AL	76	225	-7	1	-1	2	-4	-8	-0.8	7	-1	-0.1	.489	.495	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$145,000	79/8D5
1984	29	MIL	AL	58	189	0	-2	-1	-10	-1	-13	-1.3	6	-8	-0.8	.476	.491	0.2	-1.0	2	$	89/7
1985	30	MIL	AL	29	101	-6	-0	0	-2	-1	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.5	.470	.495	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$	89/7
7 Seasons				396	1038	-30	-2	-2	1	-12	-45	-4.4	32	-13	-1.3	.488	.496	-1.5	-0.8	-14	$224,000

CAL (5 yrs)				309	748	-25	1	-1	12	-10	-24	-2.2	23	-1	-0.0	.492	.497	-1.3	0.5	-13	$224,000
MIL (2 yrs)				87	290	-5	-3	-1	-11	-2	-22	-2.2	9	-13	-1.3	.474	.493	-0.2	-1.3	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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	1.5	0.2	.714	.259	.167	1.0
1980	25	CAL	AL	275	210	21	2.7	96	.257	.230	.266	.266	.328	.333	.394	.600	.721	66	.272	-13.0	-1.3	.474	.142	.103	.0
1981	26	CAL	AL	95	68	11	4.4	88	.273	.250	.255	.305	.319	.432	.371	.737	.690	112	.527	0.8	0.1	.662	.261	.182	.0
1982	27	CAL	AL	93	75	5	1.8	99	.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	-1.2	-0.1	.532	.172	.101	1.3
1985	30	MIL	AL	101	77	6	2.1	98	.280	.226	.260	.277	.326	.258	.404	.535	.730	49	.190	-6.4	-0.6	.408	.108	.032	.0
7 Yrs				1038	789	86	2.9	96	.282	.239	.262	.281	.325	.347	.394	.628	.720	74	.311	-36.4	-3.6	.503	.161	.109	6.6
162 Game Avg.				425	323	35	2.9	96	.282	.239	.262	.281	.325	.347	.394	.628	.720	74	.311	-36.4	-3.6	.503	.161	.109	3

CAL (5 yrs)				748	570	63	3.0	96	.273	.235	.264	.270	.326	.356	.394	.626	.720	73	.316	-28.8	-2.9	.508	.166	.121	3.6
MIL (2 yrs)				290	219	23	2.8	95	.303	.248	.259	.309	.323	.324	.395	.633	.718	78	.294	-7.6	-0.8	.488	.149	.076	2.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
2 Yrs (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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				1038	1.8%	19.2%	5.3%	5.8%	26%	3.62	4.9	50.9	9.7	1.29	73%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.2%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.58	6.8	43.8	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1979	24	CAL	AL	1.5	0.2	62	-0.0	0.7	-0.8	.78	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.96	-0.4		0
1980	25	CAL	AL	-13.0	-1.3	276	-1.4	4.4	-5.7	1.07	-1.4	0.1	-17.4	-1.8	0.98	-14.4	2.09	7
1981	26	CAL	AL	0.7	0.1	95	-0.0	1.2	-1.3	.81	-0.0	-0.0	3.2	0.3	0.96	1.1	0.53	3
1982	27	CAL	AL	-8.4	-0.8	95	-0.8	0.9	-1.7	.89	-0.7	-0.2	-10.3	-1.0	0.96	-9.5	0.00	2
1983	28	CAL	AL	-9.8	-1.0	227	-0.5	3.7	-4.2	1.01	-0.7	0.3	-9.5	-0.9	0.95	-9.2	0.09	1
1984	29	MIL	AL	-1.2	-0.1	198	-0.2	3.6	-3.8	1.09	-0.1	-0.1	-5.5	-0.6	0.96	-2.7	1.86	5
1985	30	MIL	AL	-6.6	-0.6	104	-1.0	1.0	-2.0	.99	-0.6	-0.4	-7.4	-0.7	0.96	-6.2	1.30	3
7 Yrs				-36.6	-3.6	1057	-3.9	15.6	-19.5	.99	-3.6	-0.3	-46.6	-4.7	0.96	-41.3	1.41	21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

						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%	2	1	50%	0
1980	25	CAL	AL	275	49%	60			7	3	0	0	2.09	5	0	9	3	2	2	3	0	2	1	50%	56	7	13%	23	5	22%	192	18	9%	10	4	40%	13	7	54%	0
1981	26	CAL	AL	95	62%	22			3	0	0	0	0.53	4	0	5	1	3	4	0	0	0	0		16	2	13%	8	2	25%	64	15	23%	10	6	60%	5	2	40%	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%	2	1	50%	0
1983	28	CAL	AL	225	56%	49			1	0	0	0	0.09	5	0	10	1	4	1	4	0	3	3	100%	45	7	16%	24	9	38%	155	20	13%	17	7	41%	9	4	44%	0
1984	29	MIL	AL	189	59%	44			5	3	0	0	1.86	2	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	100%	41	9	22%	20	6	30%	111	17	15%	10	6	60%	5	2	40%	0
1985	30	MIL	AL	101	76%	21			3	0	0	0	1.30	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	15	3	20%	6	2	33%	63	9	14%	6	2	33%	1	0	0%	0
7 Yrs				1038	58%	231			21	6	0	0	1.41	19	0	32	6	13	9	10	0	13	9	69%	206	32	16%	97	30	31%	679	89	13%	61	28	46%	37	17	46%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			83%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Neutralized Batting

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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	60	54	8	16	2	2	1	5	1	5	11	.296	.356	.463	.819	9	19
1980	25	78	277	263	27	62	10	1	5	24	0	11	42	.236	.272	.338	.610	24	78
1981	26	51	149	137	22	37	3	2	7	35	0	12	27	.270	.329	.474	.803	21	34
1982	27	102	94	91	12	20	1	0	2	9	1	0	29	.220	.217	.297	.514	6	102
1983	28	76	227	214	18	51	9	1	5	22	0	9	45	.238	.268	.360	.628	21	76
1984	29	58	193	172	19	47	7	2	2	18	1	17	35	.273	.340	.372	.712	22	58
1985	30	29	102	94	6	22	3	0	0	8	1	7	19	.234	.284	.266	.550	7	29
7 Yrs		413	1102	1025	112	255	35	8	22	121	4	61	208	.249	.292	.363	.655	110	396
162 Game Avg.		162	432	402	44	100	14	3	9	47	2	24	82	.249	.292	.363	.655	43	396

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